So its upon us! The time of year people sit around, eat, catch up with friends, eat some more, drink and share presents! ...also a time where the family sit down and watch endless amounts of holiday season movies!
- Oliver Twist
- The Grinch
- A Christmas Carol
- Home Alone 1 & 2
and so on.... endless amounts of repeats! *yawn* at most of them!
But this is not the main reason for my blogging - I'm not wanting to complain about repeats. I'm blogging to talk about the last bit of Xmas shopping.
Are you a Online Shopper or a Window Shopper? (Both similar but one involves leaving your house..!)
Personally I am a online shopper so today, 23rd Dec. ~ Last Minute Shop ~ I went into the city and "hit" the shops as they say. Or as I like to put it.. avoiding being hit by crazy adults who are desperately trying to find the best thing for their children! - Give them Coal! It will suffice. I joke. DON'T you won't be loved any more! But more to the point going into stores like GAME - and not being able to move. Then Primark and just having nothing of any use in there but still trying to find the cheap option for a present; and last to HMV where you have people blankly staring at movie and CD cases thinking "Will he/she like this? I don't know damn Ill ring someone to find out" - Yep I had it done to me for someone else! Just go for it! Buy it and if its wrong then they can go back and get another one.
Anyway enough moaning...
Onto the movie related part of the blog. I had a phone call from a family member going "I don't know what to get *him*" So I listed what I had got them then gave them a few ideas. Its one of those things where you think to yourself.. oh damn, what if already seen that movie and not liked it? What do you do then. My methods if they don't like the movie then get a back up gift ie. For Him - Beer or some alcoholic beverage. For Her - Chocolates. - SORTED. Its a win win situation if they don't want the movie then you can have it and if they do then your present was a success.
So to round off this very unusual attempt at random information - Ie. a Blog - what movies/series/box sets did you get your friends or family? Do you truly think they will like it? Or did you buy it knowing that you could steal it off them once they get bored of it.
- Admit it. We have all been there brought a gift you can use too. Cheeky.
Joey
Just to add my own little story...
Today I had the opposite problem to this; rather than worrying whether my mum would like the DVD I got her for Christmas I had to worry about whether she would buy it for herself! And unfortunately today,my fear came true, when she went shopping for some new DVD's for Christmas viewing and I later rummaged through the pile only to find the same one I had got her! Doh!
Jess
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