The last shop before Christmas

Saucywitch....glad to hear another one like me!  :\\\'(  We go to get our fresh food as soon as M&S opens on Sunday....11am. We get in and get out with no problems.  Good luck tomorrow!

BTW - correction in my grammar...."my problem", not me problem. Ahh, that's a New Years resolution to check my spelling...I have noticed my emails and messages have become terrible this year. I type different than what is in my head....yikes, old age maybe!

Back to the topic, I would imagine the crowds really depend on where you live....its not all bad.

My daughter phoned in sick at Sainsbury's tonight and her manager went completely mental.  So fair to say that our Sainsbury's is pretty busy.   

My daughter phoned in sick at Sainsbury's tonight and her manager went completely mental.  So fair to say that our Sainsbury's is pretty busy.   

Ahhhhhh!!!!  (Sorry, that is the one we go to too!)

Well I am getting up very early and going in to town to do my last minute shop and any last minute bits for the weekend..............I don't look forward to it at all!

Paula, you will probably be fine as you seem to go with the flow. 

Unfortunately I am very type A and also have no patience for the crowds of people, it just seems like mayhem to me where we live. I know that I am an exception...don't listen to me.  Luckily I solved me problem.....home delivery and fresh food pick up.

Yes, Jules, for the most part I am laid back but when I get in a crowd my "Mardi Gras" skills just completely take over and I become a one-woman battering ram! It's very sad...

Just got back from Morrison's...it was quite a battle but I survived! Got my big roast from the butcher's...it will be ok until Sunday in the fridge, right?

I just picked up our ham from the butchers too.  Our butcher vacuum packs the meat which means it will last a bit longer.  If it's tightly wrapped, Geally, you should be ok.

I just picked up our ham from the butchers too.  Our butcher vacuum packs the meat which means it will last a bit longer.  If it's tightly wrapped, Geally, you should be ok.

Thanks! 

Yes, Jules, for the most part I am laid back but when I get in a crowd my "Mardi Gras" skills just completely take over and I become a one-woman battering ram! It's very sad...

Sounds like you are very experienced....so once you arrive, put on your body armour and head to your local Tesco! 

Sounds like you are very experienced....so once you arrive, put on your body armour and head to your local Tesco! 

Or the High Street...

madness today ..went to Woolies for a pair of Pj's for Jess so I got in the queue and waited to purchase my item. Jessie was standing in front of me...she spotted something on the floor and bent down to get it...at that point some woman squeezes her boney ars* in front of me in the gap between me the the customer in front. I politely said "the queue begins down there" and she snappily says "well you shouldn't leave a gap"  so I said "there was no gap my daughter is standing in front there you've just being oblivious and trying to ram your way into the front"....before she even finished her sentence I faced her and said "HAVE A HAPPY CHRISTMAS" and my daughter oblivious to what we were discussing butts in and says the same "Yeah HAPPY CHRISTMAS" really chirpy and we both smiled at her. The woman walks off and kept trying to say "you left a gap" but I kept interrupting saying "Happy Christmas hope Santa gets you a new personality this Christmas" ...so I got told off by Jess ...


Sainsbury's was not any better. I was at the self checkout and an American couple were in front and the guy kept getting cut by people just walking in front of him...he started saying doesn't anyone have any manners? so I told him it's no holds barred come Christmas you can't let it get to you ...had a bit of a chit chat and another couple then stood next to him instead of behind us and the guy went ballistic "You're not planning on cutting as well  , ARE YOU??" his girlfriend tried to calm him down but the two couples got into and shouting match. 

It should be the time of year when we are the most generous to each other not fighting over milimeters of space or about perishable goods for jimminy sake..

Well that's it I'm done shopping any extra items needed from 24th of Dec will have to be fetched by Phil ...he can move his ars* and get them...I am on strike till the 3rd

We went out this morning, to a smaller town and it wasn't too bad.  Mostly people who knew what they wanted.  There was one guy going mental in The Entertainer because he couldn't get some hard to find toy~shoudn't have left it til the last minute, then should ya?   My husband went a bit crazy in the Bratz aisle and bought a rather slutty Bratz and her Stagecoach.  Yes, I said Stagecoach.

I haven't even been to the grocery store.

Our Sainsburys was a nightmare, There was no parking, so I had to kick in my sharking techniques that I learned while I was at university. That DID work well.

Then, It was basically, back to back people, but you know something, if you wanted anything in the toothpaste, bath and hygeine ailse, it was free reign.

Xan was excellent, played with his car, and chatted along happily, and I just had a couple of "Ya think it would kill you to use bleeding manners?" moments, but other than that, I went in knowing it was going to be true evil, and as close to hell as you can get, and breathed in deeply, imagined a protective bubble around myself and the boy, and plowed through, taking no prisoners. 

I had to go out today too, but only in our little village.  The local shops were busy, but everyone was polite and friendly.  Sadly, the queue out of the butcher's door was at least eight deep.

well next year it's Phil's turn ..I'm doing jack shite ...if that means we have baked beans with tuna sandwiches for Christmas dinner so be it I'm not doing anything ...I'm pulling a ferris bueller.