Starting to feel the Christmas spirit

 For the first time this year I have felt the Christmas spirit. It is rather late for me as normally I would start to get excited from the end of September. Maybe it was because I watched a couple of Christmas movies on Netflix over the weekend.

Saturday started well with Craig raking up the leaves from the garden as you could literally not see the grass or patio because of the fallen leaves. I did the patio. There are still leaves left on the trees at the bottom of the garden so no doubt we will have to rake them again next weekend. We then took Penny for a walk along the canal to the lighthouse and the loopline where Craig treated me to a hot chocolate from the mobile café that is there every weekend. I don’t normally drink hot chocolate because I find it too sweet but they serve the Galaxy hot chocolate which is lovely.

I had an evening on my own as everyone was out and that is when I decided to watch my first Christmas movie ‘Haul out the Holly’ on Netflix whilst working on a jumper I was determined to finish this weekend.

Penny work me up nice and early on Sunday morning as she needed to go out to ‘toilet’ as she would not go out in the evening. It was then I realised we had an unexpected overnight guest sleeping in my craft room. One of Emma’s friends ended up staying so he didn’t have to walk home alone from their night out as the people he would have normally walked home with ended up having to leave early. I wish I had known as I was planning on finishing a jumper I had been knitting and I had left the bag in there. The early start at least meant that Craig and I could have a leisurely breakfast before he had to go and do something for the Masons.

Sunday mornings are my ‘chill’ time and I watched the sequel to the Christmas movie I watched yesterday. This one was called ‘Haul out the Holly, Lit Up’ which was just as OTT as the one yesterday but fun, perfect for a Sunday morning. I did feel in the mood for Christmas after it had finished and as I needed to go to Aldi to pick up a few bits I decided to go to the one that was on the same retail park as B & M, Home Bargains and TK Maxx so I could go and look at the decorations on offer. I ended up buying some from Aldi. I also treated myself to some Apple Crumble Mince pies.

I did manage to sew up the jumper to get it finished but there are loads of mistakes as I got so fed up with having to pull it back that in the end I just went with it. I also need to practise picking up stitches as I am not sure if because the light I was trying to knit in wasn’t brilliant especially with the navy wool, or if I am rubbish at picking the stitches up, but the neckline is not as it should be. I will just wear it when I need to do stuff in the garden so nothing decent gets ruined.

I have a busy week ahead and I must try to keep the Christmas feeling going and come up with a plan, as I normally try to get everything done by the end of November (except putting up the tree) and this year I have done very little as I have not really felt like it. On the flip side though I have enjoyed Autumn more and have been more present for the season rather than being solely focused on Christmas preparation.

How are your Christmas plans coming along?