Bah humbug

One of the things that I hate about Xmas (in addition to the blatant commercialism of Christmastime in general) are the Christmas shoppers.

I popped into the West End yesterday to go to Hamleys. I wanted to buy my 13 year old cousin a birthday present. OMG what a mistake! Not only was the inside of the shop totally crowded but so was the pavement outside!! Still, I was determined to make a purchase so I bravely fought my way in. Luckily, I was rewarded by a man (or woman) dressed up as a giant Jelly Belly Jellybean who handed me some free jellybeans. Anyway, I managed to get my cousin his present but I have to say, to all those kids out there - you had better be damn grateful to those parents of yours who must have gone to a lot of trouble to buy those toys for you for Christmas!

It always amuses me how early Christmas starts. Even in September, the supermarkets will start selling mince pies, the card shops will cram their birthday cards into the back of the shop and replace them with overpriced Xmas cards, restaurants start advertising their Christmas Menus and HMV stocks up on DVD Boxsets ("Ideal Xmas Gifts!") On Monday I spotted the first inflatable snowman erected outside a house on the way to work. The Christmas lights on Oxford Street are already up. It's all mad mad mad. Part of me wants to boycott Christmas (I'd already decided that I'm only buying people boxes of biscuits), and the other half is mesmerised by the sparkling, shiny christmas gifts in the shops. Speaking of which, I walked into the new Apple shop on Regent Street and I really really think that I need the new 60GB all colour iPod which displays photos. I know that I already have an iPod. It doesn't matter. I could have two. And guess what, just in time for Xmas they have also released a special U2 edition of the iPod. It's black and red and funky as hell.

The best part of my shopping trip yesterday was a quick trip into Schuh. I discovered a great way of overcoming my short stature - massive shoes! Now I tried buying a pair of stilettoes a couple of months back but they are really really difficult to walk in. I have no idea how those models manage to walk in them, I've even seen girls run wearing them! Anyhow, I managed to find a gigantic pair of trainers that make me really tall. Well, normal height anyway :)

Height Gain Trick

Damn I think I was ripped off.