tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post4048406634025615843..comments2024-03-19T14:28:03.565+00:00Comments on welsh hills again: Christmas shoppingElizabeth Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-23845420378390098702007-12-11T13:09:00.000+00:002007-12-11T13:09:00.000+00:00This really made me smile. So true. Shopping for a...This really made me smile. So true. Shopping for all the lovely things (just like your list) is quite pleasurable. And women are so easy. (mostly!) Men on the other hand - pah. Books (usually dull ones) and alcohol but I might have to move the compost heap after that! It's a little too close to the house:-)Lane Mathiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147122748453850264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-14177986963397284582007-12-09T20:15:00.000+00:002007-12-09T20:15:00.000+00:00Green with envy - but I've been buying things for ...Green with envy - but I've been buying things for me instead of things for 'them' too! <BR/>I'm meant to be making things for 'them' but haven't quite got round to it yet. Oops.Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378174162151683519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-72065187391616078632007-12-08T22:57:00.000+00:002007-12-08T22:57:00.000+00:00Hi Elizabeth...this is one of those taggy things ....Hi Elizabeth...this is one of those taggy things ....write a letter to yourself at 13 years of age....ever so weird to do!<BR/>Jsnailbeachshepherdesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397158758052413758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-300388854930477062007-12-08T17:55:00.000+00:002007-12-08T17:55:00.000+00:00I laughed at Pipany's comment ... how true and how...I laughed at Pipany's comment ... how true and how nice to be a female in your family. I really don't think Tom and I will go into the realms of buying presents for our exes... besides we can't run to one-way tickets to somewhere very remote. Ooh dear, now you've got my imagination running as I think of suitable pressies for ex-partners!Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-38974072125855781942007-12-08T13:53:00.000+00:002007-12-08T13:53:00.000+00:00Interesting twist at the end Elizabeth. So glad t...Interesting twist at the end Elizabeth. <BR/>So glad to find someone has the same approach to present buying as me. Oh, the agony of giving away the things I have bought because I love them and want them!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588437065757203375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-59994381084720373922007-12-07T18:00:00.000+00:002007-12-07T18:00:00.000+00:00This really made me laugh - I started out green wi...This really made me laugh - I started out green with envy because I've hardly got anything yet, then realised that you do exactly the same things as me. And the presents for the grandmother and childless aunt had the ring of truth about them for me too. Love the sound of all your girlie presents though!Suffolkmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123007594112557168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-3436854478986350132007-12-07T14:52:00.000+00:002007-12-07T14:52:00.000+00:00Lovely, Elizabeth. I have such a hard time shoppi...Lovely, Elizabeth. I have such a hard time shopping, mostly because I just hate it. I know it's boring and rather anti-Christmas, but I really just prefer to buy for the children and enjoy the company of my parents, brother and in-laws. Somehow it just never works out that way for me!Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-40402398929154405222007-12-07T12:36:00.000+00:002007-12-07T12:36:00.000+00:00That's what makes Christmas so expensive, having t...That's what makes Christmas so expensive, having to buy stuff for self along side stuff for Them. All I've done is Father Christmas - that stout old red thing gets FAR too much credit on the day for all my ingenuity! But I dread the day they stop believing, can't quite understand how my 11 year still buys into it, but mercifully it does. But I'm with Ian on getting what you want and not minding it not being perfumed and fluffy and covered in beads (not quite the thing for chainsaws!)Millahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-36828085282014251672007-12-07T10:49:00.000+00:002007-12-07T10:49:00.000+00:00You're right about Dads...mine wants a bird feeder...You're right about Dads...mine wants a bird feeder this year - so that's what he's got - no personal touch there!! And men always go for a pee in the garden...they kill off hedges, don't you know?! <BR/>Giving pressies to ex-husband and wife - now I feel we should do the same thing (ex-wife and new husband that is!), but ohhhh, noooo! And there is no guilt felt!<BR/>Mootia xHannah Veltenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11355099521026555461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-11122194161659616272007-12-07T02:20:00.000+00:002007-12-07T02:20:00.000+00:00you are so funny. i do exactly the same thing! (an...you are so funny. i do exactly the same thing! (and i, too, would love all the things you listed.)<BR/><BR/>and i agree with you that food is a good idea for "emotionally tricky" people. and how i love that phrase. tha'ts half my family!lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-54650809013738324692007-12-07T02:14:00.000+00:002007-12-07T02:14:00.000+00:00My husbands father does it to the Lemon tree - nit...My husbands father does it to the Lemon tree - nitrogen I think.... bizarre - why not buy a bag at the garden centre???? Food is always a great gift idea!!! And so well appreciated at this time of year!Sam Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15981522161884269876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-64899047792681560632007-12-07T00:42:00.000+00:002007-12-07T00:42:00.000+00:00Loved your blog as usual as I identify so much wit...Loved your blog as usual as I identify so much with what you write. I might get books or book tokens for everyone or drink (your compost heap bit made me laugh) or pampering delights or money! Aren't men difficult though? I am at the wondering stage like lampworkbeader.Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-51962572782213932562007-12-07T00:28:00.000+00:002007-12-07T00:28:00.000+00:00Don't you feel great when you are able to buy a gi...Don't you feel great when you are able to buy a gift for a family member or friend that really thrills them? It's like you've said to them: I know who you are and what you're interested in and this gift proves it.<BR/><BR/>What special music will you sing at the men's choir Christmas concert?Fayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10227397761350236459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-73979900508931299102007-12-06T22:57:00.000+00:002007-12-06T22:57:00.000+00:00Ooh I think you've been shopping for me Elizabeth....Ooh I think you've been shopping for me Elizabeth. Thank you very much, it all sounds lovely! I panicked hugely after the opening sentence - haven't done a blessed thing other than make things for other people's Christmasses and I am usually so organised. Such a big family too.....calm, calm..Pipanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048984447721169350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-62765334027023455802007-12-06T22:55:00.000+00:002007-12-06T22:55:00.000+00:00You are so right. It is so easy to buy presents th...You are so right. It is so easy to buy presents that are almost impossible to give away. I envy you having got so far with the present buying. I'm still at the, 'wondering what on earth to buy' stage. Even though I've been out to the shops twice, I've come back with nothing more than a few Christmas cards and some pressies for the children.Norma Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12403421235388770309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-39261218952440450772007-12-06T21:25:00.000+00:002007-12-06T21:25:00.000+00:00Elizabeth! What a lovely blog until the pissing on...Elizabeth! What a lovely blog until the pissing on the compost bit! Have to confess though that my hub does on ours - says it is good for it something! I always think i've got all my pressies, and then I find that I've left out all the hard people too.Faith https://www.blogger.com/profile/04672728248961388984noreply@blogger.com