46: winter sales

2022-12-29

Today we went into town to look around the winter sales.
Shopping is one thing I hate doing and try to avoid at all costs.
So heading into town at Christmas time is my idea of hell. I’m genuinely thankful for online shopping.
I’m not the type of person who hates crowds, and neither am I a spend-thrift (although I wish I were).
I’ve just never got the annual tradition right after Christmas when you’ve been gifted new things that there is anything else you might want.
Tam and Ellie seem to love it.
Plus, Tam likes to suggest new things I should get. Today she’s suggested new trainers (the one pair I have are still okay, and I see no need to replace them)
In fact, yesterday, as I was making room for the 3D printer, I was looking through my clothes, thinking about what I should get rid of.
I seem to have two months’ worth of t-shirts which have been bought over the past two decades.
I’ve more blankets than we need, although, with the fuel crisis, I might layer up on the bed sheets and forget the heating altogether.
I also seem to have several bags of Ellie’s clothes which look like they were from when she was 5.
I seriously need to Marie Kondo my life!
Tomorrow is the start of the end of Christmas. We’re taking our Christmas decorations down.
Which ushers in the new year and should make room for me to sort out our living room and rear extension room.