I’ve just realised, in my sleep-deprived and pain-filled haze, that I never made an Xmas update with details of my loot! Oh my goodness. I certainly didn’t get as many presents as some *cough* Lydia *cough*, but it was still jolly good.

I got:

• Pink, fluffy gorilla novelty slippers (to go with my pink, fluffy gorilla novelty legs)
• 3 Meredith Gentry books by Laurell K Hamilton
• Voucher for 2 visits to my favourite beauty salon
• The Mighty Boosh series 1 & 2 box set (already had them, but wheee, box set!)
• “Autobiography of a One Year Old” book by Rohan Candappa
• Boots gift card
• £50 clothes gift card
• Gorgeous bag with spider/spiderweb pattern
• Poppycock cashew popcorn
• Bottle of Baileys
• Long, dark green skirt
• Cat bag with matching purse
• Pewter cat bookmark
• Bottle of Chardonnay and box of Bendicks chocolates from my Boss
• Moneyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Lydia did the best out of all of us though. In fact, she couldn’t open all her presents on Xmas Day and had to finish them off on Boxing Day! So spoiled! She really got into the spirit of things this year, which was brilliant. Some of you may remember that last year we had to rip a bit of paper from her present to start her off, but rather than continuing the ripping herself, she would delicately lift the flap of paper up and try to pull the present out. Roffle. Now she’s a crazy ripping maniac just like her Mum! However, she now assumes that every single present is hers and will attack anything covered in wrapping paper

She’s been so bratty for the last week or so, though. Hooray for 2yr old rages. She /hates/ being told no for anything, and will scream and mope for ages. She’s got a thing for throwing things around too. If she has something of mine and I ask for it, if she’s in one of her moods she’ll stare at me, hold out her hand and drop whatever it was on the floor. It’s the staring that annoys me the most. It’s like she’s saying “yeah? What are you going to do about it?”. She’s just so defiant. I just hope she keeps that assertiveness if any bullies try it on with her when she starts school :yarr:

I shall leave you with a link to my photo gallery. I’ll add more photos when I can be arsed to scan them.