GiltRidden: December 2012

Monday 24 December 2012

Festively Drunk

I'm spending Christmas day with the in-laws this year, and if it's anything like last time it'll be a lovely combination of delicious grub, good banter, alcohol flowing and lots of laughter. Jeez, reading that back we sound like a modern day Brady Bunch. What I should add to that is that the lovely boyfriend will eat so much he'll have to unbutton his pants around 3pm (or even worse, change into his 'house suit': grey trackies and grey sweatshirt combo. Sex), we'll play some type of board game where by LB and his sister will end up so embriolled in competition with eachother, most likely end up with LB rubbing himself with Monolopoly money chanting 'I'M THE KING' - irrespective of whether we're playing Monopoloy or not, and i'll spend most of the day giggling with the mother in law, remarking at how scarily similar we are - except for the fact that i can drink ALOT more wine than her...queue more giggling...and inapproprate swearing.

So, to make sure i look as best as i can at the start of the day in order to overlay any memories of me by the end (house suit LB in tow), here are some festively fabulous earrings to sparkle this Chistmas Day...

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Sunday 23 December 2012

All wrapped up and only one way to go...

The weather girl told me this morning that it was going to be a high (a HIGH) of 4 degrees this week. WHAT. If i wasn't a greedy pig i would have thrown my porridge at the tv screen. Living in the North of England has it's benefits, but Jesus i regularly wish i lived elsewhere. We live on the beach which is marvellous. Marvellous in the Summer but equally fab on a freezing day like today when you can get all wrapped up and go for a stroll on the sand.

It can be difficult to feel particularly feminine though when you're covered head to toe: uggs, jeans, jumper, down jacket, hat scarf and gloves. What I need on a day like today is subtle accessories to just glean through the layers...

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Thursday 13 December 2012

Avengers, Assemble!

So, I've been daring the shops to buy my Christmas presents - despite buying most of them online, for some reason I just couldn't resist putting myself through a visit to the highstreet. When I arrived back home, my ever suffering boyfriend thought i'd been mugged, or at least in a fight. What happens to people in December? Where do these maniacs shop the rest of the year? Moreover, where do they live?! Note to self, never visit. Why do people walk twice as slow in December only? WHY DO PEOPLE INSIST ON STANDING IN DOORWAYS?!

After a large glass of vino, and an hour of my lovely boyfriend pretending to sympathise whilst actually ignoring me and serepticiously turning the volume up on the golf every two minutes until before i know it, someone who sounds bizarrly like my impression of my Dad is booming so loud it sounds like the voice of God, is in my living room. I am infinately more angry so pretend I haven't noticed and JUST SHOUT LOUDER. Win.

Prepare yourselves ladies. Sure, wrap up warm but more importantly - arm yourselves!!