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Reasons why I hate Christmas

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I am the Grinch.  Anyone who's been anywhere near me this festive season will be more than aware of this. Edit - reading this back, it's a bit depressing and negative - so let me start by saying as I kid I used to enjoy the excitement - especially when I believed in Santa and would try and spot him out of my bedroom window.  (I discovered Santa wasn't real when I spotted a new toy in mum's car that I then saw a couple of days later in my brother's stocking, and put two and two together).  Mum would (and still does) buy loads of goodies - turkish delight, cheese footballs (do they even exist any longer?), pringles, After Eights etc) and display them temptingly on the side board until we were allowed to open then on Christmas Eve - the restraint was tremendous.  And because of where I currently work, Christmas is pretty sweet - this year in particular has seen December fly by in a haze of booze, mince pies, creativity , and 3pm finishes topped off with a pretty opu

Christmas Tidings

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Work has been a bit crazy recently.  I think we've eaten too many mince pies (we have had a pack a day since the middle of November, I'm getting good at blind tasting mince pies from different shops) and last week got a bit hyper on all the sugar.  We had a competition to see who could make the quickest/best christmas decoration for our otherwise totally bland office.  The only rule was we had to use stuff we already in the office. Here were the entries: My boss's attempt except he got bored half way through so I ended up doing it Sue's attempt....toner boxes with 'snow' paper and scarf tinsel Karena's attempt - not bad considering it's made from toilet roll Tracey's attempt - angel complete with halo, in my opinion the best! My attempt, a stand alone fake tree It's probably safest to say we all won as it was the effort that counted! Talking of Christmas decs - here's the one's we've done in our house...

Fine Dining in the Walkie Talkie

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On Thursday Gemma called me with the offer of a meal at one of the new restaurants in the Sky Garden of 20 Fenchurch Street (aka the Walkie Talkie of death ray beam fame last summer). It's not open to the public until January, but as a trial run to test menus and train staff, they've opened up to members of staff working in the building.  As Gem's boyfriend Colin works there, I was the lucky recipient of an invitation.  Even luckier was Marc who happened to be checking his whatsapp when I sent a message round to my housemates asking who wanted to take the last spot.   He snapped at the chance because he 'likes new buildings and being up high'. i love a mirrored ceiling The entrance is on the south side of the building, and you are whisked up in a lift to the 35th floor. On arrival, you are checked in and sent into the main atrium, otherwise known as The Sky Pod - a huge space encased in glass, with a light up bar in the centre where you can have snack