Today I went out to get a Christmas tie, I never knew it would be so much trouble to find one in Carmarthen. I tried both BHS (I asked here and they had no idea what I was talking about and finally pointed me in the direction of the normal ties) and Marks & Spencer with no luck and even a visit to the numerous budget stores like B&M and Poundland proved to fruitless.

Eventually got one from Debenhams who were having yet another special EVENT the prices have been the same for the last few weeks regardless of any special offer they appear to be promoting.

Got some drinks (soft) for a work buffet we’re having this week, still not sure how much would be needed for the twelve of us and it somehow feels wrong that I have bought the premium brands even though I normally get the budget brands for my own consumption.

I did manage to get the the clothes recycling bank yesterday and have unloaded all the clothes from my car and spent a little time last night going through my wardrobe and clearing that out.

Well home now for my lamb stew, which has been in the slow cooker for the last few hours and iron my shirts for the week ahead

Well since my last entry I have completed a great deal of my Christmas shopping, rather alarmingly this has to be one of the only years that I have not made a list or budget for presents. I have asked family what they want and have gone out and bought them – think it is much easier to get what someone actually wants or needs.

I still need to get a few things and am awaiting a few deliveries but the fun will be when it comes to wrapping them all up, luckily I still have wrapping paper left over from last year.

In other news December is looking like it will be a busy month, with work Christmas dinner and the work night out it is probably a good thing that I am not looking at what I am spending.

Been busy over the last few weeks having a clear out at home, I have a load of old clothes that I have had to admit I will never fit into again and have these bagged up to go to clothes recycling and took a bag of new things (yes still with the labels on) to a local charity shop.

Also decided that my VHS collection needs to go, I had originally hoped to replace each video with the DVD but since joining the amount of DVD’s I buy has gone down considerably with me only really buying a few DVD’s in the January sales.

So far I must have gotten rid of about 20 videos and the majority of these were ones I was “forced” to remove from my mothers house a few months ago that have been sitting in a bag in the corner for the last few months!!

However all this space I appear to be creating will be filled when I move more of my things from my mothers shed – my collection of Doctor Who videos and books, and old school books.

Will have to remember to remove my old microwave to my car so that I can take it to the tip at some point, that is something else that has been sitting in the corner for nearly a year.

Time is very much like a handful of sand and slips away all too quickly no matter how tightly you grip.

Nearly two months since my last entry and I have had no more parking tickets since I began “hiding” my car which shows just how Carmarthenshire County Council operates it car parks in Carmarthen.

Today I officially started my Christmas shopping, when I bought my first gift – well ordered it online actually to save a few pounds (buying locally the CD would have cost £9.97 online it was £6.99 and hopefully I will get cash back as well)

So since the last time I wrote –

* Met up with old school friend
* Weekend away with work colleagues

I will talk about the above in the next couple of weeks

I am sure that the news will be full of the events that happened in New York back in 2001, it becomes one of those moments that people will always remember what they were doing on that fateful day ten years ago.

It was a Tuesday and back then I was working part time and not working on Tuesday, I can remember sitting at the computer with the television on in the background when they reported that a plane had hit one of the Twin Towers in New York. I was watching the news and at that time no one knew that it was a terrorist attack and I can remember thinking no wonder a plane hit the building as they were flying so close – I was watching live reports and could see a plane in the background approaching the second tower and hit it.

The rest of the afternoon was spent watching the confused news reports.