Getting into the Christmas Spirit

I decided this morning we needed a bit of Christmas in the apartment so went off down to a little side street and found a Crazy Clark type shop, and after playing charades with the man who served me, I came away with some fairy lights.  Heavens knows what we will do with them after we finish here.  The apartment is in a block with a florist shop in front and on the way back in I bought some holly. Yes, the real stuff - it's prickly though.  We now have lights flickering across the mirror with a big bowl of holly on the mantle piece in front.  Ian went off on a long walk this morning.  He just loves it.  Don't know if he will leave me to go off shopping again by myself. 


The bare trees are perfect to cover with fairy lights and there are plenty of these all over the city.

 After dark, about 5.15 we walked up over the river to look at some of the lights in front of shops and on the streets.  It is really feeling like christmas.