Festive Times

I've not felt particularly "Christmassy" this year. Partly due to the fact it's just not as much fun when you're no longer a child, but also because I've finally come to realise it is really just another day.

It would be nice to celebrate Christmas with loads of relatives, but that's something I don't have. We're a small family, that's just the way it's always been.

However I've had two really rather fabulous meals out with my friends. The first meal out involved a group of  25 of us taking over pretty much the entire restaurant. My friends are really quite amazing. We also had a Secret Santa planned, and with a group of us that big, it's always interesting the sort of presents you will receive. Now, the idea for the Secret Santa was that it was to be "a £5 jokey sort of present". That didn't happen in some of the cases. There was candy underwear, jewellery, chocolates, a cardboard cut-out of Harry Styles, lube, hair removal cream and even a vibrator.

As I said, I love my friends.

Here's a few pictures of our meal out:

Party hats, cos we're cool.

Hey there.

Me and my best friend.

Just being Santa.

Secret Santa

Panoramic view, oh yeah.

The gifts I received from my wonderful best friend!

That's how we do it in Essex

Matching shirts, the best way to express love.

And of course, can't have any fun without one of these...

They're certainly a strange bunch, but I really do love them all. I also went out for another meal with another group of friends. It was a buffet. We ate copious amounts. I don't regret a thing.

You make me happy, you beautiful people. Merry Christmas!