Merry Christmas. Discuss.

Hey everyone, hope you all had a great Christmas. Here's my quick recap: cool presents, though not a single pair of earrings, good food, people missing, yucky yucky cough medicine, more Mybug than I was bargaining for, morning text from Alfie signed 'lots of love x.'

Let's expand on those points. I know it's terrible of me to list these first, hello Material Girl, but the presents, they are the main feature of our family Christmas. We start opening on Christmas Eve, then at about 2 in the morning we call time, go to bed, and resume once we're all collected in the living room with cups of tea. Then the clan descends with more presents to exchange and we end up with about six rubbish bags full of wrapping paper.

So as naff as this sounds, my top 5 presents: D&G watch, gorgeous boots I picked out myself, GHD straighteners, Beyonce tickets, some nice lingerie I immediately imagined wearing for Alfie - bad, bad Chica.

Beyonce tickets people!! Ring that alarm!

Zero earrings, apart from the pair 'Muffin bought me. I thought that since I only had my ears pierced for the first time six weeks ago, that I would be inundated with the things. But not a single pair. It's possibly a good thing. I was just surprised, since people say they never know what to get me and that was the obvious choice.

Food. My mum cooked. Beautiful. We had a great Christmas dinner but we also had a champagne breakfast which was very civilised. We are normally so busy we don't get to eat until the main meal of the day, but this year we made time and it was lovely. Although, I think some people may have been anxious to get it over with. My niece Pebbles was like: "Can we do the presents now?!" as soon as she had finished the last bite.

A few of our family traditions have had to be adjusted due to some things that happened last year, so for parts of the day people who would usually be present were absent. Our family is a little fragmented and on days like Christmas Day you can really feel it. Plus, I really missed Puppy. And Boyf had to go to his mothers, which normally doesn't happen. Mostly, I missed my sister coming for dinner, though we did get to see her in the morning for our champagne breakfast.

I haven't had to take cough medicine since I was about 5 years old, but I have this awful cough and sore throat that keeps me awake all night. Yesterday, Boyf went to find an open chemist and returned with some drugs, including this really horrible cough medicine that I have to drink. Ick. Due to the sick, I spent yesterday watching Buffy DVDs and the Take That concert. Memories!! This does mean however that I am not scooping up any bargains in the sales this year. Which is poo.

I got a fair few texts from friends on Christmas Day wishing me a Merry Christmas, the first of whom was 'Muffin :) I managed to hold out and not text Alfie, so I was quite proud of myself. I also refrained from running out and buying him any presents. I probably would have cracked and text him on Christmas Day, because at the end of the day he is kind of my friend and I wanted to wish him a good day. But by eleven o'clock he'd text me so I was happy. I didn't reply until about 3 o'clock and haven't heard anything since. But I was pleased he'd bothered to text me at all and I know he likes spending time with his nephew on Christmas Day. We talked about him when we went out and it was the most unguarded I have ever seen him.

I also got a Merry Christmas message from Mybug. I was surprised because I don't really expect straight guys to think of things like that. I replied and said I hoped he got lots of nice presents under the tree. He replied 'Unfortunately none of them was you x.' Then at about one in the morning, after he'd clearly had a few drinks, he started texting me again. He wasn't even waiting for replies but kept texting stuff like 'I think you are so beautiful x x.' (I so need him to give Alfie some tips.)

Mybug: A good day, missing your sexy ass though, am badly pished x x
Chica: Ha I can tell! Missing my sexy ass? You haven't seen it for about 6 months! Are you out at the mo? x
Mybug: Yeah in party. I assume it's something that would still make me stop in my tracks x
Mybug: I think you are so beautiful x x
Chica: Yep you are defo pissed! Didn't think beer goggles worked unless you were there in person but there you go!
Mybug: Beer goggles, my ass you're a fittie! Trust me you rock. Are you out thursday? X

He invited me to a party but I leave for France on Thursday. The next day he text me and apologised for being rude and said he would make it up to me with some 'well deserved sweetness', but I assured him I'd heard a lot worse and thought he was funny.

Christmas Day was absolutely knackering, I'm still really tired and I can't believe I have to get myself together for travelling tomorrow! We are spending the New Year in our French village. It's just me and the Boyf going so we will get a lot of time together. I'm both happy and nervous about that. I will really miss MJ on New Years Eve for a start. And I will have to wish you all a very Happy New Year now because even though Wondy managed to blog from Thailand, there is one internet cafe in the surrounding towns of our French village, and I have never ever seen it open!

Oh, and do you remember I bought Alfie's cologne and didn't know what to do with it? I gave it to Boyf (I know! But hello, I couldn't keep my hands off him! Even my sister said he smelled gorgeous.) MJ also got it for Christmas. When Boyf opened it, he asked if Alfie or 'Muffin wore it. They actually both wear it but I just mumbled that I didn't know. Luckily he said he really liked it, but MJ broke all possible tension by announcing: "All Chica's bitches wear it!"

Love. Him.

Hope you've all enjoyed the holidays so far, Happy New Year! May all your wishes come true in 2007 xxx

What's It All About?

It's Christmas Eve Day!! Christmas Eve is my favourite part of Christmas. It's the slice of time we get to ourselves before the extended relatives descend upon us, bringing the madness with them. By midnight, we are opening presents - I know, I think Santa must hit our house first or something? And, when the turkey is cooked, we have hot turkey and stuffing sandwiches. Sometimes a glass of champagne. We stay up really late creating a mountain of discarded wrapping paper, and much laughter is had by all.

Yesterday, since I am still sick and could not face the chores I now have to do today, I had a movie day. I watched, in order, Five Children and It (Eddie Izzard if you please!), The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alfie, and In Her Shoes. Then I couldn't sleep all night because of this cough and this dilemma: when should I, if at all, text my Alfie?

Now, since I have watched the movie, I have the ideal opportunity to text and tease him about it, but, BUT, I was thinking I should wait and see if he bothers to text me over Christmas. However, if he doesn't I will read all kinds of shizz into that, when really maybe he doesn't feel like he should bother me when I am with my boyfriend? He doesn't know I'm a crazy bitch who thinks about him non-stop, and could possibly feel he was encroaching on my space? Or, do men even think of these things at all? Does the should I/shouldn't I wheel of indecision even enter their brains? Or do they just do whatever the hell they feel like?

I know I said I wasn't going to pursue him any more, you giving me the eyes there at the back. So maybe I shouldn't text at all unless he does. But I really want him to. I am just dying to kiss him again. And since he made the effort with all the emails and everything, would he feel like I'm not making the effort, so why should he?

You see, it's hard work being a crazy bitch.

Plans for today include: still trying to get that last minute present for my mum (there's always one isn't there?), finally going to see The Holiday - more Jude, Jude overload could push me into a text (by the way if any of you are wondering what Alfie's sexy look looks like, it looks pretty much like Alfie's sexy look here) - then having a nice soak in the bath and possibly a glass of Baileys, putting on some new Christmas pyjamas, and settling in for the fun.

Enjoy the festivities people!

Holding Back the Humbug

Today, I have mostly been: wrapping presents.

Ta-dah! Sadly, I don't have any spectacular surprises to spring on the Boyf like last year's kayak, and he knows about most of his gifts this year. Largely because it's mainly clothing that I had to get him to try on. But still, I hope he will be pleased with his pressies. A kayak would not fit under our new tree anyways.

I'm not massively impressed with the tree this year. But I do like our new angel at the top. It's my job to put the angel on. I've been doing it since I was yea high to a grasshopper. One day if I have kids I might let them do it. Until then, that bitch is mine.

I am so tempted to get Alfie something it's quite ridiculous. I even know what I would buy him. Nothing amazing but just something. I won't even see him over Christmas, and maybe ever again. I guess I'm a chump.

Only one more gift to buy (for mum) and some pretty cards to give a couple of people money in and then I am dunzo. I even finally finished off the Chrimbo decs, and put up some (but not all) of my cards.

Pride of place on top of the telly is 'Muffin's card! I even watched some of Santa Claus the Movie today while I was wrapping! A glass of Baileys and it will be Christmas!

This year is going to be pretty strange as my family is a bit fragmented and even Boyf has to go to his mums. I'm not so much looking forward to Christmas Day as Christmas Eve. Christmas dinner is going to suck a little I think. Then a few more days and the Boyf and I will be running off to France for New Year. I'll try and get it up for that at a later date :P

By the way I still haven't been to see The Holiday. I'm thinking I must drag Boyf to the Odeon for Christmas Eve? If I can't have Alfie for Christmas, I'm having Jude Law!

Jingle Bells

Yesterday was my last day of work before Christmas (hurrah!), so it is only right that I immediately caught a cold and am tapping away at my computer feeling like an extra from Night of the Living Dead rather than getting all my last minute shopping done. Okay, I admit I have just been for a mini shop but I only bought one present and the ugliest frickin' wrapping paper you have ever seen, which my boyfriend bought to wrap my presents with after I declared so. Go figure.

But back to yesterday. The 'Muffin and I were so sentimental about our last working day together (until January) that our boss ended up teasing us about our puppy dog looks and physical closeness ('put her down!') There's another one I'm having an affair with then I guess. We exchanged gifts at first break and he bought me a lovely pair of diamond earrings, which were exquisitely wrapped! Then after I'd been on a really boring job I came back downstairs to find a bottle of Malibu and bar of chocolate in my tray and a card from Lila, as a thank you for looking after her on Saturday! Sweet!

That put me in a really good Christmassy mood, but by the time I got home I felt awful and crawled into bed with How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. I've mentioned before how much I love that film and I don't care who mocks me for it. Also, they sing You're So Vain in it so after my banter with Alfie it had to be done!

Oh, and 'Muffin wrote the loveliest message in my Christmas card, saying how it was also a thank you card, and including the lyrics to The Golden Girls theme tune! There surely is nobody else quite like him!

My message to him was equally soppy, however I did have reservations as to whether he'd be able to put it up at home.

'Muffin: Well why not?
Chica: Does your mum know what a mofo is?
'Muffin: Probably not, but she'll want to know!

Merry Christmas everyone!