Blogmas 2019 - Part 2

Hello again and welcome to my second Blogmas 2019 instalment. Since my last post things have improved somewhat and we have now made quite a large dent in our 'things to do/buy' list. More presents were purchased at the weekend along with cards and wrapping paper. Obviously the cards still need to be written and posted and the gifts need to be wrapped but its a start. I have even sorted everything out into little piles on the spare bed - woohoo go me!! Actually as I am typing this post I realized that I haven't bought tags yet, back to the shops I go then!

On Friday evening I spent some time updating my December Daily, I added some journaling and photos and prepped the pages for the next few days. It now needs updating again now but I have the images I want to use saved on my phone so it shouldn't take too long to do. I might even attempt to do that tonight.

On Saturday morning Tom went to work for a couple of hours so I pottered around the flat and did a few chores. I really want to stay on top of the housework etc right now as I don't want to have to be rushing around over the last couple of days before Christmas. Anyway as it is I am currently winning and the flat is pretty clean and tidy.

We took ourselves out for a walk Saturday afternoon, we both felt the need for some fresh air and as there is a Christmas market on between Tower Bridge and London Bridge we decided that we would go explore. As it was that stretch of the riverfront was jam packed and we couldn't get anywhere the stalls to have a look and see what was on offer. In hindsight I guess Saturday afternoon was totally the wrong time to try and have a look, we are hoping to go back for another look but at an earlier time in the day when it (hopefully) wont be as busy.

While we were on our walk we did spot this most amazing superyacht which was moored just by Tower Bridge in front of Butlers Wharf. The yacht which is called Bravo Eugenia is owned by an American gent called Jerry Jones who is the owner of the NFL team the Dallas Cowboys, apparently it cost him a whopping $250 million to buy!! As I am sure you can imagine there was a lot of interest being shown in the boat by people walking along the riverfront, especially as at one point you could see a ton of luggage and shopping being taken aboard. I don't know if it is the owners or someone else staying on it right now but whoever it is certainly doesn't travel light.

I have a real fascination with superyachts, they are just so fabulous and glamorous. I would love to actually go onboard one and have a look around, I am sure its just as amazing inside as it is outside.

Saturday evening saw us attend our first Christmas party of the season which was at Toms sisters house. Linda and Bill hold a dinner every year and as much as we love going we also find it a bit of a struggle as they are not very good at keeping to time schedules. In previous years things have been so delayed that we haven't starting eating until around 10pm! We were told that it would be a 8.30pm sit-down which we knew would never happen, however we were pleasantly surprised to actually sit down and start to eat at 9pm. Its still a bit too late for us to eat a big meal but we both enjoyed the evening and it was good to catch up with people we haven't seen for a while. We didn't get home till just after 1.30am which is very late for us, thankfully I got a bit of a lie-in on Sunday morning but Tom didn't as he had to pop to work.

The rest of Sunday saw us do a little more Christmas shopping, we also put the new festive bedding on and bathed the dog. We spent the afternoon and evening just relaxing at home and watching tv, the perfect kind of Sunday as far as we are concerned. We did want to watch some Christmas films but we couldn't find any we fancied so we settled on catching up on Florida vlogs.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend!

Jane xx