[OddjobAbe]

I had a wonderful day. My Mam made us some of her wonderful ciabatta bread with many mushrooms, onions and lots of cheese and tomato sauce.
I gave Emily some perfume and a Madness CD (which we both enjoy - "One Step Beyond" with two Prince Buster covers (the titular "One Step Beyond", and "Madness"), and she got me Zappa's "Freak Out", because my other copy I lent to someone and never got it back, and put a bit of money towards my new tenor sax. My brother, despite the fact that we don't usually buy each other anything, picked up a funny book ("100 Things to Do When You're Dead") for a couple of quid, and also another funny book ("Atheist's Bible"), so in return, I'm going to pay for an extra round at the pub tomorrow. We got my Mam a Wii, as she's been dropping hints that she wants one, and she bought us socks each, and gave champagne truffles for me and my brother to share. I received fifty pounds from a friend in Germany (I have yet to change it into pounds sterling), and so have order a little four-track pocket audio mixer from Amazon.
I'm usually very cynical and maungy about Christmas, but I'm fed up of being a miserable old bastard. As a result, I've really enjoyed myself.