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I got a signed card from my disapproving fellow PA with odd phrases in it, like: She was decidedly jolly about getting rid of me but nothing had disarmed me more than these six weeks at Town Hall. At least in social services everyone was normal, if congenitally lazy. The oddest thing that happened to me in social services was that I think someone asked me on a wife swapping evening but am not sure but at the higher echelons I spent my days standing with trays full of mugs of tea, waiting to be signed by a regal wave of the hand to present them to the Council table, as if I was serving Marie Antoinette in pre-revolutionary France.
The monarchistic regalia had been replaced by the oddest kind of bureaucratic madness. The power of our palaces may have diminished over the years, but there are always callow puppet princes to take their place. The extent of waste was hugely shocking and seemed to go on for about five years after I last filled the council biscuit tin. I can only hope someone gets value for money these days; and that all those people who owed parking penalties frequently drove into the Town Hall. Never before or since has my working life been more futile or depressing.
As for yours truly? May be gracious, kind, a little bit saucy and very splendid to you.
Slowly, we are emerging from the fuggy-headed richness of Christmas and facing the New Year with the usual resolve to be better, to be kinder, thinner, less toxic, more sober, less extravagant, more financially conscientious. Everybody, bar none, was sneezing on the bus this morning. There was a man who had two hearing aids in and one of them shot out across the aisle when he sneezed at Swiss Cottage. All of this grisly, early morning nastiness was conducted to the usual January pale turquoise skies that looked thoroughly fed up and belched rain.
Of course, my nutty madness for Christmas has meant that I am fumbling through January with a few shekels in my pocket, wondering what nutritious lunch can be purchased for 35p. I so enjoyed shopping for others during Christmas that I insisted on shopping for myself at the same time. This means that things. I have deviated from my usual route to work for the last two days and got off the bus one stop later.
This means that instead of hopping off at Oxford Street and trudging down past the street cleaners and those mysterious, luminous-jacketed men who stand outside Selfridges daily at 7. This is still a largely residential district. Well-to-do poshies are putting their kettles on. Very tidy bins with lids that actually fit, hide the remainders of terrines and empty gin bottles. The roads are silent and gracious. This morning the person at the front of the queue was holding an umbrella with the national flag of Canada on it. Maybe they were at the wrong embassy.
This was a shame as the current weather is driving me to drink. I must have one of your delish Stolichnaya with shaved ginger and lime drinkies, you Claridges lovely people! The Claridges barman would drop his crystal cocktail shaker if he heard about the asinine tomfoolery that goes on in the office every day. And then it all went wrong, because, as I carried on walking, I found myself at the site of former mentioned employ.
This was very annoying, as I had hoped to continue my reverie. Even those ginger and lime drinks cost something, and Pay Day is still too far away in the deeper trenches of January. It was restorative, however, to take a morning stroll through a beautiful district admiring the views. It made my day pleasanter. My job may involve instructing a grown person on how to redeem an I-Tunes voucher code, but at least I can see Mayfair from here.
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How was he going to do everything? Oh for goodness sake. Truly and utterly and superbly. Tinsel, trees, baubles and a menorah: A Georgian Christmas would be unrecognisable to us today.
Santa Claus turns up to emotionally blackmail children into going bed early at some point in the s. Crackers appear in about And no one goes for this riot of Victorian German-ness more than the English. I have had every type of Christmas Day: Despite the varying qualities of Christmases Past — from the sensational to the dire — this Christmas bird never stops believing in the marvellousness of it all and is eternally hopeful. Radio Times in lap, on Christmas Eve morning, with no work on the horizon for ten days.
At 15, 16 and 17 there was the round of ghastly parties to attend and take seriously. It was very, very tense being a teenager at Christmas. The idea was you submerged yourself into vats of Bacardi and lemonade and hoped to emerge at the other side of Christmas without your virginity. No wonder we failed. With people standing around. Listening to music and drinking. It was just wrong. They were parents, you know. They made the fatal error of putting the 13 year old Bluebird and two of her 13 year old contemporaries in charge of the bar.
By half past seven we were rendered hysterical by three shots of Archers Peach Schnapps. I was most perturbed. The book is a good read. Nice story that kept me interested the entire way. I was able to visualize the descriptions like a movie was playing in my head. It was very fun to read. There were some very imaginative twists, and although I usually know what will happen with this type of story Mr. Smoot gave us a fun twist I did not see. This book was well worth my time and feel a good audience would be 12 and older.
I must say I was disappointed with the ending. Are they just going to leave their home and family with no sorrow or regret? I really enjoyed The Witch of Lezzerat! It was such and fun and easy read. It was a page turner in every sense of the word. A unique story with some great twists! It has interesting characters, an imaginative setting and a great plot. I can't wait for a follow on novel. Smoot would do well to turn this into a series. The wonderful thing about this book is the level of accessibility it has to all readers- young, old, fantasy buffs or not- the book is playful, witty, and absolutely magical maybe a little steamy, too OW OW.
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