Tis The Season to Be Jolly..and Robbed if You're Not Careful!

I forced myself to tackle my Christmas shopping today and when I was getting the bus down Oxford Street, a woman tapped me out of my iPod stupor to point out that a guy was trying to rob me. It took a moment for it to sink in and there was this uncomfortable moment when the accuser, the accused and I were staring at each other. Fortunately it was time for me to get off and go into Selfridges (God I love that store) but I was scared because he just kept staring at me and as I got off he said to the accuser that he should spit in her face! I thanked her as I was getting off and had forgotten about it by the time I was surrounded by handbags. Imagine my shock when I left over an hour later to go home on a different bus and he was standing a couple of metres away! He kept looking at me and there was such a temptation to shout 'Thief' but he wasn't actually robbing me and you don't know who has a gun or a knife these days! He kept watching me and I prayed that there wasn't going to be a scene and he got off a while after.

The bus was ram packed and I stood at the bottom of the stairs trying not to sing out loud to my iPod and at one point I looked up and there was a guy leaning over the barriers of the top deck staring down at me. I smiled at him and quickly looked back down and when he came down the stairs a while later he smirked at me and I giggled. I didn't fancy him but I liked his cheekiness and he didn't say anything cheesy. I looked out the window as he got off the bus and as he walked along the pavement, he looked back and stared through the window at me smiling....and walked straight into a woman holding her child in her arms! Do you know how weird it looks when a woman is crying with laughter on her own on the bus?

It's been quite a chilled weekend after a very hectic week although this was mostly down to the fact that I haven't been feeling too well with this bloody sarcoidosis and felt it best to behave myself and catch up on the monstrous amount of things I needed to do and get some rest. There was no lie in for me yesterday though as I had a kinesiology session which was good and has given me some pointers for dealing with this disease. I do need to change my environment to deal with the work and Male Best Friend issue and need to generally keep emotional stress down to a minimum as my immune system is sensitive to it. There's still no alcohol and I can't eat a host of things but I'm used to it now. The recent scare with my mum has had an effect on me and I developed a couple of lumps in the latter part of the week which has made it uncomfortable when I'm walking. Boo hoo! I'm fine though and enjoying myself.

Seemingly my bros have been fighting at home which has actually entertained my mum. I was horrified when I heard but she thinks they need to get it out of their system. I don't know all the details but the 26 and 20 year old one have been scrappin and my ma and the 16 year old were in stitches laughing as they watched. I think I need to go home and crack the whip and restore some order!

Check out these postcards on Baggage Reclaim which include some cheeky Christmas greetings plus others for occasions that I've made up!

I was introduced by my friend G on Friday night to a group of his friends that I have met countless times but he keeps forgetting, and he said to them "She's single and 28" which feeling outraged I replied "But not desperate!" Fortunately they realised that I meant desperate in general not desperate if I was with one of them....