A Santa Christmas Shop

Twas the 3 days before Christmas and Santa needed to get some people presents and also see the sights of a city before it ends the year of 2016. Join him as offers and crowds are abound.

The preperation. 

So he woke up, after getting hyped up with what today could bring. He got up and went for a shower, with the Hot chocolate chilli shower gel on his skin and hair wash to make it real. Then he proceeded to getting changed but before that, He checked his E-mails and his FreedomPop account since it was Billing Day and found out he was suspended, He called FP up from the house phone, spoke to a rep and went through the rebilling process and also had to add premium voice since he realised his ulefone paris doesn't let the FP app show the keypad. After that he got prepared, his trousers ripped but he put jeans on underneath to make sure it wasn't too embarrassing for him. Then by 9:58 she was ready to cycle to buy the gifts 

The outfit

The fresh cycle. 

The cycle was a reasonable one, with cars hooting when passing and the weather with bluesky and eventually after breathlessness and legs tirring and bigger rips, the time was nearly 11:30 and then it was there. The bike was parked and he was ready to go for a toilet before getting the presents purchased. 

The fresh sky and winter fields

The wet paths

The muddy path

A visit to a pub omracer will be for boxing day

The bridge over the A38

The time of Santa Arriving

Time for shopping

He arrived and after his Toilet break to find bigger trouser rips, he started. Exploring places in Drake's Circus was for later so he walked to Maplins to find some reasonable headphones, but the prices were a bit higher so it was a nope from me. Then I walked towards the bottom of town, visiting the market and other parts like Cash converters, Wants and Nerdz. Not much in terms of deals for me this time, but it was time to walk up.

A view of the crowds at the bottom of Town

As he walked up, it was seeing the crowds everywhere and the Christmas Market had fleed. But he made is way into CEX which had an idea of a 4GB DDR3  laptop stick for £10 and a 1TB used SSHD for £45. That was tempting for him but he didn't go for it. Then he walked into Game and noticed when browsing, there was a Freedompop Sim Pack, which tempted him, so he went up ahead and thought about it.

An Empty Plaza

He was Looking Back  to the sundial

Then I walked up to Drake's Circus, with crowds heaving in various places. But before that, was Game, which Had the NowTV card but not the FP Sims as far as he saw. The sights were full of crowds, queues in stores, classic dance tunes (which you heard) in HMV as well.

Drake's Circus at a busy time

 He went to HMV and looked around at the headphones, but Then he called someone after asking for a rep for advice on them, it turns out it was for a tablet, so he went with the Sony ones for £19.99. Then it was him to choose 2 DVDs for £20 due to an offer, so he went for Warcraft and Secret Life of Pets. He then proceded to pay, it came to £39.99 and that drake's circus gift card he won paid this. 

The presents for £39.99 in total

Then he proceeded to look into clintons briefly, which actually looked like a heaving mess and then he looked at this card pack for £2.99 and pondered before ending up accidently walking out with it, he rushed back to put it there and was a phew. But then it was a costa trip for giftcards which actually was funny when they ran out of stock. So It was a case of going to the Costa in waterstones. 

When he got in there, he was waiting in the queue and this amazing blonde ssbbw was serving, with her cute hair to her round smile to her amazing shape. She was lovely in accent and kindness too. She even complimented him and he got the 2 £10 costa cards, but the gift card didn't work for paying for it. So 2 £10 notes was the way to go. He even got a feeling below when looking at her. 

The costa gift cards, £20 in total. 

When packing them up, 2 old ladies talked to him, hoping they would get something nice for christmas from Santa, and one hoping he would see Santa after 8 years or so. Then he packed it in the bag and headed out to buy the next gift. The NowTV Pass and FP Sims. So he got them and waited in the queue and there was almost a struggle to get the giftcard to be paying for it, since the staff asked about how much was on there, but they got it sorted nicely. 

The nowTV pass and the FP Sims

Then it was a case of him wandering around town, seeing deals and trying to get some wrapping paper and that was a poundland idea. Which they struggled to have idea for christmas card packs so he left, which was a shame since there were so many ideas that could of been had. Boots was heaving and full of ideas he didn't know on what to pick.

The selfie of Santa in Glass

Then he headed back up and went to Lush but that was queueing and it ended up a trip for M&S which was busy and had some good ideas, like running lights and  other bits, Then work called and he was busy dealing with that, while looking at perfumes and other bits and pieces. 

The lights #throughglass

Then it was time to head to get the cards and the wrapping paper he was needing to buy. So Clintons it was, with a shorter queue and the cards were not too bad. Luckily that cost £4.50 so that was time to get that paid for and then time to see how he gets home.

The wrap and the Cards to Write out

The wet journey home.

IT was 3:18 and he cycled off, with his shopping done, Santa finally could get home, with wet weather towards the end and a phonecall halfway through made a delay to happen. The legs were tiring, the trousers were soaked and the phone was being low on battery. By Monksmead, it was a shame that the back tyre went which meant it was a struggle for him to get up the hill but then the chain fell off which sadly made things easier just for him to walk up. So in 2 hours and 2 minutes, he was finally home. 

The view back of town 

A Stormy night was approaching. 

And that was that, Santa was ready to get this all sorted and after a small meal, he was ready to get this up. Just 3 days before christmas. But this will be the last of him this year...

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A Plymouth Shopping Thinkabout

It was a nippy morning and It was finally time to go to Plymouth on the first day of the final month of this year. So a Christmas jumper and expecting to think on present ideas, it was time to. watch the vlog.

Time to get going

I woke up at 9:30 and after email checking, i was getting prepares, phone on charge and ready. the grass was white and the bike was ready

A selfie before i head off is a good way though

The bike as per usual

By 10:35 i was leaving in the clear sky and nippy weather, my legs felt it, my back was warm and that journey, was not as easy in near Baltic chills, a stink bomb was let off by lidls which killed my nose for 20 minutes, not too unbearable but ugh that smell was vile.

The fog and the white grass

The pitch was looking white

The moors was as well 

The crownhill to pass up

The bike Arrived

A Time to think on what to buy

Eventually in 1:48 i was in town and a toilet break before exploring was the way, first was that new shoe shop (FootAsylum) which had a Victorian feel yet modern feel too but the prices of that was overpriced, to the apple store it was. I saw a customer I teach buying and iPad. we chatted and he might be wanting a lesson later on pr next year.

The views in Drake's Circus

 Then i walked out to game and saw deals-ish, passing tat i visited the place Nicole works (turns put shes dating a feeder now too) but i browsed, her mate said hi like neither knew who i was, maybe a way to put it. Then i walked into game which i told someone where to get PS Vita memory cards from. Then it was checking out the Christmas Market opposite, there was some good deals there and traditional items for sale. crepes, pasties you know.

The christmas Market and its reindeer ligjhts

The market 

That famous Snowglobe

The reindeers in full form

The owl

Then it was exploring town as per usual, techie deals and deals for Christ are starting to pick up,. Poundland was full of Christmas deals from food to tableware and much more. The deals on shortbread, trees,,chocolate was pretty intense, my feeder side almost knew what to but but i didn't give chance to get the stuff. I looked online and aloe vera and j20 was in stock so i knew it would have a online order later on when i got home.

Then i walked down to near the market, with odd smells of weed here and there. the main market, which had the birdcage effect that my landlord might have contractors do the same for work if need.
but it was business as usual with thai food being whiffed around and tempting me but i resisted.
There wasn't much deals, sure there was the possibility of consoles but i saw one advertise but it was a psn banned console but that took £50 of the price at £119.95. Then it was computerbase asking for hdds and £35 for a clean-pull 1TB but the supplier i bought a Dead on arrival 2tb was going for £10 less ex vat.More walking ensured but it was nearly 3pm which i decided to make the buying.

The Ferris Wheel in Christmas form

So Poundland was my first place and i noticed that shortbread collection for 3 quid, took one, then saw two boxes of chocolates at a 2 for a £5, took those too, ooh tinsel at 5m, added and finally some burger sauce which is lovely from hellmans and that was it. Paying was smooth as anything on a self checkout which was packed and queues on normal checkouts as well

The Shortbread for £3

The things i bought in the bag 

Then it was time to get the ram, which was £3.95 for 2gb, which for that budget n3050 is ideal for really. So that was added and paid for, which meany it was time to almost go home.

The 2GB of DDR3 and the change

As I  walked up, I decided to go back into drakes circus for a quick wander, with one more look into the jewellers i was in earlier, i didn't see Nicole this time too, but theres no gift for her this Christmas due to the hookup now anyway.

The big santa is at it again

I went into hmv and saw some deals but not really the best idea since mum says tv season DVDs aren't worth it to rewatch these days, okay GoT is an exception. I then walked opposite and into boots, not many things i'm into really, but i think i saw stacey who i used to flirt with but blocked me years back, with a red top, red pencil skirt but hardly my dream size. i then passed on and got the bike up and cycled home which I had to pass darkness, traffic, wind. chills.

The Lights in Drake Circus

The Town before leaving

The google fit stats on that day

Cycling up the hill

The views were clear, the road was heaving

Getting onto the clearbrook road

The darkenss has really set in

Getting back into Tavi

The Tesco Shop 

Now we come to the final part, I shop in Tesco for the things i might need, now one of those things was a Santa outfit for when I get the actual christmas shopping done, as a laugh like i did 2 years ago. Last year i left it to the last minute and didn't get the outfit :/. But I noticed it was there this year so now I was close by, it was time to make the effort, and buy reduced stuff along the way. 

The first part was doughnuts, since my mum brings some back on a shopping trip so I should do the same, also its half price which means better deals. So i picked up a few packets (2 of the sugared jam, 1 of the festive mini ones) and also muffins to top if off. Then it was fruit, since smoothies are a nice kick back for me and keep some energy going without the use of coffee (only extreme cases or nights out I use that) so I bought 3 tubs, 2 of them were £1.42 each and another was £0.80. Then it was a bottle of shloer for £0.99. And that was a massive £16.66 shop but I had £1.50 coupon off which saved at least 2 items off the total. so £15.16 was the total. 

The reduced deals for £16.66 without the £1.50 off coupon. 

Then it was that foggy cycle up the hill and since my phone died at this point, i couldn't track how long that actually had taken. But I was home by 6:30 and then it was a relaxing time to order the stuff online and get the vlog up which was until 00:30ish. 

And that marks the first of 2 shopping trips, I might try to get a blogpost in before that time and then the end of the year is to be starting now as well, I know i procrastinate over that but I also want to stream some games during this festive period and i have the end of year music video to make as well, exciting stuff. 

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A festive finale of gifts

Well, its that time of year again , with the season in full swing, work busy with ordering and Amazon posting, heck 16 items a day, the wow of ordering online with even suppliers out of stock before sending an order to us. It was that final chance to make the effort, sure alot has saddened and changed this year but i hope that this time i can make the effort and it might even make it nice to finally even get the chance to win a girls heart.


But this time there is a fun twist to the usual, i was passing by a shelf in my local post office and i noticed something interesting, a Santa outfit, now this was going to be an idea of "i could dress up as santa and deliver the presents as well as buy them. The suit was £7 and also i was enticed since a sexy friend of mine was making christmas cards for her new store, i thought i would order those as well, its no harm in trying for a £5. I ordered from her shop and last friday the cards arrived. They do look splendid.

The envelope as it arrived in work last week

The envelopes and cards inside, along with business cards and a sweet lollipop

Then there was the santa outfit to buy, now i was really in luck since i bought the last one in stock for men on Friday after work, £6.99 but this might be worth it, i've not even tried it on until today, since i was keeping this really quiet, no snapchats leaked either..

The Santa outfit

This begins my journey which i had been thinking about for a few months. now i did already spend one present already on a dearest slim princess with a greedy appetite and a shyness but nearly man hating miss swain but that was a job almost shouting down "PAPA LEMA 19" down the phone to verify my virgin card since the member of staff was in a language barrier accent, but in all seriousness, she was helpful and was ok to deliver it across the street. You can't beat prezzo for that service :).

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— Chels December 16, 2014

There was even going to be a delivery from disney to my best friend but the postal blockage in the UK is a bit scary, i'm also partly to blame for that (amazon orders are nuts). I woke up in the morning, maybe not fresh but with a puppy howling and luckily i had chance to leave by myself, since i had to go today, just skipping it was NOT an option, since a visit i did weeks ago was to be sort of repeated but forgetfulness in passwords was the fun in that.


Now it was a early morning and by half 8, i was up, after a fap and then had a nice shower then after some rowdyness with the dog with getting the bike out, it was time to leave. With spirits held high i was off on a long bike ride for another day of shopping. By this point, the vlog had begun


Not much i can say apart from the outfit was getting muddy, i had at least 5 cars honk or beep at me as i was on my travels, Luckily it didn't rain on the way there, I got in at around 11:10 which is 2 hours earlier than usual, It was well worth it my feeling is. After having to prepp up and clean up in the toilets, (muck and i needed a P) i decided to wander the shopping centre of Plymouth and see what offers i could get before deciding to start on what presents to buy. Also popping into primark for jeans was meh, i did see miss Mitchell but she didn't take notice, then again it was different with me in a santa outfit.

Resting the bike just as i got to Town

Going up the stairs while checking for the items to buy for presents

A view of Drake's Circus #throughglass

Exploring the town offered many things, Poundland was hetic and some shops were different looking and no sign of a beautiful girl in Bank. But my first quest was my best friends present, Which was actually going to be a Disney Product but i've read the delivery was not going to happen. So i read that Build a bear offer it. I walked in and decided to go and purchase it, it was nice with the service in there, really nice staff and the value is reasonable. I mean they even let me choose a scent for Olaf.

Pushing the Pedal Down to fluff up olaf

Choosing a heart, sometimes i wish it was easy to do this in reality

Getting Olaf made cost me £21.50 in the end, since it was £19 for him and £2.50 to make him smell like strawberrys, But when me and the sales rep were chatting, she was interested in Glass but mostly asked about the Sanata outfit. Then i left the workshop and headed out to purchase my next item.

Now i had a piece of more time to kill with the Sweet shop temporary closing for an hour, i wandered down the lower part of Town, with the market traders in swing and some good deals on games from Naughty bear for a £10 to even a PSVita for £69.99. I didn't see Eloise which is a sigh.

Walking down to the market

Then it was a walk into more stores and found out there was a frogger 2 and a sequel to 40 Winks with older characters, that was £5 - £10 each. But as i progressed on to the Sony Store, with more than 40" TVs in the shop, (so basically there was not any tvs under 32"), i was smiling at the range. But then i walked on to the sweet shop, which was open and i explored, sadly there wasn't enough of what i wanted and i was even tempted to buy some BBQ sauce on top of the olaf. After walking around, it was time to find other presents instead. Now lucky i noticed something interesting. A thortons with special offers, oh and as i walked past, the sights a german food stall were good too.

The German food stall

 Now as i browsed and notices  3 for 2 offer, which in total 3 different chocolates totalled up to £20. Some of them suit the personalities of the girls. Jess with her sophistication of wanting to celebrate, Emily as a queen and Emma opened my heart. It was nice with friendly staff and customers.

The thortons i bought for Emma, Jess and Emily

Then it was time, but before i had to buy the main present, it was a quick gift to get for my sister, she wanted a car holder so i looked in halfords and i found them for £10, a good value one with a charger included. Buying that was a quick £10, i have £30 left for her in all honesty, but thats for later on.

The phone holder for my sister for £10. includes a micro usb cable and a charger. 

Then it was time to get the gift cards, which took a big of a mini quest, since 3 stores were out of them and queues were everywhere, both clinton cards were out, the card factory was also never selling them and then the big chain sold them, Tesco, with a Pizza hut and B&Q voucher, those came to £45, but before that, i was exploring and noticed another card shop with a funny meme that many of you might know me for.

People that like big butts cannot lie ;P

As i was walking to tesco

Getting the Gift cards from Tesco, Pizza Hut for Emily and B&Q for Dad/Father. 

The 1st time i went in tesco i did see orion who was busy on a call to someone, but the 2nd time it wasn't anyone i knew of. But the queue was about a 5 minute wait, which was not to bad at all. But after this, it was time for one last purchase, the gift bags. Now i went to my favourite store or more so the store Pete shown me and then i decided to purchase some decent bags. 4 bags for £4.50. Maybe not too bad, but one was a big one.

One Big bag for Charley

One bottle based bag for miss Jess

And two of the same bags for 2 special girls :)

Then after that, it was time for the writing of the cards and deliverance, Which was needed since it took a while to get it. But before i did that, i decided to purchase something i saw and looked amazing. A Playstation One Wallet, now that was a pretty good buy for £13. While in the queue, one of the staff asked me how glass was, i told him what i knew and he said i'm defiantly interested of getting it. Then as i purchased it, i let the customer next to me get loyalty points from me buying it. I think that was another good deed of ramdom kindness.

The Playstation Wallet

Then while changing wallets and writing cards out, i did have a undercover cop warn me that people were staring and looking to grab that money, i was rushing to get the presents and wallet sorted. But after about 30 minutes, it was sorted and i was ready to deliver, with notes of when i missed you and hoping to see them next year. I was a bit cheesy with the cards notes but its making the effort that counts.

The cards, giftbags and gifts to sort and make ready to deliver. 

Now i tried to deliver to emily, it wasn't that easy the first time, since she was busy but she looked amazing. I browsed at some tablets and phones, a chap was asking if i needed anything, i tested an xperia and the launcher had a PS4 feel to it for sure, Then i walked out to deliver to charley, now with that amazing girl i popped her new friend over to her work, with 2 staff in the entrance and one said "oh its santa", i played along and said "santa has something for a girl that works here, charley". He took it from me and said he would give it to her, which worked a treat, i thanked both and said merry christmas, I made my leave and wondered over to deliver Emily again, luckily she was free and when i gave it to her and said Merry Christmas she was a bit taken back, since that is the first time we have spoke to each other ever, she said "ohh thank you", then she instantly gave it to her colleauge, then she and her opened the bag up. Well, hopefully something might work in the future but at least i heard her voice which was nice. By around this time, i was also in a selfie with a selfie stick with a guy just outside a store next to emily's. 

Then it ended up me walking around some more and finally at around 3:30 i started to make my leave, but as i unlocked my bike, i had 2 girls come up to me and offer me a oassis drink, which tasted nice, and then it was the GPS to lock on 

Just before i left

The free oasis i got for just being santa

The ride to Mcdonalds was not too bad a one, sure it was busier with cars.

Nearing Mutley and the weather forecast

MMMMMMMM

 but i made it and then parked the bike just outside, then it was some kids staring with glee then i walked in and a pretty tall nice girl served me and i said "could you give these to Jess for me", it was fun having to describe her just to make sure its the right one, heck that mistake is a pain if i get it wrong, but she did then a guy next to her took it and was going to hand it to her. Then i walked out and got on the bike and headed out to the next place. This was ok until something bad happened. 

Whizzing on a bus lane, by fast blurred shots

As i was nearing the George, the pedals were getting stiff and then it turns out the chain was caught up with the decomposing in stitches santa trousers, that was at least 20 minutes to fix, with the help of a passer by guiding me, she said she liked the santa outfit too and then i was meant to be at a house by 4:30 but i finished up getting there at 4:33. He didn't mind, but what was meant to be a simple job is never simple. 

So i got in, we got the PC turned on, i got it booted from the USB and BAM, a kernel panic which no many how many bios settings i changed, i had no luck, and with the only admin account on the PC the one with the lost password, its never a simple fix, so after about 40 minutes of trying, i had to give up, then i left and it turns out it had been raining, which was even worse. 

Then the cycle ride was a intense race in the dark, cars blitzing past me, no light source without a risk of falling off, Horses blocking the path between Yelverton and Horrabridge, i chanted and shouted out loud "DON'T MESS ABOUT, FOCUS" which was hard but the solar powerbank was a ok but meh torch, ok for walking maybe but not for wide area light. 

Eventually i got home about 6:50, which was a bit of a drawback but also ideal since tea was just around the corner, it was amazing irony, the family laughed when they realised i had been dressed as Santa, Rosie jumped up and all, but then it was change and a nice fried tea

For tonight, Fish Fingers, Waffles, Poached Eggs, Lettuce, crisps, mayo and mango chutney

And there we have it, the final trip into Plymouth this year and hopefully something that might finally get me somewhere and maybe even fall in love again or have my hearts dreams make or break, but now its time to reflect and review a year, but that won't be for a week or so since christmas events are yet to come. 

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