Abigail's Anxieties

HEAR YE, HEAR YE!!! HANDMADE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FOR SALE!!! (Insert shameless plug for my knitting business here) ( you can even have a look at the logo here) Hi everyone,  this is just a quick post to show off (and shamelessly plug) the fact that my knitting business has currently got a couple of handmade Christmas decorations, each one made by yours truly. First up, we have a lovely silvery-grey snowflake, 4 inches by 4 inches. It's hand crocheted and also has a loop on the top to make it easy to hook onto maybe a Christmas tree or even to use in place of a gift tag on presents.  The second item is a dark green (with specks of brown) hand crocheted Christmas tree, 4 inches tall and 3 inches wide. Again it has a loop at the top so could also be used for decorations or in place of a gift tag.  Both of these items are £2 each with free postage in the UK but an extra £2 for postage anywhere ou...

Why am I doing (and finishing) my Christmas shopping in early November? Now some of you are probably already screaming at the title of this post and are probably considering doing one of two things: 1) clicking away because you don't think you can even begin to understand why someone would even want to be thinking about finishing their Christmas shopping in early November or 2) reading this whole post because you want to understand why on earth someone would be thinking a bit finishing their Christmas shopping in early November. Well if you fall into the number 2 group then settle down and enter my (extremely early) winter wonderland of "Christmas in early November" (insert Christmas music and all that jazz here) Number 1: crowds Now as someone with an anxiety disorder, I'm not good at dealing with large crowds at the best of times, but when it gets to the Christmas season shopping centres seem to turn into a scene from any dead rising game. It...