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James' birthday went nicely yesterday. Quiet because the decorator was in so we couldn't go out until the night, but he got nice cards and gifts and Corey came home for the day, before we went out to dinner at a local Thai restaurant. I did wear my reindeer print dress, which you can see here and a picture of James and Corey here. Which isn't the best of either of them, but at least I got one.

The decorator is here again now, so I'm contained to the living room with the cats while he finishes the wallpapering. He did the painting yesterday, and already things looked much brighter. So once the wallpaper is up it'll look even better -- and I can put my house back in order. Until next week anyway.

We did go to Beamish and had a lovely time. Because the schools are still in and it was cold it wasn't crowded at all, which meant no queues while waiting to get on the trams or old fashioned buses. I got to feed the reindeer, though didn't see Santa as he was tucked away. However, I did pose next to his sleigh. Went on a ride on the steam wagon train thing, which was really jerky with the bonus of one of the steam men driving it being a total hotass. Walked loads, including through lots of wet ground so my shoes were filthy when I got home. Saw all the museum decked out for Christmas, and just generally had a really nice time.

I did mini nano \o/ I wrote every day, not a lot on some days, but enough I always got my target. Which means my bandom holidays story is completely done and will soon be going off to beta.

A final good thing. I got the most adorable soft and sparkly reindeer from turlough today. It's going to look so good under the tree with the other sparkle deers. But until then, it's hanging out on my desk.

ETA: I knew I'd forgotten something. Thank you dine for the Christmas card. It's cute as a button and I love it loads.