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It's crunchy leaf time of year!

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I really like this time of year~! Although I love summer, there's something about the late November-December time of year. I'm not sure if it's the warm cozy nights cuddled next to the spare radiator in my room whilst reading manga, or the crunchy leaves, or wrapping up in scarves, or the fact I've brought my double duvet down from the cupboard and put it on my (single) bed along with my single duvet, or the fact the xmas lights are being turned on, or if it's the run up to Christmas... but I really love this time of year!! <3

I know it's a bit early to be talking about xmas right now, but I'm particularly excited about it this year! The family is coming to our house this year~! Usually we either all go to grandma's, or (as with the past few years) it's been just me, mum and grandma at our house. But this year! Everyone's coming! Uncle David, Aunty Jill, my 3 cousins, grandma, possibly coconut (mum's 'partner'). I'm so excited! I know it's not that many people compared to other people's family xmas reunions, but we have a pretty small bungalow type house so it's gonna be busy~!! 

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As for school, Xmas officially starts this Saturday (28th Nov), with our xmas fair! I'm going to be helping my friend (let's call her K), with our house stall!

(In our school, there are 4 houses, St. Hilary's = blue, St. Joans = red, St. Emilie's = yellow, and St. Francis = green. Usually we're all friends, but when it comes to house competitions everyone gets super competitive! St. Hils and St Joans are bitter rivals!).

I'm a proud member of St. Hils, the blue house; I'm really excited! I've never run a stall at the fair before, and I'm exciting about doing my bit for the house~!! At xmas fair, one of the main attractions are the house stalls, each house has a stall, and we can only sell items of our house colour; eg, hils can only sell blue things. Tbh I think Joans should get a handicap... I mean, how easy is it to find red things that are xmassey?! But, well, I'm biased as they're our rivals!!

I say xmas starts on 28th Nov... but for one form it's started early!! My friend L's (yes that is her name!!) form (year 9) have already decorated their form room! Not just tinsel and paper chains, but full on twinkly lights, xmas tree, fake snow, singing rudolph...!! It looks like santa's grotto! x'D

I think K and I decided we were going to decorate the 6th form common room on Monday morning though~! There's a mini xmas tree in the walk-in-storage-room/cupboard, and there's about 2 bix boxes full of decorations in the cupboards in the kitchen!!

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Anyway, In other news; I popped into town yesterday (as in, local small town, not big city town), and bought some really great stuff! In Waterstones they had Maximum Ride the manga vol2, and Detroit Metal City vol 1!! <3>w<

Not only that!! But when we went into Bits 'n' Pieces (cool little indie games shop in our town), we found, in a glass cabinet of oldies games.... Advance Wars 1 & 2!!! Those games are super super rare these days! Almost Impossible to find! And I bought them!! =w= Now I have the whole set~! <3>

I am SO using my awds mug at school tomorrow!!

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Speaking of indie shops, I found a really good indie music store in town too. Well, I knew about it already (the one with the creepy Elvis statue is something you can't not know if you live in our town!), but I'd never really been in before. Anyway, they sell lots of CDs and DVDs, both old and new, at srsly low prices! From now on, I'm going to buy my music from there over iTunes! deffinately! Really friendly in there too~!!

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Well, that's about it for now! But quickly, before I go, I'd like to say a big shout out to all of my devART watchers! I love all of you~!!

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