Two

Good evening Blogger world and this evening you'll have to excuse me because you're about to witness a major U turn in my thought process; I never said I was an easy guy to understand and get to know did I? Just ask my boyfriend and certain other close, personal friends; although we're fantastically good together now, when we first started out it was a slightly different story.......

So early last week you may remember me bemoaning the fact that all the shops were geared up for Christmas and I was thinking it was way too early in the year to be faced with the festive season. Well, guess what I did today? I was walking around with Gill and we had some spare time on our hands after shopping in Marks & Spencer so we took a walk into Boots and proceeded to check out their Christmas Shop - like I said, I'm sorry! Not only that but it was great and they had some real nice gifts and offers in there, it really did give me some inspiration; and I found myself seriously warming to the idea of Christmas. We didn't buy anything but it felt real quaint and to be honest I did find myself getting slightly excited by the thought of the fast approaching festivities. I mean I love Christmas, I think it's a wonderful time of year and I love to get embroiled in all the innocent fun it has to offer; it's one of the times of year which makes me seriously reflective and gives me a real homely, warm and satisfied feeling inside. Not only that but the thought of being able to share such times this year with my boyfriend is beyond description, I honestly can't find the words to describe how special that will be. He loves Christmas too which is a bonus, I know a lot of guys that despise it and I'd hate to have a boyfriend that thought that way; together I think we'll have a ball and bring out the best in everything such times of the year have to offer.

I love buying gifts, I honestly gain way more enjoyment in giving rather than receiving (which is a turn up for the books! Sorry for the sexual innuendo.) The whole process of it - thinking of what to buy or seeing something and thinking that will suit him or her, wrapping it up, giving it to the recipient and watching them unwrap it and hopefully love it! And again, having a boyfriend to buy for this year really does give me a warm, fuzzy feeling of excitement inside. I guess I love buying gifts because I love to go shopping, regardless of the time of year I love it and if you can share that experience with like minded friends it makes it all the better. I mean shopping on your own is a kind of stale and boring process; I love having the company of a close friend - preferably female or a gay male because most straight males soon get bored of the process. That's not me being judgemental, in my experience it's the truth, when my boyfriend and I go shopping it's like a day event, we take our time, we never get bored, we try loads of stuff on and I guess we walk and talk for miles; straight guys would be bored after the first hour, start complaining and disappear. Give me a female or my boyfriend to go shopping with any day of the week and I'll be a happy teddy!

Not only that but the company of someone I know and trust, and someone who knows and trusts me just adds a spark to the proceedings. First off we have loads to talk about, we have fun, make each other laugh, know our individual tastes, seek their opinion and will try things that perhaps we wouldn't if we were alone. I guess that mostly applies to my baby but there are others who also bring those dimensions to proceedings; particularly girlfriend. I went into Republic with girlfriend on Monday to look at a top she bought over the weekend and I ended up spending £100 on a couple of pairs of jeans and a coat! I wasn't planning on buying anything, I didn't honestly need the items I bought but to have a best friend in tow just makes it what it is - an enjoyable experience.

So I was in Boots today with Gill and it got me thinking about all I've written above; my thoughts in particular were biased towards my boyfriend. As you all know he's brought a great deal to my life by the things I share on here but also in the times that I keep private. He means many things to me and all of them good but I know it's the regular non-eventful times we spend together like going shopping that mean the most to. He just brightens up such occasions and turns them into the most beautiful memories; I can't wait to go Christmas shopping with him......