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Its nearly all over bar the shouting . Christmas is nearly here and any munter worth their salt should have shopped til they dropped by now . All around the country retail outlets are urging us to spend spend spend and hang the consequences. Most munters will be in the home shopping stretch by now and will be hoping for a nice day on 25 december to show off the latest party frock .Presents distributed , bellies full , time to kick back and relax . Whats that about Boxing Day Sales  Having just recovered from the huge Christmas Day celebrations we decide to go shopping   Lets go shopping and spend some of this Christmas loot

5 for price of 1

red party shoes

Sarah Jessica Parker cocktail Frock

Its finally here . Christmas , that time of year when we can release all our shopping demons and literally ” shop til we drop”. Purchases fly through our fingers with great ease oiled by credit card , eftpos and hard cash .Groaning shopping trolleys , tired Bing Crosby White Christmas lullabies and gaudy decorations all feature at most retail outlets. Even a quick trip to the barn like hardware warehouse elicits a consumers   paradise / nightmare with trolleys laden with chook poo fertiliser , tinkling  wind chimes , marble pavers and all manner of garden torture instruments (torture for those feckless enough to receive them as a well intentioned gift ). Great Christmas BBQ plans with         pungent poo fumes , exploding new BBQ , gleaming new outdoor settings all reduced to a blazing heat too hot to sit outside or a  soggy mass in Melbourne’s unpredictable weather .

Matters really come to a head as all the retail catalogues , merchandising and frantic advertising   exhorts us to spend spend spend because  shock horror only 4 days left and you haven’t finished your shopping ! Oh horror well dive into this cornucopia of heavenly delights sneakily disguised as Christmas presents.

If you survive the fight for the last car spot at XX shopping centre , Aunty Beryls lipstick marks on your cheeks , Uncle Barry’s drunken rendition of Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer , maxed out credit cards, lashings of unhealthy and largely unpalatable food , too much booze and unwanted gifts get ready to shop til you drop in the Boxing Day Sales .

The dawning realization that you paid too much   , too often and were ripped off completely may cloud the day.Whoever said ” consumerism is an anaesthetic for the brain ” was right on the money . Bah humbug .Cheers