Santa Baby (Top 10 Christmas Wishlist (2007))

Member Name: skittle

Product:	Top 10 Christmas Wishlist (2007)
Date:	10/11/07 (75 review reads)
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Advantages: I'd be very happy

Disadvantages: Other people may not be

Dear Santa,

If you’re not too busy this year could you stop by my house and bring me the following, please. Some of them may be a little hard to find, but I know you’ll do your best for me. Yes, of course I’ve been a very good girl this year, when am I ever anything else? Well, apart from that time, but we don’t talk about that anymore, do we, Mr Claus.

1 – Subscription to my Favourite Magazine
Nice easy one to start off with, dear. A subscription to Cross Stitch Crazy magazine would be marvellous, please. This magazine is packed with loads of cross-stitching gossip, advice, competitions, charts and free gifts. If you subscribe at the moment I’ll even get an extra free gift of a Cross Stitch Kit worth over nearly £20, or a bag full of Madeira goodies (second option for me, please, Santa mate) the bag includes loads of random bits from Madeira including lots and lots of lovely threads I can use to make more Christmas cards for next year.

2 – Digital Camera
It’s not that I haven’t loved my old digital camera, it’s been a good friend and a sturdy workhorse, but it’s getting on for 8 years old now, and its looking a little old and tired, it’s also costing me a small fortune in batteries. Any decent digital camera will do, Santa, in fact – there’s a very nice one on offer for the winner of Dooyoo’s latest competition. If you were to speak nicely to those lovely people at Dooyoo maybe you could convince them to send theirs to me, then you could get me something else instead. What do you mean, that’s not a very nice thing for a good girl to ask?

3 – A Job
Not really a want, more of a need, actually, but if you could sort me out with a new job Mr S I’d be more than grateful. No, not that grateful… However, I would be grateful enough to give you a glowing reference if you ever decided to change your career path. Last time I was out of work I logged onto the internet and applied for a job after breakfast in the morning, had an interview in the afternoon and started work for the same company two days later. Then I moved up North and this time it’s been slightly different. I’ve been looking for work for nearly a year and haven’t had an interview since August. Though having said that, typically enough I got two letters inviting me to interview this week – are you weaving your Christmas magic a bit early Mr Claus? I blooming well hope so.

4 – Trolley Dash around Hobbycraft
I’ve always been a pretty crafty person (in the non ‘sly’ kinda way) and my idea of paradise would be to run around Hobbycraft, or any similar craft store, I’m not that fussy, filling my trolley with all of those oh-so-expensive craft kits, patterns and equipment that I long for but would never be able to afford. The dash bit of this prezzie would make it even more exciting as I’d be throwing stuff in the trolley without any kind of consideration, who knows what I’d grab! Coming home to unpack all of my booty I’d find all kinds of crafty bits and bobs, and probably some crafts that I’ve never tried before which would be great.

5 – Cure for Writers Block
I love writing, I really do, but recently every time I’ve sat behind the computer or notepad, nothing happens. Well, that’s not strictly true, I usually moan and complain a lot, but nothing creative, or even productive is going on. I’ve managed to break my block a little lately by writing on Dooyoo for fun instead of pushing myself to write fiction – that wasn’t working at all. However, a simple cure for this dreadful condition would make my life much easier and happier, please.

6 – Relaxed Asha
Asha is a (nearly) eleven year old blue merle border collie. She’s got one blue eye and one brown, wonky ears, a bit of a limp on one of her back legs where she was run over as a youngster and really funny teeth that make her appear to be smiling at you all the time. She’s also my dog, and she’s gorgeous, in a funny-looking kinda way. I already had two dogs when Asha came to live with us, Skittle is a ten year old border collie, and Mokee is a collie cross, she’ll be nine this month. Asha’s owners couldn’t keep her any longer, and I’d been thinking about taking on another dog anyway, so we exchanged a lot of e-mails, met each other, and finally we all agreed that Asha would move in with me – her first owner would never have let her go if she wasn’t happy I’d love her as much as she did. And that’s the thing, I do love Asha, but she hasn’t really totally relaxed into living here yet – she’s still a bit wary and reserved, and I’m not sure why. I’d really love for her to just relax and be loved for the sweetheart she is.

7 – Border Collie Sanctuary
This is on the condition that it comes with the money to keep it running indefinitely, Sants. Wouldn’t be any good to me if I couldn’t afford to feed the inhabitants. Hm, perhaps this could be combined with wish number three, so long as you’re paying well. The Border Collie is a popular breed, I’ve yet to see a cuter puppy than a Collie puppy, and so many people take on these dogs without any idea of how much work and exercise a Collie needs to stay happy and healthy. Of course, my sanctuary would take in Collie Crosses too, and even Rough Collies and Bearded Collies in need. I’d also make sure that no dog was ever put to sleep unless it was what was best for the dog, and have a separate section of the Sanctuary away from the public gaze for those dogs that can’t be rehomed, for whatever reason.

8 – New American President
Not for my own personal use, of course, but I think that giving America a new President for Christmas would be a joyous gift for the whole world. Perhaps I’m being mean blaming Bush for all of the problems in his Country… No, I’m really not, he’s the President, it’s his job to accept the blame. The man is a fool and needs to be replaced.

9 – Miracle Diet
Now, this is the holy grail of Christmas prezzies, Santa, but if you could find me a diet that lets me eat anything I want in enormous quantities, whilst still losing weight, I would love you forever. Failing that, could you perhaps find me a love of vegetables and aversion to chips, please? I’d also accept a hatred of chocolate and puddings, if you’ve got one available.

10 – Ten more wishes
Cheesy I know, but there’s so much more I could do if I only had ten more wishes. I could wish that the World of Warcraft actually was a real world. How many ‘addicts’ would stay addicted if they really had to fight poison-spitting dragons and mean n’ nasty Orcs every couple of minutes, I wonder? Or I could wish that I didn’t always get spots every time I’ve got a night out coming up. Or wish that the bloke who cut me up at the roundabout yesterday gets red lights on every set of traffic lights he comes to for the next week, no, the next month. Or I could…

No, thanks Santa, but lets just leave it at the nine Christmas wishes, shall we? I don’t think I can be trusted with the tenth. Perhaps I’m not that good a girl after all.

Yours sincerely

Skittle

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