And I am here for the food.

- The Muppets Christmas Carol (1992)

Christmas has creeped up on me so quickly this year! I spent yesterday Christmas shopping with my long suffering dad (poor soul) and we took some time out to watch Muppets Christmas Carol.  

(Christmas is ever complete without a decent helping of the Muppets: fact)

I would happily argue this is Michael Caine's best film. The Great Gonzo's narration never fails to bring a massive cheesy smile to my face... ahhh! 

Since moving away from my University city (graduate life: boohoo!) I don't often get to see my wonderful friends I 'studied' with. Social networking and phonecalls can only do so much, a Christmas card complete with santa stamp on the other hand? Whole new level of happiness! 

This was sent to me by the wonderful Alex!

I'm definitely getting in the Christmas spirit now, I hope you are too!

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Sightseers

Being an English graduate, I am ashamed to admit how long it took me to type the title of this blog. Sightsee-ers? Sightseers? ... night - mare.

As a cinema usher (and devotee, ahem) it's my job to 'know' about films, i.e watch them. So this week,amongst a pile of coursework I am continually ignoring, I watched Sightseers:

(Image: Sightseers Blog)

Scripted by stars Alice Lowe & Steve Oram (who, by the way, are terrifying and brilliant) and directed by the amazingly black humoured Ben Wheatley, this film is an absolute gem.

Bizarrely finding myself laughing away at on screen murder is a situation I'm rarely in. Go see it, and laugh like a crazy person too. 

(Although saying that, I will never relax on a campsite/caravan holiday again. It's always the quiet ones, isn't it?)

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Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.

- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Christmas is coming! In fact, Christmas is only 15 days away... I should really get cracking with that shopping list. Have you started?

To get in the festive spirit, the boy and I spent our date night in the village of Falkland, with a visit to the wonderful Fayre Earth Gift Shop amongst a few other crafty village shops!

(picture heavy)

Our date night was finished off by a few drinks in the local, right by the Christmas tree!

Now... where are those mince pies?

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If we wanted applause, we'd have joined the circus.

I met up with a friend recently and we sauntered off to see Argo (fiiiinally). I have to be honest, it didn’t live up to much. Essentially I found the story very interesting (definitely gonna snoop out some more info on that one) but the film as a whole fell a bit flat.

Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston and the wonder that is John Goodman, were fantastic. Love me a bit of John Goodman. 

I mean this in the nicest possible way, but does Mr. Affleck have any other facial expressions than ‘serious’ ?

See below...

i do not own these images

Mix it up, man!

It has started snowing here in Scotland, which has got me really upset as I have a lovely pair of berry red suede (rhymin'... almost) shoes I haven't yet had the chance to air. 

Time to find nice wellies?!

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