Friday, 21 December started out with a full day of Xmas shopping. I started my holidays early this year, so that I could get all my Xmas shopping done in one day before the madness truly set in. This was a great idea, I went to Albany and everything went well: parked near the door, relatively low crowd level, calm and relaxed sales people available to help and I got it all done by 3:00 so the drive home was also very easy.

After that there was just enough time to wrap the presents before friends from England turned up for dinner and to see the lights.