Window Shopping
"Through the window" these are all photos of town centres shop windows or high streets. It is now December
The jingle bells are jingling
The streets are white with snow
The happy crowds are mingling
But there's no one that I know
I'm sure that you'll forgive me
If I don't enthuse
I guess I've got the Christmas blues
I've done my window shopping
There's not a store I've missed
But what's the use of stopping
When there's no one on your list
You'll know the way I'm feeling
When you love and you lose
I guess I've got the Christmas blues
I write my shopping-list in rhyme. It doesn’t take me too much time, and always helps me to remember. (I’ve been doing it since last September.) Wholemeal bread low-fat spread strawberry jam dry-cured ham Cheddar cheese frozen peas free-range eggs chicken legs grape jelly pork belly lamb chops lemon drops fillet steak chocolate cake cookie mix seafood sticks tortilla chips salsa dips instant coffee treacle toffee dried sultanas ripe bananas runner beans a bunch of greens new potatoes vine tomatoes and (really urgent) liquid detergent. That’s my shopping-list in verse. Not very good? Could have been worse!