christmas (and our camper) is coming!

So the famous Coca-Cola Christmas truck was in our local town yesterday. I didn't go and see it as I was at work, but many, many people reported on Facebook that they did. The pictures from later on looked quite festive, when the lights on the truck looked more like the famous advert. I have to say though, that the Coca-Cola advert (you know, the one that goes "Holidays are coming, holidays are coming" as small children point at a convoy of festively lit trucks winding through a snowy landscape) has never been much of a Christmassy thing for me. Now the John Lewis one and the Three dancing pony on the other hand....

Christmas is well on its way nevertheless, and I am really looking forward to it. I've completed most of my shopping and planning for meals. My Pinterest Christmas board has been under construction since September! We have about 15 coming over on Christmas Eve for cocktails and canapes, and so far 8 on Christmas day. Paul is cooking Beef Wellington, which will be a real treat.

Before all that though, the most exciting news is that Paul is going to collect our campervan on Friday. We found Henry on Ebay and he is a 1974 VW Bay T2 campervan, with an original Westfalia interior. He is MOT'd until March and only requires a bit of welding and tarting up. Tremendously excited!

Here he is (picture from Ebay listing):

I'll put more pictures up when he gets here. For now though, the dream becoming reality!