# (hash tag) christmasinnovember

A couple of people have pointed out that #christmasinnovember doesn't make sense. I know it doesn't seem to, but it does if you are a Twitter user. And if you're not, I'm sorry that you don't get it, but it does make sense, honestly :)

At the Festive Lights shop

I started planning my #christmasinnovember about 2 weeks ago and one of the things I was looking for was a nice artificial tree and a company called 'Festive Lights' got in touch with me and arranged for me to go and visit them on the way home from hospital (although my week down south became three) so that they could give me a Christmas Tree. So this week, after about 5 hours on the road, we arrived at a kind of Christmas Grotto! We had been worried that we wouldn't be able to find it, but there was loads of Christmassy lights outside and it was pretty obvious that we were there! OMG it was magical and the staff were all so nice and we spent ages and ages looking at everything. I ended up with a massive tree and loads of purple decorations and pinky purple lights and it is magical and I love it! 

My magical pinky purple tree

I was pretty shattered after the drive home and slept for 2 days, but in the evenings, we managed to decorate the tree and it looks absolutely amazing - what do you think? On Friday, my Uncle Gary organised a race night for my charity and we all went along for a bit of fun. It was quite funny cos the local paper just turned up and we thought it was a bit weird. I do loads of charity things and they've never turned up unannounced like that, so we did photos and my Uncle told them about the night and then they started asking my mum about my #christmasinnovember. So then my mum became suspicious and we're now expecting Monday's paper to say "Alice celebrates final Christmas" or something ridiculous like that. If it does, we'll just be very careful about who we talk to in future!

My BFF Sammi gave me a heart charm

But #christmasinnovember actually started just as 'Christmas in November' 2 years ago. I'd been told that I wasn't going to get better and sent home by Alder Hey and told that there was nothing more to offer. Rather than be miserable, we were trying to plan things to make life a bit more exciting and my mum came up with doing a Christmas Day in November just in case I didn't get to the real one. So we did it again last year and it was just as good, if not better, than the real one. I think that it's good because it's Christmas without any of the pressure. We do all the kind of things that we normally do on the real Christmas Day ... open pressies in PJs, eat chocolate at whatever time, watch a family movie and make a roast turkey meal. We even have crackers and hats and all that stuff! 

#baubleoftheday 

I tweeted about baubles and over the last few days, lots of baubles have been arriving. It makes me laugh that you can put Alice Pyne, Ulverston and they get to me. I think it's just cos we have a very nice post office in Ulverston. Anyway, in the middle of my #christmasinnovember day, the doorbell went and it was four big parcels for me! They were from Hallmark and M&S and it was everything I could possibly want for Christmas, including cards for my mum and dad and wrapping and a Christmas Tree with lots of gold decorations. So that one is going in the hallway and like it or not, the whole house is going to be Christmassy LOL!

Goodies from Hallmark

I'm going back to London and might be there for a bit so I'm not sure when I'll be able to post again. I've been using my phone but our phone and internet bills are over £200 this month and so we're trying not to use them too much. We had a lot of hassle with '3' after they charged mum a fortune extra on her mobile dongle thing and then cut her off so she couldn't do her work. We tried messaging them and calling them and mum even drove to a 3 shop, but they weren't interested until I tweeted about it. Then, only after someone who knows someone there sent an email, they said they'd sort it out. But honestly, if they're only interested in you once you tweet and they start getting hassle, I can't be bothered. We never wanted anything for free, mum explained that she wanted to upgrade or buy credit for me, but the best they could offer was to sell her another contract! So, we're leaving '3' cos of their rubbish customer service. Having an internet connection stops me feeling cut off and I can chat on Facebook and Twitter. Well, Facebook have blocked the link to this blog as either spam or abusive LOL. But it's pointless trying to get through to a human at Facebook and at least we don't pay for that!

Okay, that's it. Wish me luck cos I think that this week is going to be my last attempt at getting on the trial. I'm desperately trying to get everything right and I've been keeping my blood sugars low and watching what I eat and all that. I'm actually looking forward to seeing everyone at hospital, they're all really nice people. Oh, and I'm going to see Robbie Williams on Friday. YIPPEE - if only I didn't have cancer, life would be quite good :)