Christmas shopping

It’s time for Christmas shopping

The Metro Centre calls

With bargains that cost a fortune

And pipe music that galls

All that gaudy Christmas tinsel

And fairy lights to please

Shopping for just two presents

By yourself would be a breeze

But you have to visit every shop

That have bargains galore

You still have not found those gifts

But have bought twenty more

She holds up a flowing dress

“Well what do you think”

you’d love to tell her honestly

but a coward without a drink

The cost is rapidly rising

For tack shipped in from china

The credit card is looking sick

With money flow angina

Your stomach thinks the throat is cut

For a coffee fix you’re craving

You’ve spent way over your budget

On what she calls prudent saving