(A telephone is ringing)
MAN: (Shouting up the stairs) It’s Andrew! What do you want from them
for Christmas?
WOMAN: (Shouting down the stairs) A scarf would be nice. Something floaty. A soft, pinky mauve…
MAN: She wants a scarf. What? Oh, blue, I expect.
WOMAN: (Shouting down the stairs. Despairing) No, PINK…
MAN: (Fading towards garden) Did you see the match on Saturday…
ninevoices 
Well, I think we all know what you’ll get for Christmas. Two scarves: one pashmina (green) from Andrew, and one silver lurex scarflet from Man.
Enjoy.
-Christine
‘Those earrings look beautiful – they’re the ones your husband gave you a few years ago, aren’t they?’ I said to a friend, trying to hide envious feelings. ‘Yes,’ she said heavily. ‘He’s given me the same ones twice.’
You might enjoy this: http://newsthump.com/2011/12/23/sales-of-any-old-shit-expected-to-treble-as-men-start-christmas-shopping/
– Christine
I have reached the front of the queue of uncertain men in the Womenswear section of Marks & Spencer. The helpful assistant shyly admits that yes, come Boxing Day she will be on duty when the queue forms of wives bringing the gifts back.
My wife did not join the queue of returning wives at M&S on Boxing Day. She’s going today.