Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 353 - Lunch with Tricia ... and Christmas dinner with my gorgeous guy

Into City for lunch with Tricia at fab Spanish deli called Encasa. Sandwiches were YUM - my calamares (calamri) one with aioli was fab! - and my Colombian apple drink was delish. Fab to talk and catch up before Christmas (gave Tricia and Gerald a bottle of wine and a card).

Telstra lobby

Back home for a 1km swim (after walking with Fahmi that morning) and then watched two episodes of Grimm including "12 days of Krampus" before getting ready for the annual Christmas dinner Steve and I have every year to spend time together before winging our way to family celebrations.

I bought a cooked chook and some potatoes to bake, along with broccoli, pumpkin and carrot and we had a dip and cheese for entree with fruit mince pie and ice cream for dessert. We exchanged presents before the main meal - always lots of fun and Steve TOTALLY surprised me with the Gonzo ornament I'd seen just a few days ago in City - and watched episode 3 of A Moody Christmas and The Vicar of Dibley's "A Christmas Lunch Incident". So much fun!