Hungry I hope you had a great birthday trip!! (Sorry about the lights though, that sounds like an excellent reason to go again!).
Hi everyone else, I was away for work for 2 days, then with Cubs, and I was a zombie last night (we only got to bed at 3.30am in a vain attempt to ensure no mad capers by the kids - they weren't wild but there were middle of the night escapes from the hostel window to shine a torch into other bedrooms, midnight feasts and excursions to other bedrooms which weren't sanctioned - but no real problems, just high jinks).
I gave my DM her Christmas present as her birthday present instead. I couldn't remember what or where her birthday one was, and had to find something in a hurry for Wednesday night (before a 6am flight Thursday) so I'll find something different now. The restaurant she'd booked was running a wine tasting dinner - so it was interesting getting home (slightly tipsy) at near midnight and getting up again at 4 - just glad I'd booked a taxi rather than driving in the end!
I'm trying to decide whether to "waste" €40 and buy 2 "Driving home for Christmas" t-shirts for DH and I, or not. I think DD would love it, he'd probably roll his eyes but might wear it - but not be impressed if I had a matching one on (we are constantly wearing almost identical stuff at the moment unintentionally - so intentionally doing it would be really bad!).
Anyway, I am off to make a cup of tea as it's bloomin' freezin' here, winter has definitely started! I hope that bodes well for a crisp cold Christmas at least, and hopefully a snowy one - but crisp and cold would be a good start. 
Last year was too wet and miserable and not even cold just muggy and uuuugggghhh!!! 