tis the season to go shopping

Like lots of people, I always get to December with one or two odd holiday days to use up. Instead of letting them go to waste, this year I've opted for a couple of long weekends to ease myself into the holiday spirit. It seemed like a great idea to go to Oxford street bright and early this morning. 'There's so many shops there, I can do all my Christmas shopping in one go' I thought to myself. Well yes, there are lots of shops there but even at 10am on a Friday morning there were also a lot of people. Other than more sale signs than you'd normally expect to see before the 25th, it didn't look much like we're heading into another recession let me tell you. By 2pm it was heaving, my arms were aching from my shopping bags and I desperately needed to sit down and have a cup of tea. (That was when I cracked and got the tube home.) Where did all the people come from though? Why were so many of them not working and here's my final question, how do I get that lifestyle?