I don't like to ask Nick to spend his weekends shopping, but really wanted to get a Christmas tree, so we headed over to Shinjuku where I'd seen lots in Tokyu Hands. There were hordes of people in Times Square, just like at home in the lead up to the big day. I found it extremely stressful, even though we'd wisely brought Emily in the carrier to avoid long waits for the lifts. The long queues put us off buying some of the other things I'd hoped to sort out while we were there. We took Emily to the children's floor so she could play with the sample toys; there's nowhere else for her to get out of the baby carrier and stretch her legs. The babycare lounge was manic and full of screaming babies, so not surprisingly she didn't feel like taking a nap.
However, we did manage to get a nice tree before we left; artificial but very realistic. We got some flashing lights for it, for Emily's amusement, as she loves to see them twinkle. Their Christmas stock was running down and being replaced by New Year decorations, so all I could get otherwise was a few baubles and a piece of tinsel. Of course, I put the tree up as soon as we got home. Emily was not as interested as I'd hoped, but I like it! It has to stay out on the balcony, away from probing fingers.
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