By the way the shopping trip was successful re the rug. I also found a red t-shirt with the Santa-suit belt printed on it, with the legend "Does suit make me look fat?"
Then I stopped off at the World Market and picked out tiny stockings and tiny stocking stuffers for all who I expect to be in the house Christmas morning.
Rather more shopping than I expected to do...
...but the cables are less Trippi...
Amazon has RotkEE for $23.99!
As for me, I'm watching The Lion in Winter on TMC. It's followed by Lawrence of Arabia, but I don't know if I'm up for that...