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Easter is the time of shopping, home improvements, gardening and eating chocolate.

As it is written in the Gospel of Darren:
"Jesus died on the cross and was laid to rest in a tomb. A few days later he woke up, gagging for chocolate, and bust out of the tomb. Then he went shopping and spent a pile of money he didnt have on stuff he didnt need."

You might recall that Darren was the one that, as Jesus was getting into his stride with the 'drink of my blood' speech, shouted out, 'got any more wine Jesus? I'm parched!'

According to an article on the BBC today, the average household will spend £434 ($760) this Easter, and that is just in physical stores. In England it is a four day weekend with public holidays on Friday and Monday, hence the big spend, although most shops are closed on Sunday due to some retarded laws about when shops can be open.

Looking at my own spending, I guess I am not very average - £78 in the drugstore (of which £43 on malaria pills), £15 in a supermarket, £10 elsewhere.

But I have been very Easterly in other regards, with the 2006 gardening campaign beginning on Friday and continuing yesterday. I like gardening, but only in small doses, and I will probably do another hour today. I have no idea what any of the plants are called, or what the need doing to them, but I act like I know what I am doing and the plants respect that.

And chocolate? But of course. A Green & Black's organic chocolate easter egg. Mmmmm.