Tuesday, December 06, 2005

'Tis the Season

I LOVE on-line shopping. There is really only 1 store that I venture into during the holiday season and that is for stocking stuffers. Everything else I search for and buy on-line. Lately I have been doing a little shopping on line and came home two 2 boxes. One huge one which is a sled for the pickle (shhhh don't tell him!) and the other I thought was a book that I ordered off Amazon's used book site. I thought it was funny that it was sent in such a big box for 1 book so you can imagine my confusion when I opened it and out poured skiens and skiens of yarn and a calendar and a card. It took me a moment to figure it out. It was my package from my secret pal, who was Kirstie (www.drivebyknitting.com and www.livejournal/users/itty_dragon). The package was awesome! I love the Calendar and the yarn... I will get a picture up soon, I seem to have misplaced the camera for the moment. Kirstie and I both lamented a bit about how we wanted to do more for our pals. I have not yet sent my final package as I'm waiting on something that I ordered for her. Hope it shows up soon!
My mom was down for the weekend and we hit 2 craft shows that were going on. The first at the north market was pretty small, and there was nothing there that really sparked me. On Sunday we went to Winter Fair at the fair grounds. There were so many beautiful things. I found an ornament for the Pickles first Christmas (It is a partridge in a pear tree.... Think I can keep this theme up every year?) and I also got him a bird pull for the light in his room. D holds him up and he loves turning on and off the light and the bird goes perfect with the theme of his room.
On the shopping front, I think I'm doing pretty well. I have D pretty much done, except for stocking stuffers. I have put together a Pickle calendar for the families, I have L's shopping done. I still need something for a little girl (almost 2) who loves princesses, particularly Ariel. Any suggestions out there? D is going to put together a baseball package for my dad, who is going down to fantasy baseball camp in January. I have a good idea about what I'm getting my mom and I still need to shop for my 2 SIL's but since they are into scrapbooking, it is so easy.
I am heading up a secret Santa exchange at work. I'm looking for little gift ideas to give to my partner are there any ideas out there? There is a 15.00 spending limit for the week, but I don't count anything made from my stash towards that. Ideas are greatly appreciated!

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

YAY~ I'm glad you liked you final gift. I saw that calander al a local yarn shop in Louisville when I went home to turkey day and thought it was perfect!

5:14 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Hi!

Thanks so much for being such a wonderful secret pal! You really cheered me up during a rough fall. I will definitely participate again--what about you?

And I look forward to getting to know you! Thanks again for such great gifts. I'm so excited for my package.

9:04 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Hi again!

I got your package on Friday and love all of it. I haven't read that book, so I'm really excited. The yarn is gorgeous, the cards are great, the CDs are fantastic, and I've wanted beaded stitch markers for a long time.

I'll blog about it tonight or tomorrow. Thank you so much!

4:44 PM  

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