Sunny Saturday



Good morning all!!

Hope you all had a great day on Thursday

and you indulged yourselves

in all there was to indulge in!!

and those of you who didn't

well

hope you had a good day anyway!!!

So, now we begin the countdown to the other big celebration

After two days of overcast skies

and general yuckyness

it is bright and beautiful today

albeit cold

but it's supposed to be cold now

so it's OK!!

For MY first Christmas purchase this year

I bought these very festive

Begonias

from the

Hardware Store.

!!!

Husband needed some sand paper so off we went to get it

and to make sure he didn't get lost and wander too long in the humongous building

I went with.

I always check out the plants in said establishments

as the nurseries are usually too busy and very expensive

and most of them are closed at the moment

or just have trees

but I spied these little beauties

and thought how very

Chrismas-y

they looked with the red and green splotches

so I got the last two decent ones

the racks and racks of poinsettias looked

very sad and already used

so I avoided them this time

such a shame when the new stuff comes in

with an already

used look

but there is so much of everything already

and it has that

picked over feel about it

and we have just begun!!

I was very happy to see the parking lots full of cars

and lots of people in the stores

Living where we do it's tempting to run up North a bit and use the huge Malls up that way

but yesterday it seems

everybody and their brother were here at "home"

spending spending spending

good for the local economy

:)

I have finally finished the basket weave knitted thing

I guess it's more a

neck warmer than a scarf

I put the

Dorset button on and made a little loop and

Bob's your uncle

If it keeps getting colder I may just wear it!!

LE  Buton!!!!

Another Divine hat in the making

for someone

not me!!

I also got another book the other day

husband gets little reminders from Amazon

and acts accordingly

I still have to start the others I have

but Winter is here

so I will be reading them soon

As we were up that way

we of course made a stop at the

"useless craft store"

this visit was for me

but he came in anyway

just to browse

he said

to see if they had the glue he needed

( they didn't the last time so I didn't think they would this time)

but

his visit didn't last long at all

and I actually didn't blame him one bit

this aforementioned store

has a nasty habit

at Christmas time

of putting those very smelly

very unpleasant

to some

stinking nasty pine cones

at the front door

the ones that smell like

you fell in a vat of cinnamon and other pungent spices

and you can't get out

Now, I realise that some like that odour

but there are some of us who don't

 and find it most disagreeable

and quite

gag inducing

I am one of those

so I gagged my way to the yarn section and got what I wanted

and got the

heck outta there

to find the husband in the car with all the windows open.

I can't imagine having to stay in there for hours but maybe they don't notice it anymore

and are so saturated by the stink they have become immune

oh and there was a very creepy man in there that also added to my hurry up and get out attitude

(shivers at the thought)

:{

and the yarn I  got is to make this

also not for moi!!!!

so, back to the hooks and needles

have to go and check that what I did last evening

 while watching a

Law and Order UK marathon

( the show you love.... but this time with......

wigs!!!!!  

 :) :) :) :) :) :) :) )

is as it should be

and

I look forward to the Turkey sandwiches I will no doubt be making a little later

YUMM!!!

best part of all

so enjoy your day

be good and be kind

especailly if you have to go out into the throngs

I have no intention of doing so

.......

♥

:)