I love the internet and I hate the malls. WOO Hoo, now onto relaxing and crafting my (so not advent) Advent Calendar…If my kids were old enough to know that some come with chocolate… They’ll hate me some day..

Maybe I can create a business out of making personal advent calendars for folks.. I’ll blog about it..

Happy hols

i am “close to done” but also in my usual puddle of trouble bec. i shop all year long – thrift strores, clearance sales, etc.

it all goes into my “gift box.”

some of it is earmarked for specific people, some of it not.

what happens?

i usually have five gifts for someone easy to buy for and nothing for someone who is hard to buy for. ))

i do the “experience” thing also. we’ve gone to pickle family circus the last few years… this year we will see the winter revels.

i use a cool website which offers tickets half off which i am loathe to share publically bec. without it, i would not be able to do the experience thing. it is only for a few cities in the u.s., anyway. in any case, it allows me to do this sort of thign sometiems.

i’ve also tried to create some of our own traditions… such as going to see the holiday lights, etc. downtown, using public transit, buying one ornament each year on this outing, and getting a hot chocolate at end of evening. i write the yaer on the ornament, that sort of thing. most of our other ornaments we have made… in fact, since i am “maker,” we have too many ornaments… sometimes we give ornaments as gifts to family members.

i want to start up some more of these (traditions)… some more “earth-based,” etc.

why do i feel like i am now rambling??? ))

enjoy the season!

cynzim

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Signed,
Suz in Canada