Christmas Loot
In my after-Christmas post, I mentioned lots of the gifts everyone else got, but I totally neglected to mention the awesome gifts I received. I figure after all the hard work y'all went to helping me figure out what I wanted, you deserve to know that I did end up getting some nice swag that pleased me to no end. There is much to be said for telling our dear, beloved husbands exactly what we are wishing for right before a major gift-giving holiday.
First, I knew I was getting pajamas, and I had a pretty clear idea of exactly which pajamas I was getting. I wanted flannel pajamas, but not the kind with the button-down flannel top - I wanted a t-shirt type top, but not a short-sleeved one. Long sleeves are better for cold winter evenings around our old house. I saw what I wanted on a certain page in the Eddie Bauer catalog, and there were several colors to choose from. I pointed the page out to Joe and told him I'd be happy with any one of the colors and that he should pick.
The stinker ended up buying me three sets - one of each color. I was actually pretty happy about that since all of my winter pajamas were old, stained, ill-fitting, falling apart, or all of the above. I've set all the old ones aside and will throw them away in a few weeks once it is clear that our laundry cycle will keep me in clean pajamas without needing to save the old ones as backup. Flannel pajamas aren't exactly wildly exciting, but they sure are a nice little luxury that I enjoy every single night. Oh! and I just looked - it seems that E.B. has these jammies on sale now, so go snag a set for yourself. They even come in tall sizes, so for once I'm walking around with jammies dragging a bit on the floor instead of halfway up my shins, exposing my legs to the chilly drafts we sometimes experience around here.
Buried at the bottom of one of the pajama boxes was this:
I have wanted this book for so long. I hadn't held a copy in my hands for quite some time, and I was pleasantly surprised with just how much I love the lace patterns in it as I paged through again. It made me want to cast on for some new lace project immediately, or maybe just sit around swatching them all for a while. I've resisted that temptation so far, and probably will for a while - I have other plans for my knitting for the next few months, to be explained soon. He found a nice copy, too. Thanks, sweetie!
Oh, and in my stocking were a couple of packets of my favorite stitch markers and a gift certificate for my favorite yarn store. I kind of knew about the stitch markers a few days before Christmas when Julie came and sat in my lap after I'd spent the afternoon with Sophie while Julie and Joe ran errands (or something - that was the day Sophie and I were super sick and tired, and we'd been napping together). Julie said "Daddy bought you stitch markers!" And later that night when I mentioned it to him, he told me he's told her it was a secret. Ha! At least the gift certificate was a surprise.
Okay, this one wasn't mine, but really it was for me as much as the girls. I think I had it in Julie's stocking. It's just so cute!
It's got grass seeds and some kind of growing medium and will soon sprout little grass hairs.
Even though I had hinted about the knitting calendars, I didn't get one of them in my stocking, so after Christmas the girls and I hit the mall and I ended up getting copies of both of them for half off.
I think this year I might actually resist the urge to flip through them all at once and maybe look at a page every day, or at least keep up with them a couple times a week or so as I remember to.
Also while we were at the mall, I picked up a new belt. I'm still wearing some of my too-big pants because I want to hold off on buying new pants till I've lost a few more pounds (must start counting points again soon!) The belt I was using was falling apart, so I just needed something simple and functional. I picked one out that said $28 on the tag, and when I went to pay for it, it rang up at $2.80. Somehow, it was on sale 90% off, but was not labeled that way. I call that a gift!
In the what-we've-been-up-to category, today was an Ikea day. We realized, while trying to put away the new Christmas toys, that we were out of storage in the living room. So we went and picked up a new bookcase, which will actually go in my office room, so that I can move some of my stuff out of the living room and make room for games and puzzles out there. Here's Julie in the ball pit there. She loves it when we drop her off and let her play while we shop.
Joe's off all this week, through New Year's Day, and I came on this scene one afternoon:
And this scene a different afternoon:
Sophie likes her new sled...
First, I knew I was getting pajamas, and I had a pretty clear idea of exactly which pajamas I was getting. I wanted flannel pajamas, but not the kind with the button-down flannel top - I wanted a t-shirt type top, but not a short-sleeved one. Long sleeves are better for cold winter evenings around our old house. I saw what I wanted on a certain page in the Eddie Bauer catalog, and there were several colors to choose from. I pointed the page out to Joe and told him I'd be happy with any one of the colors and that he should pick.
The stinker ended up buying me three sets - one of each color. I was actually pretty happy about that since all of my winter pajamas were old, stained, ill-fitting, falling apart, or all of the above. I've set all the old ones aside and will throw them away in a few weeks once it is clear that our laundry cycle will keep me in clean pajamas without needing to save the old ones as backup. Flannel pajamas aren't exactly wildly exciting, but they sure are a nice little luxury that I enjoy every single night. Oh! and I just looked - it seems that E.B. has these jammies on sale now, so go snag a set for yourself. They even come in tall sizes, so for once I'm walking around with jammies dragging a bit on the floor instead of halfway up my shins, exposing my legs to the chilly drafts we sometimes experience around here.
Buried at the bottom of one of the pajama boxes was this:
I have wanted this book for so long. I hadn't held a copy in my hands for quite some time, and I was pleasantly surprised with just how much I love the lace patterns in it as I paged through again. It made me want to cast on for some new lace project immediately, or maybe just sit around swatching them all for a while. I've resisted that temptation so far, and probably will for a while - I have other plans for my knitting for the next few months, to be explained soon. He found a nice copy, too. Thanks, sweetie!
Oh, and in my stocking were a couple of packets of my favorite stitch markers and a gift certificate for my favorite yarn store. I kind of knew about the stitch markers a few days before Christmas when Julie came and sat in my lap after I'd spent the afternoon with Sophie while Julie and Joe ran errands (or something - that was the day Sophie and I were super sick and tired, and we'd been napping together). Julie said "Daddy bought you stitch markers!" And later that night when I mentioned it to him, he told me he's told her it was a secret. Ha! At least the gift certificate was a surprise.
Okay, this one wasn't mine, but really it was for me as much as the girls. I think I had it in Julie's stocking. It's just so cute!
It's got grass seeds and some kind of growing medium and will soon sprout little grass hairs.
Even though I had hinted about the knitting calendars, I didn't get one of them in my stocking, so after Christmas the girls and I hit the mall and I ended up getting copies of both of them for half off.
I think this year I might actually resist the urge to flip through them all at once and maybe look at a page every day, or at least keep up with them a couple times a week or so as I remember to.
Also while we were at the mall, I picked up a new belt. I'm still wearing some of my too-big pants because I want to hold off on buying new pants till I've lost a few more pounds (must start counting points again soon!) The belt I was using was falling apart, so I just needed something simple and functional. I picked one out that said $28 on the tag, and when I went to pay for it, it rang up at $2.80. Somehow, it was on sale 90% off, but was not labeled that way. I call that a gift!
In the what-we've-been-up-to category, today was an Ikea day. We realized, while trying to put away the new Christmas toys, that we were out of storage in the living room. So we went and picked up a new bookcase, which will actually go in my office room, so that I can move some of my stuff out of the living room and make room for games and puzzles out there. Here's Julie in the ball pit there. She loves it when we drop her off and let her play while we shop.
Joe's off all this week, through New Year's Day, and I came on this scene one afternoon:
And this scene a different afternoon:
Sophie likes her new sled...
posted by Shelly Kang at 8:18 PM
2 Comments:
I bought the S&B calendar for myself in October and have managed to not peek!! I can't wait until the 1st so I can open it.
I got pj's for Christmas too... I think that's my favorite part of Christmas: new pj's.
Good snag on the pj's, I love me some flannel too. One year, a long time ago, hubby got me a Victoria's Secret gift cert for something, and I ended up buying a flannel nightie. That wasn't what he had in mind. Love the pics of the girls in the snow too!
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