Christmas Shopping

Neal and I are off to get some shopping done.  I made the pledge to buy handmade this year, and I’ve also made a number of gifts.  There are a few things, though, that I simply can’t make or buy handmade–books, for example.  I can buy locally, though, which is the next best thing to handmade.  Rather than go to Amazon or a big box bookstore, I’ve sought out an independent bookseller for my purchases.  One other gift on my list will come from a hardware store, but again, not a big box.  Instead, we’ll swing by the place down the street, owned by a woman with whom Neal went through school.

I bought myself a couple of gifts that I couldn’t resist.  Wanna see what’s heading my way? 

I sort of whined in a Convo to Caro, and she told me these were going to be restocked; I snapped one up like a stalker.  When I saw the L&V Chum post about the cute animal markers, I almost moved on from it, but then they mentioned the magic word:  Beaver.  I snatched ( that’s for you, Mona) these up.  Show me a cute beaver, and I’m there with a whack of my tail, baby.