We're finally having the mover's party tomorrow night, so it's been a busy day doing both the usual weekly housework, doing some Christmas shopping, and making sure things are prepared for both the party and our Thanksgiving guests next week.

Feel free to skip list of where I went today (I'll make it brief):
Walgreen's (Brawny on sale)
Target (looking at Christmas trees on sale, but just bought a welcome sign for the front yard with a jinglebell on it)
Books-a-Million (Country Extra with wonderful fall photos, two Christmas Good Old Days, and—O frabjous day!—a crosspatch puzzle book!!!; plus a book on remainder I've been wanting to read and a book of Christmas short stories)
Home Depot (looking for Christmas village houses; bought a set of trees and some figures instead)
Michael's (some boxes for crafting, poster tape, and—grrr!—more floral wire, plus two village buildings, the grocery and a house)
CVS (small Christmas tree on sale which I want for the front porch; it has the most wretched plastic ornaments on it you've ever seen, but that doesn't matter since I'm going to cut them off, because the tree itself is actually nice)
Hallmark (just to look)
Borders (just to look since the November issue of the British Country Living isn't out yet)
Costco (to "feed the car" and then "have lunch" on the samples at the store; I bought lobster spread for Hair Day tomorrow and a copy of the new Lassie movie)
Cost Plus World Market (I had a coupon and was going to spend it on a special dessert for Thanksgiving—and then I saw some small things that reminded me I had a rather tough Christmas gift that I needed to buy, so like Mary Clancy in The Trouble With Angels, I had a "scathingly brilliant idea" and assembled the contents for the gift—yay!)
Hobbytown (final fillip for aforementioned gift)
Sears (they had their villages on sale; I bought a post office building and some figures)
Garden Ridge (to look at their villages; I like one of the churches, but they have a movie theatre that's kinda keen, too; I'm planning to put this on the mantel and I don't think more than four buildings will fit)

And by then I was pooped and swung by Dragon 168 for pork fried rice for supper. Since I'd been Christmas shopping and listening to "Holly," I was in a Yuletide mood and put on "Silly, But It's Fun" (the Good Life Christmas episode) and "Merry Gentlemen" (the All Creatures Great and Small episode).

If it sounds like I spent a ton, I didn't. Ain't coupons and half-price sales wonderful?

What I'm planning to do with the village stuff is make a 1940s era village. There are some 1940s figures at Lowe's (I thought it was Home Depot, and I did get 1940s figures from Home Depot last week, but James swears it was Lowe's) and it gave me the idea to try it. I'm looking for small copies of WWII posters online and will print them out and put them on appropriate buildings (like "Do With Less So They'll Have Enough" with a soldier on it for the grocery store and a "Buy War Bonds" poster for the post office).

Labels: Christmas, holidays, Thanksgiving

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