Still very grey but mainly dry and not too cold. This morning I met up with my friends at the garden centre for coffee and a chat. Only 5 of us this time but Claire brought her twins who are now walking. We settled ourselves on sofas around a coffee table and popped the twins in high chairs so they could see what was going on without having to be held.
This year I had a go at using glass paints to decorate a couple of jars and gave these to some of my friends as token Christmas presents.
And here are this year's hand-made cards with stone sheep grazing under the Christmas Star. I always enjoy meeting up with my friends as even if I see them in school break times are limited and everyone is usually very busy. Afterwards I had a look around all the decorations and gifts in the garden centre some of which were half price. I couldn't resist buying some more decorations for my non-existent tree. That's right, there's no tree up yet. I like a real tree and always had one when the boys were home. This year I would like to have some sort of tree but I don't feel like paying too much for something that will be here for less than 2 weeks. I looked at the trees in the garden centre, they had plenty of the blue bushy type but the prices! £59 for a 5ft tree and £10 more for each extra foot. Do people really pay £90 for a tree? Later I dropped into BJ's which had the same trees all at £28. A better price but I don't want to pay that much either. I cheekily offered the chap £10 and he said come back on Christmas Eve. I might well do that. Otherwise I shall cut branches from the leylandii which are not only free but don't have needles to drop.
On my return home I took up the rubbish to the road and drove over to the stables with a card and a small present for Jack. I found Sarah in the big indoor stable where I relished the horsey smells while we had a bit of a chat. I finished off my working day by making another batch of biscuits, chocolate ones with white chocolate drizzled over them and made some more koldunai for the freezer.
1 comment:
The jars are lovely and make great little gifts.
Wow that is a lot for a Christmas tree. The fake ones cost a lot here.
The real tree that we bought was $25. Not sure what the exchange rate is.
Is the BJ's you speak of the same as the ones over here? A big warehouse store.
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