Battle of the Bulge....

It has been quite a while since I posted and many lovely things have happened since then.  

Today was the unveiling of my Secret Santa gift from a friend on Librarything.....a very thoughtful gift with lovely shiny new books and a special journal for recording Secret Thoughts by a Bear of Little Brain...my two new books are Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim and The History of Love by Nicole Krauss.  I am very fortunate indeed.....

It's rainy weather again in Brisvegas today...just the sort of weather to get crafting really....but we need to get Caspar's hours up, so a trip to the Coast is called for to wish Fay a very Happy Birthday.  Caspar and Fay are in that exclusive club of poor souls who have their birthdays in the week leading up to Christmas...it is a vexed affair trying to make them feel as though their birthdays are a separate affair from the celebrations surrounding Christmas....we never quite carry it off I'm afraid.

Please to peruse a sample of my latest winnings (it seems to have been my lucky year as far as winning prizes on blogs is concerned).....I was one of the lucky winners to win a stash of Michele Hill's William Morris fabric called The Adelaide Collection.  It is absolutely beautiful and I will post a photo of the no less than nine (9) gorgeous designs here over the next few days so you too can luxuriate in their glory.  My personal favourite is the one featured today and I have told Tweetie that she is of course the model for the border.  One might say that she is getting a bit cocky about it all but she is a budgie and budgies don't do that sort of thing.....they merely budge.... 

I hope that you are not too stressed in the lead up to Christmas and can take the time to reflect on the little things in life that make it so wonderful....my week so far has included breakfast on the beach with an old and very dear friend, lunch with old work colleagues here and here, a drink (or two - hic!) in a new bar with a young and very hip colleague who works for this great company, some shared Christmas treats with Rob from Southside DVDs who delivers movies to us faithfully every week...I am very very lucky indeed...but I fear my waistline is assuming Titanic proportions....roll on New Year's resolutions!!