The holiday season
Dec. 14th, 2004 07:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreaminghopeAh, there's egg nog and rum in my kitchen, shortbread on the table, mandarins on the counter, and chocolate everywhere - the "holiday season" is on!
Saturday, Russ and I went out for one of my favourite Christmas traditions: buying toys! Every year we buy a few toys for one of the toy drives. We went to the Drive's independent toy store, It's All Fun & Games, and bought a knitting kit and book, a book/kit of board games, a Playmobil boat for a very young child, a kit to make your own super-bouncy balls and a Lego/Technic thing.
It is so much fun to prowl the toy store, especially when not having to worry about whether or not a specific child will like the toy you've chosen. Russ and I chose things similar to toys we loved as children, hoping that some other child out there will feel the same.
We ended up going to a Toys R Us to drop the toys off, because they always have a drop-box and we couldn't find the Christmas Bureau office using the toy store lady's directions.
Saturday night was Jamey's Christmas party. It was nice. Her apartment was beautiful, complete with a tree. And Shannon and I managed to make very yummy Cherry Pies (warm cranberry drink and a shot of amaretto).
I'm done knitting the hats for my co-workers, and I think I am finished my Christmas shopping. I still need to get wrapping paper.
Saturday, Russ and I went out for one of my favourite Christmas traditions: buying toys! Every year we buy a few toys for one of the toy drives. We went to the Drive's independent toy store, It's All Fun & Games, and bought a knitting kit and book, a book/kit of board games, a Playmobil boat for a very young child, a kit to make your own super-bouncy balls and a Lego/Technic thing.
It is so much fun to prowl the toy store, especially when not having to worry about whether or not a specific child will like the toy you've chosen. Russ and I chose things similar to toys we loved as children, hoping that some other child out there will feel the same.
We ended up going to a Toys R Us to drop the toys off, because they always have a drop-box and we couldn't find the Christmas Bureau office using the toy store lady's directions.
Saturday night was Jamey's Christmas party. It was nice. Her apartment was beautiful, complete with a tree. And Shannon and I managed to make very yummy Cherry Pies (warm cranberry drink and a shot of amaretto).
I'm done knitting the hats for my co-workers, and I think I am finished my Christmas shopping. I still need to get wrapping paper.
