I want to squish her too sometimes. NOT IN A CUTE WAY. She has been being so naughty the last few times I’ve seen her – if she weren’t so cute, she’d be in big trouble.

I adore my sculpture. I have always thought crucifixes are a bit sad – if you believe Jesus is the Savior, why celebrate his death rather than his life? – so I love that this sculpture celebrates both.

We are ALL ABOUT presents in my family. Er, not in a materialistic way – we just like giving each other things, and the rest of the year we can’t do it that much.

You got so many presents! I’m jealous. In my family Christmas is hardly about presents. In fact what I remember about it is that as a kid we (me and my brothers, sometimes my dad) would be dragged to church by my mom… Of course we were dragged every week, but Christmas was an extra church on weekdays (if it fell on weekdays, like it usually was).

Beautiful, n’est-ce pas? Esp. the shoes? And the pretty books? And the full set of Shakespeare? Love.

My parents actually have to get poodles – the family has allergies, so they can’t get a dog with regular fur and such. Fortunately standard poodles are such great dogs – fairly low-key and sweet and clever. 🙂

I know, I was triple excited about the shoes. I love love love new shoes.

Thanks! I actually just bought my dress, and it was under $100, which was exciting for me. But this coupon business is good to know if I ever become wealthy, because seriously, ever dress Robyn and I tried on looked excellent on us.