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Hello flist. This entry was meant to be posted on December 26th but I had a tight schedule on that day and we left for Normandy before I could post. Since our house there has no wifi (of our own or that we can "borrow") I couldn't properly update my journal before today. So let's pretend we're still the 26th, shall we?
Christmas came and went and we had a wonderful time, both on the actual day with my family and on the 25th with my family in-law. Good food was consumed both times (our stomachs sure work overtime this time of the year, don't they?) great presents were exchanged, tiny babies were hold, Santa was tracked, toddlers and little girls were hugged and kissed, laughters were shared. All in all, a great Christmas all around :)
Le Père Noël was very generous, once again (and apparently knew all about my Night Vale love as he got me two Night Vale shirts as well as a Night Vale community radio mug! ♥) and made it so I could do a lovely little Christmas book haul :) So here it is.
Christmas book haul!
Let's start with the tote bag, though. This is the Books Are My Bag campaign tote bag, the one I expressed jealousy over because I love books, I love tote bags, and I thought this one would make a great addition to my collection. The lovely![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
loki_dip saw my entry and told me she was taking care of things. And lo, I had this little present to open on Christmas thanks to her! Apparently she had a hell of a time finding it as most London shops had sold out so I'm even more grateful to have it *hugs Kip some more*
Onto the books now:
Awesome segue, isn't it? lol I couldn't resist and had to make a special announcement for this part of the haul. I'm the lucky owner of this absolutely wonderful and oh so pretty boxed set as well. Ok, so I'll fess up, I do already own the four books but when I saw this edition, a couple of months ago, I immediately fell in love and was hoping Santa would bring it to me. Look how pretty *__*
I can't get over how pretty it is. I am so smitten with this edition omg!
This is how it looks on the bookshelves. And, yes, I knew exactly where the set would go, should I get it.
There, that was my post-Christmas entry (Boxing day entry?). Since then Cookie and I went to Normandy with the parental unit where we had a very relaxing time. Incidentally, my parents got hooked on Downton Abbey. Mom watched the first season last month or so and loved it, so we got her the three seasons on DVD, which she'd taken with her. We sat down to watch the pilot (which I'd actually never seen!) and Dad got hooked on it immediately. We watched a second episode... and by the end of the weekend the first two seasons had been mainlined and we were halfway through the third. My parents' very first tv marathon... I'm so proud! ;) Actually, we're now back in Choisy but I'm alone at home as Cookie is at theirs... they're planning on finishing the third season tonight. Another pimping success story!
Speaking of Downton Abbey, I'll be following their lead tonight and watching the Christmas Special that aired last week myself, since I still haven't had the opportunity to do so. And whenever I'll get Cookie back, we'll watch the DW Christmas Special as we still haven't watched it either! See, we have much to do yet ;)
Christmas came and went and we had a wonderful time, both on the actual day with my family and on the 25th with my family in-law. Good food was consumed both times (our stomachs sure work overtime this time of the year, don't they?) great presents were exchanged, tiny babies were hold, Santa was tracked, toddlers and little girls were hugged and kissed, laughters were shared. All in all, a great Christmas all around :)
Le Père Noël was very generous, once again (and apparently knew all about my Night Vale love as he got me two Night Vale shirts as well as a Night Vale community radio mug! ♥) and made it so I could do a lovely little Christmas book haul :) So here it is.
Christmas book haul!
Let's start with the tote bag, though. This is the Books Are My Bag campaign tote bag, the one I expressed jealousy over because I love books, I love tote bags, and I thought this one would make a great addition to my collection. The lovely
loki_dip saw my entry and told me she was taking care of things. And lo, I had this little present to open on Christmas thanks to her! Apparently she had a hell of a time finding it as most London shops had sold out so I'm even more grateful to have it *hugs Kip some more*Onto the books now:
- Tiny Book of Tiny Stories vol. 2 & 3 (I already have the first volume, so I have the whole set now)
- Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaiman, the (if I'm not mistaken) US edition (the one I coveted)
- The Last Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko, part of the Daywatch series
- Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. Whenever people ask me to name my favourite film, I'm always hard pressed to do so because there are many of them in many genres, right? But, even so, I never fail to mention Fried Green Tomatoes as this is one of my Most Favourite Film Ever. I'd never read the novel though and always thought I was missing something. Now I'll be able to remedy it :) Can't wait to read it. Definitely in my TBR pile for this holiday. I'm currently re-reading Little Women but I might read that one right after. Though I'm also quite impatient to dive in another series from the book haul, namely:
- MY GORGEOUS LOTR BOXSET!
Awesome segue, isn't it? lol I couldn't resist and had to make a special announcement for this part of the haul. I'm the lucky owner of this absolutely wonderful and oh so pretty boxed set as well. Ok, so I'll fess up, I do already own the four books but when I saw this edition, a couple of months ago, I immediately fell in love and was hoping Santa would bring it to me. Look how pretty *__*
I can't get over how pretty it is. I am so smitten with this edition omg!
This is how it looks on the bookshelves. And, yes, I knew exactly where the set would go, should I get it.
There, that was my post-Christmas entry (Boxing day entry?). Since then Cookie and I went to Normandy with the parental unit where we had a very relaxing time. Incidentally, my parents got hooked on Downton Abbey. Mom watched the first season last month or so and loved it, so we got her the three seasons on DVD, which she'd taken with her. We sat down to watch the pilot (which I'd actually never seen!) and Dad got hooked on it immediately. We watched a second episode... and by the end of the weekend the first two seasons had been mainlined and we were halfway through the third. My parents' very first tv marathon... I'm so proud! ;) Actually, we're now back in Choisy but I'm alone at home as Cookie is at theirs... they're planning on finishing the third season tonight. Another pimping success story!
Speaking of Downton Abbey, I'll be following their lead tonight and watching the Christmas Special that aired last week myself, since I still haven't had the opportunity to do so. And whenever I'll get Cookie back, we'll watch the DW Christmas Special as we still haven't watched it either! See, we have much to do yet ;)
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Glad you had a good time in Normandy.
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