Water Globe...

water globe, or snow globe complete with LED lights and snow blower

 I went to Costco for the first time today. I don't often go to the city (where Costco is) and so have never really been interested in getting a Costco membership, but then I heard from someone that one was being built not far from our house. Hmm... I was a little more interested then. My Bradley signed up and today we trawled the aisles there together for the first time. Christmas has already come to Costco and I saw a beautiful "water globe". Ok. I would call it a "snow globe", but the box proudly proclaims it to be a water globe. I looked at buying a snow globe last year, but didn't quite make the commitment. This one not only has a snow blower when you press the button (battery required) but also two LED lights! And it was half the price of my favourite one last year. I was sold. So now we have Christmas sitting on our making table. Not sure how many days until Christmas, but I need all the encouragement I can get because I want to have a handmade Christmas this year and I need to get started!

It's hard to see inside the snow, but it has a white Christmas tree inside.

Who was that masked man?

The sights you see while out shopping! If you saw this at the front of the local bookshop, what would you think? Nothing is what I thought. In fact, I didn't even notice these guys! (I was on a mission!) It was Miss 24 who noticed them and was stopped in her tracks.

Get a load of these three! Now you can place them, huh? Miss 24 is the biggest Star Wars fan I have produced. (I have produced quite a few considering I have never even seen any of the movies myself and don't care for "spaceship" shows at all!) Of course Mr 10 is a huge fan too and was quite happy to pose with these guys outside the Angus and Robertsons bookshop. Miss 24 got all shy on me. Can't think why? Why wouldn't she want to appear randomly on my blog? I am trying to carry my camera with me everywhere this year so I can capture such unexpected moments. I was pretty impressed with myself!