Christmas: Part Three

My sister and two nephews came over Monday night for yet another pre-Christmas Christmas celebration. So we had another session of gift unwrapping (yea!) which yielded me the cutest doorstop in the world (see picture provided), season one of Weeds, a few homemade ornaments from the boys, and a small basket of spa goodies, including some margarita chapstick that is absolutely amazing! Darr got the Johnny Cash Folsom Prison cd and a book for his collection (a little Henry James for light holiday reading). The boys took home an assortment of presents - clothes, toys, books. And for Laurie, a bottle of Sokol Blosser's ice wine and a silver necklace with the the letter "l". This holiday season is off with a bang.

I originally titled this entry "Christmas: Take Two" but I realized while typing that I met my girlfriends for brunch a few weekends ago and got some gifts from them. (Tan, the Old Navy pajamas are fabulous and I absolutely love the smell of the Marshmallow Body Soufflé!) This means I've officially had three Christmases so far this season. There are still two to go, one on Friday evening when Darr and I exchange gifts with Brother Nick and Megan and open our gifts from my parents, and then the actual Christmas on Dec. 25, which we'll share with Darr's dad, cousins, uncle, and aunt up in Kelowna, B.C. Canada, that is.

On a side note, Darr confessed yesterday that he enlisted the aid of a friend to help shop for me this year and now there is a mysterious gift wrapped under the tree with my name on it. Hmmm...