Christmas Was Wonderful

Christmas was really wonderful. I had a bunch of gifts for DH, all of which he really liked. I think the best was the new parka - he really needed it and tried it on immediately. We both had ended up at Total Wine and chosen some new Port varieties for each other. That will be lots of fun. And we had cookies and eggnog in the morning and prime rib for dinner. It was a lazy day, an easy day, and was just what we both needed. Now we're recharged for ...

We had lots of Christmas cookies to eat, but basic sugar cookies
are among my favorites. 

Our four-day year-end sale. *sigh* We have our main sale going on for Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. I hope we get a good response to the emailing, and I'm hoping we'll have just enough to keep us busy but not too much. It's a balancing act when we run a sale. We never know how it will hit and whether we have enough people on staff for the day. The only day I'm a bit worried about is Monday, but Chickie might work it in exchange for a different day off in a week or two.

So we're right back into retail hell, but it's only for four days. 

DH brought me to tears for Christmas when I opened my gift and saw my old cardboard washing machine with a check inside for a new washer/dryer. The original cardboard mock-up had been my holiday gift from DH more than 30 years ago when we had just moved up to Minnesota and were making barely anything. I was doing laundry in his grandmother's old wringer washer and the local laundromat, neither of which were a good solution. He saved and gave me the cardboard washer to show me that we would go choose a new washer right after the holidays. It was so amazing to me then that I kept that cardboard washer on a shelf through all these years and he found it and used it again. And I cried again. Silly me!

I've spent a lot of time in laundromats over my life. They're
boring places but they serve a function. 

So I'll have a new washer within a month or so and I desperately need it. I'm going front-load model, either Maytag or Samsung, and the matching dryer too. I can hardly wait because my current washer has been trying to die for the past six months or more.

I'm looking at Maytag and Samsung washers. I'm also
looking for a sale before I buy it. I think I'll skip
the pedestals. They're convenient, but more than
I want to pay for a bit of convenience. 

Thanks go out to each and every one of you for the lovely holiday wishes on my Christmas post. I hope each of you had a wonderful day spent with family and friends and that all your dreams came true. Have a wonderful Friday.