The Magical Week That Was

What a magical week last week was.

With three upcoming birthdays and Christmas I had a mountain of presents to buy which I finalised .  Now just to wait for the days.  We love birthdays and Christmas.

In preparation for husband’s work Christmas party on Friday night I spent some extra time getting pampered – spray tan, fingernail and toenails painted, refreshed the red hair and picked up some new jewellery.

I had thought about buying a new dress but recycled one from three years or so ago which I’d only worn once and I was impressed .

Teamed with new shoes which the Universe delivered

I felt a million bucks and was ready to rock .

And rock I did.  Apparently, I had “the moves like Jagger” .

As we entered the party we were given two lucky door tickets.  I said to Dave, “we’re gonna win this.”  He just rolled his eyes and smiled.  When they started drawing the tickets I said to him, “are you ready?”  Again, he rolled his eyes.  Then they called A02.  I just elbowed him and said, “told ya” and walked on up to pick out an envelope containing a $100 Westfield card.  I was cheerin’ .

The next day (Saturday) Dave and Jayden went to spend the voucher on a new Christmas tree.  We must have given our old one away before venturing overseas.  In fact, we gave a lot of stuff away thinking we may not come back!

Sofie and I stayed home for her to cook Daddy an early birthday cake since we won’t have time this weekend.  I just pottered, read and slept until it was time for my one-on-one Qi Gong session with Master Gigi.

Vanilla Sponge filled with cream, lemon curd icing and meringues

There was plenty of excitement in the afternoon when decorating the tree and finding all the decorations, Santa Claus, etc we purchased from the Nuremberg Christmas Markets and Santa Claus Village in Finland last year.

On Sunday we took Peppi to Nundah beach for a swim and play and the kids kite flying and then stopped in at Milany’s for gelato on the way home.

The magic continued with turning on the Christmas lights which Dave has been purchasing and hanging for the past couple of weekends in between his fluffing about (as men do ).  Sofie was not happy that we turned them on before 1 December (which has always been our tradition) but the rest of us were too excited to wait.

This is my last week as a “lady of leisure” as next week I start my Acupuncture/Traditional Chinese Medicine course on campus.  And yes, “I’m excited!”

It’s such a magical, exciting time of the year .