A Word About Advents

 Yes, it is that time of year again - almost advent season, so I thought I'd run through this years.

The Bonne Maman jam one I've already posted a picture of , I did that when it arrived at what seemed like an alarmingly early date. 

We are not having a Yankee Candle advent this year. This is mainly because earlier in the year I bought a wax melt burner and I have bought some Christmassy scented wax melts to go in it. Incidentally I love my burner and have it 'on' every evening just now. 

The OH has an advent calendar all to himself this year which I bought for him on a recent visit to the supermarket (I know, could I be any more generous!!) But he was pleased. 

for a man who doesn't like honey ( or bee spit as he calls it!) he is inordinately fond of Toblerone. 

I don't know whether I ever mentioned here the fact that a while back I had a sticker subscription, which is just what it sounds like, you pay a company money every month and every month they send you a packet of stickers. After a couple of years I cancelled the subscription because I had what felt like all the stickers I would ever need for  a lifetime and beyond but this year I have treated myself to their advent calendar. It comes in a specially designed  folder - 

here's the front cover

and here's the back

and inside are 24 envelopes, each equally lovely, with a sheet of stickers inside. 

But Anne, I hear you say, are there no yarn advents this year? Oh, come on! Would it be advent without a yarn advent? Would it be Christmas without the OH buying me a yarn advent as my main present? No it would not, so naturally there are yarn advents. 

I chose to gift myself a weekly advent from Beth at Beehive Yarns. The theme is La Vie en Rose and here it is. Beth is wonderful at presentation, her colour choices really resonate with me and her yarn is lovely so I'm looking forward to unwrapping this. 

And from the OH I am getting a Nutcracker themed daily advent from Caroline at Yarn Unique (she of the artist's monthly club that I have had some of this year). I've had other bits and pieces from her over the years and she has never disappointed, not to mention that I am, as previously noted here, a sucker for the Nutcracker so I am really looking forward to this one. It arrived in rather splendid packaging only available to early bird orderers, and I didn't manage a photo before the OH squirrelled it away but there will be one on 1st December. Which is closer than almost everyone thinks. 

Talking of The Nutcracker we are going out this evening to watch a filmcast of the Royal Ballet's Cinderella; the very ballet we tried to see in Kirkwall last Christmas but which was cancelled due to unexplained  'technical issues' . The venue here is the MacRobert Arts Center at Stirling University where we haven't been before so I expect I'll be reporting on that in the near future. Life has been quiet of late, which has done me good, but things are picking up pace towards Christmas and I feel I'm now ready to embrace that and be busy again.