Happy Betwixmas my lovelies!
In case you missed the previous post, it's been 10 years since CBC and I got married and I wrote blog posts every day of Christmas from my first year of marriage!
I thought it would be fun to share them but I left it a bit late so I will share two each day until twelfth night!
By the time it had reached mid-morning and I had got out of bed and breakfasted, I thought at first that my darling husband had forgotten his promise of a gift a day but luckily he turned up with a rectangular box wrapped in red paper with white and blue polka dots on!
"Ooooh, what is it?" I exclaimed gleefull, grasping it and instantly shaking it.
"DON'T!" he cried, panicked and stilled my hands with his.
I set it down and unwrapped, noticing too late, the Fragile, handle with care label. Inside a cardboard box filled with shredded paper, I found 3 tiny porcelain models of hens- one pecking, one in a scratching-the-ground pose and a 3rd which was seated like it was laying eggs. "Oh!" I gasped in remembrance and joy, having spotted these figurines in an antique/second hand shop in Lotte-et-Gerond, France a year and a half ago when we holidayed there in a cottage. I'd reluctantly put them down, realising that ornaments gather dust and I was supposed to be getting rid of things, not buying them. How thoughtful of him to remember my hens!
My hen figurines will sit proudly on our fireplace! Ooh, I forgot to mention that the partridge was delicious! One to cook again, methinks!
Thank you for your recent comments. In the interests of fair game, I should point out the interesting absence of my camera at the moment ;-) In addition, my love of creative writing and books!!!!
We had a lovely day hitting the sales in town I bought a couple of items- a dress and some books - but not so much! I didn't receive my Christmas surprise until the evening and was curious as to know why.
It reached 6 o'clock and my husband suggested we go and have a bite to eat. As we finished our loaded jacket potatoes, he pulled out a red envelope and slid it over to me. Curiously, I opened it up to reveal 2 tickets to a swing-dance night with a new live band called 'The calling birds'- an Andrews sisters-style line-up with accompanying swing-band. This was their debut gig! I was overjoyed to be going swing-dancing and with an amazing live-band! At which point, I looked dismayedly at my trousers and rabbit jumper. But my love had thought of everything and pulled out a bag containing my red and white swing dress so I could dress up.
We headed off to a nice bar where the swing evening was being held. The Calling Birds were fantastic singing many of my favourite Andrews sisters classics. We danced and danced to their dulcet tones which I hope means that my husband won't be so reluctant to go swing dancing in the new year.
I write this on the train as I come home and I confess, I can hardly keep my eyes open! All in all, today was the best present so far!