I cannot believe this Christmas has come so fast but I am really enjoying it.

I spent this past weekend with 6 of my best-est friends in Burlington, Vermont for our annual Christmas, girls weekend away. It’s always filled with lots of shopping, lots of talking and okay a few cocktails thrown in there as well.

Here is a picture of us on beautiful Church street. If you look closely you can see we are all wearing Christmas headbands of reindeer ears or Santa hats - it’s part of the ritual that we wear them everywhere we go!

These rituals to me are what Christmas is really all about. Because I have a very small family it is so important that my friends play a large role in my Christmas season.

There is still more to come with friends this holiday season including a night of dinner, a kris kringle gift exchange and lots of music, all hosted at my place during the Christmas week. I’ll be sure to tell you more about this after the holidays.

Because all my friends (yes , that’s you) mean a lot to me I’m extending my sale of 20% off all of my handmade books til Christmas.

So you know, I ship from Canada but if you are in the U.S. and you order by this weekend you should receive your items just before Christmas.

Typically my items arrive in just over a week to the U.S. I have a flat shipping rate of 10.00 US$. but if you want to make sure you receive your items before Christmas, let me know and we can arrange expedited shipping for a small charge.

Happy gift giving and happy Holiday Season to you all.

Gift giving is the kindest gift you can give to yourself.