"Hang up whoboohoo bricks,
Then run out and get some more!"
History repeats itself. While I started packing away the first of A LOT of Christmas stuff, Mom went to Old Town Spring again to see if there were still any good deals.
Judging by all the photos I took today, I think it's clear that her trip was successful. One of the shops is closing it's doors for good, so all the Christmas stuff was on clearance.
The white glitter house that you see was originally something like $70. She got the last one, and at 75% off.
WIN!!!!
A few of the things you'll see are ornaments we got at Kohl's right after Christmas, but for the most part the goodies you'll see came from THADS in Old Town Spring. (See that pic they posted of the people in line the day after Christmas? You can see the top of my head. Lol!)
After 3 days of lovely cool weather, it'll likely begin warming up after the weekend.
Insert crying jag
This means it's time to make some homemade fudge before it gets too humid and Spring-like again here in Spring, Texas. (Sorry for the pun, but my typing fingers refused to listen to my brain).
Years ago I made fudge when it was too humid, and the results were embarrassing. I had to use a CHISEL and HAMMER to get it out of the pan.
No, you read that right. There's no need to re-read that last sentence. I really did have to hunt down the tool box in our garage in order to fetch the one and only means of separating my failed fudge concoction from the pan. Chisels and hammers aren't only destined for home repairs. Not while I'm in the kitchen.
After chiseling away at chocolate the consistency of brick, I then had to soak the pan in soapy hot water. Not for 1 day. Not for 2 or 3 days.
More like a week.
All the same, in my defense the actual fudge tasted delicious. I just had to beat the everlasting hell out of it first.
Here are the goodies we found at Thads for half off. We didn't get everything we wanted, and since we were in a hurry and it was such a madhouse we didn't realize until we got home that two of our snowmen are the same... only different sizes.
You can't tell from the photos, but one of them is really tall. I've had my eye on him all season, and I was shocked to discover that he was still there.
Now I need to come up with names for them! I think they might need to rhyme, seeing how they're identical twins. I think rhyming names for them would be cute!
(Close-up of the poinsettia on the snowflake. I think we need to restitch it so that the flower can be seen from the front).
I love our snowmen most especially. (I just recalled that I forgot to take a photo of one of them). I think they're adorable and really do wish I had a couple more of them. They're all so precious.
Speaking of snowmen, did anyone else watch the Doctor Who Christmas Special? Now THOSE snowmen.... not so precious.
This was my favorite Christmas Special by far. I'm really excited for the new season, as it looks pretty promising. I think this new companion of The Doctor is going to be even more mysterious than Amy Pond. Clara might even be more of a mystery than River Song used to be!
What I'm hoping is that Clara is River Song, but I'm sure Moffat has something a lot more complicated than that up his sleeve. He always does. It's just that so far her personality reminds me of River. She's very flirtatious with The Doctor, and I know I'm not the only one that thought her line of "Run, you clever boy" sounds exactly like something River would say.
Ooh! And I loooved how they changed the opening credits. Seeing his face there looked so amazing! I'm really not a fan of Classic Who, but I do like how the new opening sequence is a mixture of the old with the new. Well done!
I also enjoyed the "One Word Only" scene between Clara and Vastra. Then there was Strax, who offered a lot of this episode's comic relief. I can't wait to discover who brought him back to life after AGMGTW.
More that I enjoyed:
- The Tardis parked on a cloud.
- Clara's reaction to the inside of The Tardis.
Seriously, THE BEST reaction we've ever seen from a companion so far.
- I think it's a little funny that Clara sort of had this "Mary Poppins" thing going on. Her split life was very unexpected.
- "Remember Me.... For We Shall Meet Again."
- Hearing Ian McKellen's voice!
- I absolutely looove the redesign of The Tardis.
Why do we have to wait until APRIL for the second part of Season 7 to air?
If I had a complaint at all, it's a small one. It's that all this time I was excited about The Doctor having a companion from the Victorian Era instead of modern times, but I now know that isn't going to happen.
Still, all in all I'm looking forward to the rest of the season.
