Sunday, with Apologies to Lewis Carroll

"The time has come," WMM said,
"To talk of many things:
Of hobbits-es and red plaid pants--
Of dress-do-overs-with bling--
And why my shape has nary a waist--
And what tomorrow brings"

So I have officially crossed into the realm of Vacationland - I do not have a clue what today is.  When you read this, it will be Sunday, but all of the days since Christmas have officially blurred together, one giant conglomeration of truffles, scotch shortbread, turkey, movies, and the odd partaking of spirits, both of the red wine, champagne and baileys variety.  So imagine my surprise to discover when I got up this morning that it was Saturday! 

#1 and only son and I went to The Hobbit this afternoon.  This was his 2nd time and my first.  I must tell you that I am a huge fan of all of Tolkien's books and all of Peter Jackson's renderings of those books on the screen.  Tabitha gave it good marks and I was quite pleased.  Again, ate whole large bag of popcorn.  Not proud of that, but there you go.

I did not think it possible, but it turns out you can have a crush on a middle earth dwarf.  This one in fact:

Thorin Oakenshield, Soon to be King of the Dwarves, played by Richard Armitage.  Here is the actor in real life (or as real life as one gets):

Oh, as a Dwarf King he is short, but then I am, too, so no worries there!

Yesterday I wore my plaid pants for the last time for the holiday season, then off they go to be dry-cleaned and then packed away till next Christmas!

Goodbye plaid pants - I wore you well!

Today, I dug back out my nougat London knit dress which I styled so horribly a few weeks back:

if you recall, I did not wear this out of the house.  Here is round 2:

No makeup here, but I think better.  The belt had slipped so I moved it up after I saw that in the picture.  I like this much better.  I really love this little blingy cardigan.  Thoughts?  I always wonder what it would be like to have a waspish waist...

Do you have your plans sorted out for New Years?  We do not - we thought we might have a houseful of teens but maybe not now, so we are holding off on buying the noisemakers, etc until Monday morning!  I don't even know what I will cook.  Disorganized indeed!  Is anyone planning anything glamorous?

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On the 6th Day of Christmas WMM gave to me:

A Treasure Box with Remembrances of Sacrifices Made

I got his lovely little bevelled glass and brass treasure box for Christmas.  I plan to change the contents on a regular basis, but looked around my bedroom first.  I spied two stones, one from Juno Beach and the other from Omaha Beach that I picked up on our visit to Normandy France in 2008.  These stones have significant meaning and memory for me of a day honouring both Canadian and American soldiers (but for you Yanks - please take a visit to the Canadian museum when you go, it is really quite impressive!) and their sacrifices.  So they get to be the first treasure displayed in my little box!  I love little momentos like these of my travels and if they are natural items, like stones or feathers, all the better. 

Have a wonderful Sunday and stay safe out there!