It was a nice peaceful one this year: the 25th was just
And I got spoiled in return: a yoga mat bag from these folks, stripey but not as bright as the one that's there right now, and some of the proceeds of which went to greyhound rescue; a tub of my favorite moisturizer and a new face wash to go with it; a two-year subscription to Spacing; a big bag of treats (vegan marshmallows, fancy chocolates and hot chocolate from Stubbe, and more); a sketchbook and set of drawing pencils since I've been mumbling about learning to draw for a while; and this Herbivore t-shirt (heh! we loves us some Herbivore) as well as the first issue of their now-defunct magazine and these buttons which I will actually illustrate here for awesomeness' sake:
On the 26th we visited Dad and Golda and my brothers and sisters in Belleville. It was a smaller Christmas there this year, just Dad, Golda, us kids and their others, and my uncle Bud. Candice and I both got gift cards for the Eaton Centre -- one of which we think is going to go towards a sewing machine, and the other which we'll split between us for whatever we want separately -- and some little things. Sarah and Adam got me a little window herb garden, Kyle got Candice and I a couple of these awesome bowls, and Kieran got me an LCBO gift card (which is what we got Kieran, too, heh.)
We got to Belleville in an Autoshare car-sharing car, which was the first time we'd taken a long trip. It worked out great! Once you hit 8 hours or so you're on their "per-day" rate anyhow so we had as much time as we needed.
And now I've got the rest of baunchmas off! I'm back at work on the 4th. After a crazy December it'll be nice to have some time to do nothing.