Mish Mashed Days...

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So this post is a mish mash of last Tuesday's VV finds... Last Night's Spruce Meadows Christmas Market and today's cooking!.. and a little progress shot of my Paper White bulbs...

I love going to Spruce Meadows Christmas Market once the sun has gone down... this is the road you drive down before turning into the parking lot!.. sooo Christmassy!..

Furs and I headed inside quickly... I was FROZEN!.. though I had a pile of layers on... could have used a scarf though!.. once we were inside the main building we strolled around... picked up four loaves of Onion Dill Bread from the bread lady... and then headed back to the corner to get a feed of Perogies!.. YUM!.. Then we headed to the other two buildings... We found a few treasures along the way...

Christmas decorations for the house!.. 

SPARKLES!.. This is my favorite find!..  and it was only $14.00... 

Here it is up on the mantle... haven't made the final decision where its going to end up once we break out all of the decorations... 

And these little metal stars... the backs pop out like the fronts but the backs are a rusty orange...  These are going to hang off of the stair rail indoors once the garland is up there...

Oooo... I almost forgot - on our way out of the Christmas Market we grabbed some greens and twigs and berry sticks...  then when we got home I started arranging... the first version of this was waaaay to wide... so I ripped it all apart... then Furs broke out the construction lights and lit up the front of the house and I got back to work and this was the end result... only got an iPhone snap of it so far...  

Now jumping back a couple days... here are some thrifty finds...

I'm staring to collect some white dish ware to make a couple Anthropologie inspired lamps...

This is kinda what I was thinking when I picked up these couple pieces... but the final look will depend on the few other pieces I find to add to this... gotta find a dainty white tea pot and a few more teacups...

Picked up this galvanized divided container... for something like 2 or 3 bucks...

When I saw this bottle's giant cork I just couldn't leave it behind!..

And giant jars for 29 cents... yeah... 29 cents!..  Ooo... see the silver platter behind those two jars?.. this summer I got a box of these silver platters for under 20 bucks!.. I haven't posted any shots of them yet!..

And then today... not much got accomplished... I got my hair done which took until lunchtime... then on the way home from that we stopped at the dealership where we got our SUV to talk to the guy about our options on trading it in early... by the time we got home it was 3!.. I started a bit of laundry... Furs started supper and then I started baking... only to find out that I was out of cornstarch... now what's a shortbread cookie without cornstarch?..  so a quick trip to the store and we were back at it!..

Here's a shot of the pork loin that Furs cooked for supper... YUM!.. it was excellent... we had it with potatoes and salad... 

While that cooked I got some baking done... I made shortbread cookies... and chocolate snowballs...

No pictures of the snowballs... they went right into the freezer... thats where these shortbreads are heading... I like getting some Christmas baking out of the way early to leave more time during the holidays to enjoy the holidays!.. These shortbreads freeze really well...

And finally a shot of my  Paper Whites... they've really taken root and have started to shoot up... I'm going to start watering them with some watered down liquor to stunt their height... apparently the flowers will still bloom as normal... the plants just won't be as tall as if they were just given water... just google it!..

Now for chippies and popcorn and movies with my honey on this cold cold night...

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