I know that I have been away for a while. I have missed blogging. I have been waiting on a new power plug and battery for my computer. Can't do much without power. Holiday shipping must be mad right now. I felt like it was being shipped by horse and buggy. I have felt like I have been in Never Never Land...disconnected from the entire world. I am talking about no shopping on Cyber Monday... that was hard!
Oh well, I did take the time to focus on other things. I couldn't bare the fact that my new baby boy did not have a matching stocking. Our stockings are one of my most prized material possessions. I am not kidding either! I LOVE them. They are made by
Sally Russell Studios . I started trying to locate one with no luck at the boutiques. Then, I visited the designers website(via my iPhone). When I found out that they had been sold out since last season, I began to panic. See, I get really obsessed about certain things.... a little OCD-ish. I sweat the small stuff and I don't know why, because it usually works out just fine in the end. So I talked to Sally Russell herself trying to find this stocking. She was so helpful and accommodating. She suggested that I may be able to make one out of the set of polka dot napkins that were still in stock. I was very excited!! She sent them right away, and when I received the box in the mail she had also thrown in some scrap striped fabric. Now I had to find the trim and I would be set.
We gathered with our fellow Bama fans at our friend's home to watch the SEC Championship game last weekend. The minute I walked in the door my eye was drawn to this stocking that I had been frantically searching for. I told her the story, and asked where she had found it. She replied that she had gotten it at the same boutique several years back. I was bummed because I had already called and they didn't have them anymore. My friend Connie walks over to the mantle and handed it right over to me. "Here you go" she said. As much as I wanted it, I told her that I couldn't take it. She insisted over and over until I did. She kept saying, " I am just so glad that I can bless you like that." Now that is a good friend... to give you the stocking right off of her mantle. Not to mention that it is the cutest stocking on earth! My collection is complete! I just have to have little man's name put on it. I will be able to use the napkins on the table. I have to tell you that dealing with Sally Russell was a pleasure and you should check out her designs because they are divine! And as for my friend Connie...she should be expecting something very special on her doorstep in the next few days!
See.... I should not sweat the small stuff...but I do! Now I am on to the Christmas Cards. I have been very anxious because the pictures that I wanted to use on my card were stuck on my powerless computer. I was able to access them today, and what ,14 days before Christmas! I sent them in to the company that is doing my cards....let's see if they will be as helpful as Sally!
Missed you and will not disappear again...let's keep our fingers crossed anyway! Next time I will talk about clothing instead of stockings!
