When the mailman knocked the door this morning I didn't get overly excited as I was expecting some things I had ordered online for Christmas gifts. I signed for the packages and took them through to the kitchen. I sorted out the mail and opened a couple of letters and then turned to the packages. The first was some books I had ordered for gifts - not that exciting but the second was from Sonda in Oregon and inside was this beautiful fob which I had won on her blog giveaway. It's very pretty in lovely shades of pink and green. Thank you Sonda, I love it and maybe I now have a great excuse to buy some pink scissors!
The next package was from Anne in France as I was lucky enough to win the giveaway on her blog too and, not only did Anne send me the chart I had won, she also enclosed two tiny pink envelopes with instructions not to open them until I had read her card. So, being the good girl I am, I read the card first and then opened the pink envelopes. Inside the first envelope was a gorgeous skein of pink thread and, inside the other, a packet of lovely buttons. Thank you Anne - so sweet of you.
And then I turned to a fairly ordinary package ...
... and inside was a letter telling me that I had won second prize in a competition that I had entered and enclosed an iPod Touch! Oh my ... I was so excited ... I jumped around for a bit and then I just had to tell someone so I rang my son - no reply! OK so I rang my daughter - no reply! So I rang my close friend Sue who was coming to see me for a finishing class today and I think she thought I had gone mad as I babbled on about my win! I often wonder how I would react if I won the lottery but knowing now how I reacted to winning this iPod, I think I would be uncontrollable!
Sue came down later with her stitched piece which I showed her how to finish as an ornament and she made a really beautiful job of it. I suppose I should have taken a picture to post but forgot. She is now going to stitch a piece for a tiny Christmas needleroll so once she is ready we will have another finishing class.
I have been stitching some tiny Christmas needlerolls too but as these are gifts I will not be able to post photos for a while as I know the recipients read my blog.
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Wow Carol,
What an exciting day, no wonder you have been bobbing and babbling...haha!
An i pod touch my what a prize. More worthy of being a first prize I'd have thought, I'm sure both your son an daughter will be sad they weren't there to hear the exciting news first thing but I'm sure they'll be quick to pop round to see it :>)
The scissors fob is so pretty and the package from Anne is lovely too, what gorgeous colours the thread looks wonderful.
Maybe you SHOULD do the lottery this week as you are obviously on a winning streak :>)
Hugs, Angela