Snow Ice and Winter

Snowing today. Icy yesterday. Winter has arrived!! Last night was my book club's annual Christmas Potluck Dinner and Yankee Swap. What a mouthful! We always eat very well. And have a lot fun especially was we swap our grab bag gifts. Last night there were some pretty interesting gift ideas. There was a white wine cooler rod

which we all decided looked rather phallic! A planter of rosemary with ceramic herb labels in the shape of aloe leaves. A couple of scarves- always a hit. My two Banned book mugs were not a hit. First the one who "got" them doesn't drink coffee or tea and then the one who ended up with them didn't really need mugs. Who doesn't need more mugs? Oh well. Maybe next year I will figure out a popular gift- one that everyone wants! There was very little book discussion- in fact I actually missed it. I won't comment on the fact that it wasn't really well lead etc. We were all having too much fun. Which reinforces the fact that we don't do well with a book in December and the person hosting should not be the one leading the discussion!! Oh well. Our next book has been selected by none other than me!! Breaking one of our cardinal rules (you must read the book before recommending it)

A friend of mine suggested it to me this summer and she has yet to fail me….hope this isn't a first!