What happened to 2009...no blogs since March. Now that the Christmas season is upon us it's time to decorate. Actually the store has been in full Christmas mode since the last week of October. Customers started asking for Christmas decorations the first of October. Although we have been selling lots of decorations for the last month we still have more great decorative and gift items coming in each and every day. Over the course of the last year we have added more vendors and we now have 60 of the very best. We have new ornaments, new ornaments that look old, old ornaments, old ornaments that look new and many hand crafted ornaments made by some of my very talented friends. I have no photos at the moment but I will try to post some on Thurs. My very favorite decor item this year is red and white candy striped ribbon that is 30 inches wide and 30 feet long. Oh the possibilities. I have wrapped our check out area like a giant gift with this wonderful ribbon. Almost looks like old fashioned ribbon candy. We also carry it in a red/green stripe or check. Sells for 16.50 a roll. A huge statement for not much money and the smiles on peoples faces when they see it are priceless. One thing about Christmas decor this season is that it is all about the sparkle. Seems like just about everything has glitter on it this year. It seems to give a festive nostalgic feeling. I will be posting pics on Thurs. of some of my favorite things.