Aliens growing in my bathroom

[listersgirl]

I only shampoo my hair twice a week or so, and I don't use very much shampoo, so I've had the same bottle of shampoo for years now. I guess it's not that surprising, then, that it has turned into a creepy gelatinous mass of no known origin (see title). Eep!

In other news, my grand plan to do all my Christmas shopping at craft fairs (because I have NO ideas for ANYONE. I fail.) is being thwarted by all the craft fairs I've gone to so far being truly unexciting. Although the one I went to yesterday was in someone's house, and I left desperately wanting the house. It was so cute! Presents, though, have not happened (and it's double for pretty much everyone, due to a mass of December/January birthdays). Where is my present-buying brain?

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[nonethewiser.livejournal.com]

Etsy? Some of the design blogs also have great handmade roundups...

[listersgirl]

I've been looking at Etsy. The exchange rate is so bad right now that I'm reluctant, but I might go that route in the end.

[nonethewiser.livejournal.com]

They have a 'Shop Local' button! Looks like more than 100 sellers located in Toronto!

[listersgirl]

Okay, clearly I wasn't looking hard enough! Wow, that's very neat. Thank you!

[nonethewiser.livejournal.com]

Oh! Here is the site I couldn't find yesterday!
http://decor8blog.com/category/sales/discounts-09/

[canirl.livejournal.com]

Bwaah,I was just going to type the exact same thing! (Etsy, that is).

[mystery-diva.livejournal.com]

I have had that happen with shampoo...it's kind of icky. Generally I go through things much faster than that, though, so I think it only happened once with a bottle I didn't use often.

I have to remember to at least hit the Tranzac artisan thingo. Sometimes it's lame, but then you also get the puppet guy and sometimes some interesting jewelry.

In other Christmas news, D's family decided to do a name exchange for gifts to cut down on present buying this year....which is great. Except I got his brother's name (who is the person I know lease) and the bro-in-law James got my name, which means I'm getting something scary :) There's a separate exchange for stockings, and D's mom got me...which means I'll get a variety of scary things (because it turns out she's about as bad as my mom for gift buying).

[mystery-diva.livejournal.com]

Er..."least"

[listersgirl]

I love the Tranzac one - even when it's lame, it's free, it's easy to get to, and there's always the chance that it'll be different sellers the next weekend!

[bureinato.livejournal.com]

I just had an IM conversation with my stepmother where we asked each other what we wanted for xmas. She wants a salad spinner, I want warm slippers. We are boring people :)

[listersgirl]

Heeee. Nice.

My family just doesn't *want* anything. Or if they do, they aren't admitting it.

[starfishchick]

Doesn't your Mom play Scrabble?

How about this: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_2&listing_id=17658967

[listersgirl]

Cute! She doesn't wear jewellery, but there might be other options there.

[shoefiend.livejournal.com]

I was looking on Etsy today (great time-waster on a Monday, lemme tell ya!) and saw some Scrabble letter pillows...I can't remember the seller's name, or I'd link you to it, but it was in the local sellers group, I think...

They were really cute - each one had an embroidered letter, with the tile value embroidered in the lower right corner, just like a Scrabble tile.

[listersgirl]

Fun!

[genarti]

I think your present-buying brain ran off with mine. I suspect they're currently enjoying wacky hijinks somewhere southerly and warm.

Bah, say I.

[listersgirl]

Maybe they'll bring back souvenirs?

[genarti]

Hey, and then we can give the souvenirs as gifts! I like this plan.

[listersgirl]

"My brain went to Mexico and all I got was this stupid T-shirt"

[anglaisepaon.livejournal.com]

I hear you on the present-buying brain. The only gift I know for sure is for my mother, because she asked for something. I'll be trolling Etsy in a few weeks and cursing my procrastinatory tendencies.

[listersgirl]

Some years the ideas are right there, and some years...

[shoefiend.livejournal.com]

Right up your alley, and in your neighbourhood, too (kinda).

[listersgirl]

I'm sold on just the name! "Crafternoon Tea", hee.