Plus I have a few people lined up to give it a beta (alpha?) read, of which I am excited about. I really hope people like this book. But back to the busyness of the season, shall we …

Last night, I went shopping with my younger sister to pick up the supplies to make my mum a birthday cake (her birthday is tomorrow) and a few smaller things to go with the secret santa gifts I have to mail out. I ended up buying a three foot tree (see photo) for our house this year since no one really felt like getting up in the attic, pulling everything out and dealing with the hassle a full-size tree (which, in my family, normally ends with everyone being in a pissy mood and we need all the festiveness we can get this year, mmmkay).

After getting the tree ready, eating dinner, and doing an inordinate amount of dishes — I seriously believe evil elves stalk the house when we are distracted and dirty up our plates and cutlery — I wrapped the gifts I bought for the Supernatural Secret Santa on Livejournal (not shown) and the Book Blogger’s Holiday Swap (photo to the left). These shall be mailed out on Monday. I was going to do it today but again, I have so much to do, and I didn’t want to run everything to the post office on the same day (I would honestly need almost two boxes for all I have to mail). Instead, I opted to mail two packages today: one to Cash4Books.net and one to a friend in Belgium who kindly bought an unwanted book from me as I’m trying to clear out my collection.

Tonight will be spent addressing my holiday cards, among other things. I will probably post some photos of that tomorrow. Seriously, my life is beyond exciting. ;)