Shopping......4 sleeps......

I hope your enjoying the Christmas count down............

Anne Marie gave me the Christmas Spirit award.............

5 things I love about Christmas -

- Secret Santa Christmas Swap,

- excitement of the kids,

- the FOOD,

- all the gatherings with family and friends

- presents (giving and receiving)

Now for all the girls in the SSCS 2008 take this award as you have all assisted me to continue the Christmas Spirit all around blogland and the world............

Sandi left me a comment back a few posts.........I asked if I could share it here

You must feel like a mother hen with all her chicks coming in under your wings! What a great gift you gave all of us by coordinating this swap!! Sandi

Yep well I do feel like a mother hen.....I have been fussing and making sure all the SSCS bloggers have there parcels wrapped sitting under their trees (bar a few)......I have nearly all the names on my lists crossed off.........yippee

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Now back to the shopping..........

Only about a week late showing you all this but this trip to the "big smoke" (city) I made the most of getting to some quilting shops..........

My girlfriend and I went and met Anita at Prints Charming...........lucky for us it was market day so some bargains around.........these are the fabrics I got............the greens are much more vibrant and bright then the pic..........it is only a small shop but that place was packed when we got there just after opening............

Not to far away around a couple of streets (but world apart fabric wise) we went to Quiltsmith............bargains again.......

most of what I got was $9/metre

and we were so close so we went to the No 1 patisserie in Syd.............it is in Balmain.........Adriano Zumbo's................the food were works of art.............

this one was mine...........I could hardly break into it as it was so amazing I didn't want to wreak it but life goes on and I had to and it was yummo...........

after all the food we wandered around the Balmain markets...........I got these little purses and hair bands.........yaks wool

On Sunday Fairy Girl and I went into the city..........caught a jet cat, train, bus and ferry..........nothing quite like public transport when you live where there is NONE............it is a real hit...........and escalators..........it is so funny watching Fairy girl on these............on is okay it is the getting on and off that tests her out............

We wandered around the rocks area..........this Christmas tree it is made with chairs..........very unusual....but then we are in the city.........anything goes there.......

High School Musical started in Sydney this weekend but fairy girl and I went to a preview show last weekend............it was wonderful.............a girlfriend and her daughter came with us..............High School Musical is every where as High School Musical 3 has just come out at the movies too.....the show was great...........

On the way home I went to Blueberries...........it is a fairly new patchwork shop and if you are travelling on the Newcaslte freeway it is between the Tuggerah and Wyong exits off the freeway...........not to hard to find (well me the country chick worked it out) will have to make another stop there next trip to the "big smoke"...........

Thanks Tutti fruti for having us............love catching up................

take care Chookyblue............

PS school holidays are here........yippee............not back to school til early February...........