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For those of you who haven't yet explored the brilliance that is thrifthorror, get thyselves over there immediately. I kind of wish the Japanese were more into thrifting and second-hand stuff (as a general rule, they're really not), but I can live vicariously through the horrors of others, right?

And laugh myself sick at these unfortunate... things: more ugly Santas than you can shake a stick at, plus spot-on commentary!

'Twas the night before Noël...

The blanket is FINISHED! *falls over* If I were to calculate the time it took me to make, that's 180 squares that took on average 45 minutes each to knit, so that's already 135 hours, plus the time to sew them together (too frackin' long!), plus crocheting the border -- let's just call it an even 160 hours. And that's most likely being generous! Still, I'm quite proud of it. I've been "testing" it the past few nights, piling it on top of my own blanket, and it's pretty warm. I'm sure B2 & Girl will be glad to have a little less to pay on their heating bill. After all, Montreal is chilly this time of year.

I went out again this afternoon on a recon mission, to scope out the nearby shopping plazas in preparation for my big January shopping spree. Saw lots of nice things, and couldn't resist buying a cute blue capelet-thingy. Come on, for 20$, how could I not?

In the spirit of the season, here's something full of holiday spirit, which I watched back in October. For some reason, it never crossed my mind to save it for now!

( Hogfather, the movie )