We left on December 4th to spend a couple of days in Wisconsin before going to our vacation home in the sunny south. It was a very much needed break and while we could have stayed longer, we arrived home on the 22nd because I wanted to be home for the holidays with the kids and grandkids.
We didn't do a lot of shopping in Florida as we were flying without checking a bag. It's less expensive that way. We did find a Hobby Lobby that was amazing so I went online to find one closer to our permanent residence. It was late so we stayed overnight to have a fresh start the following day. I picked up a few craft projects at Hobby Lobby so will be sharing those with you shortly. We stopped there along with stopping to do a bit of shopping the day after arriving at the airport. One stop was Bed Bath & Beyond, another really nice place to shop.
Without a shadow of a doubt the number one kitchen gift this year was the Keurig single server coffee makers with accessories and K-cups. We absolutely love our Keurig! One of our kids bought theirs first to replace their Melitta One:One. After much consideration along with our badly failing Melitta One:One we bought our Keurig coffee maker and just recently another of our kids bought one. K-cups are expensive as homemade coffee goes coming it at as high as 79¢ per cup but less expensive than coffee purchased out. Bought on sale I can find the K-cups for as low as 50¢ per cup and through One Cup Connection I can get them for about 39¢ per cup. We bought the My K-cup re-usable filter system which brings the price down to 9¢ per cup. The My K-cup comes with one re-usable filter basket but we found a two pack of the filter baskets at Bed, Breakfast and Beyond for $8.99, not a bad price considering we use our Keurig on average a few times a day and not just for coffee. There are other re-usable filter systems for the Keurig and now there are various styles of storage systems for the K-cups. The Keurig was the only noticeable kitchen gift item this year from what we saw.
Anyway we are back home so I'm looking forward to a couple of months of turning our new house into a home. It already feels like home but I want to make curtains, cushions, paint all of the rooms, add my own decorating style and that type of thing. I will be heading to the paint store the first week of January so expect to hear a lot about painting! I need to make a new afghan for the family room just for this house as that has been a tradition for every home we have been in. I found a really nice pattern so just have to buy the yarn. I'm planning on redoing most of the landscaping as well as adding new garden beds. It should be a rather exciting 2012 with everything I have in mind!
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