The LifeSaver Storybook...

[thoreau]

David and I exchanged gifts this morning - in the spirit of 'lets spend money on trips and adventures in the coming year rather than blowing a bunch of money at Christmas time' or as David puts it - we had a Present Non-Aggression pact. David got a embroidered KDFC polo and I received a fun cube of Table Topics for Couples.

Both of us admitted to present giving anxiety and told stories of dramatic failures in the past - so decided to keep in simple. David also got his first stocking - with a Christmas orange, a box of Coca Bella chocolates, a bottle of Moringa bodywash from the Body Shop and the McDiarmid family tradition - the Life Saver Story Book.

When I was a kid every year I got a Life Saver Storybook for Christmas. It was a big deal to me because getting one roll of Life Savers was a treat so getting six was HUGE. It was often a race between me and my brother as to who could make them disappear faster. (no chewing - you had to suck!) So - back to the present - I'm resisting the urge to tear open David's storybook for him and start in on the Pep-o-Mint.

We're going to Kilt Bear Paully's open house - then rendezvousing with the Michaels (Ms Golden is home from the appendicitis ordeal) and David Dehner for Dinner at Red Jade at 6pm.