Llama pencil pouch.

Thursday: I was at the bookstore all day. It was a cold day, the high was 12. It didn't feel that cold to me because my coat rocks, or I'm just used to being out in the cold, or a bit of both. We were pretty dead in the morning except one lady that came in with about 10 pieces of clothing that she bought for Christmas presents, but they didn't work out. There must've been a sale when she bought the items as they were all discounted. She kept getting annoyed with us because when we brought up the receipt on the computer, it had the sale prices and we had the actual price on the items, so we had to match the items up on the actual receipt, which had about 20 items on it. It took awhile, but we got it all done.

We also had a person return an articulated hand because the thumb was broken, we may have had way too much fun with that because we were still kinda dead in the afternoon.

I had a couple pieces of mail when I got home.

A sticker palooza:

 We had to send each other 10 brand new packages of stickers. I like what she picked out, except this tiny package of gem stones.

The tape runner is there for size comparison. I could see sending this as an extra, but as one of the 10? There aren't any size requirements, so it worked, I would just think common sense would say not to include as one of the 10.
Also, found a Valentine's Grab Bag swap:

 There's lots of variety in here and I've already used a few things for another swap. My favorite item is that felt bear.
Friday, we had a winter storm warning. It didn't start snowing until about 10, this is what it looked like when I was waiting for the bus to go to the library:

 Visibility was bad, but if more people would use their headlights, it wouldn't have been that bad. The library was dead, at one point someone commented there were more staff than public in the library. The one Friday we didn't have lots of people come in at the last minute.
We got about 5 inches of snow and then it drifted. It took me twice as long to get home because everything was so drifted. It didn't matter if sidewalks got shoveled, you couldn't tell.
I found a Winner Takes All of stationery:

 These are cute, I really like the ones on the right.
I also got this really cool junk journal:

It was for a happy mail tag, she said she was going to just send the papers, but then thought she'd try to make the junk journal. I love how it turned out, I'm not sure I can use it for anything.
I honestly thought I pulled out 3 items from my mailbox, but when I went to open them, I only had 2, I retraced my footsteps and looked in the mailbox again, but I didn't find anything.
Saturday: was cold, the high was wicked cold, we were in a blizzard warning pretty much all day, and when that ended we were in a wind advisory warning. I didn't go outside. I spent the day reading. I did venture outside to check the mail, but there wasn't any.
Sunday: I got my laundry done and spent the day working on tags and swaps.
Wish of planner stickers:

 Send Me Something colorful but not yellow:

 This was a fun tag. We had to say Send Me Something this but not that, it was supposed to be descriptive words, but some people went a little too specific.
Send me something cute:

 I got the sticky notes for a kawaii tag and the postcards as a WTA.
Happy mail:

 The notecard is from Staples, the postcard, handmade envelope and and stickers from tags, the memo sheets I had in my stash and the ephemera piece I got from Hollar.
ATC:

 I always just clean the scraps off my desk to make these.
Pocket letter:

 This was made using a sheet of last year's calendar.
Stationery destash wish:

 I've been getting a bunch of stationery for the WTA.
Something wearable wish:

 Figured I'd send on one of these numerous bracelets I keep getting in my International Blessings box. This one can be adjusted.
I was sitting down to work on something and started wondering when my Countdown to Valentine's swap had to be sent and realized it was the 22nd, so I freaked out and finished that.

 Monday: it was still cold, the high was 9. I wore my fleece lined leggings in to work and on my way home. I packed a different pair to wear at work. I've decided it's not so much the cold that gets me, it's the wind. If it's just wicked cold and not windy, I'm ok.
I put together a llama tag when i got home.

Again, no mail, this time because it was MLK day. I'm not a fan of no mail days, it also seems like they come after Sundays a lot. Three days of no mail does not make me happy.

Mermaid scales

Tuesday: I got some stuff ready to send out.

A stocking stuffer swap:

 Basically we were to fill a priority mail box or mailer with destash, I went with the small box. I was going to go with the cardboard mailer, but the instructions said box or bubble mailer.
Fandoms: Snoopy

 Sticky notes:

 The small ones are sticky notes, the large one is a journal.
I had plans to donate a bunch of stuff to Goodwill with a friend, after I got the above stuff ready to mail, she was on her way over. After donating we went around to the front and shopped. I wanted to pick up a long sleeve t-shirt, but I didn't find any, I should have looked for another long-sleeve white shirt for work.

 I did find a couple movies. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, this is the first one with Jeremy Renner, I keep checking it out from the library, it was priced $6, I asked why and the guy said they do that for Blu-Rays, it clearly said DVD on it, so he gave me the DVD price. Law Abiding Citizen, I keep checking this one out, too. A cute fluffy pom pom pen. Ended up spending about $6.
We were right next to the Asian food store, so we went there too.

 Not a ton, but I spent about $19. I like the Lychee gummies, they're just not that flavorful. The Bean breads were good, one was green, one was red. The Italian cake things were pretty tasteless, I took those to work. The milk boba tea was weird, I should have drunk them with a straw to get the full effect. The Korean cakes are good and I also like the Choco Boys.
Our last stop was another thrift store.

 Picked up the tiny ornament for my brother, the dolphin box came with a purchase of a necklace. I realize the flower necklace would never fit in it, but I picked up the necklace to pick apart for art. I love the tiny cameo, and the porcelain teacup filled with flowers. Also, found this Build A Bear minion, though it's kinda weird that he's in shorts without the logo thing, it had a trademark tag. Spent about $8.
My mailbox was stuffed full with something, I picked it up, but saved them for work.
A Christmas ATC tag:

 she sent two.
Here's the big thing. A Grant a Wish tag for something hedgehog:

 She sent me a stationery set:

 I chose to wear my Ghostbusters shirt to work, I got a ton of compliments on it, apparently I need more geeky shirt to wear to work.
Wednesday: Totally got distracted looking at my bank account that I was almost late to work. I had sent Silke's letter to the printer that morning, so I printed it out and sent her one of the stars I've been working on.

 Spent about $30 at the post office, it just turned out to be a bunch of parcels, plus that flat rate box, a couple things were heavier than I thought they'd be. Picked up a few frozen dinners and milk at the store. NO MAIL.
Thursday: decided to go with my parents to my aunt's about two hours away, mainly because my aunt sent me a text saying she was hoping to see me at Thanksgiving. I wore my new sweater:

 It was ok, the sleeves are a bit short, and it's not that warm. When I wear it again, it should be something like this, it will snag.
I sent my Christmas list out on Wednesday and asked mom about it on Thursday and she said, it looks like a lot of "stuff" I thought we weren't doing "stuff" this year. It annoys me to no end about that. You can afford it, why do you care what I want? I'd love to get a year's subscription to the Once Upon a Book subscription box, or the mini printer that connects to your phone and prints little 2x3 pictures. I'm so done shopping for everyone then.
Friday: Put together a few tags.
Santa:

 Unicorn:

 I was so excited to have remembered this when I was trying to think what to send for this tag.
I received my Crafty Christmas Countdown in the mail, which is good, I was annoyed that it might not arrive until after I was supposed to start opening it, it seemed heavy, I'm excited.

 Here it is all laid out:

 I noticed she's got a 25 in there, it wasn't a requirement that we do a 25, I remember looking, so I hope she's ok with me not sending her one.
I also received a replacement favorite color tag:

I love it, it's just the color I asked for was seafoam green.

Green ribbon

Monday: There was a lot of reading, that was mostly all I did. It was wicked cold, temps in the 20s, but windchill at 1 degree. Also had snow on the ground. I'm not sure what the weather did on Sunday, because I didn't go out, but all the people that shoveled before Monday morning, there was ice on those sidewalks. It was much easier to walk on the sidewalks that weren't shoveled. I went to lunch with my mother, it was ok, we went to Panera, not sure what they did to their food, but it wasn't great. I caught a mouse. I'm tired of mice.

Tuesday: I put together some stuff to mail out.

Christmas happy mail:

 I was going to go flat, but decided on a parcel just to get rid of a that banner kit, and the candy cane pen I got in a swap last year.
Sticker sheets:

 Wrapped Christmas gifts:

 These ended up being so heavy I threw them in a priority flat rate, it was probably because of the bath bombs.
I had 7 things waiting for me in the mailbox.
Collectors: monsters

 I was thinking cutesy monsters when I said this. These will probably be passed on to someone else, I find them too creepy. I decided I should just say minions for certain tags.
wish of sticker flakes:

 some of these are a little out there.
Wish of PDT labels:

 I will always use these.

Favorites: minions:

 You can never go wrong with minions.
Sticker sheets:

 I really like the Toy Story 4 ones. In my other group, when they have a sticker sheets tag, they say no kids stickers, I wish this one did, too.
Wish for happy mail:

 Still a hit or miss. I'll use the PDT label, the stamp, and the stickers. I'm not so sure how I feel about the tea.
Kawaii:

 I like the sticky notes and the one sheet of stickers, but not the Hello Kitty ones.
Wednesday: I found a bunch of sharks and had to check them out:

 Apparently a group is called a frenzy of sharks:

 I received a favorite color: green tag:

 Seriously? Out of all the stuff you could have sent, you send ribbon. At least I try to send things I'd like in return.
I came home and read that day as well. If I was just reading my books, it would be great, but I get sucked in to things on line. I did get through a bunch of movies (mostly because I'd put them in and realize I saw them not that long ago.)
Thursday: I got a Dollar Store tag:

 Love these.
Put together a Thirsty Thursday: 2 tea bags:

 A Christmas card:

 An ATC:

 A handmade tag:

I was going to go with one of the ornaments I've been making lately, but decided to go flat instead.
I finished my advent calendar:

And got it packaged up and ready to go.