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I have been forced to revise my earlier opinion of Staples' current marketing campaign. I did not believe it was possible to buy Great Unexpected Gifts from Staples. Great gifts, possibly.* Unexpected gifts, certainly. Great unexpected gifts? Not so much. Except Cousin Jen yesterday referred to her labelmaker (which I got her from Staples as a birthday gift last year) as the Best Gift Ever. Making it both great and unexpected. I suppose they can't really put that in the ads, though, as the number of people whose hearts go pitter-pat over a labelmaker is probably vanishingly small.

Weekend: got nothing done on the house, again. Finished some penguins. Went to the Sing-Along Messiah and had a fantabulous time (my mum and I shared a score, and managed to stay on track even during the Amen, always a problem for me -- next time maybe I should actually practice ahead of time or something). Read. Christmas exploded all over my living room (making it an excellent companion piece to the dining room), but I did manage to wrap and mail parcels for friends out West (they may get there a bit late, but they'll get there).

Lots to do this week, ohboy.

*ETA: In the commercial I saw, the gift they used to illustrate the concept of Great Unexpected Gifts was A Laptop. Which: bwuh? In my family, that counts as a major purchase. I don't think I know anyone who'd be in Staples browsing for ideas and would think "Hey! A laptop! What a great idea for a stocking stuffer!"