All of the original Watercolor Journal keepers were here today... we will have been together for 3 years come next March. Some have found out about the group from art classes, some from friends and one noticed us on the internet. We have grown to be good friends and enjoy celebrating each other's special days as well as enjoying our plein air and "paint in" sessions.
5 of us went on to El Fornaio for a delicious lunch and a birthday celebration. The shopping center was packed. People are already going nuts with the shopping frenzy.
I make it a point to not enter a single retail store between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It is my way of boycotting stores that put up their holiday decorations in early October. What ever happened to waiting until after Thanksgiving? Nordstroms is the one store that honors this old tradition. So, if any one will get my holiday money, it will be that store. I mainly make my own gifts, give donations to charities in honor of my family and friends and find some treasures at local bazaars.
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