I hope you aren’t too stuffed this Christmas evening and I hope you got everything you wished for. The hubby and I have had a great time being home in MD/VA, busy as it may be, and can’t believe that we are almost half way through our trip with only a week left in this area. We are off to TX next Thursday.
I will call this Christmas the year of books and gift cards. I received two Nordstrom gift cards as well as a Sephora gift card. My parents and my sister and her husband gave us a ton of books which we will have to mail back because of the weight they would add to our luggage. I now can add the following titles to my TBR shelf: (I will add links to Borders.com at a later time)
St. Lucy’s Home For Girls Raised By Wolves ~ Stories by Karen Russell Shopgirl ~ by Steve Martin The Abstinence Teacher ~ by Tom Perrotta The New Yorkers ~ by Cathleen Schine The Other Boleyn Girl ~ Philippa Gregory Helen of Troy ~ by Margaret George Christmas with Paula Deen ~ by Paula Deen The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith ~ by Patricia Highsmith Nothing That Meets The Eye ~ by Patricia Highsmith
Planet Books 
I was surprised I only got one book this year: a blank one, very pretty. I adored Shopgirl; movie, too… Is Patricia Highsmith a recommended author? – Care PS Have fun in TX – eat some texmex for me.
In error, I ordered one item two times…it was a gift certificate and the recipient received both and I only wanted to give him one. Amazon’s helpers in the Phillipines…Joy P and Louise C were most helpful..and I ended up with one of the ceertificates being put in my account. I will be very happy to buy anything from Amazon…you are amazing!