Es ist eine allgemein anerkannte Wahrheit, dass eine Frau im Besitz eines großen Wollvorrates nichts dringender braucht als (noch mehr) Strickanleitungen. Wie wenig Geld eine solche Frau auch haben mag, wenn sie einen neuen Internetshop betritt, diese Wahrheit sitzt so sehr in ihr fest, dass sie jede schöne Anleitung als ihr rechtmäßiges Eigentum betrachtet.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of a good stash of yarn must be in want of (more) knitting patterns. However little money such a woman may have on her entering a new internetshop, this truth is so well fixed in her mind that every pretty pattern is considered as her rightful property.

Schade, dass ihr Mann nicht den gleichen Standpunkt vertritt ...

It's a pity that her husband doesn't share her point of view ...

Was versuche ich euch mit diesen Worten mitzuteilen (die zu dem schamlos geklaut sind ;-) ) Dieser Donnerstag ist heute mein Tag, denn nicht nur ist mein Weihnachtspäckchen bei Jenn eingetroffen, sondern auch ich habe eine Sendung erhalten. Meine bei IvaRose bestellten Vintagemagazine.

What do I want to tell you (by borrowing JA's famous words). This Thursday is mine. I got my order from Iva Rose!

Fantastic start in the new day: nice comments on my blog and an email from Jenn who got her package at last. And she likes it. And even better: Krista fits and looks gorgeous on her. Don't you think so? David is a great photographer: the colour is exactly the same as it is in real and Jenn looks amazing! I couldn't help myself: I had to grab it and put it in here.

I want you all to know that I was so happy to meet and spoil her. She is a warm and friendly person filled with humour and joy. It was a great experience putting the gifts together: looking for hints in her blog, guessing her taste and reading her mails.

But I guessed and know now it is true: I screwed up the secret part: Although I created an anonymous emailaccount, I forgot to click the right box: .com would have been better than .de ... she knew all the time who I am ... So in fact it was her secret, not mine ;-))

I really really hope that we will stay in contact and will meet one day in the future.

Dear Jenn, let me invite you once more: If you are really going to travel to Germany again, you do not need to find a hotel! Düsseldorf airport is not far away and I would like to spoil you both for some days! Thank you so much for being the perfect swapee!

And I want to mention another Christmas around the world partner: I am her swapee and I also have a guess who she might be. I enjoy her mails very much and am curious to see her/my package. Hugs for you, too! :-)