getting there...

It all started with sweet little jars from Ikea. (Sassy, that's where I got the little ones you saw yesterday!) I picked up ten little jars thinking that filled with candy, they'd be nice little gifts for Rich's brothers.

Then I bought the candy online. Too much candy. 30 lbs of candy! So I expanded the list of folks getting jars of candy.

I didn't want to go back to Ikea to get more jars (it's next to a very busy discount shopping mall and it's a zoo anywhere within a 10 mile radius of that place). And when I was in the Container Store the other day, I thought the prices on like jars were too high. I wish I'd just bought them then because this turned into a bit of a wild goose chase trying to find jars about the same size and style as the ones from Ikea.
I didn't find them. Instead I found $5 canister style jars at Target that I'll give to couples. The smaller jars will go to singles.
The larger jars are filled with these colorful ball candies. They are so jolly and fun, aren't they?
Some of the smaller jars have apple candy...

And the others have pink taffy.

By the way, 30 lbs is a lot of candy.

Shall we look at today's matchbox, made by Kelli Flitton...
And look at the tiny magic wand inside...
Doesn't it look sweet in Santa's hand?
And today's door...
We're so close I can taste it...and we are all so excited we can hardly stand it. I don't know who is more excited, me or Alfredo.