15 November 2011

. . . the age of retirement . . .

. . . many years ago . . .
. . . i built three topiaries . . .
. . . they've sat
on my kitchen table
every christmas since . . .
. . . which makes them
practically vintage . . .
. . . the pots were painted by me . . .
. . . i tied all the bows . . .
. . . i personally squoze {squeezed?}
every bit of hot glue
they're held together with . . .
. . . the candy is real . . .
{can you imagine how many boxes of dots
you have to buy
to get that many red and green ones?}
. . . and is a total testament
to the power of preservatives . . .

. . . here's the thing . . .
. . . it's time for me to move on . . .
. . . my question is ~ . . .
. . . does anyone want these? . . .
. . . first come . . .
. . . first served . . .
. . . sorry i can't ship them . . .
. . . besides, my post office
is closing
and won't ship packages
any more . . .
{first bashas' ~ now the post office}
. . . if they're still here friday . . .
. . . they'll be donated
to my neighborhood exchange
this weekend . . .
. . . let me know . . .

{update: the topiaries have gone
to a happy new home.
kayola is quick!}


8 comments:

Sassy said...

I LOVE THEM.......HOW MUCH??????

becky+cade said...

sherwood station is closing?!!!

•stephanie• said...

sadly, becky ~ that's the word on the street.
dumb, huh?

granny said...

Your cuteness never gets old...

Oh, and I talked to the clerk at the post office the other day and apparently there is "no official date" for their closing...it might be open for a long time. Strange how the letter made it sound like it was a done deal.

Misty Selvidge said...

I love them! How much?

chris+amber said...

Ok...I will let this one slide, but please put me down in your will to inherit the rest of your Christmas stuff! Drew gets the house, and I get the Christmas stuff. Got that? ;o)

Sassy said...

Thank You Stephanie!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They made me so HAPPY this morning seeing them.......I LOVE THEM!!!!! On Monday I went to send a package to Brody at our post office and they were ONLY giving mail to people receiving NOT sending packages....maybe that was only on Monday but I was sad....so I was down at the one on Center and they said they were probably combining ours with the one on University and Lindsay......I can't agree MORE....1st Bashas and now our Post Office.....I swear if they take Sonic next....I may start crying like a bawl baby titty mouse.......thanks again I LOVE THESE TOPIARIES!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Ok that does bring a tear to my eye.
Frani