Wednesday was my last day of work for the year.  The last day of work before Christmas break is always rather quiet and this Wednesday was no exception.  Usually I eschew the last regular day of work and take a vacation day just to avoid it, but not this time.  It was deadly dull though. 🙄

On Thursday, Anne and I walked up to downtown Clayton.  We met Edie at First Watch for breakfast.  Anne presented Edie with the sweater that she had added edging.  The sweater is to be a gift to one of Edie’s nieces.  It was pouring after breakfast, so we asked Edie for a ride home.  We would have gotten soaked otherwise.  On the way out I snapped the picture for today’s header, of a row of Quaker Oats containers.

After we got home we quickly turned around and this time drove to a new big box computer store near the house.  I got an enclosure for the old computer’s hard drive.  As I was walking towards the back of the store, I walked by a guy on a step ladder.  At first I thought he was working on wire chases in the ceiling, but as it turned out he was trying to fix the store’s model train setup.  Then I recognized him.  He is the same guy that I blogged about a few day’s ago.  His name is Dan and this is the guy that has turned his front yard into an elaborate model railroad diorama.  Saint Louis really is a small town.  Speaking of which, we bumped into Joanie at our next stop, the grocery store.  We finished the day watching, It’s a Wonderful Life.

Friday, Christmas Day brought the most snow that we have seen so far this season, about half an inch.  According to Cindy, the weather girl, a White Christmas requires a minimum of one inch of snow.  So we had a White Christmas, sort of.  The picture with this post is of some chocolates that I got Anne.  They are Christopher Elbow’s Artisanal Chocolates.  They almost look too good to eat.