A Burlap Stocking, Shabby Paper Bag Album, and Rambling

Remember the other day when I mentioned the pretty paper bag albums that my friend Rachel from Alice and Elsie has for sale in her etsy shop?I was waiting to tell you that I went ahead and bought this sweet, little bird paper bag album. (These are all of Rachel's pictures again. I "borrowed" them to share with you).
Rachel also sent me one of her burlap stockings:
and vintage Christmas tags:
Receiving this little package cheered me up so much. (Thank you, Rachel!) I came down with the flu at the end of last week and it lasted throughout the weekend. I needed some cheering! I had a blog post planned for last Friday and for yesterday's Muffin Tin Monday, but the days just flew on by. I've been trying VERY hard to post daily (at least on weekdays) because I appreciate regular posts from the blogs I frequent, so I am trying to practice that on my blog. Anyhow... don't you love how finicky blogger is with allowing comments. Sometimes I have to refresh my browser several times before I can get my words out there... ;) I'm already a lazy commenter as it is, so the blogger glitches do not help.
I will, hopefully, be back tomorrow with a Workspace Wednesday post. My space is a mess, so I better tidy up a bit before I share a picture with you! :D It has been cloudy and gloomy here in Southern California, so I don't know how the picture will turn out. We had some snow in higher elevations. It looked so wintry and pretty and like Christmas is right around the corner (oh wait, it is). Made me wish I didn't rely on Pandora to play some Michael Buble Christmas songs. (I should just buy his Christmas CD to play in my car is what I'm sayin'). My husband hung a little wreath on the front of our truck with a festive gift garland around it. Yeah, I'm one of those annoying "SUV-ers" right now. ;) I love it!
I better run along! I have to tidy up, grab a snack, pick up my daughter, mail out some packages, get dinner going, and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate with peppermint whipped cream with my family. :)