I was invited to a Christmas party yesterday, and it was a blast. Good food, people, everything. There was a small Christmas present exchange and I got a small candle holder made of stone in the form of a flat hedgehog. Probably the best present of them all! :) What I traded it for? A small candle embedded in glass with a few small ladybugs (unreal... I mean not real) on/in it, accompanied by a decorative matchbox.

So today is Sunday. Tomorrow is Monday. On Thursday I'm going to Östersund.

Also, today is the third Advent. So we lit a candle.

I don't know if Advent Calenders are popular elsewhere in the world, but here in Sweden they are everywhere. They're on the radio, on TV, decorating walls and shop shelves and since the millenium they're even online. I have one in my room that produces a creatively shaped piece of chocolate every day (bought one for my parents as well), one in the hall with a creatively shaped rhyme every day, and I visit a few every morning online in hope that I'll win something. Last year I spent some time writing motivations (tell us why you should get this product), but this year I'm being efficient and only participating in the ones that don't take any time. Just answer a question, if answer is not obvious then guess spontaneously, let browser fill in form fields for me and click submit. Piece of cake.

Coop (Swedish version of Wallmart) is handing out 300 packages of coffee each day via FaceBook. First come first serve. They start the handouts at 10:00 and it ends quickly. I managed to grab a package this morning at 10:01, and over 200 had already been taken before me. Tried yesterday too, but I was too late, 10:05. Did you know Swedish people drink more coffee than another nationalities in the world? It's a fact.

Yeah, so, that's all I have to say for today. Enjoy your coffee and have a nice third Advent!