Journal Your Christmas day 9 - treats

I imagine the sort of treats more commonly written about for this prompt will be of the edible variety.  Maltesers are my favourite chocolate but it's not Chrimbo without a Terry's chocolate orange, amiright?  But I'm talking about a different kind of treat since I got a new one today.

I got my first Trollbead bracelet 9 years ago this Christmas. My grandparents (Beloved Wee Granny and Papa) gifted me with a £50 "un-Christmas" present at the start of December with strict instructions to spend it on ME and not the house or the then-4-year-old Chookie. I pinned the note to my notice board and waited for inspiration to strike. When I saw mention of Trollbeads on a forum a few weeks later I was smitten and the auld yins' cash bought my first chain and lock. And my first two beads were in their honour - glass daisies and silver bird.

And now? Well now I have a few *cough*six*cough* bracelets but one of my favourite slow-growing items is this Christmas bangle.

There's a couple of silver beads hiding on the ends (a gingerbread man and a Christmas tree) but the important ones are the angel, star and pig. Chook's infants nativity play characters! It's actually a bit full for the bangle and could probably do with being upgraded to a bracelet. But I like the careful addition of meaningful Christmassy beads.

Well today I got a new wee treat, a limited addition holly. Isn't it beautiful?

I don't know how they make the leaves look like that, it's all very clever. And that is my "Merry Christmas To Meee" this year. A big treat, really, but at least it doesn't affect my waist size!