Joy to the World

Today is "Go Caroling Day", and all my little Iple girls are dressed in their warm sweaters
 and hats, along with their new colourful scarves and mitts, to go out and entertain busy 
holiday shoppers and other passers-by, with some festive holiday songs.

With a nasty three-day storm upon us, it's time to catch up and finish all those loose ends. There's still last-minute shopping to be done, but with freezing rain forecast for the next three days, we'll see when it's safe to go out. Maybe my girls will finally get the chance to decorate their tree. I bought three rather skimpy, but very realistic, trees at Michaels on super sale. Yesterday I finally had time to take them all apart and rework them into one tree. Now it needs a sturdy base, and then the lights and decorations can go in. But first there's some last minute costuming work to be done, so the new outfits can all be packed up and put away. I had to redo the waistband on one of my Summer Goddess slips, as my iron made a mess of one of them. I don't know where it's coming from, but my iron seems to have a mind of it's own and will melt brown spots onto the fabric from time to time. I have no idea what's causing it, and there's no way to remove it. I try remember to use a pressing cloth, which is a total pain, and then just when I think it's safe, there's the brown spots again. I think I need a new iron!