The Ramblings of Guise Dugal

Wow, been a long time since I updated. In the meantime I’ve tried my hand at daily vlogging (which is a lot harder to do when nothing interesting has gone on), changed jobs and am still in the process of settling in to having the homestead all to myself. However, that’s the past and the present is advent, which is a fun little rhyme, and as no doubt people visiting here will be aware that means it is time to decorate and observe/participate in X-E’s Advent Calendar, but for me this year is special. This year, for the first year ever, I managed to find Playmobil calendars.

Those who watched my vlog on 03 October 2009 may recall my initial find, and those still watching by 30 November 2009 will know that I not only bought one, but I bought an extra two just in case!

The Playmobil Advent Calendars are both wonderous and frustrating, for as much as I love them I still feel it’s a little cheapened that there is a fair bit of ‘parental assembly’ required and it’s not ‘good to go’ out of the box. I can understand the assembly element for LEGO, but the Playmobil actually warns parents to do it. Actually, no, LEGO isn’t so great either, they could box the stuff for you.

I’m also a little disappointed in the flimsy card backdrops. I know I shouldn’t expect much, but Happy Meal boxes are sturdy than the ones Playmobil ships out. If I had kids, and the kids were anything like me, the backdrops would be destroyed before Box 2 was even found on the calendar.

But with it being the first of December, and given how last Christmas was rather bleak because of all manner of personal issues, we decided as a family to put the tree up early and get some Christmas magic going. Ok, in actual fact, I decided on that and the rest of the family wisely decided to stay away from my place for the duration.

Was the result magical? You decide!