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December 15, 2010 10 Comments

Wherein Ann Discovers an Easy Advent Solution

As you know from yesterday’s post, I intended to drive over to Holy Family Bookstore. Unfortunately, it was closed by the time I got there.Family Christian Store, however, was still open.The Belgian Wonder and I stopped in and asked if they had Advent candles.The clerk pointed to a big display. “Yes, right over there where it says ‘Advent Celebration.'”Of course that’s where one would find Advent candles: Under the “Advent Celebration” sign.Back in November and early December at the start of the season, I’d been all over town looking for an “Advent Celebration” sign…and it was here (and at the Holy Family Catholic bookstore) all along!This was way too easy.If only I’d have thought of the most obvious solution for securing Advent replacement tapers back in November, I could have been in and out of the store within five minutes and sitting with family at home nibbling leftover pumpkin pie.Indeed, here we are well over halfway through Advent, and Family Christian Store still had plenty of candles.Purple candles, not blue.Three purples and a pink.Just like I wanted.In the comments of yesterday’s post, Prairie Chick exclaimed, “Doesn’t this girl have a Christian bookstore around???”I do have a Christian bookstore around.I just didn’t think of it until now.And so last night I not only discovered an easy solution for securing Advent replacement tapers—I also confirmed that I’m completely and utterly inane.

Filed Under: family Tagged With: Advent, Advent candles, Advent countdown

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  1. Prairie Chick says

    December 15, 2010 at 3:50 pm

    Totally laughing over here. Too funny! Glad you won’t have to experience THIS form of stress ever again 🙂 and isn’t it wonderful when our tears of frustration turn to chuckles in hindsight? Ask me how I know!

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    • annkroeker says

      December 15, 2010 at 3:55 pm

      Yes! Advent freedom!!

      And…how *do* you know?

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      • Prairie Chick says

        December 16, 2010 at 11:26 am

        experience… LOTS of experience 🙂

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  2. Dena Dyer says

    December 15, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    Not insane, Ann…just a busy working mom with too many plates to spin and balls to juggle. Love FCS!

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    • annkroeker says

      December 15, 2010 at 6:22 pm

      🙂

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  3. Charity Singleton says

    December 15, 2010 at 7:39 pm

    Oh, your solution is MY solution, as well. Before I used those big chunky candles, I too would look all over town for purple and pink – and may likely go back to the traditional colors next year. I’ve settled for so many other shades in my day – like burgundy and mauve. Now I know EXACTLY where to go.

    So, are you making a substitution this year?

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  4. Megan Willome says

    December 15, 2010 at 9:44 pm

    Caught your Pooh reference.

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  5. Cheryl Smith says

    December 16, 2010 at 11:08 am

    Of all the words I would use to describe you, inane is definitely NOT in the list. Confident and competent, faster than a speeding bullet, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

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  6. Kerry says

    November 13, 2011 at 7:13 pm

    I’m wondering if you might be planning to post on Advent or Christmas in the coming weeks. If so, maybe you’ll consider consider submitting to my Nativity Carnival (running weekly now through Epiphany)? Here’s the current post:

    http://theten0clockscholar.blogspot.com/2011/11/keeping-advent-nov-13th.html

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