My hubby picked up some pretty, shiny things for me in China.  I love getting jewelry, so the excitement of getting three beautiful pearl necklaces in one morning just about sent me into a coma!

Exhibit #1:

Exhibit #2:

Exhibit #3:

And, my favourite, exhibit #4 (don’t they look pretty together???):

I also got the game Mah Jong, which is really popular in China.  I think the box is really pretty and the pieces are really neat. I have no idea how to play. We haven’t sat down and tried to figure it out yet.  Possibly because, although Colin is “technically” on holidays from school, there is really no such thing.  Holidays just means they don’t need to come into school.  It does not, however, mean there will not be fifteen essays, two hundred and forty-seven textbooks to read and tonnes of work to do on the job-search front.  Who was I kidding? We aren’t going to have a real holiday for years. Boo.