Capes/Cloaks; HP Merchandise

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 6346

Hi --

I was at the "Dickens on the Strand" event in Galveston this weekend,
and ran into a great manufacturer of capes & cloaks who had a street
stall set up.  My husband refused to buy me one as (a) I have a fleece
HP-ish cape coat with hood that I just bought this season for $30 and
(b) we don't need coats here all that many days in the winter.  I'm
still hoping to persuade him as a long-term investment but .... anyway.
I did find their website when I got home, and since their prices are I
think somewhat lower than the company that Peg recommended earlier this
year, I thought I'd pass the info along to you guys.  The prices for
unlined coats seems very reasonable, and I'm unsure why lining the coat
should jack up the price as much as it seems to do.  Seems to me it
might be worthwhile to buy it unlined & find a local seamstress to slap
some lining into it ....  For those who might be inclined to care about
such things, it is also a woman-owned business.

I liked the Stewart cape coat myself ... very dramatic.  <g>

http://www.bodyhangings.com/main.html

HP Merchandise -- I saw a perfectly lovely & outrageously over-priced
new set of glass HP ornaments at my Hallmark the other day.  It's a set
of 3 glass hand-painted ornaments: Harry, Hermione & Ron .... and can be
yours for only $180.  They're beautiful but .... I'm guessing Santa is
not going to leave them for me.  It's hard to justify too since they're
Christmas ornaments ... if there was a way to display them year-round,
it might make more sense.  I did get the painted glass Harry with Hedwig
from Wireless for my birthday, and it looks great on our tree.  In fact,
I think it looks better than the Hallmark pewter ornaments.  The pewter
ornaments are very attractive, but do tend to get lost on the tree.

Amusing side-story -- We put up our tree last weekend.  After we put all
the ornaments on, I was walking around the tree & looking at them.  I
suddenly asked my husband where he'd moved our gold filigree heart
ornament, and he pointed to a place where he said had been a bit bare
before.  I said, "But, I placed that heart specifically between my Harry
and Hermione ornaments for a reason."  He was *literally* rolling on the
floor laughing his head off at me.  <g>  The heart *was* moved back
though.

Penny