MORE about HP gifts...

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 8092

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 
<pennylin at s...> wrote:

 MORE MERCHANDISE -- I got like 4 pewter Dumbledore ornaments & 
several duplicate bookmarks, so I took all of it to Hallmark 
yesterday to exchange for .. I knew not what.  Turns out -- I'm *so* 
excited, I was able to get the glass, handpainted Hermione ornament 
to go with my handpainted Harry ornament for all of $.63 after the 
exchanged items weighed in.  Yay!  Hurrah!  They are hanging sweetly 
next to one another on my tree at this moment.
> 
> Must decide if I want the Ron one as an investment or if he'd only 
get in the way of my H/H ornaments.  <g>

LOL!  I was just at the WB store here today... there's still lots and 
lots of Harry Potter stuff in stock... looks much as it did in the 
beginning of November... and nothing's on sale.  The manager said 
they're gearing up for the big movie next November... no discounts on 
HP in 2001 in sight.  Not cool.  

I don't like the WB's ornaments.  The Harry one was okay, but 
Hermione is honey-blonde with blue eyes.  (Somehow I get the sneaking 
suspicion that the "new Hermione" was derived from test marketing... 
after all, Barbie doesn't have brown hair and brown eyes!)  The Ron 
ornament is being Sorted but there's no red hair visible on either 
side of the hat.

Must check Hudson's (same company as Dayton's--just a different 
name)... two sales associates were in line with me and said all Harry 
Potter stock was 50% off.

The item I want next is the Quidditch bathrobe.  Very plush, my 
favorite color.

My advice, Penny?  Get the Ron ornament... just hang him on the other 
side of Harry!  ;)

--Ebony