I have some extras for you today — mainly photos that didn’t wind up in a blog post for one reason or another. I’m not sure what happened with the above photo. When I spend time outside around the house, my human usually takes photos. And usually some of them wind up in the blog. But this time they didn’t.
There is a funny story behind this. Trader Joe’s is carrying cat advent calendars this year (last year they only had dog ones). Well, in our area, and in quite a few others, the demand greatly exceeded the supply. My human went in to our local TJ’s to pick one up — and they were completely gone, even though they had just stocked them that afternoon! So she did what she usually does in these instances: griped about it on Facebook. One of those who read her post was the human behind the Cats Herd You blog, and she managed to snag an extra at her Trader Joe’s in Florida! And she sent it to us.
She also enclosed this super cool semi-vintage greeting card!
Remember when I was at the pet store the other day, and I mentioned that they only had ugly holiday sweaters? Here’s proof! You can see I was not impressed by these.
And lastly, here is an outtake from the same shopping trip. I was making a face at my human for even momentarily worrying about what I might do in that litter box.
I hope you enjoyed these extra photos!
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Maybe next year you’ll be the pussycat pictured on the Trader Joe’s advent catlendar. Wouldn’t that be pawsome?! Purr purr purr.
How cool that you got your Advent calendar ! Ugly Christmas sweaters for pets, really ? Purrs
Yeah that last pic in the litterbox DOES look kinda suspect….
Purrz!
Selina
That Advent calendar is super cool. Wish we had a Trader Joe’s here. Your mom deserves that raspberry for thinkIng you would be a “bad” kitty and use that litter box. XOCK, angel Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer
I’d love one of those calendars. The first pic is beautiful
I always enjoy the extras!
I enjoy your blog Sparkle but some days I honest can’t get to it from Facebook. Not sure what the problem is…. maybe I’m not doing something right? But have heart. We haven’t forgotten you.
I think you could make any ugly Christmas sweater look god Summer.
Nice ones, Summer. We don’t have a TJs near us so Mudpie’s mom is sending us a calendar. We can’t wait!
Thanks for posting about the advent calendar – I would never have thought of it. I have ordered one from Amazon to be delivered to my step-daughter’s cats, who live in Tasmania (Australia).
I think it’s too funny that they’re doing ugly Christmas sweaters for animals now! So glad you got a calendar. I couldn’t believe how many my store had.
I am glad I scored that Advent calendar last week. I am going to let Prancie have it because she is so sick. I am glad you got one, that was sweet of her to send. I kind of like the reindeer sweater, I am tempted to get it for my kitties 🙂 Maybe they will get invited to an ugly sweater party 🙂
That advent calendar – and a bunch of others – are on Amazon too. There hasn’t been a post from Cats Herd You in a long time, so we are glad to hear they are ok ! Purrs !
Oh my goodness these are funny! That’s so cool that you scored an advent calendar too! So super nice of Cats Herd You purrent to send you one. Loved your comment on the butte-ugly sweaters, MOL. Purrs
Ugly Christmas sweaters are a “thing” for some people now.
We wore them one Christmas …on purpose. I do like that
semi-vintage Christmas card!
That first picture sure doesnt look like any kind of outtake! Very pretty! Are you floofed up a little because of the colds? Makes you look even more cuddly!
You are correct those sweaters are bad
All great pics Summer. I want one of those advent calendars. The first pic is precious
We love seeing your outdoor pics and store pics.
We agree the sweaters are not pretty!!
We are happy that you have an advent calendar for cats.
Hope you get fun goodies 😉
Purrs,Georgia and Julie
So happy to see you have one of the cat advent calendars! We were wondering how well they would ship. How sweet of the human of Cats Herd you blog.
How nice that you got your advent calendar!
We did enjoy the outtakes! That is a nice Advent calendar.
Love those sweet Summer and how cool you actually got an advent calendar!
Love the pictures and you are putting me in the Holiday Spirit.
That last shot is pretty funny, Summer!
Last year, #1 got a doggie advent calendar for Tommy and was horrified at how bad the treats inside it were. We hope the ones in the Trader Joe’s calendar are better!
Purrs,
Tama and Genji
That was very thoughtful of the Human from Cats Herd You to send that lovely calendar. I love that Greetings card too!
The advent calendar is pretty nifty; I can see why it’s so popular! I keep forgetting to ask you a couple of questions, and they keep slipping my mind. I was reminded of one by your snow kitty blog, so here it is–do you like long walks on the beach? You were experiencing snow up close and personal; have you gone to the beach and seen it as a giant litter box, too? The other question came to me when we had our {{{COLD}}} snap. Are you a lap kitty? I’ve worked for kitties that jumped right onto my lap as soon as I sat down–especially if it was cold outside–and others that had absolutely no interest sitting in/on a lap. So where do you stand–or lie–on this issue?
Although I’ve been to CATalina Island, I’ve never been to a beach, with sand and all that. And in spite of my therapy cat duties, I’m actually not a lap cat! I will sometimes sit behind my human on her office chair, but that’s as close as it gets.
That advent calendar is too cool! You are adorable too!