I Found Some Paperwhites!

After reading Eileen's blog post about paperwhites, I remembered that I had wanted to buy some this year.  Since I rarely shop in brick & mortar buildings, I did not have the chance to see any to remind me that I wanted to buy them.

Today I ran to Home Depot to see if they had any left. Lucky for me, they did--in a big bin just as I entered the store. I grabbed a bag and went right to the register.  "$2.49 cents," she said. 

Holy smokes, I thought they were $4.99 a package.  I did not even know they were 50% off.  So I did what any sane woman would do--I ran back and grabbed another package. 

So for five bucks I got 12 paperwhite bulbs.  As soon as I got home, I planted them in this  glass footed bowl filled with clear glass and green glass vase thingies--are they called marbles??

 I do hope the fact that they have already sprouted is not a bad sign in regards to their odds of producing gobs of lovely white blooms.

I saved one bulb to drop in this glass vase hugged by a holiday snowman.

How darn cute will this be with the tall green leaves topped with a cluster of white flowers?  It would be perfect if they decided to bloom for Christmas.

Oh, dear, I just went to Eileen's blog to do the link and I noticed that she was not going to water hers until 3 weeks before Chistmas as they bloom quickly.  I already watered mine.  I guess I will have flowers before Christmas.   I trust Eileen. She knows so much about flowers!