....at this time of year...
the cabinet doors are gleefully flung open....
....and my festive steiff animals
are released to the world to be displayed, admired and enjoyed....
...when i first met my husband
he had strangely never dated a girl with a monkey cupboard before!?!
so i felt it was my duty
to introduce him to the 'joys of toys'...
...one day whilst i was dragging him around a favourite bear shop
i was rather pleased when he fell in love with this rather splendid
brown bear.....
....i secretly purchased him as a birthday present...
which turned out to be a canny move....
....as he loved him so much that this actually marked the start
of a new shared love affair with
steiffs on wheels!
....from that moment on we spent many happy hours 'bear hunting'
snuffling in specialist shops.....
....waiting for that heart stopping moment
when we'd find a new 'must have'....
...a little face that spoke to us.....
....we smile to ourselves now
because in the early days of our marriage
we were really very hard up.....
...yet we chose to spend any of our spare pennies
on these guys!
....here come the boys!!
well there had to be monkeys of course!)
...once the children came along
our wheelie collecting came to rather an abrupt end...
...but we have never regretted those crazy, hazy days...
....and would recommend treating yourself or someone special
to one of these beauties as an extra special gift...
....look for that button in the ear....
....and you can be guaranteed a gorgeous lifelong friend...
....and a wonderful investment too!
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