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I’ve moved over here!

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Guess who I had dinner with last night…

You jelly? 🙂

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Take my advice…

and click here and then come back here to discuss.

Is it just me or is this the best news of the new year, thus far? 🙂

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Ten on Tuesday

Ten on Tuesday

1. What was the number one item on your Christmas wishlist?
My husband is always really great at thinking of gifts for me so I don’t typically make him a list. I did want a new spoon rack since I filled mine up when we got back from the cruise.
2. Did you get the number one item on your Christmas wishlist?
Yep! Two weeks early too! (He was worried about one of our animals breaking it)
3. How long has it been since you’ve had a pedicure?
June 14, 2010. A very sweet man in our church died and after his funeral my mom and I went and got pedicures to cheer us up!
4. How cold is it in your city today?

5. How many pillows do you sleep with?
Two. And my husband’s shoulder most days 🙂
6. Can you roll your tongue?
Sure can 🙂
7. Do you always buy the same mascara or do you try new ones each tube?
I stocked up the last time I bought mascara but I usually switch it up. Whatever is cheapest!
8. What’s your favorite cookbook?
I usually get all of my recipes from allrecipes.com but my Nana gave me a recipe box for Christmas. I’m excited to peruse it!
9. What was your first pet?
As an adult, my first pet was Angus. As a child, my first pet was Mugsy, a kitten that I got for my 6th birthday with mittens for paws. We used to say he was on his 7th life when we got him bc he used to sleep on the tires of my Dadd’s car and he was run over, but totally survived. Only to be poisoned a few months later. I feel like this deserves it’s own post, bc holy geez.
10. Do you wear jewelry on a daily basis?
Sure do. My wedding rings, birthday rings, necklace, watch and earrings. I can’t wait to get the ring my Nana gave me for Christmas sized so I can add it to the rotation!

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9 days until Christmas? Single digits? Are we sure it’s not still July?

Oh wait..

Awesome. 🙂

I only have a few more things to get for people (including the husband) but plan to get those items this weekend.

I make edibles for all of my friends and I really have to get cracking on those if I want to get them out before Christmas!

I just can’t believe how easy Christmas can be when I got most of my shopping done while  on vacation to Tropical Paradises! 🙂

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Some of my favorite things…

There are certain items that I’m just loving right now so I thought I’d share them with you 🙂

Old Navy’s Boyfriend Cardigans. When I went to Asheville for work I completely forgot to pack my black cardigan so I had to make a quick trip to Old Navy to pick one up. I didn’t realize this was going to be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Right now Old Navy has sweaters on BOGO so I got it in “Marshmallow” and hot pink. I’m so excited 🙂

 

This necklace my sister gave me for my birthday. I really like long necklaces right now and this is by far my favorite one 🙂 I couldn’t find the exact one that I own but this one is pretty darn close!

This guy. Sorry ladies, you can’t have him 🙂 He’s so adorable when it comes to this time of year. Usually he can’t keep my Christmas presents a secret b/c he’s just so darned excited about them. He’s doing so well this year but you can tell it’s killing him. Last night he couldn’t figure out how to wrap one of my gifts so he gave it to me early. I’m not complaining!

It’s a new littlespoon rack! After we got back from the cruise I realized that I had completely filled my old one! This one holds 36! I guess I better get started on planning some more vacations huh? 🙂

Because I’m a nice and loving wife, I let him open one of his presents which turned out to be The Expendables. He’s very excited and I believe he’s inviting a friend over tonight to watch it. (props to him for knowing I don’t want to watch it!) 🙂

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Bane of my existence…

My office unfortunately houses a communal printer.

I’d say the breakdown of usage for this printer is as follows:

5% by me

5% by most faculty/students/etc

90% by one specific faculty person

That’s fine. It truly is, b/c what’s the point of a communal printer if people don’t utilize it?

Here’s what irks me; my office is not communal. If my door is slightly ajar it’s probably b/c I’d like a little privacy (most likely due to stuffing my face full of delicious lunch) but am aware that you might still need to utilize the communal printer located in my office.

By no means should you ever barge through my slightly ajar office door pushing it all the way open, without knocking, collect your printing and then turn around and leave without properly pulling my door back to the position at which you first encountered it.

It’s rude and disrespectful and just further proves to me that you view my position in life (and in this office) as inferior to yours.

So thanks for that. 🙂

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Ten on Tuesday

Ten on Tuesday is a feature started by the fabulous Chelsea. I just discovered her blog but was happy to find that her precious baby Jansen was born on the husband & my 3rd wedding anniversary! So obviously this (among other things) means she’s fabulous 🙂

1. What do you order at Starbucks?
If I make a special trip to Starbucks it’s most likely fall and I either get a Pumpkin Spice Frap (if it’s still warm out) or a Pumpkin Spice Latte (if it’s cold out)

2. Where is your favorite place to eat breakfast?
When I was younger there was an amazing cafe called LeCoco’s where I’d always order the most amazing Blueberry Waffle. Nowadays, I usually make at least one weekend morning run to Bojangles.

3. Are you on Twitter? Why or why not?
Yes. I like making sure people know what I’m up to. And sometimes, I like being on Twitter so I can say something witty. 🙂

4. What is your favorite Christmas movie?
Of all time? Elf. Give me a call anytime in December and I’ll most likely answer the phone “Buddy the elf, what’s your favorite color?”

5. Are you a good gift giver?
Giving gifts is one of my favorite things to do. (Don’t get me wrong, I like receiving presents too) but I love to watch people open presents from me. My problem is that I have a difficult time keeping my gifts a secret. My mother tells me all the time about how I would sit on my Papa’s lap when I was younger while he was opening presents and he’d always ask me what each present was before he opened it. And I’d always tell him. 🙂 I’ve been holding onto most of this year’s Christmas presents for our family since the cruise and it is KILLING me.

6. Do you like your handwriting? Bonus points for posting a picture.
Apologies for crappy Photobooth quality. Transcription: My handwriting has recently changed due to working at the bar and having to post specials on chalkboards. And I’d say I like where my handwriting is going but I’m not in love with it.

7. Is your signature legible? Bonus points for posting a picture.
I think I’m going to have to draw the line at posting a picture of my signature for obvious identity theft fears, but yes, my signature very obviously looks like my name. Though sometimes it looks like my nickname b/c I tend to not finish off the top of the letter A. My maiden name signature? Not legible at all.

8. Have you ever been to New York during Christmas season?
No, and this makes me very, very sad. One of my dreams is to go to NYC for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Yes, even though I hate crowds, I think it would be so much fun to go see the parade live at least once seeing as I’ve watched it on TV for as long as I can remember. I don’t ever leave my house on Thanksgiving until I’ve seen Santa Claus.

9. Are there any items that you are completely brand loyal?
Not that I can think of. My husband used to be. He was so bad he wouldn’t even buy generic painkillers. But I have cured him of this. And my bank account thanks me 🙂

10. Who is your favorite public speaker?
Is it a cop-out to say Conan? 🙂

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Weekend Highlights…

• Friday night I feel asleep at 9:15. Woo! 🙂
• B/c I fell asleep so early on Friday I woke up at 7am raring to go. Luckily I had a ton to do on Saturday so I was actually happy about this.
• My town’s Christmas parade is held on the first Saturday in December. I got all bundled up and headed over to my parent’s house to watch the parade with my parents, sister and niece.

My sister, my niece, and me…chosen solely b/c you can see the parade in the background. 🙂

My favorite part of any Christmas parade 🙂

(all photos taken by my father)

• After the parade ended we headed inside to get a jump start on baking Christmas cookies for my parent’s Christmas Open House which they’re holding this weekend. In the middle of cutting out trees, stars, and ginger-people (the edible kind, no real-live gingers were harmed in the baking of these cookies, not even this ginger) I glanced outside and saw that it had started snowing!

• Before it got too bad out (in NC, no one knows how to drive in the snow and even half an inch can be treacherous) I ran to the discount wine shop to pick up a bottle of my new favorite wine for us to enjoy whilst baking the rest of our cookies.
• On Sunday after church, I headed over to Historic Hillsborough with my mother and a friend of mine to enjoy their annual Christmas Candlelight tour. Basically we got to go into some really beautiful homes and ‘ooh & ahh’ or ‘poo-poo’ over the decorations and re-modeling. It was wonderful 🙂

All-in-all, a wonderful Holiday filled weekend. I’m so excited for the rest of the weekends soon to come, especially next weekend b/c my friends SB & Noni are coming to visit! 🙂

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No cramped hands this year!

I think the husband and I are at an age where we should start sending Christmas cards on a regular basis. We killed ourselves a few years ago handwriting personal cards to friends and family and I think that memories of cramped hands are the exact reason we haven’t sent Christmas cards in recent years.

That’s why Shutterfly is PERFECT. I’ve been perusing their holiday cards for a good few weeks now drooling over a few designs. And I’ve been scouring my photos for a good photo of the two of us (you know how the husband likes to be goofy in photos!)

I think I’ve decided on the following photo for our card:

I love this card but if I choose it, I think I have to pick a different picture…perhaps a goofy one?

I love reindeer, especially super cute ones! Plus it’s not holiday specific which is great b/c I have a few Jewish friends 🙂

I also love this card for pretty much the same reasons but as a bonus? My chosen picture looks great with it!

Won’t it be fun to get one of these cards from me with our shining, smiling faces?

And in years to come? When we have a little babyspoon? I’m totally making calendars for everyone

And what’s even better? Shutterfly is giving away 50 free Christmas cards to bloggers who are eager to share their Holiday card creativity, like me! 🙂 You can visit this website for details and entry!

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