Christmas 2011

We had an AMAZING Christmas!! We were very blessed to be able to spend it with both mine AND Brandon's family! We spent A LOT of time traveling but I would say in the end it was all worth it! :)

Christmas started for me on Thursday night when my 2 sweet cousins and my aunt came over! This is the only family that I have left on my mom's side. My sister had to work so she was unable to make it. It was VERY low-key BUT I SO enjoy any time that I get to spend with these girls! :)

Lots of YUMMY finger foods!

Christmas CANDY!

Pizza Pin wheels-got this recipe from PINTERST :)

I was a slacker and didn't put up a post on my Christmas decorations-so here is my TREE!

All the presents

My fireplace and new "Stocking Holder"

Londa and her Kermit P.J.'s

Thera girl even got a present! :)

The girls opening their gifts & Thera helping, of course!

We spent Christmas Eve with my Family. I am SO sad, I didn't take to many pictures! :( There were TONS of people there and TONS of kids SO lots of chaos! :)

My Parent's Christmas Tree!

My sweet Nanny opening here gifts!

My daddy-o, pretty sure he was fussing to me about something! :0)

Jess opening her ERIN CONDREN Life Planner-I REALLY am the BEST sister!

Thought this was CUTE-My wonderful husband and his ANTLERS! :)

Our HUGE  present..wonder what it is?!

Yay! We REALLY needed this for our porch! :)



I am going to do a seperate post about Christmas Day and I want to do a fun post of all the cool presents I received! :) Hope you guys had a very Merry Christmas!

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

Today, I am  linking up with Jamie at this kind of love to share with YOU what I am LOVING! Be sure to link up as well!!  Hope everyone is having a FABULOUS week so far!

I am lovvinggg...

• The fact that THIS guy right here is MY husband! I just love him SO very much!! By far the MOST amazing man that I know! He is home sick today so please pray that he gets better very soon!!



• Loving that I got this FABULOUS cup today for a Christmas present!! My very first present from my sweet bookkeeper! RTR! :)



• On a similar note, I am also LOVING that Bama is going to THE National Championship against LSwhooo! :)

• LOVE this HUGE hanging photo frame that I found in this tiny little shop in the BIG town of Fayette, AL! (totally kidding-of your from around here you know this town is REALLY small ) DEF should have added this to my Chrstmas Wish List ! You  can't tell here how big it really is. 

• LOVING that this little guy is coming to spend the night with us on Friday night!! Isn't he a doll!! LOVE him to pieces!! 

• LOVING that I ate this oh so HEALTHY chili cheese dog from Sonic for lunch today?!? Did I mention that it was a FOOTLONG! Ohhh wellllllllll............ :)



• And last but certainly NOT least I am LOVING that I signed up for the Stocking Stuffer Swap with Stephanie over at Blonde Highlights! I got paired with Meghan and she is AWESOME! :) Follow her blog HERE! Can't wait to buy and send her gifts!! And there is STILL time to sign up so click on the link below and join in on the funn! :)

Hope everyone is having a GREAT week so far! Happy Wednesday!

My list for Santa

I think it is just down right HILARIOUS when people say that I am hard to buy for! Ha HA! ....Here are a few things that I am asking Santa for this year! :)

• A gift card to Victoria Secret, this is a GIVEN with me! No matter the amount- I shop there EVERY year so it will most DEF get used!

• A throw blanket for my living room! I am constatnly needing something to cuddle up while I am studying and watching TV!

• I love love love this sweatshirt! (Red) And it is at a NEW store that we have in Tuscaloosa that I LOVE - Expeditions! 

 

• I am in DESPERATE need of a new camera!!!! Mine is like 7 years old and has just HAD it!

• Fuzzy warm socks! I LOVE to have these to wear in the winter! :)

• Really need one of these for my IPAD2, I have a cover on the front, but I would like something that covers the back also! And I LOVE this Vera Bradley Cover! :)

What is on YOUR Christmas list this year? :)

Stocking Stuffer Swap

All my bloogy peeps.. I am participating in my very FIRST SWAP-this one is a "Stocking Stuffer Swap." I am SO excited and hopefully this will be a good way to make new blog friends! :) I signed up on Stephanie's blog at Blonde Highlights! And you can click on her blog or click the link below! YAY! I am SO excited to do this!

Yes, I am a SLACKER!

Lots of RANDOM-NESS- I know I am a TOTAL Blog SLACKER here the last few weeks. LOTS going on between-School, Work, Husband, Dog, Holidays and a partridge and a pear tree! ;)

Sooo I am going to just catch up on the last few weeks!

• Thanksgving was AMAZING, we spent the day with my family and then the evening with Brandon's family and actually got to stay with them for a few days, which is something that we don't get to do very much do to his hectic work schedule! I DID NOT get to go "Black Friday" shopping like I had planned and I have regreted NOT going ever since! I will NOT be missing out next year!! :) Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Ohhh and let's not forget about the BIG win that weekend against AWW-BURN! RTR! :)
• Last week was spent finshing putting up Christmas decorations-and I have a whole post coming soon for that! :)  and doing Christmas cards!

I was FOR SURE that I had ordered plenty of cards! After I sealed around 70, I realized I needed about 40 more!! Ahhhhhh! Sooo needless to say I just ordered MORE! So some of you will be receiving your Christmas cards LATE in December! Boo! :(

• I spent Friday night in my Kitchen BAKING Christmas goodies with my sister! We had SOME success... got a few goodies off of PINTEREST-of course! And wellll SOME unseccessful sugar cookies! This is what they turned out like-

 



 And they weren't very tastey either! : ( Sooo if you have any EASY sugar cookie recipes PLEASE send them my way! :)

• On Saturday, I spent the day with Jess (my sister) and my sweet Nanny. We ate a great lunch and did a little shopping! I think that I might have just a TAD bit of BABY Fever, I mean LOOK at how flippin CUTE this is.....

Anywho.. we had a GREAT day together!! :)

• And on yesterday, I cleaned ALL day! I mean from TOP to BOTTOM! Overall, we had a GREAT weekend-just goes by SO fast!! I will leave y'all of this sweet picture of my Princess Dog-she really thinks this is HER bed! Ha! Happy Monday! 

 



My CRAZY week!

I know I have kind of been MIA... BUT in my defense... I had a HUGE research paper due yesterday, and I spent ALL week working on it, FINGERS crossed for an "A"! So this is what I have been looking at every night when I get home from work!-

Notice my Erin Condren Life Planner, that I blogged about HERE. Well just as expected, I am in absolute LOVE with it! It has been VERY helpful the past few weeks with work, school stuff, hair appointments, dentist appointments and all the other random crap that I keep up with in my crazy/busy life!! Also notice, my COFFEE.. I really am turning into a COLLEGE STUDENT!! And of course, you can see the SHINY new IPAD 2 in the background!! Brandon and I bought that this past weekend, and I AM IN LOVE WITH IT!! It is WAY cool and SUPER fast and easy to use! If you have an IPAD, what are your MUST have apps?! Also this weekend, Brandon got a FABULOUS new work car! For those of you who don't know, he drives 60+ miles to work one way and before the "work car" he was driving a BIG truck so needless to say we were spending LOTS of $ on gas... but NO more of that thaanks to this BAD BOY.... Isn't she cute?! Ha! :)

I also received my poster that I ordered from mypulisher that I blogged about HERE, and I actually put it in my tanning bed room! It was really cute and for FREE, you can't beat that! It looks a little crooked, BUT I think it is just the way I took the pic.

And that pretty much sums up my week! I have friends coming in for the Alabama/GA Southern game, so it should be a FUN weekend! I also plan to put up my Christmas decor and tree, so PICS to come soon!
Happy Friday Y'all!! :)

"The Game of the Century"

Sooo our weekend pretty much consisted of tailgating and watching football. This is the NORM for us in the Fall. Brandon's ENTIRE family was here and we had friends that stayed with us from Mobile! LOTS of fun and LOTS of YUMMY food! These are a few pics of the "BIG" day! Yes, I know we lost BUT I'm still a Bama girl for life! :)

 Me, Jess (my sister) & our nephew Grayson! (Brandon's Brothers little boy)

 My wonderful husband!

 The Powell Girls! :)

The entire Powell Family! Love them! :)

Nothing like Tuscaloosa on a Saturday game day! Rolll Tide Roll! :)

Who say's nothing in life is free?!

I didn't plan for this BLOG to be about my mad couponing skills and/or deals that I grab online BUT there are a few that I JUST HAVE to share with y'all! I just order 10 FREE, yes I said FREE Christmas cards! Go here-http://www.mypublisher.com/ and order your 10 cards and at checkout use the code HAPPY10FREE and they will send you 10 cards with MATCHING envelopes! I mean FREE IS FREE-you CANNOT beat that! Your welcome! :) Arent these PRESH?!

And REMEMBER-THESE ARE ABSOLUTLEY FREE! Also at Paper Coterie they are giving a $30.00 credit(use code H2SHOLIDAY at checkout) to order ANYTHING from their site, all you have to do is pay shipping. They have lots of stuff for UNDER $30.00. I got this ADORABLE fabric poster. It was regular $29.00, I used the code H2SHOLIDAY  and received it for $0.00, all I had to pay was the $5.71 shipping fee. They have lots of GREAT things to give as Christmas gifts!!

Cute huh?





YAY for Organization!

I have been stalking the FEDEX tracking system for about 2 weeks now and FINALLY on Friday my Erin Condren Life Planner was shipped to the office! Almost EVERY single blog that I follow and/or read, people have been RAVING about this Life Planner! So I had to see for my self.. and I must say that I am in LOVE! :)

It came in this PRESH box!... I was BEYOND excited to OPEN!

It also came with Gift Cards, Call me Cards & some other cute personalized stickers/cards! SOO CUTE!



Isn't is ADORBS?!?!?! I love it and I will DEF be ordering MORE stuff from Erin Condren! I have seen SEVERAL coupons on Zulily and also on Plum District-$25 for $50 worth of Erin Condren stuff! I purchsed my coupon from Plum District and ONLY paid $25.00 for my life planner! Whoop Whoop! Can't beat that!