Friday Five

Cheers to the freakin weekend...
if I didn't have to work 7 am- 3 pm both Saturday and Sunday.

Ha. But hey, it's money I need. Let's get into the favorites! 

Favorite Flashback

 I LOVED this movie.

Vada: Pacifist!

Thomas J. Sennett: Am not!

Vada: Bedwetter!

Thomas J. Sennett: I stopped that! 

FACT: This was one of the two movies that made me cry.
 I was sincerely devastated over Thomas J.

  

Favorite Holiday Tune

Grown ups can have a Christmas list, too.

 

Favorite New Tradition

  

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I know the idea is old news but I'm thinking of having us all decorate mugs every year.

We want to have hot chocolate and cookies while we watch Christmas movies and

I think it would be nice for each of us to have our own special mugs.

Plus, it would be so fun to see how Bella's drawings change.

Favorite Stretch

I just started a new job and my body isn’t used to all the crazy shit I have to do.

So I come home and do a few stretches to help relieve tense muscles, regroup and refocus.

 side note: you don't have to look so serious when doing this...

Favorite Quote

"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it."

That Ellen.

Three Things

Three things I've learned about Bella:

1 She wants makeup for Christmas. "My own. Not mommy's". Someone help me.

2 She's getting smarter...or lazier. When I tell her to clean her room,

    she shoves everything under the bed! I didn't do that until I was maybe five.

3 She sometimes mistakes her position in the family. One day she asked, 

  "What's with the attitude?" UH, YOU'RE EATING SOAPSUDS.

 

Three things I've learned about Devon:

1 He notices how much I look at myself in the mirror because he called me out on it.

2 He can actually put rhymes together. He's no Cole or anything. More like a cool nursery flow.

3 He NEVER exercises but somehow still has a toned bod. Lame.

Three things I've learned about my new job:

1 I need to invest in Dr. Scholls.

2 I should practice my fake genuine smile a little more.

3 People are idiots.

Happy Pink Day!

reference to Mean Girls because I cannot sincerely say Hump Day.

DIY Christmas Decor

I know that I should be ecstatic about Christmas, however, I'm only slightly happy.

I'm mourning the loss of my favorite season.

Bye, colorful leaves. Hey, ugly naked trees.

Bye, light sweaters. Hey, heavy duty coats.

Bye, cozy weather. Hey, freezing nips.

sigh.

Christmas is literally the only good thing about winter.

Once it's over, I'll be cutting my bras with my frozen nips until Easter.

Not too sure why I'm complaining. I made it through a winter in New York, didn't I?
Maybe I'm just traumatized from all of the snow.

We whipped out the Christmas stuff and started decorating.

Obvi, we made homemade hot chocolate and cookies.

I bought almost all of our stuff last year when it was 70% off.

Ornaments, party items, bows, even the tree.

Our pre-lit tree was a measly $17!

It's really the only way to do the holidays.
You only have the decor up for about a month or less...why pay full price?

I did a clothespin wreath to hold our Christmas cards. 

I bought a poster, cut out the circle and glued the pins and bow.

Easy and cheap.

On each side I had a frame and put wrapping paper in it!

Inexpensive, easy and changeable.

Another way to display cards?

Cut off the front and put it in a frame! 

I really wanted to put a mini tree in Bella's room but I'll be patient

and wait until it's marked down.

But there's no reason we couldn't still be festive!

I made snowflakes with the leftover poster board from the wreath

and hung them from the ceiling.

There aren't any pictures because I have no idea what I'm doing
couldn't get a good angle.
So you'll just have to trust me. It's FREAKING CUTE.

One thing I can't wait to have?

My sweater pillowcases which I will hopefully have this weekend.

Thrift shopping is always a hit or miss.

Wish me luck.