First off, happy holidays to all my friends and family! A lot of people travel during this time of year, so I hope you all got to your destination safe and sound. J had to work every day up until yesterday (Christmas) and has to work this next week too, so we didn't have a chance to fly "home" to South Carolina for Christmas. Fortunately, I had a few days off, so I spent Thursday and Friday of this last week at home, cleaning frantically and getting ready for the holiday here in our apartment. I have today off too, but it's back to work today - which I'm actually super ready for. Lots to do, and I'm excited to get back into the "normal" swing of things!
To catch up, here's what's been happening in my world!
I got my latest Stitch Fix in the mail! |
What is it that compels animals to lay on anything you put down? I laid this book down for no more than 5 seconds and Leif immediately crawled over and plopped down, haha. |
I finally finished The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up! Still need to blog about my review, but I did think parts of it were really useful. |
I know I'm a bit of a romantic (okay, a lot of one), but there's nothing more picturesque to me than twinkle lights at night... especially in my own apartment. 😊 |
I got the chance to wear one of my new sweaters from Stitch Fix to work! It's my new favorite top - so soft, flattering, comfortable, and super cute. I actually have to stop myself from wearing it more than once a week. I have a problem. |
I added a second set of lights to our bedroom. Because you can't have too many lights, right? |
I started my 10th book of the year! I got it in college and have read it before (it's light-hearted and pretty surface level, but a good kind of "fan-fiction"), so it was perfect as a quick read. |
I love getting pictures from J during the work day. 😊 His schedule is way different from mine, so he often gets to sleep in with the kitties - I'm so jealous, but look how cute they all are! |
J and I took a date night to a ramen restaurant in the Highlands called "Uncle," and it was incredible! We're trying to make an effort to get out more, and it's been super fun. |
I don't think anyone really understands how much I love clementines. Sometimes before work, I buy two bags just so I don't have to buy more during the week. 😂 |
Plus, I'm a sucker for pretty lights. 😊 |
Christmas wrapping! I'm pretty terrible at wrapping presents, but I did manage to get every present wrapped this year! |
My sweet boys. They hardly ever sleep next to or near each other, so I had to document it. |
I'm terrible at keeping plants alive, and I loved the dichotomy between the plants and the snow outside. |
I bought myself a present since I was already shopping on Amazon. I needed a new planner for 2017, though I didn't expect it to be quite this big. |
Phew! I was exhausted all day from my stairmaster workout. |
After going grocery shopping, I picked up an asian chicken salad from Trader Joe's for dinner. |
Thursday was my dad's birthday, though I missed it since I wasn't in South Carolina. My dad sent me this picture of him at dinner with my family, and it makes me sooo happy seeing him so happy. |
That night, I had some wine and watched "The Santa Clause" while J was working. |
My little baby is such a ham! |
The finished product of all the Chex mix. There was sooo much, but I'm glad because we've been eating it like crazy! |
I started with oysters (💗💗💗) while J had he crab soup with sherry whip! |
My handsome birthday boy 💗 |
I'm so in love with this dish: I got two appetizers as my entree, and this one was fried sardines with roasted squash and mushrooms. It was earthy and sweet and salty and PERFECT! |
We celebrated Christmas on Sunday morning and Facetimed with my family while we opened presents. My little brother got J this horse mask on my recommendation and it's killing me! 😂 |
This is one of the t-shirts I got from my parents. I can't wait to wear it to work! |
J was exhausted after opening presents for about four hours. He went back to bed for a few hours, and then came back out to the living room to play video games. |
I normally would wear leggings and a sweater all day if I wasn't going to work, but I purposefully got dressed up today so I could wear my new boots (and my flannel and new necklace)! |
This is honestly the first flanel shirt I've ever owned and I am OBSESSED. |
As much as I loved this break, I'm really excited to go back to work and to celebrate this new year! I'm sooo sick of 2016 and ready for it to end. I know I'm not the only one, haha. I hope you all had as good of a holiday as I did, whether your gifts were practical, fun, or both!
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