My Personal Life

Last Friday, Kevin of Thou Swell tagged me in this post to play in a little blog series called Now and Then. Through his post, I was introduced to several awesome bloggers that I had never come across before (but am so happy that I found!). See their posts here, here, here, and here. So today, instead of doing my typical Casual Friday post, I thought I’d join in the fun […]

Can you believe how fast November zipped by?? Crazy! It's been a fun month, though. I loved having this long weekend to end it…it was so nice and relaxing (and very much needed). We played lots of games, ate lots of pie, and hung out with lots of friends. We also ordered a rug on Black Friday which I cannot waaaait to get, and saw Catching Fire! I loved it--I […]

Hello, lovelies! Wishing all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving full of good food and good times. Ben and I are getting donuts and coffee in the morning, then getting started on making food. We already made two chocolate bourbon pecan pies last night, and today we are making mashed potatoes (my fave!) and deviled eggs. Ben thinks deviled eggs are a "must-have" for Thanksgiving, which I think is hilarious since I never had […]

I first saw this quote from Vivienne Westwood here, and it really struck a chord with me. I have a tendency to buy things because the are cheap or a “good deal”--even if they aren’t what I really want. Then I end up with a bunch of clutter--stuff that I don’t really love and don’t feel particularly attached to--and guess what? I still have my eye on the things that I wanted […]