blog is a funny word.

I've blogged before.

but this is different.

I'm kinda liking it.

maybe i'll keep it more updated on my life...

which i'm sure thrills you to no end ;) haha

its December first (well...actually its the second because its past midnight...but i'm going to pretend its still the first :)

anyway

today, it officially snowed!

(its only official when the ground changes colors!)

and i consider it officially winter.

I love winter for a few reasons...

*fires!!

*comfy clothes

*hot chocolate/hot tea (which I drink all of the time...but the winter makes it better for some odd reason)

*snow (to watch it or sled in it, not to drive in it)

*lots of movie nights (cuz its too cold to do a lot outside!)

*the holidays! :) :)

and thats about it. Other than that...please bring back fall!

Sam turned 16 last week,

it makes me feel old.

She gets her license in less than 60 days (which she informed me of..quite excited),

its so weird to watch people grow up right infront of your eyes.

It shows me how fast time is passing by :(

Not necessarily a bad thing, but definitely not good...cuz its flying by wayyyy too fast.

I'm kind of happy to get in the swing of things,

holiday weeks are so busy!!!

Thanksgiving was quite lovely (Thanksgiving a.k.a family disfunction at it finest),

but its always great one way or another!

My cousin was in town,

hes fun.

I see him about once every few years!

It was great seeing him and spending more time at my great uncles house...

Didn't go shopping on Black Friday til like 6pm (new thing for me)

where I got to see my friend Forest whom i missed a ton!

He works at Old Navy part time,

what a great place to work! haha

24 days til Christmas, my absolute favorite time of year!

I love everything about December (except the freezing-ness).

The lights, the music, and it seems like everyone is in better spirits around Christmas time.

I decorated my tree today,

its hot pink, lime green, turquoise, purple..you get the picture.

It puts me in a good mood just looking at it! I hope it makes you happy:

one big downside to Christmas=being broke! haha

but its being broke to make people happy...I guess I can live with that! :)

I also went to Starbucks today,
they teamed up with product (red)!
All of the proceeds go to a fundraiser for AIDs in Africa.

I like the campaign, i do my best to buy the merchandise!

Its pretty sweet stuff, plus its doing good!

What more can ya ask for!

I've rambled long enough!

love-