Wish List 2012

Well, not really a wish list, but more like things I'm LOVING right now that are available to buy.  I have my non-monetary wish list going like "magically lose 10 pounds" and "magically cure cancer" and "magically have $20,000 show up in my bank account," but these things are actually available for purchase.

We'll start off with fun vinyl:

Kitchen Aid Vinyl Decals available for purchase at The House of Smiths for only $12.00.  My mixer is gray so I believe I would love the teal scallops.  Why does little stuff like this make me happy?  I don't know - it just does.  Of course The House of Smith's is chuck-full of cute vinyl lettering for all sorts of projects.  It's vinyl heaven over there.

These Pajama Pants from Aerie.  They're about $25.00 and they're on my list for my husband.  They're adorable, that's why.  I'm more of an "old yoga pants and old t-shirt" kind of girl for pajamas, but these - I love.

Ralph Lauren Big Pony 2

I have been out of perfume for about 2 years.  Why?  Because the two perfumes I loved have been discontinued.  Both are available on Ebay, but of course at escalated prices and because I can't justify it, I'll just have to deal with it, won't I?  But this smells wonderful.

This beautiful dresser from ZGallerie.  It's $999.00.  I didn't say this was a realistic wish list!  Our bedroom dresser is falling apart.  It's from Ikea.  I think that should explain the falling apart.  My husband had it for about a year before we got married.  The drawers are broken, the edges are scuffed from moving it twice - it's seen it's last days.  My husband and I disagree on furniture.  I like the black and white, and he wants rich mahogany colors.  We'll see when it's finally that time to replace.  But this is GORGEOUS!

iPad Mini

Yes I realize you just said, "Duh," that is unless you already have one.  Why the mini?  Less cumbersome.  Really,  I'd rather just win one, but the likelihood of that happening is pretty low.  But I can always dream, right?  At my husband's job, he wins a few of them a year through different venues but he can't keep them, he has to send them to corporate.  Not cool.

Nike Free 4.0 Running Shoes

Mine are just about done and it's that time to replace them.  As much as I love receiving presents like stuff for the house, things to cook and clean with and work out stuff as gifts, I really need them.  And I currently have Free's now and I like them so we'll keep the style going.

Fossil Wallet

My current wallet was $12.00 from Target. The one before it was $20.00 and I had it for about 3 years - and when you know the kind of beating it takes from all the accessories in my purse, you know that's a long time for a wallet.  This of course, is another unrealistic want, but I think it's cute.

The Colette Bed from Crate & Barrel

With a price tag that makes me say, "Hah!  You're joking, right?" clearly, this is an unrealistic want...but isn't it so pretty?!  And look - it's not an Ikea bed which sits so close to the floor, you might as well just set the box spring on the ground and do without the bed frame.  (My husband bought it while we were just dating.  If I had said, "I'm not a fan" at the time, I would have sounded like a psycho adding myself to his life like that.  We were engaged about a month later and I still sleep in a dude bed.)

Well that's all for right this minute.

In an unrelated note:  This is the view from my back door

And it's still coming...

While this is not fun to drive in, it's finally looking like Christmas around here!

Christmas Decor 2012

Yep, I blogged!

First off, I'll just go ahead and tell ya, these past couple months it's been my last priority.  My Mom has been diagnosed with cancer.  I really don't want to share personal stuff like this on a silly little blog like this but when you know that my father had a brain aneurysm 6 and a half years ago and now lives in a nursing home with no real memory of the last 30 years except that he recognizes and loves most of his family - the fact that my healthy parent has cancer just really put a damper on things.  Blogging really doesn't seem that important.  And whenever I get on the computer I end up googling "Non Hodgkins Lymphoma" and I scare myself.  The good/ scary news is that my Mom could potentially live over 20 years with this disease, but is it unfair that I wanted more?  She's only 55.  So now you know, it's not laziness (alright, maybe a little), I just avoid the computer all together.

Well, with that aside - let's talk about lighter things!  Like the Christmas season is here!  Which means decorating my tree!

It went up on Black Friday.  I enjoy Black Friday, not just because of the crazy shopping/ crazy people, but it's the day I get to turn on Christmas music, watch a Christmas movie while I crack out all of my Christmas decor!  Hooray!

My sparkly, glittery tree topper!  The tree has a lot of glitter this year.  Glittery curly twigs, glittery ornaments, glittery snowflakes, glittery gold icicles, and glittery ribbon.  It's just a whole lot of awesome.

It's jam packed, but there is a small part of me that wonders what else I could fit on there.  Luckily my husband reels me in.

The mantle hasn't changed much from last year aside from the ornaments in my fun glass vase. I normally would have added at least 2 more crafts to this but I just haven't found the time this year.

Overall this is the same too except I purchased some extra glittery ornaments for my chandelier.  I like the look better and it left me with more ornaments for decor like the bowl and vase.

That's about it with my little house, it's not much but it makes the place a lot more warm and inviting.

Coming next: my wish list!