Scenes from our Christmas

So this is a little bit late... But I wanted to share a few pictures of our Christmas and share what I got!!!
We always wake up, open presents together, go to my parents' house for lunch with my family and exchange gifts, then go to his parents' house later that night to open gifts. 

a little decor:

Fred coming inside to play on Christmas Eve.  He was in Heaven!!

Mocha with her stocking

Fred wouldn't be still long enough

Opening presents:

My fingerless gloves from BR. Excuse the dirty hair and no makeup

I got husband a fishing reel, some books, and he picked out a new Michael Kors watch.  I feel like I'm missing something, but now I can't remember.  

I picked out this beauty:

He also got me the gloves, a pair of Gap City Flats, and some bath stuff from Lush!! 

And here's us from my parents house on Christmas day:

How the Glitz Stole Christmas

I signed up for the first ever How the Glitz Stole Christmas blogger swap hosted by Raven and Lindsey.  First I want to say this was so much fun!  Thanks to Lindsay and Raven for coordinating this!!!

I was paired up with the adorable, Shalyn, from So Shay.  She did such a great job b/c all of these things suited me perfectly.  Here's what she sent me:

my box of goodies:

a super soft and adorable scarf (i love scarves!)

 

 

a stocking with sour patch kids, a cute package of hot chocolate, an ELF makeup palette, OPI Christmas Mini set

a pretty pair of earrings

My cute card with removable ornament (its on my tree now), and yes that is a pic of Mocha with Santa

This was one of the colors from the set

Thank you so my Shalyn!  I love everything.  Hope everyone has a great day!  If you want to see what everyone else got you can check or the link-up here.

XO-Heather

Three Things Thursday: Fave Christmas Movies

For this edition of 3 Things Thursday I decided to share my 3 favorite Christmas movies with you guys!

1. Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas

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Who doesn't love Dr. Seuss?! I LOVE this movie.  It's cute, funny, and very entertaining!  I've seen it a ton of times, and can recite most of the movie!

2.  Prancer

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This is just a good classic movie!  I used to watch it as a kid every year.

3.  Elf

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I love Will Ferrell and most of the movies he plays in. So naturally Elf is one of my faves!

What are your favorite holiday movies?

XO-Heather

I'M BACK + MY CHRISTMAS WISHLIST

So I'm officially back in the blogging game.  These past few weeks have been so hectic.  Husband and I went to Vegas all last week.  We had a great time.  But I'll be honest... We were exhausted and ready to come back home by the end of the trip.  Once I get some free time I'll post some outfits pictures from the trip.
We booked and paid for the trip 6 months ago. At that time I had no idea I would be leaving right smack in the middle of my biggest work project of the year, health insurance open enrollment.  Normally, we do it in May.  But we've changed things up this year so we're in a huge time crunch to get it all under  way before the first of next year.  So it's been a little stressful returning to work.
I've been noticing everyone posting their Christmas wish lists so I wanted to show you guys mine!  This year I'm only asking for a 2 bigger items. 

from Target.com

Vanity Set: I really want to re-do our guest bedroom as a "vanity" room for me.  I want to put a vanity with some storage bins and shelves.  I was inspired by this Pink Lou Lou post.  I will use that room to put my makeup on and do my hair.  Husband leaves for work way later than me so putting it in our bedroom is not really an option because he's still asleep.  Right now I don't have much space in our bathroom, and since he's still asleep I usually blow-dry my hair in the guest bathroom anyway.  We NEVER have company so that won't be an issue.  I just have to find the right furniture to go in there, and figure out a way to rearrange everything to fit.

Professional hair dryer:  This one runs $194 which seems a little crazy for me.  But I think with my flat hair it would make a difference.  I just have to research the best one.  

I'm sure I'll think of more.  What all are you wishing for this year?

XO-Heather