{Happy Black Friday}

I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving. Mine was more than amazing ~ my sister surprised us and came home for Thanksgiving by walking through the door {while we were watching the Macy's Day Parade} and said, "surprise, I'm here!!!!" - you should have seen all of our faces {accompanied by tears} - it was the best!!! Definitely a Thanksgiving to remember! :-)

Now it's 1:30am and we are about to go stand in the Target Black Friday line! This is what we {me and my family} do peeps - it's tradition - it's crazy - I'm cranky - but I love it! We'll shop til about 9:00am, go eat breakfast at Bob Evan's, go for round 2 til about noon, go home to take a nap, and then back out to the mall until it closes at 10pm. If you've ever wondered where I get my shop-aholic-ness from...I get it from my mama {lol}. Happy shopping loves - my Christmas cheesiness begins....BEWARE! 

{Happy Thanksgiving}

{On The Road Again}

Morning Peeps! In just a few minutes, me and Addy will be hittin' the road for a 9-hour trip up to Ohio for Thanksgiving. I'm super excited because I haven't been home in a long time and I'm ready for some quality time with the fam. Once we get home I'll probably take a little nap to recoup from the trip, and then I'll be helping mom in the kitchen with the last bit of dinner preparations for tomorrow. After that, I plan to sit back with a glass of wine, kick my feet up, and just enjoy being at home.

Enjoy your day today - and if you too are traveling home for Thanksgiving, be safe!!!

{Borrowed DIY: Tape Dispenser}

You know that I love and am obsessed with Japanese tape, right? While blog surfin' this weekend, I stumbled across this great {and easy} DIY project: a dispenser to hold all of your tape {why didn't I think of that???}! I currently have all of my tape thrown in a bowl, but don't think for a minute that I won't be making this over my Christmas break...love!

{For full instructions to make your own dispenser click here!}

{Yummy Holiday Cocktails}

Can you believe that this Thursday is Thanksgiving? It feels like just yesterday it was September and I was sitting at a cafe in Italy drinking a glass of Chianti and people watching. Now, we're 3 days away from Thanksgiving and before we know it we'll be opening up presents on Christmas morning. Man does time fly. 

Over the weekend I was looking at the holiday issue of the online magazine, Sweet Paul, and it's positively bursting with inspired ideas for foodies, entertainers and crafters alike. Given the issue is a joy from start to finish I really wanted to share these amazing cocktail recipes, in the event you are looking for a new drink to set at your Thanksgiving table {or as you're watching the Macy's Day Parade...hey, it'll be 5 o'clock somewhere right? lol}

Looks and sounds delicious, right? Yup - definitely going to try these out. Enjoy!