{Happy Early Friday To Me!!!}

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Today is my last day at work until after the New Year – and I couldn’t be more excited!!!  {insert happy dance here} Oh yea - it's my last day ~ oh yea - it's my last day!!! I definitely am ready for a break, and really excited to go home! My post today is a little short only because I have a ton to do in order to get ready to pack up and leave…so until tomorrow, have a fantastical day!

{Christmas Wrapping: Brown Paper Packages...}

As you know ~ me and my sisters always compete to see who will have the best Christmas wrapping under the tree. I've been planning what my wrapping would look like for several weeks now and this weekend I got all of my wrapping done and I have to say that I love it! This year I wanted to go with  the brown craft packaging paper but wanted to add a modern twist to it. Below I have provided the step by step process and I must say that it was super cheap...super easy {and when I say easy I mean you don't have to have a single artistic bone in your body to pull this one off}, and really fun. Eat your heart out Martha...

So.....what do you think? Easy right?

{Weekend Plans}

TGIF Peeps!

{Christmas Gift Tag Download}

Amy over at Eat, Drink, Chic created these lovely hand-drawn gift tags that you can download on her site for free. It's easy - download the PDF, print on colored or textured paper of your choice, cut them out, punch a hole, grab some fabric ribbon, and attach them to your packages. Viola!

Click here to download ~ Merry Merry!

{Hot! Hot! - No. 2 Hot Chocolate Recipe}

Now you know that I am a HUGE fan of Max Brenner hot chocolate - it really is the best hot chocolate in all the world. BUT, a sad sad occurrence happened on Sunday...I emptied my can...it's all gone....like - I don't have anymore....gone. So I decided to find a recipe that could hold me over until my lovely sister brings me some more from NYC. I found this one over at Sweet Paul and I will have to admit that it was very tasty, and while not as good as my fave...it's a close 2nd.

Give it a try...
Makes 1 glass

1 1/4 cup full fat milk
2 ounces good quality dark chocolate
1 teaspoon sugar, or more to taste
Whipped cream to serve

Heat the milk in a saucepan over medium heat.
Melt the chocolate in the milk.
Add the sugar and whisk until dissolved.
Serve with whipped cream.

Photo by Colin Cooke