{Move On}

While quickly looking on Pinterest this morning, my good friend Gab of Vive ut Vivas posted this pic below and I thought it was perfect due to my last couple days. It all started with a Christmas lunch here with my peeps at work, then late night pizza at the office trying to get a final project out the door, and then let's not even talk about what's in store with going home for the holidays tomorrow. This morning a wave of guilt came over me as I've done so well so far, and I certainly don't want to start backsliding into my old habits - but as quickly as the negative thoughts surfaced, a small voice said {via the pic below}.....move on!

Enjoy your day peeps - in just a few hours my Christmas vacation begins {insert happy dance here!!!!!!!!!!}.

{Something To Look Forward To}

Today is going to be another hectic day, night, and early morning at work - and while I'm not excited about it at all, it just means that I'm a little bit closer to stepping away from my life here in Raleigh and traveling up to Ohio. My sister is flying down here from NYC tomorrow evening, we're going to grab some burgers and fries at Chuck's, and then we're gonna have slumber party before we head on the road Thursday morning. So while today is not going to be fun, I have something fantastic to look forward to - to get me through it.

Don't you just love this pic - it's all about teamwork and love right? LOVE IS.. when he helps you out, with a smile on his face, even though you should have known better..adorable. {via}

{My Christmas Wrapping}

Morning! So this weekend I was able to get everything done on my checklist. I went to the mall with the crazies to pick up last minute gifts {it actually wasn't that bad, and after I scored a front row parking spot - I knew luck was going to be on my side}, and then came home and wrapped every single one them. So today I thought I would show you this year's wrapping {Tara, Kendra, Laura - and the competition begins - lol}

1 - Brown Postal Wrapping Paper {$3.39}  | 2 - Gold Glitter Star Name Tags {$3.00 for 10 tags}  | 3 - Glitter Ribbon {w/ 60% off - $1.05 per 9ft. roll} | 4 - Gold Round Stickers {$5.99 for 500 stickers}

{TGIF Peeps}

Check out some of the links that I've been lovin' on this week:

- Here's the recipe for the Spaghetti Soup I mentioned above - looks interesting, right?
- Lots of great gift ideas here via the girls at Ampersand Design Studio
- Punjammies - pj's made by women in India rescued from forced prostitution seeking to rebuild their lives - I want a pair
- Wipe your mouth....word. I have a handful of peeps I could say this to...don't you?
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Enjoy your weekend Peeps!

{It's All About The Packaging}

Within this post I was supposed to include a picture of the wrapping I'm doing this Christmas - but based on my post from yesterday (work is mad crazy) I haven't had time to do any wrapping. So until the weekend - I'll leave you with a few creative ideas for your Christmas wrapping this year:

- You know me and stripes - so of course I scoured the net trying to find this exact wrapping, and I found it here, but then ended up going with the packaging that I will show you next week. 

- I love everything about that patent black wrapping paper above with the gold and fuchsia ribbon and charmed brooch - I'm telling you if I got a package that looked like this, I wouldn't want to open it - so vintage-y!

- For you newbies - the bottom pic is my wrapping from last year. Click here to go back to the post.

Glitter ribbon - I need some of that!