White Christmas

If I squint my eyes and think really hard I can remember wishing desperately for a white Christmas. But honestly, it's been a while. It's no secret that I hate cold and anything associated with it. My sweet baby O, on the other hand wanted nothing more than snow on Christmas Day. She thought that Santa couldn't come without snow. I suppose it has something to do with landing on the roof...

But this year, she got her wish. Amazing isn't it? In a region that doesn't get very much snow, we got around 5 inches or so. So of course today was spent frolicking (I only use this word when it is absolutely true), giggling, and loving every last inch of that fluffy white stuff. Seeing her so happy made me forget the cold... for about five minutes. :)

I hope your family loved it as much as my Olivia did. It's the little things in life, you know, 

like making a real snow angel! 

-Mel

If you're not thrifting, you're spending too much

So most of you know I can thrift with the best of them, thanks to my lineage ;) I come from a long line of thrifters, which I consider a most valuable trait. So Momma, Olivia and I were wrapping up Christmas shopping last night and decided it would be an easier trip home from Dallas if we got our junk fix first, so we stopped in the McKinney Goodwill. Holy Moly that was a good move! I scored 31 children's books for $19. Yay, most of them looked brand new! I got several Dr Seuss books, Junie B. Jones books, as well as a few other leveled readers. My favorite score of the trip, no doubt.

Oh, ya see the "Go, Dog, Go" book by Dr Seuss?? My girl read almost the entire thing herself. Does that blow anyone else's mind? She just started to read this year. Amazing. Why can't my brain learn that fast!?!

Anyway, sorry for the mess around here. I finally have a break from school and the opportunity to reconfigure a few things!

Merry Christmas!
-Mel