How To: Mail Christmas Cards

step 1: Order (bid on) 30 used Christmas cards originally created and sent in 1944 (or any ebay cards will do). step 2: Buy glitter. Lots and lots of glitter. Throw in a bit of paper, some paintbrushes, glitter glue (yes, they make glue specifically for glitter),...

Scenes From A Christmas At Our House

Last year Justin and I spent our first "married" Christmas together. We argued over whether or not to buy a real tree… (We did.) Then there was the decorating… Our tree was made up of turquoise, red, white, and blue. (American much?) I couldn't find the...

A Few Tough Questions: Finance Update 2013

I suppose it is a good time to go ahead and do a final finance update/review for the year 2013. That was one of our/my new years resolutions, and if you don't look at where you've come from and see where you are you will never know how to improve. (That's what...

2013 Overview

I do a year overview every year and this year is no exception. (See last year.) I feel like I'm doing it a bit early this year, but I'm just following along with the 31 Days… :)    January - I started out the year with a a bit of shopping at Anthropologie...

Do They Know Its Christmas Pt. 2 – The Controversies

Now that you have the history behind the making of the song (which was totally not my original reason for blogging yesterday), let me start talking about a few of the controversies caused by the song (which was my original reason for blogging yesterday).* I rarely post anything political on this blog with good reason. I am not a political person, but I felt that one particular controversy, relating...

Anthro Giveaway

You know how much I love giveaways, right??!? And Anthropologie?! Well, this is just a quick heads up that today Anthro is having a 20% off sale on jewelry… AND Behind the Dressing Room Door (an awesome Anthro blog) is having a giveaway! But just because I'm telling you about it does not mean I want you to go enter. I really want to win one of the gift cards myself....

Do They Know It's Christmas – The History

A few days ago I posted a listing of my favorite Christmas songs. Without a hard drive full of music, I actually spent a lot of time searching google and youtube for the songs I remembered the most and best from Christmases past. During the search, I found a tremendous number of the same songs being sung by different artists. I remember having this problem back before getting married; sometimes it...

13+ Fantastic Christmas Movies

There have been a large number of lists on this blog as of lately, but with Christmas coming and the new year around the corner, I suppose it is inevitable. Unlike my favorite Christmas tunes, I can almost guarantee you that the following list of movies will not be watched this year. I don't really watch movies often, and Christmas movies are no exception. This list of movies is, however, a selection...