Moonstruck Chocolate Advent Calendar, on Amazon The festive season begins today! Ahead are long, dark, cold nights, hopefully sprinkled with a generous helping of parties, celebrations, events, guests, family and tasty shared meals. I’m beginning to think about decorating, parties and holiday fun. I’m looking forward to nights spent reading books in front of my …
Sicilian Orange Candle, from Williams-Sonoma Now November ends. December begins, with its month full of dark nights, wintry cold, seasonal holidays, festive parties, and family gatherings. Let’s be sure to have some fun tonight or this week before the crowds completely make restaurants and malls unbearable. Let’s enjoy this before we get wrapped up (so …
Meri Meri “Santa and Reindeer” Christmas Cupcake Box, on Amazon Today I’m getting my baking tools, supplies, and decorations ready for the holiday baking I’m eagerly anticipating. QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Need to sweep leaves off your front porch? Does your entryway or front hall need sweeping or vacuuming? Any Netflix or Redbox movies …
QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Have you sat down and watched the news (or spent some time with your preferred news website) in the last few days? A lot is going on outside of all of our lives. It’s so easy to focus so intensely on our Thanksgiving and family celebrations that we lose touch …
If you’re reading this, you probably aren’t traveling today. Are you back home? Are your guests gone, or staying for the whole weekend? Tonight I will have a little bit of time for myself. Time to relax by the fire, catch up with my catalogs and magazines, and get just a few little projects out …
Thanksgiving Cornucopia Card, at Papyrus Online Think positive. We can do this. We’re lucky to have family and friends to spend time with (even if they drive us crazy) and food to eat at our feasts. Hopefully we have friends who will join us to celebrate today and help smooth things when our relatives are …
Thanksgiving Cookies, from Dean & Deluca QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Need to give yourself a quick manicure so your hands look nice for the holiday? I need to, I don’t want to show up at Thanksgiving with chipped nail polish. Add 15 minutes to your normal exercise routine today – Thanksgiving preparedness! Gather phone …
The hydrangea plant I bought to enjoy as a centerpiece on the dining table this autumn QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Try to get your grocery shopping done very soon. The closer it gets to Thanksgiving, the crazier the stores get. Try to plan ahead so you don’t have to run to the store at …
Fall Decorative Turkeys, at Williams-Sonoma QUICK THINGS TO DO TODAY: Are your kitchen sponges or dish scrubbers old and yucky looking? Need to replace them? Need to go grocery shopping for the week? I highly recommend doing it before Wednesday afternoon. Avoid stores on Wednesday and Thursday if you can help it. Crowded, crowded! Fill …
Holly Garland Kit, at Paper Source Holiday Simplicity Because this blog often features shopping related info, images of things I’ve bought to enjoy in my own home, and excitement about new products, I hesitate to spend too much time talking about frugality. There are enough blogs on the net talking about money saving tips and …