Thursday Favorites: Christmas On The Mind Edition

Well, tomorrow i’ll be elsewhere (come back to find out where!) so today i’m posting my Friday Thursday FAVORITES.

…with Erika, Narci, and Andrea of course.

And actually that brings me to number 1 today. A couple of weeks ago when Erika guest blogged for me on her love of online shopping, I didn’t really understand fully what she was talking about. I’d online shopped before, but not that much. After I ordered one thing in the mail this Christmas season, I just kept ordering because I AM OBSESSED WITH online shopping now. I mean, it’s my FAVORITE. This is me on Christmas morning last year and I can only imagine what this year will be like since I hardly had to go anywhere!! Which may or may not have meant more shopping and more gifts 😉

Speaking of deliveries and going places, I put this little gift together last night. I actually found this on Pinterest so I can’t take credit for it. After looking at it, I decided it was perfect and had to do one for our mail carrier. For $3.50, you can easily make their day. It’s not anything huge, but it’s something to let them know we are thinking about them during the holidays too. Making people feel special is one of my FAVORITES.

And speaking of the holidays…this week we attempted our Christmas card picture. The brothers hate, hate, haaaaattteee taking these pictures. Me, any pictures are my FAVORITE so it doesn’t bother me and Morgan doesn’t care either way. This is usually a huge ordeal because the brothers don’t cooperate and it takes hours, so finally my mom just started snapping pictures…

…she obviously has a gift for the flattering pictures…

…but we ended up with one that nobody hated so we called it a winner, and were done no more than 5 minutes later!

Merry Christmas from the Middletons!

Speaking of Christmas, I went out with my mom and aunt last night to do some shopping and they take a sweet forever just to go through the aisles of the dollar store. So when we finally made it to Target I was about to keel over, naturally I hopped in the cart like the mature adult that I am.

Notice the fuzzy socks, leggings, and house shoes. #FAVORITE #it’smyuniform

Month 2 Fitness Goals: Week 2 Update

Having goals is one of my very FAVORITE way to keep me accountable. Now, how did I do this week you ask?

• No eating within an hour of a meal. I did surprisingly well with this goal. I think part of the time I was conscious about it, but most of the time I was just listening to my body so if I wasn’t super hungry I didn’t eat. I’ve really found how much listening to your body makes a difference.
• No QuestBars or Larabars more than 2 days in a row.  I actually did this one!! I think without even realizing it though. Although some days I did have one and a half, and some days I had some dark chocolate bark things or others in place. But at least i’m cutting back on these!
• Continue working out 5 days a week. Yep, check! I’ve worked out every day except for yesterday this week. And I probably would have had I not talked myself into taking a break…it’s so needed!
• Be in bed by 11:00. Nope. In fact, i’m finishing typing this up at 1:00AM. You guys, I told you this was going to be a real deal for me! My uncle even called me out on it when he saw I had texted him late the other night…oops.

Whew! And now this time next week it will be Christmas Eve…can you even believe that?! Ahhhh, I hope the rest of my online shopping arrives by then or things could get #awkward around here 😉

Have a great day!

Weekend Recap: Bribery & Birthday Version

I asked off work this weekend for Reeana‘s graduation on Saturday. My plan was to go down Friday and come back Saturday night after the ceremony. Unfortunately those plans fell threw and I knew I couldn’t drive to Austin and back by myself in one day. I asked 10 people if they could go with me and they couldn’t. (10 is the real number). I was so so SO disappointed I missed it. But am so proud of her!!

So Friday night I didn’t have anything to do. It was crazy weird…no work, no Christmas shopping, nothing. I had to bribe my brothers to hang out with me. Hahaha Ryan needed $14 for his game and he owed Rick $4. So I told them if they gave me something to do that night and I had fun that I would take them to best buy to get a card for his game. So we shook on it….and after Rick got done showing me how he has to do weights and we played Outburst Jr

We went to Best Buy and got his card for a game, but he had to take a selfie with me or I wouldn’t buy it! Hahah, don’t I look too fabulous to be hanging out with my brothers on a Friday night? #Not

#selfiefailure

Then we came home and I enjoyed my time watching Netflix (Hart of Dixie is the BOMB if any of you haven’t watched and are looking for a new show!!)

Saturday morning my aunt came in town. Then my mom and aunt went to my sister’s soccer game, my dad and I went last minute shopping for his gift for mom’s birthday yesterday. Leave it to males!

They got home from her game and we ate dinner, ice-cream for dessert, us girls giggled, and I did Morgan‘s nails. Not too long afterwards everyone went to sleep pretty early.

The next morning I didn’t wake up until about 11:30, I know shame on me…but after I found Fritz and wished mom a Happy Birthday!!!! She opened her presents.

While Ryan modeled some of the things she got.

She went to my sister’s soccer game AGAIN with my aunt. And while that was going on….this was going on here! I decorated for her “Zebra Party” because adults deserve themed parties too!!!

We were originally going to get an ice-cream cake from Baskin Robbins that was lactose free, but when I went to sample it I was not impressed. So I had to do some last minute improvising and I swung by the store to grab a ZEBRA table cloth, ZEBRA plates, ZEBRA napkins, ZEBRA cups, ZEBRA stars, and her cake this year are “ZEBRA Cakes” haha

This was her gift, because who wants to be done with presents the morning of their birthday?? A ZEBRA neck massager.

I also hung a zebra banner across the kitchen that said “Happy Birthday”!

Another thing about her birthday is that it’s 18 days before Christmas!!!

When mom, aunt Janet, and Morgan got home we sang Happy Birthday when she walked in the door!

And then spur of the moment decided to go to P.F. Changs for dinner. It was a good way to end the night, and I really think she liked my decorations (the back of the banner is the top of this pic), and decided to keep them up through today!

It was a fun weekend and the first time in 3 years i’ve been here for my mom’s birthday because i’ve usually been in Norman for finals week. I’m glad I got to be here. Happy Monday!