Merry Christmas! Or, Happy Holidays, if you don’t celebrate Christmas. Today, I’m sharing a fun little post – about Christmas cookies! If you’ve been around here much, you know that I really like to bake. I’ve been doing it most of my life and not only do I love eating sweets, but baking is a lot of fun. It’s relaxing for me, and so something I like to do in my free time.
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Happy Monday, friends! Can you believe Christmas is just a week away? I don’t know about you, but for me it feels like 2017 was a complete flurry and it was just the blink of an eye that we were ringing in the New Year.
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Happy Monday, friends! Last week I posted my gift guide for her, which is basically all of my very favorite stuff in Christmas gift form. So, if you haven’t seen that be sure to check it out. Today, I’ve got one more gift guide for you. Don’t worry, this is my last one and it’s for stocking stuffers. Stockings have a special place in my heart because for the first few Christmases after we were married and living in San Francisco Xan and I couldn’t afford or take the time off to go home for Christmas so we stayed in California. And instead of doing lots of gifts for each other we knew we’d rather spend our money on other things like exploring our new city or stuff for our studio apartment.
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Hi Friends, happy Thursday! Can you believe how close Christmas is? For me, the year has gone by so quickly I’m still in denial that we’ve made it past April. But, I have to face facts and part of that means finishing up my Christmas shopping. My general gift philosophy is that I love to give things that are a little extra special and I feel like the person might not buy for them self.
Read moreGrocery Shopping Tips: Get all your groceries for the week in 30-minutes
Hi friends! Over the weekend we were talking with some friends about our grocery shopping habits, and when we were doing that I realized both how crazy AND how effective our method is.I think most people probably agree that grocery shopping sucks. Nobody (but me) enjoys doing. So, why not get in and out as fast as you can. That’s why I’m sharing my secrets how we get our entire weekly grocery shopping done in 30 minutes or less.
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We rang in the New Year with our bffs from the city. We kept it low key and had homemade clam chowder, popovers, and brownies with the delicious bourbon salted caramel sauce I posted about last week. Then, after dinner the real fun began
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