O Christmas Tree

It has arrived! Our Christmas tree, that is.

It's a welcome change from last year. We were moving on new year's day, so we didn't want to get a tree and have to worry about taking it down amid all the other packing. So we built a 'tree' out of the boxes we had on hand. I still needed something to make it feel like Christmas.

sorry for the bad quality - it was taken on my old blackberry

I like to get the tree up pretty early, so there's lots of time to enjoy it before the big day. And in my world of Christmas trees my philosophy is: More is more. I pack that baby full of ornaments. In fact, I think it could use some more...here she is!

My friend and I were saying how soothing it can be to sit and stare at a tree that's all lit up. We decided it's a holiday equivalent to those lights that people with Seasonal Affective Disorder sit beside :)

xx E.

Ps. This year, thanks to the wonders of Facebook and Instagram, I feel like I'm the last one to get my tree up, no?

Royal Bun in the Oven!

This just in (well, I heard yesterday): Will and Kate are expecting!

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I'm so excited! I wonder how far along she is... All I know is that she's been hospitalized for morning sickness. Evidently, she has some form of super strong morning sickness. Is this new? Or is she just not as tough as the other mommies-to-be out there?

Well let's hope she gets well. No doubt she will only gain a tiny baby bump and the rest of her will look absolutely flawless. It's the Kate Middleton way.

xx E.

Ps. Princess Diana, pregnant and classy as ever.

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Weekend bits

How was your weekend?

Mine started promptly at 5:30 on Friday with this:

Which, (after a 1.5 hour drive that normally takes 10 minutes) lead to some red wine and a cozy dinner made by my lovely husband. Nothing like the first snowfall to bring everyone to a grinding halt.

Saturday, I slept in. It was glorious. I hadn't felt that feeling in a while (no seriously, not even on vacation). After scouring the mall for a dress to wear to my office Christmas party, I had the pleasure of meeting a good friend for a tea date.

Then Saturday night was the big party: 550 of my colleagues and I gathered to begin the holiday celebration. As promised here's a pic:

I opted for a red, cocktail length dress with a peplum. I received a few compliments, so I have deemed it a good choice. I also convinced husband that he'd be more like James Bond with a skinny black tie :)

Sunday I allowed yet another sleep in for myself...man that feels good! And then after a really nice catch up with the in-laws on Skype, I went to a friend's to decorate a gingerbread house.

We didn't take any pictures of our gingerbread creation. Why you ask? Well, it seemed that we were much more interested in consuming candy than actually decorating the house, so we basically slathered it with icing and tossed various candies on it. It wasn't pretty.

And in typical Monday style, it's come all to quickly.

xxx E.

Ps. In the words of my husband, I hope your Mondays have wings!