It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

• We had snow of the ground when i woke up this morning.
• I've been listening to Christmas music since before Thanksgiving. Yes, i'm one of those people. But i haven't made it all the way through the Messiah yet this year so i have that to look forward to.
• We bought a Kitchenaid mixer!!! It's purple, well technically bosenberry, but i've never been more excited to bake.
• I bought sparkly supplies at Michael's today to remake our wreath since i've had that one for two years now.
• We decorated our apartment for Christmas today. We put out our nativities, put up Christmas lights, and got out our tiny tree. We have plans to buy a tree sometime this week!
• And there are only eight days left of school, not that i'm counting or anything;)

Movies I want to watch before Christmas

• A Muppet Christmas Carol
• Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
• The Holiday
• Love Actually
• Meet Me in St. Louis (where "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is originally from)
• White Christmas
• It's a Wonderful Life

The only problem is not all of these have made the transition from VHS to DVD. I guess now is the time to work on that!

Pretty amazing

So this has been a wonderful break so far. I spent Wednesday cleaning my apartment and putting up my Christmas decorations. I figured the day before Thanksgiving was long enough to wait...

On Thanksgiving, Andy and i woke up and went to the Drumstick Dash in Broadripple so that we could eat tons of Thanksgiving food. After that, we went to my parents and hung out with me family. We watched the parade and the dog show (have i mentioned how much i love dvr?), ate Thanksgiving dinner, and played Wii and Dutch Blitz.

Yesterday, i braved the crowds and went out on black Friday for the first time ever. I had a fun time, especially since i got to hang out with my sister (and then later in the morning with my sleepyhead boyfriend...) Since i have most of my Christmas shopping done, most of the stuff i bought were splurges for me.

I've been getting a lot done lately because i've been in a project mood for the past week or so. I made pillowcases last weekend, which reminded me of my somewhat decent sewing skills. I've been knitting a lot lately too. I finished two scarves and got yarn to make a blanket when i was out yesterday. The new project i've been working on for two days now is scrapbooking. I tried it when i was in high school and couldn't get anywhere because i agonized over every decision. This time is different because i bought a scrapbooking kit so that all of the stuff goes together. That makes it a lot easier and more fun for me. I'm hoping to work through all of my pictures since college by Christmas (i don't take that many pictures) which i should be able to do at the rate i'm working;)

I've also watched a bunch of movies. I just finished No Reservations, which i totally thought would be stupid. It was somewhat predictable, but cute. And in my shopping extravaganza yesterday i bought Juno, 27 Dresses, The Holiday, and My Best Friend's Wedding. I watched Juno for the third time yesterday night and was surprised that there were still things i hadn't caught the first two times around. Nothing too terrific, just some running jokes that were very Arrested Development. Not surprising since two of the cast members were in the series.

And the beautiful picture that i have in this post is taken from this site. I love it!

It's the most wonderful time of the year (except when you're sick...)

I've managed to keep myself from getting sick so far this school year. That is until this weekend:( Of course, the weekend before i have a break i end up sick and in bed for most of it. At least i only have two days of school this week.

Even though i'm sick, i've still managed to have a productive weekend. I have a bunch of my Christmas shopping done (some of which i got from etsy which i'm completely in love with!) and started wrapping presents. I absolutely love Christmas and i always try to wait until around Thanksgiving to listen to start celebrating. I almost made it this year! I didn't start listening to Christmas music until this past week when i heard one of N'SYNC's Christmas songs on the radio and then i just couldn't help myself...