It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas

So we got out some of our Christmas decorations this weekend. Isaac loved this Santa potholder and ran off to find it a suitable spot. I had to chuckle later on when I discovered it precariously positioned on this (very frequently used) light switch.

WIWW is back!

Ugh. Hideous quality camera phone shots again this week. My apologies.

Linking up with The Pleated Poppy. Saturday/Shopping and Holiday Prep in Lancaster These ones were taken in my parent's hideous upstairs bathroom. The house they bought a little more than a year ago had the ugliest decor you had ever seen. They have been working a lot to repaint, recarpet, etc. They haven't touched this bathroom yet. Yes, that's pink CARPET on the floor.

Jeans/Socks/Belt - GAP Sweater/Earrings/Shoes - Target Tank - Old Navy Pin - made by me

Sunday/Church

Back to my bathroom. Bright pink carpet in a bathroom may be wrong, but bright pink walls in a bathroom? Now that's classy!

Didn't get a full length shot of the dress. It's about knee length. That's an advantage to doing WIWW. I was about to reach for one of my (cute but) tried and true fall/winter church dresses. Then I remembered I had already photographed that one, so I thought I better choose something else. This dress was a summer wardrobe MVP and it was nice to bust it out again for fall. Dress: Converse (Target) Shirt: Kohl's Necklace: Target T-Strap Mary Janes: Ross from ages ago. Couldn't find a brand name on them anywhere. Bracelet: birthday present from my sister! Isn't it so cute?! It is from the Vera Wang line for Kohl's. I covet almost every piece from that line. The top of it is all those silvery discs and charms and the bottom is just a thick piece of black elastic.

Tuesday/Work (parent performance)

I decided to dress up because we were having parents in for our first grade performance. Although I will often wear skirts to work, I rarely will wear heels. Now I remember why. One of my students had a really rough morning and I ended up rolling around on the ground for three hours with him (I do autistic support and some of my students need a lot of behavior support). I didn't even make it to the parent performance. Murphy's law I guess. Skirt - H and M (actually part of a suit).

Sweater - Old Navy

Boots - no clue

Wednesday (work)

Shirt - Kohl's

Cords - Old Navy

Purple flats - Target

Necklace and charm bracelet - gifts from my mom

Have a lovely Thanksgiving all!

So for the past two months or so I have been debating with one of life's difficult questions:

Am I the type of girl that can pull off jeggings?

It's been an intense internal turmoil, because I am against skinny jeans and leggings on principle. Mostly, because I'm not skinny. However, I do have some long sweaters and high boots. It would be nice to have a pair to wear with high boots. Then at Kohl's one day, on a total whim, I picked up a pair. I wore them once. (under my Halloween costume as an extra layer for warmth when running around the city.)

And they have totally disappeared.

They are: Not in the laundry room. Not in the hamper. Not in any of my dresser drawers. Not on any of the closet shelves. Not accidently mixed in my gym bag. Not under the bed.

It seems the universe has spoken.

Favorite Things

I'm linking up to the favorite things blog.

Here's a few of mine:

It's the only picture I can find, but that bag. It's a roomy slouchy over the shoulder kind of purse that my sister brought back from Ghana and I LOVE it. (the adorable baby in this picture is one of my favorite kiddos too).

This is the shower gel but I use the same scent of grapefruit shampoo from Whole Foods. It smells sooooooooooooooooooooo good.

Definitely my favorite candy.

Another favorite. Reminds me of my mom and sister.

My favorite kind of toothpaste. It just tastes really fresh,

Oh my goodness.... Even after all of these years... And even considering that we get along fine 95% of the time.... No one can push my buttons like Isaac's dad.... He really brings out the very worst side of me. When I interact with him I am at best a nag and at worst an overprotective, maniacal shrew. I know that I need to be in better control of my emotions, if nothing else than for Isaac's sake. But MAN does he make me want to kick him in the nuts. Grr...

No wiww today. I spent Friday/Saturday/Sunday in bed hopped up on Vicodin due to dental issues, so yoga pants and sweatpants were the outfit of choice. Maybe next week. In it's place I will leave you with a nearly perfect mashup. DJ Earworm is the one that does all those cool Top 25 pop mashups.

"People will pay you to be inhumane"

Getting my tooth pulled next Tuesday. Looking forward to only ROUTINE visits to the dentist after that...