Five on Friday

It's Friday!! Yay! Robert had to go on an unplanned business trip this week and we just miss him so much when he's gone! Thankfully he doesn't have to travel often. But, he's home now and we have an open weekend, I feel like I've been saying that a lot lately, but it feels so good to have these open weekends after months of busyness, so we're looking forward to lots of family time.

I'm linking up with A.LizAdventures, The Good Life Blog, Carolina Charm and Hello Happiness, plus Lauren Elizabeth for this week's edition.

{one} Today, my mom, practically sister and I are heading to An Affair of the Heart. It a women's shopping event full of a wide variety of goodies. They have vintage things, handmade things, home business items, clothing, etc. Lots of fun things to look at and sometimes buy.

{two} Then tonight, Mia, my mom, her friend and I are heading to our church's yearly women's event, The Christmas Gathering. Mia and I went last year and had a good time. They have a little shop set up, with proceeds going to different mission organizations, then a light dinner, followed by the main event. The main event focuses on things women love for the home, themselves, for others, etc. It's almost like Oprah's favorite things in that during each segment they do, they give us some sort of goody to represent that segment, does that make sense? It's a lot of fun and I'm a big fan of leaving with goodies. :)

{three} Now, you know how I feel about selfies of myself, but recently I talked about needing some hair help and I wanted to give you an update on that, as if you really care about my hair. Ha! Well, I got it trimmed up, it had been since March I believe, so it was really needing some loving. And then Mia and I colored my hair. Well, she did while I sat there. Thanks Mia!! :) I'm LOVING the color so much, and really love how much I saved by doing it myself. :)

 

 

{four} I need your help on this one. I'd like to get an advent calendar this year to help teach the kids about the true meaning of Christmas, Jesus. Of course we've taught them this every year, I just thought an advent calendar might be a fun, hands on way to be reminded of that daily leading up to Christmas. Do you have a favorite calendar you use? Or do you even use one? If not, what are some of your favorite ways to help your children understand what Christmas is really about?

 

{five} Finally, this past Wednesday I revealed the winner of my first giveaway! It was SO fun doing a giveaway that I decided to do another. :) I finally picked my 2014 Erin Condren life planner, after several months of trying to decide, and when the order arrived, I found a $10 gift card in the box. Sweet! So, I decided to give that away to one of my lovely readers! Make sure you enter today, the contest ends on Monday.   

Do you have any suggestions on an Advent calendar? Are your Thanksgiving festivities beginning this weekend?

And the winner is....

Back in August I posted about needing help picking my 2014 Erin Condren life planner. Well, I made my decision and it arrived in the mail this past weekend! There are few things more exciting than receiving this beauty in the mail. :)  

I thought I'd give you a little preview into my planner and show you all the reasons why I love it! Plus, I have a little giveaway to use towards your favorite Erin Condren products! The planner that fit me perfect this time was the E-Sea Sand Dollar.

 

Fun sayings throughout....

 

Three full page spread for Birthday and Anniversaries, with a laminated tab for easy reference...

 

Two page year at a glance...

 

Laminated tabs! This year they added Special Occasion, 2013/2014, Notes & Contacts tabs...

 

 

Two page month spread...

 

Weekly spread, complete with weekly goals and to-dos and my favorite addition...

This section for notes at the bottom of your weekly spread...

Lined and blank pages for notes...

 

A page of important number and contacts...

 

Several pages of labels, including blank ones; a two sided pocket folder; a clear, zippered pouch, including gift labels...

 

Finally, a glance at the coming years on the inside back cover.

 

 



Do you see why I LOVE this planner?! It has it all, it's so colorful and fun...just lovely! And the team at Erin Condren is so wonderful to work with and almost always includes some kind of "thank you" surprise in your order. This time they gifted me with a $10 gift card...and I would like to gift it to YOU!

 

Just enter the Rafflecopter below for your chance to win. :)

 

Or, if you can't wait that long, follow this link and sign up for their emails to receive $10 off your order now. 

 

 

 

One last thing, the winner of the Scentsy giveaway is...Dawn Burns!

 



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A Few of my Favorite Things

I'm linking up with Elise @ cheers y'all and Jen @ Down with the Dearmores' to bring you My Favorite Things this Christmas.

{one} I'm loving this coffee mug and spoon. Being the coffee addict I am, this would be the perfect Christmas gift. You can find the mug here and the spoon here . 

{two} I recently bought a great new desk, which you can see here , but still need a desk chair for it. I'm thinking this one or this one would be perfect. Which do you like?

 {three} I have been on the hunt for new bedding for our bedroom. We have a gray/deep purple color scheme going on in there. Bless Robert's heart for letting me do purple. :) He's a good man. I'm really like this one from Target and this one from Kohl's. Which is your favorite?

 

 {four}I'd love to have a rug in our den. We have carpet in there, which someday we'll replace with hardwood, but for now the quality of the carpet is great! Unfortunately, it's cream colored carpet, which with kids and pets doesn't work too well. I'm liking this one  from Target.

{five} Now, you might find this unbelievable, or maybe you don't have one either, but we don't have an iPad. I'd really love one, though. So, that's my big wishlist item this year for Christmas. (It looks like Best Buy will have a good Black Friday sale on them, but no way will I be standing in line!)

So, these are some of my favorite things/wish list. What are some of yours?