Well I am so proud of myself. I had to get a gift for my mom and she is well....impossible! I gave myself two hours to walk around the mall today... a deadline of sorts. The mall was full of dazed men and moms and strollers and kids and bags of stuff every which way!!! CRAZY LAND!

I found a darling new store with cute...I mean CUTE country high brow vintage knock offs...stuff I LOVE! Well it was ALL on sale 25% off the entire store! I found a darling real outdoorsy looking tree that had pinecones on it and it looked real and natural and whispy looking....adorable! Well my dad has been sad that my mom will not put up any decorations let alone a tree. So I bought this tree and added some Dollar Tree lights and it looks like a decorator created this! So that is for my mom and sorta my dad as well. I think they will really like it--plus it can stay up for the winter season too. I also got my mom a "tin" of 10 old movie classics. She loves old time movies! The cost was $12.99 for those...again I think a good deal. So my parents are done. My dad got a tin too...the Dale Earnhart DVD tin from WAL MART. He loves NASCAR!


All teacher gifts are gone or are going on Friday. That seemed extra brutal this year.....shopping for them. We got it done I am so glad they are on the way to the teachers!

I need to grocery shop on Friday--before the school Christmas concert. I am going to LOAD UP. Saturday is lunch with a gal pal and cookie making. Keeping the cookie making SIMPLE!!!! We just want some treats to munch on of course.

All in all I can not complain. Things seems to be moving along smoothly. I am looking forward to some fun and also some quiet time as well. Merry Christmas!