& that's the way life goes

Happy Veteran’s Day! And a huge thank you to all that have served.

Do you guys realize that the holidays are seriously almost here?!  Christmas is 6 weeks from Friday!  It’s amazing how it creeps up out of nowhere.  One minute I’m depressed because it’s October and then all of a sudden I’m counting down to Christmas!

I asked for Dawson’s Creek and Gilmore Girls dvds.  If I get them I know what I will be doing the week I have off from work.  I kind of can’t wait to make cookies for my family.  I’m also excited for the way we are planning on spending the holidays.  Though C and I won’t be together for Christmas Eve, I’m hoping Christmas Day with just the 2 of us and our dogs will make up for it.

I’ve talked about our Man Shack that we had built this summer and I keep telling you that I’ll post pictures but I haven’t yet.  I know, bad blogger.  But I’m going to make up for it right now.

The next order of business is the custom purse I had made.  I wrote a post asking for suggestions on etsy sellers that could do this.  The first response was a recommendation for Backstitched.   All I have to say is she was wonderful to work with!  She let me pick fabric and asked lots of questions.  The end result was a purse I absolutely adore. It’s a mini messenger bag.  I love having a purse that I don’t have to carry.  It’s made so much better than my previous purse I bought at the mall.  I know it’s going to withstand the shoving it into my work bag and all the crap I load into it.  The best part is that it was only $28.   I’m in love.  If you are thinking about getting a custom purse made I HIGHLY RECOMMEND Kimberly at Backstitched!

Sorry for the crappy phone picture.  If you look closely you can see my cherry converse shoes

I’ve been an etsy shopping fool lately.  I got my prints for rdsign88 today.  They came all the way from Indonesia.  The night I ordered them I wasn’t planning on buying anything.  I think I started off looking for a purse but when I saw these I couldn’t not order them.

Look how cute she wrapped it. The little tags and bookmark were extras she threw into my package.

I hung them in my spare room.  Each picture including print, matting and frame was under $20.  I love etsy!!!!

prints: relax, sweethearts (C picked that one out), & a rose for you (another extra she threw in!)

I recommend checking out her store.  There are so many cute prints!