And all the while, I sit in my room like Scrooge, studying away. Well, not quite...I've definitely gotten into the spirit of the season, baking cookies, watching Christmas movies, and listening to my favorite Christmas music, not to mention practicing my choir pieces! And I've almost got all my Christmas shopping done and all my presents are nearly ready to go!(:
Anyway! My friend Tori, from Fashion, Trends, and More, and I got together and decided it might be fun to throw a little blog party to celebrate the season. So we're having a holiday-themed link-up! And to make it a little more exciting, we're also making it a contest--at the end of the week we'll choose our two favorite posts and one winner will receive a $5 Amazon gift card from me, and the other will receive free ad space from Tori! Fun, right? All you have to do is link up one of your holiday-themed posts...it can be anything from favorite recipes, decorations, an outfit perfect for a Christmas party, a roundup of your favorite movies and songs from this time of year--anything!
All you have to do to enter is:
1. Follow my blog.
2. Follow Tori's blog.
3. Link up your posts!
Have fun! If you want, grab a button and link to us in your post to spread the word, and be sure to visit some of the other links!
I can't wait to see all of your posts!
At the end of October my family took an impromptu trip to the pumpkin patch, driving through the urban areas where we live to a little pocket of farmland you would never have thought existed. Since it was so late in the season, good pumpkins were difficult to find, but find them we did, after about a half hour's worth of tramping through the muddy field picking up pumpkins that seemed to have an interesting shape or personality. I was chased by a strange looking chicken that decided it didn't like me, and befriended a darling gray kitty with a mustache, along with a troop of adorable German Shepherd puppies (one of my favorite breeds of dogs...someday I want to have a German Shepherd, a Boxer, a Corgi, and a Schnauser...though any dog would make me happy!). The farm had a unique collection of antique cars and trucks, along with old farm machinery that was certainly fun to look at. And, as it was a smaller pumpkin patch, there weren't many people there, which was a huge plus!
My sisters decorated theirs that night, and I finally got around to decorating mine on Thursday--I took a couple of sharpies and free-handed a drawing of one of the Silence from Doctor Who...I never got around to taking pictures, though! Next year I'd really love to try my hand at carving a pumpkin...I've never tried it before, but I've always wanted to!
Did any of you decorate pumpkins this year?
Dress + Blouse: Gifts // Necklace: Shabby Apple // Belt: JC Penney // Tights: Fred Meyer // Shoes: Thrifted
This outfit was picked out in a last minute rush before church--I decided I didn't like what I had pulled out the night before and randomly grabbed this. I really love this look, though...very simple and vintage-y, which I always love.
Time for the final tag in my series of getting caught up on tags! To see the others, see here, here, and here. This one come from John, who is the darling pet hedgehog of the lovely Miss Jack Lewis Baillot. John has his own blog called "Bananas Aren't Good" and I always love checking in on his latest exploits. Thank you for tagging me, John!
Here are John's questions:
1. You don't like bananas, right?
I never really liked bananas much, especially when I was little. I still don't care to eat them by themselves, but in something or with something else, I do usually like them--I LOVE banana bread and banana cake especially.
2. Do you want to build a snow man with me?
I would love to build a snow man with you!
3. Do you like movies with sand in them? I do. Jack's friend does too and that is how I saw the movie with sand in it.
Sand tends to make me feel thirsty when watching movies, but I have enjoyed all the movies I've seen with sand in it, I think! Like Tintin or Aladdin.
4. Will you see the movie with the boy named Jack Frost in it?
Rise of the Guardians looks like such a fun movie. I'd love to see it.
5. Will you read the books before the movie?
After reading Jack's review of the books, I probably will try and read them before the movie!
6. Do you like books?
I love books. I have five bookcases stuffed to bursting with books and I have many more on my iPad. Reading is one of my favorite ways to spend free time.
7. Do you have someone like Jack to read them to you?
My mother used to read books to me, but when I was three she decided I was too old to be read to and taught me how to read by myself, which I almost like better because I can imagine all the voices and scenes unfolding in my head. My sisters like me to read to them occasionally--I read them A Christmas Carol every December!
8. Do you have a boring big brother like I do?
Nope--no brothers at all, just two younger sisters.
9. Do you like cold chocolate or hot chocolate more?
Hmm...I always crave chocolate of any kind, so both!
10. Is your birthday the same day as my birthday?
I don't know! When is your birthday?
11. Do you want to put candles on your tree?
I always love the look of candles on a Christmas tree. But fire and I don't get along well together (I'm very accident-prone when it comes to fire), so if I did have them, they would have to be electric!
I hope you all are having a lovely week!
