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Happy weekend friends! Christmas {and AZ} is a week away, and our excitement is building! We still have a lot of Christmas shopping – and packing – to do. I can’t believe Christmas came so soon. Our weekend has been full of new friends, shopping, work parties and more “dates” of Christmas. I don’t know about you, but I LOVE buying gifts for others. I live for it. I would buy for everyone I know if I could. But, Rob brings me back to reality, that I cannot, ha. Hope you’re all having a nice holiday so far. Here’s what brought me joy last week:

 

1. Lars and the Real Girl, dinner at home and a new beer!
2. Zumba!
3. Afternoon light at the office.
4. Christmas cards from friends & family.

Have a great week!

December 16, 2012 by
12 Dates of Christmas

Driving light tour

On the 4th date of Christmas. . . la la la la . . . , we went for a driving light tour around Capitola & Aptos. Not that impressive I’ll tell you. Zelda’s and a couple houses were the only places worthy of my camera.

 

 

We decided to turn around and put up my more lights at our cottage. Lying in bed with my iPad and tea with the lights aglow is so magical {there’s that word again, thanks Heather}! Who needs to drive to see lights when we have them right here. One thing I miss about Arizona this time of year are the holiday fanatics that go nutso with the lights on their houses. Soon, AZ, soon! . . .

 

December 12, 2012 by
12 Dates of Christmas

Cookies & PJs

On our 2nd date of Christmas we made cookies {or I attempted to}. I saw a recipe for Speculoos Buttons on Bon Appetit, and thought they looked delicious – a fancy gingerbread cookie. Plus, I wanted to use these.

Why do I always pick the cute cookie that’s a pain in the @$$? Some future tips for you: don’t ever use regular molasses when it calls for mild molasses; and room temperature butter & eggs make all the difference. Or so I would assume. My Speculoos Buttons tasted great right out of the oven, but were hard as a rock the next day. And, were BROWN, not a pretty light brown like the magazine. We made chocolate chip cookies instead.

3rd date of Christmas: shop for Christmas PJs {I’m combining these two since the cookies were such a disaster}. Thank God for a simple task! PJ sets are the way to go. Thank you, Target!

December 11, 2012 by
Food

Seriously the best pancakes ever

Sunday I made Joy the Baker‘s Blueberry Orange Almond Pancakes. After mixing in the orange juice, zest, almond and blueberry – we were in for a real treat. Seriously, the best pancakes you’ll ever eat. We scarfed them down, with some bacon on the side {of course}.

December 10, 2012 by
Favorites

CW junkie

Ever since Dawson’s Creek, I’ve been a total CW junkie. I love the juvenile, teeny-bop trash TV. I’m a HUGE fan of The Vampire Diaries, and Gossip Girl. And now I can’t stop watching Beauty & the Beast. The whole, girl falls for the bad boy who turns into a beast – I dig it. Not sure if it will last, but I’ll be tuning in every Thursday in the meantime.

 

What’s your guilty pleasure TV show?

December 6, 2012 by