wind

top: francesca's, jacket: apt. 9, jeans: the loft, boots: gifted

today there was wind. bitter wind. the kind of wind that takes your breath away when you are facing the wind. and it was bitter cold at the same time. not a great mixture.

this weekend the hubs and i will be opening presents and i cannot wait! i like to see the look on his face when he opens presents that he doesn't know he is getting. its the best. so excited for my second amazing christmas as a married couple, its going to be the best. we will continue one of my favorite traditions this weekend, eating chinese takeout for our christmas dinner. its the best.

brights

cardigan: banana republic, top: chloe K (old), pants: the loft (uber sale), heels: fergalicious

these pants were my treasure of my black friday hunt. usually my black friday policy is 'only buy for other people not for yourself.' well....... for these pants i broke that little policy. i mean, bright orange cheetah print? where can you go wrong? plus they were uber on sale?! i swiped these up in a heart beat, because they were the last pair and they were in my size. it was like a glorious light shined down on these when i walked into the store. gahh... i love them. they are the best. i am done drooling over my purchase, but these will always make me so happy when i wear them.

wonderland

this is my backyard today. how gorgeous is this? it rained, and then snowed pretty much all day yesterday and this was our result. one plus living up north here is that the snow comes straight down, and not sideways, which makes it a little bit easier to love this precipitation for 5 months. unfortunately our day involved staying inside instead of enjoying this beautiful weather.

we had a sock draft today. whats that you ask? well, the hubs has a laundry basket full of socks. are there matches? where are the matches? this wonder is one of the most fascinating things to me, along with necklaces getting tangled while traveling. if you wash socks together, where does the mate go? its just mind boggling to me, and it only happens to brett's not mine. hmmmm.... brain teaser eh?

Decorations

we busted out the christmas decorations a couple weeks ago, and my house has just become clean enough to take pictures. although, now, all the presents are wrapped and under the tree. i finished christmas shopping this past weekend and i feel like a giant weight was lifted off my shoulders. its great having everything done and not having to worry about when to go, what to get etc. etc. to add to our great decor is the beautiful white snow on the ground outside. my sorels have been a staple of my outfits to work every morning, even if they completely don't go, its too darn cold.

adventures

hat: target, jacket: burton ages ago, pants: lillians, boots: sorel

this past saturday the hubs and i went christmas tree shopping. we really like the idea of going to a tree farm and cutting down your own, so we googled some places and the closest one we could find was near st. cloud. needless to say we weren't too keen on driving an hour just to get a christmas tree. then, a friend of ours informed of us of a little quaint tree farm near gull lake. we ventured up there and bought our gorgeous balsam fir. a little bit more spendy then planned, but hey, we bought it locally, right?!

after christmas tree shopping we drove around the lakes gawking at the gorgeous homes for sale that are way out of our price range. a girl can dream right?