I think I mentioned it
earlier this week –
I LOVE THE HOLIDAY SEASON!
Tonight is my company
Christmas Party and I’m totally amped.
I’m taking my partner in crime and potential future baby-daddy,
Han. Every single girl needs a platonic
friend to be arm-candy for her when events come to call. And he makes damn good arm-candy.
I’m wearing a silky, one
shoulder, knee-length dress that poofs out at the bottom in a
black/silver/purple/white print with a sparkly blazer over top. None of the sweaters or shrugs I had with it
so I’m going to go a little funky with the blazer instead. I still can’t wear heels because of my
injured ankle, so I’ll be wearing my black sparkly sandals. Other than those, I’m excited about my
outfit.
I also made a new
multi-strand sparkly necklace and set of earrings to wear tonight. My hair is going to be barrel curled into my
favorite fun and flirty look. I opted
not to color it, even though my (oh so numerous!) grays are showing through
quite a bit. I’m not sure why but I’ve
kind of been enjoying the gray hairs lately.
(Who wants to bet that I’ll be over them and color my hair before New
Year’s?)
We also got our Christmas
bonuses today! As the hours started ticking on I was a little afraid that maybe
we’d be getting Griswolded this year, but our VP came around and delivered them
to us with a smile on his face. Twas
wonderful!
This weekend I’m going to
be doing all of my Christmas shopping.
For the most part, I’m going to do as much of it at locally-owned stores
as I can. Gotta support my
community! Now I just have to figure
out what to get my parents and my brother.
I’m also going to finally
get a fish this weekend. I’ve had the
fish tank set up for three weeks now and my tank desperately needs some
fishies. Time for me to commit to what
kind of fish I want.
But anyway – this post is
about Christmas! So, here are some
things that I’m planning to do or have already done to ring in the season:
Holiday Baking! My best
girls and I already did our one-day Christmas baking extravaganza. My treats were well-loved by my coworkers
and disappeared in the span of just a few hours. I have also made some mint oreo balls and plan to make pizzelles
and fudge yet this year for my family Christmas.
Holiday Decorating! I started
to put my decorations up the date after Thanksgiving and was all done by the
Monday after. There are so many
decorations all around my apartment, it’s so blissfully cheerful every day. Here are a few of my favorite things:
RAWR! |
I decorated it all on my own! |
Because every tree needs a robot. |
Christmas Music! I said it
earlier this week that I’ve pretty much only been listening to Christmas music
since Thanksgiving came and went. But
what I’m most excited for is Christmas eve and Christmas day listening to The
Carpenters Christmas Portrait with my family when we celebrate. I don’t think there’s ever been a better
Christmas album.
Festivus! Every year on the night of December 23, my friends
and I celebrate Festivus in the grandest tradition of the day! With copious amounts of alcohol, the airing
of grievances, feats of strength, ugly Christmas sweaters, holiday chanting and
stumbling home at 4am to sleep for a few hours before family time begins the
next day.
Christmas Eve! Even
though I live in the same town as my parents, I always stay at their house on
Christmas Eve. My brother, Clockwork,
will be in town and we’ll be traveling to my Grandfather’s house that night to
celebrate with my mom’s side of the family.
Then Clockwork and I will stay up late wrapping Christmas presents,
watching Red Dwarf and giggling like 12-year olds.
Christmas Day! Need I say
more? Mom, Dad, Clocky and I will be
exchanging gifts, most likely early in the day, then heading to my aunt’s house
for a nice lunch with some more family.
That night, if all goes according to plan, my former roomie and I will
be drinking vodka and having a slumber party at the barpartment and staying up
until 4am playing Kinect and acting like 12-year olds. Christmas is pretty much the best time to
act like a 12-year old.
New Year’s Eve - UMM. Hey, kids, what are we doing on New Year’s
Eve?
I hope you all have a
fabulous Holiday Season too! I’m sure I’ll
be blogging more in the next couple of weeks but probably not quite as heavily
as I have been lately.
Happy Holidays!
Annie Jay
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ReplyDeleteI am? Thank you. Same to you, buddy.
DeleteYay, I love your enthusiasm. And I LOVE your use of "Griswold" as a verb. Jelly of the Month Club.
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