Category — rhythm and blues

My lovely neighbor plowed my driveway for me yesterday. He also cleared the trees that fell. This afternoon, I set out for Target, to get stocking stuffers for Bestie Christmas on Saturday, and I also stopped by the post office to pick up packages from Auntie and my parents.

I’m sitting here, fudge all ready to take to the neighbors tomorrow, presents under my tree (thank you Auntie!), and of course, Mama already had me open her boxes and coo over all the contents. The best thing she sent was a water filter, the worst was a calculator that didn’t work and had someone else’s name on it (that has Daddy’s taste written all over it!).

People were worried that this Christmas would be hard for me, since this is my first Christmas as a single girl in over a decade. Honestly, though? I’m loving it.

My house is clean and decorated. I have fudge for the neighbors and the besties. Stocking stuffers were so much fun to pick out, and I couldn’t help but get myself a few things. I do believe I’m attending a get together tomorrow night, but even if that falls through, I have a few yummy things to snack on and plenty of Christmas goodness on my DVR. Christmas morning, I’ll actually have some presents to open, and then it’s time to get ready to have company on Saturday.

I won’t lie, it would have been nice to break in my mistletoe. There isn’t an emptiness or even a loneliness to my first Christmas on my own, though, just lots of fun, great memories and a ton of love.

Merry Christmas, ya’ll. I hope Santa is good to you!

Some of you wanted to see my Christmas decorations. I’ll post a few pics of the tree later tonight. I think it will photograph better in the dark.

I bought the wreath plain and wired everything in there. The birds were tricky little bitches, but I love them:

B made these for us. Love.

Now taking applications for kiss thieves.

Okay, here’s the tree:

I adore the pine cones. I adore them so much I bought three more containers of them after I hung the ones I had. Next year, I’d like to have acorns, and apples and pears and snowflakes. But no glittered up flocked out crap. I’m just not that kind of girl.