Our Christmas

Our first Christmas as a married couple was busy, busy, busy!

Josh had to go to his office for a few days before we went to his parents' house, so we stayed in the luxurious Peabody hotel! Their tree was gorgeous and about two stories tall.


When Josh was at the office I hung around the hotel. What is so special about the Peabody is their duckies. They stay in a posh pond somewhere in the hotel and at 11:00 AM they walk to the elevator and come down to the lobby where they march to music on a red carpet, leading them to the lobby fountain where they will bathe all day. CUTE. Then they march back to their quarters at five-ish.

We headed to his childhood home for early Christmas and had a good time. He comes from a family of wonderful cooks and my too-tight jeans show for it. **pout** We woke up early to look in our stockings and open our presents!

I didn't grow up with boys around, so I'm not used to all this rough-housing. I do however enjoy taking pictures of them, looking as homoerotic as possible. Mwahahaha....

A highlight was when my sister-in-law received the pink Snuggie she had been wishing for. I told her that her sex life as she knows it is now over. Her response: That's why the back is open. **shudder**

Please take notice of her husband to the right, already inching away from her.

When we got back home to have Christmas Eve with my family, an unexpected blizzard came in! (Blizzard, Texas, what?!) We made it to my grandma's for lunch but were not able to have Christmas Eve dinner with my parents like normal because of road conditions. Josh and I still had a fun night though! We kidnapped baby-sat our neighbors dog, A. Czar, and he and Millie had a fantastic time.
It was a peaceful Christmas Eve. I did some cleaning, played in the snow...

Enjoyed some snow ice cream (I went a little overboard with the sugar though).

Christmas morning! I don't like mornings, but I can do it for presents. We both ended up getting each other the movie "Up" as a stocking stuffer. Oops.

As usual my husband spoiled me. I love my necklace! It's gaudy and reminds me of something that came out of a pirate's treasure chest!

And he loved his sweater vest, of course.

And we spoiled our puppy. We gave her a chew bone about as big as she is and a stuffed animal that looks like her husky friend. I think I interrupted a private moment here:

Then off to my parents' house for our Christmas lunch! I convinced my mom this year that it would be awesome if she got a white Christmas tree. And by convince I mean simply saying, "Hey, your ornaments would look super cute on a white tree." I didn't have to twist her arm.

Josh and I looked on as the family opened presents. There is no telling what made our faces do this:
One of my favorite gifts was my Anthropologie apron!

Crazy-eyed sis got Beatles Rockband...

And somehow Christmas day deteriorated into, well, this:

I would tell the story, but I think I'll just let you come up with your own for it.

On that note, hope everyone had a lovely Christmas! Happy New Year as well!

Linked up to Funky Junk Interiors Christmas Story Party.

Millie wishes you all a merry Christmas!

Deck the Halls!

Okay, okay. So I promised I would post my Christmas decoration pictures and I've put it off repeatedly. For the life of me, I've tried so hard to take good pictures around here, but the natural light through the windows is just not enough for my digital camera. It looks a lot better here in person, but without further ado, I show you my Christmas decorations!


My peacock Christmas tree! Last year I got the tree skirt and blue mesh at Hobby Lobby. This year I added the green ribbon and the feather sprays next to the tree topper. Here are some of my favorite ornaments...





Then there's my mantle....



Sparkling ornaments in apothecary jars....


Glittering candlesticks....

And my stocking that match the tree skirt...


And this year I tried something out in the little display nook in the foyer. I put some stems from Hobby Lobby that had feathers, pine branches, and other glittery things with some gold beaded ting in a vase of faux snow...

And that's about it this year. I made an ornament wreath, but it didn't turn out so well. I think it's because I used a bunch of different sizes and it made arranging them really complicated. I am still contemplating dismantling it, but we'll see!

Linked up to Funky Junk Interiors, Nesting Place, and Thrifty Decor Chick's Christmas posts.

A Christmas Preview

Well, I survived Thanksgiving, but just barely! Something really got to my allergies while visiting the family and I'm still recuperating. Ugh. I'll share more about the Thanksgiving extravaganza later-- Josh is out of town and has some loot I need to take pictures of!

Since I've been back, I've been spreading myself between school work and Christmas decorating. Mainly the decorating though. (Does that tell you anything about my priorities?) I haven't completed the decorating yet as there are some final touches to be done in here, but I will give you a peek!






I like how it's shaping up! Can't wait to finish!