Grateful.

I am grateful everyday... for days.

But today, being Thanksgiving and all, I am particularly grateful for this day.

I am grateful for many things.

My family.

My friends.

My sister.

Kirk.

My job.

The Gospel.

I am also thankful for these things as well...

While they may not be so deep and meaningful, I am still happy they exist.

Movie theater popcorn.

Diet Coke.

Mashed potatoes.

The Food Network.

Grey's Anatomy.

Floral fabric.

Vanilla.

My bedding.

Blankets.

Boots.

Laughter that keeps on going.

My heater.

Hand sanitizer.

Notebooks.

Dark chocolate.

Ice Cream.

Great movies.

Christmas.

You may think these are silly trivial things, but I do appreciate their existence.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had an absolutely WONDERFUL day!

SHADE Day After Thanksgiving Sale

Shade is having an AMAZING sale on Friday... BLACK Friday that is.

Everything in our store will be $30 and under and from 8am to Noon, everything will be an additional 30% off.

Then from noon to Saturday night, everything will be 15% off.

You should come!

Talk about a steal of a deal.

Check out all the sweet clothes at www.shadeclothing.com

I am working both Friday and Saturday.

And yes, I am scared.

10 Days to Touch 10 Million Lives

Ok... This is the coolest thing ever.

Kirk's good friend/professor/colleague, Clint Rogers, plus many many others, have helped with this movement to give Thanksgiving a little bit more meaning.

"While traditional media will begin their usual 'How to Prepare a Turkey' segments for millions of viewers, we wanted to take a deeper approach to this day."

Clint has asked Kirk to be the team's marketing consultant and assist in the construction of this site!

"This Thanksgiving season let’s pause from the hectic rush of life and reconnect, and especially let’s reach out together to those who currently believe they are inadequate, worthless, or “not enough”. Together we can touch 10 million lives this Thanksgiving – and reach that one person who needs it now most of all."

It just so happens that this little project has already reached its quota and touched 10 million lives before Thanksgiving by reaching

TIMES SQUARE!

Watch the Wisdom Film HERE.

Talk about inspiring.

Happy Thanksgiving.

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."

-Melody Beattie

(thanks trudy)

Christmas Movies

I don't know why but I have been craving Christmas ever since Halloween... It may have something to do with working in retail and all the stores getting ready for Christmas so early!
I haven't busted out any Christmas decorations or movies yet but let me tell which ones I am excited for:

-The Grinch
-The Holiday
-Dan in Real Life
-Elf
-Charlie Brown Christmas
-Home Alone
-Santa Clause
-Miracle on 34th Street
-It's a Wonderful Life
-Nightmare Before Christmas (yes, this does please my soul)
-Serendipity
-The Family Stone
-Meet Me in St. Louis
-National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

What are your favorite Christmas movies?

Eau De AMAZING

Found this scent at Anthropologie this weekend and have fallen in love with it.

Not only does it smell like heaven (or vanilla), it was a steal for only $18.

Yeah, I'm not ashamed of naming the price.

It's that good.

And I invite all of you to enjoy this heavenly scent too.

It will only bring more pep to your step and joy in your heart.

So if you see someone skipping down the sidewalk whistling a happy jingle,

It may in fact be me... wearing this divine perfume.

Or I guess, it could be someone else who has found the truth in fragrance form.

Logically.

:)

Glee.

Bonjour.

Have any of you heard of this wildly entertaining show?

Not only is it like a Broadway musical on cable television,

it is also HILARIOUS!

in a shy sort of way.

I spent all of last Sunday watching every single available episode available on Hulu.com and I fell in love with it.

Last weeks episode had this song from the Broadway musical "Wicked" which I have never seen but after hearing this I TOTALLY want to see it!

Don't even worry, I have had this song on repeat for the last week.

And yes, I do bust out in full vibrato every time.

So I highly recommend this show.

Enjoy.

And for you doubting Thomas' out there, watch this.

And try not to laugh and instantly become obsessed with this show.

I dare you.

P.S. That really is him singing. In BOTH songs.

dedication.

This is just a glimpse of how I currently feel.

Don't even worry about me.

I spent the last 11.5 hours at work today.

I am laying in bed (finally) after a 4.5 hour long inventory count... and recount.

Don't even worry I have to work at 9am.

No, I'm not tired.

Don't even worry that this summer I got so used to sleeping with a fan on that now I can't sleep without it. Even when my heater is broken and my room is 45 degrees. GOOOOOD.

However, I will tell you what I am happy about.

I am happy that the holidays are approaching. I am feeling very very festive this year. Definitely in the holiday spirit. (I have already cheated and listened to some Christmas music this weekend.)

I am happy that Kirk surprised me and took me on a little day trip to Park City (which I love.)

I am happy about my Steve Madden Boots and leggings. Very simple. Very happy.

I am happy about the furniture rearrangement in my room.

I am happy that I am going to repaint all my frames purple.

I am happy that my laundry is done.

I am happy that I carry around a notebook to write down my thoughts, to do lists and shopping lists whenever things pop into my mind.

I am happy about the vanilla perfume Ani and I found at Anthropologie.

I have been doing wonderfully. And I am happy.

That is all.

For now.

KATIE PWOAAATAHHH!!!

Hello.

Have you met Katie Porter?

Or as my mother affectionately calls her:

Katie Pwoatahhhh

She is my friend and she took a little visit to Provo and I got play with her while she was here!

Yes, we love the Snuggie too.

Every time Katie and I get together, we spend approximately 90% of the time laughing hysterically.

I just love her!

So glad I got to spend some time with this favorite friend of mine.

Snuggie!

Yup... I got one :)

And if you're wondering if I wore it on the drive home...

The answer is YES.