Love Letters and Lace

Hey everyone! The past 24+ hours have gone by in such a flurry of excitement and productivity for me, I honestly cannot believe it's already the 24th! All my gifts have been bought, wrapped and placed under the tree. My pumpkin pie is baked and ready to eat and my cake is baked, leveled, stacked and crumb coated! All I have left to do today is to decorate my cake which sounds like a pretty fun Christmas eve activity to me! Along with Christmas eve supper and then Christmas movies and hot chocolate!! I have to say I'm a bit sad that after all this fun buildup, Christmas will be over once again. But the next few days will be tons of fun and I'm super excited! What are you guys doing today? Do you have any Christmas eve traditions? Happy Christmas eve everyone! PS. would anyone be interesting in seeing the final product of my cake once it's decorated? It's a pumpkin and spice cake with a cinnamon cream cheese icing!! xo

Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE wrapping gifts. I'm the sort of person who goes all out with this; pretty paper, ribbons, bows, name tags and all. Does anyone else love wrapping gifts all pretty? Especially with some Christmas music (or Vlogmas videos) in the background! And I must say, I'm pretty good at wrapping them too, so I'm usually the designated gift wrapper in my house (minus my own, of course). Although, can we all just take a minute to acknowledge the most frustrating things about gift wrapping? Awkwardly shaped gifts Cutting wrapping paper too short Running out of tape halfway through a gift Running out of wrapping paper or ribbon and not being able to finish a gift Cheap/Thin wrapping paper that doesn't glide with the scissor when you cut it I just want to say that I think that actually taking the time to wrap a gift and make it look nice is so important. The effort of doing that really shows that you care and lets be honest, it looks SO

I'm pretty good at shopping for gifts, especially when it comes to Christmas gifts. I'm very attentive to the things people like and I really love choosing gifts that are both thoughtful and useful. However this skill, or talent if you will, clearly does not apply when it comes to shopping for my boyfriend. Because I am truly clueless. If you're looking for some kind of guide for the ideal gifts to buy your boyfriend, I am very sorry because what you have stumbled across here is far from that; this is a rant. Because I am truly confused, why is it so hard to shop for your boyfriend?? Maybe I'm alone here and I'm sounding crazy. And it's not that my boyfriend is overly picky or has high expectations. However I'm used to being able to find the perfect gift for everyone on my list and for some reason I just can't put my finger on what it would be. I can think of things he would like, sure. But I'm after that kind of gift that has that 'wow'