Love Letters and Lace

Hey everyone! I took a small break from Blogmas the past couple days just to relax and recharge post exams, but I am back now! Yesterday I had such a nice (although hectic) day of Christmas shopping with my boyfriend. The stores are so unbelievably busy, which I'm sure anyone reading this is like, duhhhh, but I'm used to getting my Christmas shopping done well before the last couple weeks of Christmas, so this is new territory for me. It was slightly disappointing to be honest, because besides the fact that the lines to pay (and sometimes even just to get into stores) were insanely long, but also because the stores just seemed so understocked. There were so many things that I expected to find at certain stores and they just didn't have any. I spend the entire day shopping and I'm still missing so much! So now I have to squeeze in shopping time between my work schedule and babysitting my sister who is now done school. Which likely means I'll be finishing my s

Hello once again lovelies! As you can possibly tell, I am in a fantastic mood, because I just finished writing my last exam of the semester and I am officially on break! I'm also halfway through the Nursing program which makes me 1/2 of a nurse or something ;) I'm so happy to be done but I've just realized how much I have left to do! Only 7 days until Christmas and I'm still missing tons of Christmas gifts, I have tons of wrapping to do and lots of baking! I'm so excited!!! Let the holidays begin for real now! xo

A visual representation of me writing my exam Hello hello! Once again, as you are reading this, I'm writing my (thankfully final) final exam of the semester! So unfortunately no fantastic post today (maybe). I should have planned ahead for these posts, oops! I promise to make up for it with awesome (and possibly double!) posts for the next week for Blogmas! Hopefully you're all having a great day! Let me know what you're up to, as I'm sure its far more fun and exciting than what I'm up to! xo

Hey everyone! So this will be a very quick little post since I desperately need to get back to studying but I'm starting to feel more in that warm fuzzy Holiday mood and I thought I'd share a few of the things that make me happy this time of year when I'm feeling down. I'm honestly so grateful for how amazing my friends are to me. Even though it's pretty much the busiest time of year for us all, they still manage to be there for me when I need them most and I appreciate it beyond belief. It makes everything so much better when I'm feeling down. On a less serious note, here are the other things making my down days a bit better; Sweet hot chocolate with a mountain of marshmallows Candy canes! Wrapping gifts with music on in the background How pretty the twinkling lights of the tree are when its dark The gorgeous Christmas displays in the windows of stores Warm blankets fresh out of the dryer Someone holding you when you don't fe

I make gingerbread cookies every year. I love the fun of decorating them and I think they make a really cute little gift to give people when you go over for a visit. I haven't gotten around to making any yet (thanks a lot, exams), but I have been looking around for some inspiration on how I should decorate them this year, and I have found TONS which I thought would be nice to share with you all! How do you decorate your gingerbread cookies? Let me know in the comments! xo

A visual representation of me at the moment Hello everyone! Unfortunately, if you were hoping for a wonderful, festive blog post today, you may be disappointing. As you read this, I am currently writing my Nursing final exam for the semester. So forgive me for not having time/feeling creative enough to write a fantastic blog post. If I'm not passed out from exhaustion, I may post a little something extra for you all tonight... but if not, I wish you all a lovely day and hope your December so far has been fantastic! xo

Hello everyone! So, for those of you in a relationship, I completely understand that sometimes its hard to come up with creative date ideas that also keep the season in mind. It can get a bit dull always going out for dinner and a movie all year around. So here are some suggestions for festive date ideas for the winter season! Hopefully you enjoy them and try some of these out! Skating The most typical (and super fun!) date during the wintertime for me is to go skating together. Usually at a festively decorated outdoor skating rink, but it could be indoors if you live somewhere that doesn't necessarily get too cold! It's a fun, active date that you'll both enjoy. Hopefully at least one of you can skate well though, cause it might not be so fun for the both of you ending up falling on your butts! This is definitely a date you should try at least once with your significant other. Stay in and watch holiday movies Ok, hear me out on this one, since I know it doesn