I’m not as fashion forward as I’d like to be. I’m lucky that my husband has a great sense of style because without him I’d proabably be pretty clueless. So today I’m thankful that sometimes I can actually put together a cute outfit! Now, I could sit here and lie and tell you that I thought of this one I’m about to show you all on my own, but I’ve already admitted that ‘fashionista’ isn’t an adjective I use to describe myself (although I think I’ve pretty much fooled my coworkers into believing I am) but you probably wouldn’t believe me. The truth is that I had a little help by way of a photo I found on Pinterest that served as inspiration. BUT, I put together what I think is a pretty cute outfit.

I know, I’m a button (as in “cute as a button”). Unfortunately, this was not a good hair day. So about the outfit: The undershirt is a white, sheer, sleeveless feminine top from Target. It has the really nice ‘dots’ pattern on it and the ruffle-y tuxedo-ish look going on in the front. It also has gold and pearly buttons. The purple cardigan is from Banana Republic, as is the gold, shimmery belt. Dark denim from Old Navy, brown patent pumps from Target and throw in a long pearl necklace and you’ve got a stylish, cute little outfit. Can you tell which photo I was inspired by from the linked photo above?

Anyways, this is probably my new fave outfit until I come up with something even cuter. Until then, enjoy!

Today I’m thankful that we were able to get a real frazier fir Christmas tree this year. I haven’t had a real tree since I lived at home, which was almost 10 years ago. I’m also equally grateful that we purchased our tree from TROSA, a substance abuse recovery program. I’m happy to contributes funds to their programs because I think they help give a lot of people second chances, and there’s really nothing better than that.

So we got the tree home and decorated it, and it looks awesome. We were able to retire the artificial tree I’ve been using for the past three or four years. It’s pretty small and scraggly so we lovingly nicknamed it the Charlie Brown tree. Our real tree smells fresh and wintery and it’s much bigger so we had to buy a few extra ornaments. But it looks beautiful and fits perfectly and I’m excited to have it up for the next month. Definitely makes the holidays feel warm and cozy in our new house. For that, I’m thankful.

Today is Thanksgiving, which is my second favorite holiday ever  (my first favorite is Halloween). I love the emphasis on family and good, two things I love dearly! So I have a lot to be thankful for today. I’m thankful that we were able to successfully host our first Thanksgiving meal and that we get to spend this day with my parents, with Nick’s mom, Laura, who is equally as awesome as my parents, and with our little doggies. It was a really great day.

Our First Thanksgiving Spread

Tonight I’m thankful for the silly little moments I share with my husband. On our way home from the grocery store, we had a hilarious conversation about flatulence. I’m so lucky that Nick has a great sense of humor and that we can laugh over such plain and mundane things.

Some things that we laugh about together:

• Flatulence. Yes, we’re 10 year olds.
• Sarcastic jokes
• Not very pretty babies
• Me trying to tell a joke, especially corny ones
• Our dogs. They’re very funny most of the time.

I’ve already mentioned that I’m thankful for laughter. But laughing with someone over special, inside jokes is even better. The cherry on top.

This was taken during the Lykke Li concert. A girl next to us said we were so cute and asked to take a photo of us. We are so cute!

SUSHI! Tonight I had dinner with another one of my very dearest friends and we ate what we almost always eat: Sushi. It’s definitely one of my favorite meals ever so tonight I’m definitely thankful for sushi :-)\

I learned most of what I know about Sushi from jut eating it and paying attention to menus and poking around online but I also learned some interesting facts from Alton Brown, who I greatly admire and respect when it comes to food. From him I learned that it is thought that sushi was created about a thousand years go by a little old woman who lived in the woods of Japan. She was sitting down to eat a big pot of rice for dinner when she heard some bandits coming. She climbed into a tree and hid her rice in the nest of a large sea bird so the bandits wouldn’t steal it. When she finally went to retrieve her rice, it had partially fermented and had little bits of fish left by the sea bird. She tasted it, decided it was delicious, and that’s how Sushi was came to be! Cute little story, huh?