It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

Hello everyone out there in blog world!! Hope everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
I am slowly getting my Christmas decor up and wanted to do a post with some pictures from around the house and some recent Goodwill finds! Onto the good stuff! ;-P

My Willow Tree nativity this year is on top of my bookshelf in the living room.. I only need one more piece to complete the set, then I just need the creche for it. I am thinking about asking for both of those for Christmas this year so that I can have it all completed.

Tree is up, but not fully decorated (please excuse the mess of video game crap underneath the television -_-)

Part of my snowman collection, I have a couple more I just haven't found them in my boxes of stuff yet.

Some of my other Willow Tree pieces that had to be rehomed because of my Christmas Village.. I figured i'd get a picture of them all while they were all together.

My small/beginner Christmas Village. Every piece here I got from either Goodwill or yard sales. In fact I believe I got two or three of the houses and all of the signs, people, bridge, gazebo from the same lady at a community yard sale over the summer, I think I only payed $5 for everything I got from her. The one piece doesn't match the others, but my village is so small still.. it's my "hodge podge village"! lol
Surprisingly.. the cats have NOT messed with it..  YET.. Ace layed on the snow before I put any of the houses up but that was it.

Lucy under the tree with my nativity set. This set is older than me, it survived 24 years of my existance and who knows how long before that and is still totally in one piece.. the ange is a bit wobbly at the top from years of being picked up adn put away, etc. but nothing some glue cant fix! I hope to have this for a very very long time, and maybe even pass down to my kids!

This is probably the only Santa that I own.. I have a thing for snowmen but not Santas, but I couldn't pass him up!

My plate from Yankee Candle. I love this plate I had to have it when I saw them putting it out at the store.

My new Goodwill find today.. again it doesn't match my village, in fact its not even Lemax but I loved that it says "candle shop" which fits right in with my candle addiction so I had to get it. and it was only $.99

Books that I picked up today at Goodwill $.99 a piece!

Two cutie pie ornaments (ok so this is the second santa.. I lied)

a book from my last goodwill trip.

Bird cage from Goodwill only $.99 ..  I am not positive what I want to do with this one yet.. Do I want to paint it or keep it this color..  I do think the little birdie inside on the swing is cute but Id like to be able to fill it with stuff, so i think I am going to try to take it off in a way that I can put it back on if I want it on.. I think this would be cute with some Christmas balls in it!

another house for my Bunny Village for Easter time!

Picture frame and an espresso sign for the kitchen

Kitty! $3 which was a bit much for me, but it's very unique, and even though i've never heard of the person who made it, it has Japanese writing on the bottom so I will have to look it up and find out more about it!
I debated this one for quite some time while I was in the store but eventually I gave in and she came home with me!

Precious Moments ornament I believe this was only $.99  which you can't beat for anything Precious Moments!! I have a collection of Precious moments figurines so this fits right in.

Yankee Candle tart burner for only $1.99... I like my electric ones and the ones with the removeable bowl but for $2 I couldn't pass it up, this will be perfect for the guest bathroom!

My mail freebies for the day!!!
I got my free scotch brite scrubber and a coupon with it (not the greatest coupon ever, but oh well.)

and two $10 off a purchase coupons for V.Secret. I plan on going tomorrow (or today, technically) to pick up the free pair of undies, so maybe I will pick up a few other things for myself.. or as Christmas presents.

Ok guys, I am signing off for now, Just wanted to give you all an update! :)










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New stuff

I'm back with a random post! :) I have a bunch of pictures to upload from my camera and phone, I have just been procrastinating.
I have been taking pictures while out and about of things that I want to put on my "Christmas List" I have some of them uploaded, others are still in waiting.

To start you off.. Here's a picture of my incredibly silly, bad, and lazy boy - Ace.  He sits and sleeps in the weirdest positions. Everytime I look at him I am almost guaranteed a laugh. I couldn't help but take millions of pictures of him on the couch like this, and he was totally hammin' it up for me.

I just had my best friends bridal shower on the 5th. (I am the maid of honor). I hate looking at pictures of myself, I look so frumpy.. especially beside her!

Had to do some bathroom shots, haa. I just really liked this one.

A couple of my newest candle purchases.. Yes, I also have a wax addiction.. I just can't help myself. :(

I have a birdhouse addiction also. It's bad. I bought the house on the left, but I am going back for the one on the right.. I should've just got them both at the same time. Aren't they just adorable??!!

Found these at The Shoe Dept.. I think I want them for Christmas. I've been wanting cowboy boots.. and I gotta love my camo.. why not put them together?! lol

These are the comfiest shoes that I tried on, I want these for Christmas.. or an early Christmas present.

Bon-Ton snowman figurine find.. a bit more expensive (ok.. a lot) than I would pay since I usually buy this stuff at Goodwill.. but it's just so cute!!!

Every year I get a new bedding set for Christmas.. I have been wanting something plaid and was looking at ones online, but I came across this Rough Hewn set at Bon Ton on sale. It has that fuzzy red lining on the other side, it is so soft, and comfy, and would go perfectly with our bedroom set. I think this is going on my list for this year.

A little touch of fall ...

So I have been lacking in the blog post category lately.. Mainly because I have been lacking all motivation just in general. I usually have my decorating ALL done by now but I am still getting things put up, I still have so much Halloween stuff to get up yet. I just wanted to get some pictures up of some things around my house!



My kitchen window sill.. I don't have all of my Halloween stuff up yet so some of this will be taken down and switched out...

Front door.. this was my Grandma's wreath that my mom gave me this year.

Some leaves on top of the bread box..

My new light up witch hat!! I got it at TJ Maxx the other day and I just adore it!
The kitty plate I got at one of the country craft stores at the mall, its my up-all-year decoration but it ties in great for Halloween.. I threw some gourds and pumpkins up there after I took the picture.

My other TJ maxx finds.. (had to throw this picture on here)


My new obsession... GARDEN FLAGS!! I LOVE them! I have always wanted to buy myself a stake to get started but never did, but i finally used my 40% off Michaels coupon to get myself one and i've been watching 32976239062376902 flags on eBay since then.. this is my first one and i LOVE it! I can't wait to switch them out for the seasons and holidays!!


Ace wearing his new Halloween shirt!! He haaaaaated it. =^.^=


My little corner tree all decked out for halloween.. the lights are actually "candy corn" lights, and the bow I got for $1 at Joann Fabrics. I wasn't going to put a bow on but I loved it in the store and figured I can use it on the tree this year and maybe a wreath in the future!


Joann's/Target finds. My bow, a dish towel that I am in LOVE with. I love primative/country/americana stuff.. and $1 socks from Target! The bones glow in the dark, i am obsessed with making them glow and wiggling my feet around and watching them. I feel like such a little kid!

Top of my book shelf.












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9/14 shopping trips

So I decided to run out today to pick up a few things and use up some coupons.. I was a bit disappointed that I forgot my Special K coupons at home for my CVS trip, and for Walmart they were all out of the purina one beyond cat food and I couldn't find the $.97 icy hot for my coupons :( Ill have to keep checking back.

CVS trip....

Special K 3/$9
Pop $.99ea x 3
Soft Soap $2.99
Aussie $2.99
Herbal Essence $2.99
Rephresh $6.79

Total $28

used a $5/$25 Q, $9 ecbs and $9.73 in coupons

total oop = $4.06

got back $14.79 in ECBs!!! Even with forgetting the special K coupon I still defiantly made out on this one!!


Walmart
(gallon of milk not pictured)
Total $19.04

after coupons = $8.61

I wanted to use more of my cascade coupons but I didn't this trip.. and i have one more spic and span to use and tons of purina and icy hot coupons that i need to use up. this trip wasn't what I had hoped it would be .. but i really needed milk and wanted Sunny D..

Newest buys!

So I made two trips to my two local Goodwills this week.. and Walmart.. and Ross.. and still more stores coming up, but I wanted to post now before it got TOO long.
Here are my finds:


Walmart clearance shirt $3. Reg: $14! This picture doesn't do it justice since it's black, but it's really adorable on and will be great when I need to dress up or go for an interview or something.
Ross: $7.. a bit higher than I wanted to spend but again, the picture doesn't do it justice. This shirt looks SO cute on, I've tried so many of these shirts on and they never look good on me, they make me look frumpy or pregnant but this one actually looks awesome! I can't wait to wear it somewhere with a bright colored tank top underneath.
My second walmart clearance find $3, reg $14, its a silky material, so soft, so nice on.
Goodwill tshirt, I loved the colors and its a nice lounge around the house shirt.
Goodwill shirt. I found this on the "don't want" rack outside of the fitting rooms and was surprised at how cute I thought it was and how cute it actually looked on me. It has an opening in the back, not a big one though (you can see it in the picture). This will be nice to wear out and when we go to Florida. I cant wait to wear it.
Ross clearance $5. zip up hoodie. It's lightweight but super soft inside, it will be nice to wear over a plain tshirt in the fall. There was a SUPERRRRRR (and i mean super) fuzzy one for $24 that I debated getting, but I put it back.. I have a ton of fuzzy sweatshirts i really dont need another. Maybe if it was $10 I would've got it.
Goodwill long sleeved shirt from the Loft. Its a baby blue color and soooffftttt.


Non clothing items:


bunny with bendable legs and ears $.69
3 Christmas Ornaments. the cat Hallmark Keepsake one was $.99, the snowman was $.69 and the santa was $.99, the santa still has a tag on it saying it was $8.99 at Kohls. I normally dont like santas but I thought he was really cute, and the details on both the santa and snowman are just REALLY well done. I can't wait for christmas!!

For use with my christmas village.. I am slowly growing my village, and I found this with all of the pieces still included and all packaged up. The fake snow is even still all together.. I dont even think it was ever used, honestly!



I also got a bath towel and a rug at Ross both for $3 but I already had them out/put away and forgot to get pictures of them.





Thanks for looking!! :)

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First of all, if you haven't heard of, or started an account with Pinterest yet.. you NEED to.
You need an invite right now though and I have already sent a bunch of friends requests to join and they are hooked.. so if you are interested in joining please let me know and i'd be more than happy to send you an invite!

I love saving pictures of things that I love, want to do/create/etc, to a folder on my desktop. I still have yet to upload EVERYTHING that I have saved in that folder.. but i'll get there eventually.. until then I am loving the site. I get on every single day .. most of the time more than just once and will spend hours just looking at things, and pinning things and getting ideas. I adore this website.


Here are some of my recent pins:

I ADORE this piece.. I want more than anything to have something like this in my home before I die.

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How cute is this??? I love it. I think whenever we buy and move into our new home, I want this in our entry way somewhere... I just think its cute!

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A Terrarium: I want to make one (or 50) of these, so badly! I have more than enough things to make them in, and I have found SO many ADORABLE ideas. This is one of my favorite things to look up on here now, I am obsessed!

Source: etsy.com via Kristin on Pinterest

another idea that I LOVE... a bit morbid to some, but I think its lovely

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A craft idea that I REALLY want to do.. Important dates!

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Another crafty idea that I really want to do that would go along great with the important dates one.. a 'collage' of keys!

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There are SOOOOOO many other things that I have on there, and that I have yet to upload.
I would love followers on there, and will defiantly follow back as I love to peek into what other people are pinning!!!



Thank you so much for joining me and taking a peek into my pins, and I look forward to seeing you soon! =]