Oh Christmas Tree

I spent this Sunday with the family at Grandma's house (definitely one of my
top 10 places to be at any given time). It was the cookie exchange and tree decorating day : ) As always, we unloaded box after box of ornaments, and tried basically every kind of cookie...* YUMMY! So many different kinds!!

My family, and Laura is home!!

The Does
The Bucks

Mike and I

Girls Dinner 2008

Keeping up with tradition Alyssa, Marianne, Rachel, and I went out for our Winter Girls Dinner this past Saturday... It was perfect. All 4 of us together, lots of wine, tons of gossip, and cute little Lewiston. This time we went to Apple Granny's and Brickyard. Definitely a good time.


Why order a glass of wine if you have the option to order a caraffe (thats not spelled right, but im too tired to fix it...)

Charles Dickens Christmas

Head to Skaneateles, NY anytime between Thanksgiving and Christmas to check out their Charles Dickens Christmas, complete with lots of actors walking around : ) Totally cute town, even though we were there when it was pouring sleet. GROSS!!

This was just a pretty Christmas tree out at the end of a fishing pier...

Notre Dame!

November 21-22 I went to Notre Dame with Mike, Davis, and Shannon, for the Notre Dame vs. Syracuse game. It was actually a pretty quick trip down, despite our tire with a hole in it... Needless to say, Mike was not very happy that every 1.5 hours we had to stop for air... Yikes. If I have to spend lots of hours in a car, those 3 are some of the best people I could think of to spend it with, plus I don't get to see them nearly enough, so it was great :) Too bad Notre Dame lost the game in the 4th quarter. Just being on campus was amazing!!
The campus is incredible, and the traditions give you goosebumps!! Totally worth the trip if you can ever go down!!









The Grotto* Absolutely beautiful, during the day and night.

The Stadium, and you can see touchdown Jesus in the distance!Stadium on the way out.The band getting ready for the team to come in. I have video of them playing a few songs, ask if you want to see!The Basilica.

Black Friday Madness

When I was younger, cousins Melissa, Steph, and I used to go out at 6 or 7am with Cathy for Black Friday shopping at the Galleria. We used to buy a few presents for ourselves or others and usually help her pick out a super cute outfit to wear on New Years Eve. Such good memories. Then I started working at Gap senior year. So Black Friday's during my college years were spent working at the Niagara Falls Outlet mall, and now that I'm done there, Black Friday means shopping with my girls :) This year Alyssa, Marianne and I headed out at 4am and shopped til noon at Galleria, and every store imaginable on Transit, and then the good ol' Lockport Mall : ) And finished the morning with a lunch with Mr. Brooks at the Fieldstone* Check out Marianne's car overflowing with our great deals!!
Totally worth it :) Less than 355 days til next time!! WOOHOO!

Thanksgiving Fun*

I'm always a fan of Thanksgiving, because it is the most low-key of the holidays... At least for me... I guess when I'm the one cooking everything, I'll probably retract that statement.. But really, in my world, you wake up, check out all the ads, watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, then go to Grandma Heim's, then to Grandma Wuff's super warm house, look at some more ads, eat the skin off the turkey, pig out on everything imaginable, then slip into a food induced coma :) All in all a great day! This year, went a little different... I went out in Fairport with Mike and his friends (who are awesome*) and was sleeping by 1... Too bad, the stomach flu I had been successfully been fighting off, finally got the best of me that night... Which is why I dont understand the phenomenon of getting wasted Thanksgiving Eve. Who really wants to be sick and hungover when there is so much food? Anyways, missed watching the parade, since I was driving home at that time. Went to Grandma Heim's, then Grandma Wuffs, where for the first time ever we ate super early because our 29 lb. Tom the Turkey decided to cook way too fast. Too bad for him, that he was the most beautiful looking turkey ever, because he lost his skin in about 5 minutes flat... If that. And the skin is GONE!

It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!

Wow. Almost a month between blogs. I am NOT good at this. But I've been busy! Very, very busy!! Between traveling to Notre Dame, home for Thanksgiving, trips to Brockport, a Baptism in Syracuse, parent teacher conferences, and craziness at school, and then on top of it, my computer battery and adapter going, I haven't had much time or have been able to post. But I'm borrowing an adapter so here come the pictures! I've been busy this week/weekend decorating for CHRISTMAS. My absolute favorite time of the year. Not because of the presents. But for the whole season, the traditions, and the feeling you get : ) I LOVE IT!

Now that I live in a nice big apartment.. I have 2 Christmas trees... (well actually 4 if you count my mini tree, and our silver WhoVille Ikea Trees...) Here are some pictures of my living room :)