Christmas Must-Haves

Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year.  I love the decorations, time with family, movies, just the feel of everything.  

Here are my must-haves for Christmas celebrating:

Holiday pajamas- Can you really celebrate Christmas without your Christmas Jammies??  I just love putting on mine with some cozy socks or slippers and fixing a glass of eggnog or a mug of hot chocolate and watching a Christmas movie.  

Christmas candles- There is just something about burning a candle in the fall and winter season that instantly makes your house more cozy.  Bath and Bodyworks is my favorite place to pick up candles.  

Christmas Sweater- spread some Holiday cheer with a cute Christmas sweater.  I love to wear crazy ones on the days leading up till Christmas just to feel festive.  I love the one from Aeropostale that I picked up last year on super clearance.  

Fuzzy Slippers- I hate having cold feet so these slippers are perfect. Mine are American Eagle and they are super fuzzy, sparkly, and have a big bow!   

Christmas Movies- It just isn't Christmas until you have watched your favorite Christmas movies.  My absolute must see movies are The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Santa Clause and Home Alone.  If you want to see my other favorites check out my post here.  

Christmas Socks- Feeling festive down to your toes.  Seriously how cute are the socks from Target this year??

Christmas Mugs- I am a mug hoarder...it's so bad.  Christmas mugs are a favorite of mine.  I love warm drinks (coffee, tea, hot chocolate, cider, etc) and sipping them out of a Christmas mug just feels so festive and fun. I am in love with these reindeer mugs.  Each one has a different reindeer and they are just adorable.  

Five Things Friday

Five Things Friday is back...probably not a regular thing....I just had a couple things to share that I have been loving this week:

1. Clif Bar Energy Bar, White Chocolate Macadamia Nut : I picked a box of these up at Big Lots for $4 and I have been eating them for breakfast.  They are delicious!  I seriously tastes like you are eating a cookie and I'm all about desserts for breakfasts :)

2. Maybelline New York Color Sensational Color Elixir Lip Color, Rose Redefined : I got this in my Target Beauty Box and I have been using it so much!  This is such a perfect lip color.  It is a glossy lip stick that feels good and lasts.  It's a gloss but it's not sticky feeling.  I love this color and its one I probably wouldn't have picked up myself because it is a little darker but I love it on my lips.  The packaging is so cute as well.  

3. Pretty Petals by Ellen Tracy : I picked up this scent at Ross for $7.99 because I heard it was a dupe for Miss Dior Cherie.  While it's not exact I really like the scent.  Don't be scared when you first spray it because it is super strong but it quickly mellows down to a beautiful sweet feminine scent.  And how cute is that bottle?  

4. 17 Kids and Counting : OK guys I know I am slow to the party on this one but I just didn't think I would be into this show...I just randomly started watching it one day and oh man I'm hooked on the Duggars.  I just find them so interesting how they live and deal with so many children.  They are just a sweet family and really down to earth.  I thought they would be kinda weird but I totally feel like we could hang out.  

5. Honest Tea Half and Half : This was another Big Lots find (seriously I love that place for cheap different food).  This has great flavor and isn't too sweet.  It only has 70 calories per serving and I am loving it! 

What have you guys been loving this week?

Five Things Friday

1. Cinderella: Ahh guys I had the chance to go back to my parents house last week and spend some time with my family.  While I was there I went to the movies with my mom and sister to see Cinderella.  This movie was absolutely wonderful.  It was such a beautiful movie in the scenery and the characters and ahhh everything was magical.  I absolutely loved Lily James as Cinderella and thought she was beautiful and perfect.  If you haven't seen it go, it is the best Cinderella I have seen by far!  I'm hoping I can talk my husband into going with me to see it again...

2. Kellogg's Special K Special Protein Cereal - Cinnamon Brown Sugar Crunch : I got this cereal to try and it is one of my new favorite snacks...seriously I like it better dry than with milk.  I'll eat it right out of the box like popcorn or put it in a bag and take it to work.  It is perfectly sweet and the texture is great, super crunchy.  

3. Leopard flats: I picked these up recently on a trip to Walmart to pick up oil for my car...somehow I wound up with shoes too.  Seriously these were $5 on clearance and they are some of the most comfortable flats I own. 

4. Hoofers Choice Top Coat: I saw this on instagram a few months ago and finally got around to picking it up at Sally's.  This is the best top coat around!  It is less than $5 and it is absolutely amazing!  This stuff dries fast and lasts.  I put it on over one of my regular cheaper nail polishes and it lasted a week.  Yes it says it's for horses hooves but hey if it works it works.  

5. Batter Dispenser: I have had this for a few months now and I am obsessed with it.  I really don't know how I ever baked without it.  Seriously it makes things SO much easier, you just pour your batter into the dispenser and then you are able to easily and evenly distribute the batter.  I love making pancakes with it!  

What have you guys been loving this week?

Five Things Friday

Five Things Friday by erin-rucker-richardson featuring a grey nail polish

1. Love Me Like You Do by Elli Goulding: I did not get one this band wagon because it is on the Fifty Shades CD, I love Ellie Goulding and fell in love with this song on its own accord.  Her harmonies are great and I just love the sound, different but still something I love! 

2. Parenthood: Oh Parenthod, I can't believe they are ending this show!  I started watching in college and then got my husband hooked and it is probably one of my favorite shows ever.  I love the Braverman family and this show really has a way of making you feel a part of the family.  You hurt when they hurt and you are happy when they are happy.  If you haven't ever watched it please do!  I'm not a parent but I love parenthood! 

3.Brother PE700II Embroidery Machine with USB Port: I mentioned this in a few blog posts a while back.  I got an embroidery machine on Black Friday from overstock and I used it a little but sill didn't know how to work it.  Well I recently figured things out and have now been monogramming everything in our house...seriously all my jackets and sweatshirts and towels...ahhh I am in heaven with being able to do my own monograms!! 

4.The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella: I just started reading this and it is hilarious.  I have read a lot of Sophie Kinsella's books before and she is always so funny and makes situations that are ridiculous but still very relatable and down to earth.  

5.essie nail polish in Merino Cool: I love a good gray in the winter and this one is so pretty.  It has a purple shade to it that adds a nice touch.