Happy Thanksgiving!

It's time to put this guy away and start getting out the Christmas stuff!
I have candles burning in the front windows already, but the scarecrow and mailbox may stay the way they are until it warms up on Saturday. Brrr! The mountains are expecting a dusting of snow tonight.

35 Shopping Days!

It's time to get busy!

Finally, flowers!

My good friend, Beth, graciously gave me this Royal Ruby vase from her late dad's depression glass collection. It's been sitting on my kitchen counter, patiently waiting for some flowers. It now holds some, at last!

October's on it's way out

and Christmas is just around the corner! I remembered to squirrel away my Christmas savings for this month. My charity of the month however, wound up being my class reunion! I spent a small fortune on decorations and people searches. It was well worth it! Everybody who attended seemed to have a great time, so much so that those of us who can are getting together at a classmate's restaurant on Thursday.

There's nothing like seeing the people you grew up with!

Mmmmm, it smells like Christmas!

It's been unseasonably cool and rainy here today, so I hunted out a "cinnamon roll" candle and lit it. It didn't just smell like fall, it smelled like Christmas!

A little early shopping

Which reminds me, I renewed gift subscriptions for my mom, my mother-in-law and my daughter. I do this every year as part of their Christmas gifts.

Instead of an order

When I received an invitation from my little neighbor's school to buy magazines, I declined. Instead, I took her a check for a donation to her school. The school will get all of that money, and I don't have another magazine subscription that I don't want.