Secret Santa Swap Reveal!

Today is the big day and I am so excited to link up with the wonderful ladies who organized this gift swap.  Santa must have been a very busy guy lately because there are so many fun gifts flying around between bloggers!

I had a lot of fun shopping for my recipient, Desiree, over at All At Once.   Desiree lives in one of my favorite cites, San Francisco, and is a mom to 2 cute little boys.  She is expecting her 3rd (another boy!) in a few months! It's been fun blog stalking her and getting to know more about her.

Hop over there to see what I got for her.  :-)  

My Secret Santa came through big time!  This mustard infinity scarf arrived (from Kiki La' Rue!) a couple weeks ago and I have worn it 3 times already!  It matches quite a few of my work outfits PERFECTLY and is really soft, warm, and comfy!   Whoever you are, thanks Santa!!  (Sorry no pics of me in it, I have had a sinus thing for a few days and did not get my act together to model it.) 

 

Big thanks to Janna, Kelly, and Tabitha for organizing this.  

It was a lot of fun!  I hope we can do it again next year.  :-) 

Holiday Talk...Already?!

I know many of us would agree that it might be a bit soon to start discussing anything even remotely Christmas/holiday related.  (Am I right??)

BUT...it takes time to organize a good thing so the smart ones get started early.

                   Oooh, pretty tree.  :-)

                          Source: 33shadesofgreen.blogspot.com via Lisa on Pinterest

Smart ones, like Janna!! (and her co hosts Kelly and Tabitha) These ladies recently announced a gift swap they are putting together.  Sounds fun to me!  I am really trying to make an effort to be more social in the blogging community, so this should be a great way to jump in.  Jenna's post said they are going to do this Secret Santa style, so it will be fun secretly stalking whoever I am chosen to give to.  :-)  There is a very reasonable price limit, so the point is really just to get to know other bloggers and get a nice little surprise in the mail.  You can click on the button below if you are interested in signing up.

Two other smart girls (Erin and Jessah) are planning an ornament swap.
I love this because I love Christmas trees!  I love coming home during the holiday season and plugging in the lights.  We've always collected one or two new ornaments each year that we have been dating, so it will be fun to get a surprise ornament from someone far away (or maybe nearby! who knows...!) to add to our tree. 

I give all of these ladies props for being in charge of all the logistics of this kind of thing!  I've signed up for both and am already looking forward to shopping for my "swap buddies" and seeing what might arrive in my mailbox!  

Thanks to all of these smart and plan-ahead kind of girls,
I am going to be all set (EARLY!) for Christmas. 

Now if I can just think of something to do for Halloween....  
Since I am super UN-creative, I am thinking something like these pumpkins below.  
I can, at least, poke holes in things!!  :-)  

Source: google.com via Heather on Pinterest