{weekend notes}

Happy Monday!  Hope you had a happy weekend too!  This is my thought today…Coffee (lots of it) till cocktails…lol!  I found this sweater at Target and it some how hopped in my cart as I walked by.  It’s pretty accurate!

 

Anyone else love checking the mailbox this time of year?  I get so excited to open all the Holiday cards from our family + friends.  Friday night was a good one.  Our card wall is almost full.

Friday night Bay and I planed to have a chill “stay home day”  that’s what she used to call the weekends when she was little.  Not sure why, because we never stayed home?!?!

We kicked it in our PJ’s + tested some new recipes for the blog (stay tuned…they are bomb) + watched Home Alone!!  My ultimate top Christmas movie!  I can watch it twice in a row and be completely content.

Bay helping me made a delish TJ’s soup.

Cookies…yummm!

Speaking of Christmas movies….what’s your favorite Christmas classic?

Elf?

National Lampoon’s?

The Christmas Story?

And looking at this 25 days of Christmas TV got me thinking…not only do we have 6 days left of these awesome shows, but the Holidays will be here and gone in 6 days too.  Holy cow!

 

 

Yaya Christmas…..

Instead of having it at the Stag, as I suggested.  We headed to Matchbook Winery for our get together + Favorite things exchange.

I think it’s safe to say, the setting may have been a little nicer?!?!

Not to mention the staff treated us like queens!  We moved inside to out with the weather.  They were so incredibly accommodating.  Boomerang vidoes + Christmas card photo shoots + extra pours + food sharing.

 

Pre-party sips with these babes.

I obvi wore my genuine faux fur for the occasion.  It was cold AF!

 

These are a few of my favorite things.  Anthro coffee mugs + OPI polish + Kahlua with Dutch Bros gift card + Chandon + Country Christmas CD + Chocolates and so much more.

If you’ve never been to a Favorite Things exchange…you need to change that.  So much fun and you end up with so many unique goodies at the end.

Here’s how it goes.  Set a price limit.  Each person brings their favorite thing (all the same) for each of the other girls.  We opened them one at a time together.  Lots of Oohh’s + aahh’s.

My legit favorite coffee mug + the most instagramed coffee mug was clearly my pick.

I bought cute little gift bags, but decided to scratch that idea.  They are too pretty to wrap up, if you ask me.  Cellophane + twine and done!

  Anthropologie Limited Edition Golden Monogram Mug

** currently 20% off + you can still get them in time for Christmas!!!

 

The wine flowed.

I think I personally consumed at least a gallon of the rose alone!  No joke!

 

An abundance of food.  Which I also consumed about 1/2 of.

Thanks for the coasters Nicole…they were perfect!!!

To keep shit real classy we headed to the Stag nasty.

I mean look at the beer sweaters.  You can’t find those anywhere!

3 years later and we are still getting together monthly and having a great time!  Nikki – this was for sure one of the best ideas you ever had.  Love my Yaya’s and can’t wait to see what 2017 has in store for us!!  ♥

Peace + Love + Cocktails!!

We’ve made so many Holiday traditions.  Remember I am the holiday whore.  Holidays are my thing.  And making them special is my game:)  So lame…lol!

Sunday we decided to scratch a couple off our to-do list.

We had dinner at Paragary’s.  I was really impressed.  I have no clue why I always thought Paragary’s was like an Applebee’s?   I was sooo wrong!!!

The outside area is calling my name for a spring brunch.  It’s gorgeous!

I ordered the Hand-cut rosemary Pappardelle (carb diet, I tell ya) and it was to die for.  I cleaned my plate.  My mom ordered the salmon which was equally amazing.  Bay had a kids burger + fries.

 

The Nutcracker is a tradition we started when Bailey was a toddler.  I still can’t believe she sat through the 2 hour show so young.  She couldn’t sit still as a 10-year-old last night..lol.

This time it was more special than ever before.  See those names below?

Kate + Chloe were the cutest little cherubs I’ve ever seen.  We are so proud of them ♥

Afterwards the Fab 40’s + Ricks Dessert Diner.  The lights were just as beautiful as the years past.  So many families out selling hot chocolate + snacks.  We decided to drive since we were freezing cold in our dresses.

Rick’s ice cream sundaes haven’t changed either.  HUGE!  And I think everyone is Sac had the same idea we did.  Ricks was just as packed as the fab 40’s.  We had a great time regardless.

 

We are on our last week of school + work before Christmas.  It’s going to be a shit show of a week and I can’t wait 🙂

 

xoxo stacyb