-Penguins and Tupperware

Guys. I have a problem and I'm ready to admit it.

I.Love.Penguins. When I say that, I don't mean: " Oh, they're cute to look at" I mean if anything, anything, I see in a store has a penguin on it, it's immediately on my must purchase list.

As I talked about here and here as soon as Christmas hits, I have crafting fever. Honestly, it might be more accurate to call it the crafting plague, because nothing exists until I've had my fill of it. 

Needless to say, when I was in Wal-Mart the other night wandering aimlessly through aisles and aisles of Christmas heaven, I happened upon these beauties:

 

I was in love! Immediately I began thinking of all the different and delicious treats I could stuff into these containers. Including, Buckeyes, Reindeer Cookies, Chocolate Covered Gold Pretzels and Peppermint Truffles! 

Although I have to wait a bit before I can start on those projects (I don't plan on giving out these gifts until closer to Christmas) I have started several DIY crafts in the meantime for B and for my family! 

**all photos picture are personal unless otherwise stated!**

-James Bond and Christmas

As I'm sure I've talked about before, in addition to Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones, B is obsessed with James Bond.

Image via: www.google.com

After much debate, I finally just decided that he needed this now. So, although it is part of his christmas present, it's already in his possession! I know, I know, I'm a sucker. 

In all seriousness, he's been debating purchasing this set since it came out about two months ago,which meant I'd either have to convince him to not purchase it ( a dead giveaway) or come up with another idea. After much, much debate I decided the easiest way for both of us was to start Christmas a little early and let him have it.

To say he loved it would be an understatement. I'm pretty sure he sleeps with it under his pillow. (Only joking....maybe). 

However, after this change in plans, I've now added some DIY crafts to give when we actually do a gift exchange. 

As I've briefly(or not so briefly) mentioned in other posts, our birthdays happen to fall within a month of each other. For his birthday this year, I had made a Jurassic Park Card:

While I am obviously NOT a supremely talented artist, I'd like to think I did fairly well on the front! The T-Rex was more or less just for fun (; 

Part of a tradition I've had for a long time is hand-making cards for people. I love knowing that each card they get will be unique to them. For me, it's always been a way to show someone how much they mean to me. So it's not secret that his Christmas card will be made, not bought. 

Has anyone else started Christmas shopping early? Have you had to change your original plans?

**all photos in this post are personal unless otherwise stated**

-birds of a feather

Have you ever had one of those days where everything seems, well, perfect? For the first time in nearly a year it seems as though everything is finally getting back to where it's supposed to be. 


I have an amazing boyfriend and every single day with him I become more profoundly aware of this fact. B is my best friend, which is so important in a relationship. We spend hours talking about everything in our lives, ranging from complaining about work to our future plans. We've even been known to spend entire days just laying in bed watching our favorite t.v. shows or doing our own things(me doing homework and B playing video games). Recently, we've started looking forward to getting our apartment and starting our life together.  I can honestly say that I want to spend the rest of my life with this man and I cannot wait to start our lives together!

"what we have is uncommon and I've never been happier"

As if that isn't reason enough to be happy,

School is finally starting to get back on track and sort itself out! After an awful semester taking classes through Ivy Tech, I've finally decided to attend another University with better credentials and is closer to home. I'm excited to take this leap in continuing my college education and hopefully finally decide on a major. Do you know how frustrating it is to know that you want to go to law school, but not to know what you want to do in the mean time? It's not like money falls from trees and law school is ridiculously expensive, in case you wondered. 


And even more reasons to be happy,

I recently moved up in my position in my job. As I've written here before, I was incredibly frustrated in my job and I was just about ready to move on. As I began the quest for a new job, that involved several fantastic interviews, before luck and the perfect timing combined to give me the opportunity to move into a new position with more responsibility. I'm thankful for this chance to continue growing in a company I love and admire. 



All in all, I guess you could say that despite the onset of dear ol' mister winter so early in the season, things have never been sunnier in Indiana! 


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