random

Tomorrow, the in-laws arrive and I'm already feeling the stress. The one thing I'm really looking forward to? Black Friday. I love Black Friday, but until then, here are some random things I've picked up the last few weeks.

1. This beautiful scarf from Gap. I picked it up during a Friends & Family sale and I just love it. It's awesome.

2. This candle from YC. Normally I got for a traditional Christmas scent, but this year, this one just said "buy me".

3. This beautiful necklace, I love this necklace. It is a gift from Tom because of some good news we recently received. It's currently on it's way to my house. Check out Candy's etsy store, it's one of my faves.

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new moon

I'm so excited for tonight.

I need to finish reading the last few chapters of this for the 5th time.

Then watch this again for the 100th time.

To be ready for this tonight. Can't wait.

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Cruise!

Tom and I took the leap and booked our first cruise. From January 10-17th, we will be on our first real vacation since our honeymoon 3.5 years ago! To say we are excited is an understatement. I've never thought of us as cruise people, but the opportunity to get away for a while was too much to resist.

Have any of you been on a cruise before? Any tips? What did you do on the ship during the day?

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love

I'm in love with this sweater. If only I had an extra $128 laying around...

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pumpkin carving

So, we didn't get to have our pumpkin carving contest. Tom had a major paper due today and he was a bit busy all last week. We usually do "elaborate" pumpkins, but this year I kept it simple. I just sketched out "Happy Halloween" on some paper and went to it.

I hope you all had a very Happy Halloween! We spent the night at home passing out candy and watching Ghost Hunters, such a perfect evening for us!

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November Goals

It's time to check in with my October Goals and see how I did. Can you guys believe it's November? I sure as heck can't! For some reason, I still feel like we should still be in the summer months. This year has gone so fast! Though, I do love November and December.

OCTOBER GOALS

1. Get back into a good running routine.

DONE! I even got a gym membership because I didn't want to run in the cold. I'm a baby like that ;).

2. Head to Homestead Farm with Tom for some apple and pumpkin picking.

DONE, I blogged about it here. We had a great time, one of my favorite Fall things to do.

3. Use my awesome camera and get some great Fall shots.

DONE! I'll hopefully be sharing those this week if I can get my butt in gear!

4. Have a pumpkin carving contest with Tom.

Sadly, this was a fail. Tom has a major paper due today and wasn't able to battle it out with me. I did manage to carve a quick pumpkin for us and I'll share that later today.

All in all, not too bad. Now, what about November?

NOVEMBER GOALS

1. Keep going to the gym. I'm on a roll with 5 days a week for the past 4 weeks. I want to keep that up.

2. Clear out all the leaves from our backyard.

3. Research composting. Our county is giving out free compost bins and I need to read about it and maybe give it a shot.

4. Get the house ready for our Thanksgiving guests.

5. Cook a great Thanksgiving meal, this is my third year and I'm fairly certain I'm getting better. I'm definitely not my mom, but I'm getting there.

6. BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING! One of my favorite traditions since I was little and I love going out every year. It really kicks off the Christmas season for me.

7. Put up and Christmas tree and decor while drinking hot chocolate and watching a Christmas movie.

What about guys? What are you goals?

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