Super Bowl Sunday (Funday!) :)

I'm excited that today is Super Bowl Sunday! I can't say I'm a big fan of either team, and obviously I'm bummed that my favorite team (Redskins) are nowhere CLOSE to Indianapolis, haha...

However, I still love football and can't wait to see all of the (hopefully!) funny commercials!

One of my closest friends from college, Kim, is having a party at her adorable D.C. apartment, so I will be heading down there later today! My friend Meghan will be there and I can't wait to hang out with some of my favorite JMU girls!

This is from a few years ago when Kim, Meghan and I went to see John Mayer! I know I have more recent photos, but ah well, I'm too lazy to search through all my folders, haha!

I love these girls so much! So glad we have kept in touch over the years! :)

 

 

I will be bringing one of my favorite foods combos in the world: Spinach Dip and Pita chips!

YUM!!! SO GOOD!!

I will be rooting for the Giants, mainly because Kim is a HUGE Giants fan, and since she's one of my best friends, I'm going to help her hopefully be thrilled at the end of the game! (As if my rooting will really make the difference, hahaha!)

I hope everyone has a GREAT Super Bowl Sunday!

Holiday Blog Challenge Day 2: Favorite Holiday Tradition New or Old

It is Day 2 of Neely and Amber's Holiday Blog Challenge and today's topic is favorite holiday tradition, new or old--fun fun!

We have lots of fun traditions in my family during the Christmas season!

One of our oldest (and possibly oddest) traditions is having a traditional Christmas Eve dinner serving....Chinese food....whaaat? :) 

Haha, it sounds a little weird, but it all started years ago when my sisters and I were much younger. We were leaving the next day for a trip to visit family and my parents didn't want a lot of leftovers, so they decided we'd get Chinese take-out to make things easier as we got ready for our trip.

Well the next year rolled around and my mom asked us what we wanted for Christmas Eve dinner and we said "Chinese food of course! Duh!" and my mom said "Okayyyy, we can do Chinese again.." probably while thinking to herself what strange children she had, haha...

Every year since then, we've had Chinese food at our Christmas Eve dinner. :)

There will soon be Chinese food on these plates...yum! :)

We have other traditions too:

                                                           Decorating our tree

                                                Putting up our favorite ornaments

This is one of my favorite ornaments--I got it when I was a baby! :)

                                              Wearing pajamas all day on Christmas

This stuffed animal kitten was given to me by my mom so I would stop incessantly talking about how I wanted a kitten, even though I'm highly allergic to them..haha...it is possibly one of my favorite gifts ever ;) :)

                       Hanging our stockings with our favorite stocking hangers

                                                         I love Christmas!! :)

Getting to know me! :)

Today, I'm linking up with Kelly's Korner for SUYL--non-mom bloggers! I love reading Kelly's blog so much--it is one of my favorite!

I got this fun outline from xoxo, Mrs. Smith. It's hard to know what to write to introduce yourself for things like this, so I'm glad to have these fun questions to answer!

Guilty pleasure?
Purses and bags. I have SO many and every now and then, I try to go through them to get rid of some, but it is too hard...:( haha

I can't travel without?
Books--I love to read!

Recent splurge?
Probably my most recent splurge was tickets to see Les Miserables at the Kennedy Center. It was SO good! I love the music and the performers were awesome. I went with my mom and one of my sisters and we had a great time!

My go-to flower?
Hmm, not a huge fan of flowers (allergies make them not as much fun), but I do love roses and the color pink, so I'd say pink roses!

In bulk, I buy?
Nail polish...haha...or pita chips--Stacy's Pita Chips are the best!

I sleep on?
A double bed with a super cute zebra-striped bedspread from Delia's--I love it, even though they probably designed it for a teenage girl, haha...

Comfort food?
Pita chips, gelato, sugar cookies

For breakfast?
Not really a breakfast eater, but I usually will bring some bread and butter to snack on at some point during the morning after school has started...

For dinner?
Pasta!

Can't stop watching?
Pretty Little Liars, The Lying Game, Against the Wall (new this year and SO good!), anything on HGTV!

Best online shopping find?
I love Rue La La and Beyond the Rack--I have found some good deals on those websites! Oh and Plum District too!

Every girl should have?
A little black dress...(or several in my case!)

My style in five words?
I like clothes that are cute, fun, and comfortable.

I love wearing?
Earrings, flip-flops, Ugg Boots, sweaters, fleeces... :)

Dream job?
I love my job now (elementary school teacher), but I would also love to be an author one day!