Christmas Day

We had a pretty mellow christmas day at our house. My hubs' family came over for dinner and pressies. My MIL made some yummy pies and we ate waaaaaay too many cookies. We made a double batch of chocolate chip & chocolate chip walnut, 1 of butterscotch almond, 1 peanut  blossom, 1 chocolate peppermint. They all turned out pretty good. I dont know if I'll make the chocolate ones again. I'm not a big fan of chocolate cookies. I did get a set of "A Christmas Story" themed cookie cutters for Christmas so I will have to make another batch of sugar cookies to test those out. The original outfit I was going to wear...didn't fit. Actually I'm concerned it won't ever fit, I bought it for post baby but its now too small in the bust...and I'm just going to get bigger from here. Hmmm...I guess we'll see. So I ended up wearing a dress/tunic I got last christmas that I dont usually wear but its nice and  comfortable for being prego in.

Sweater:vintage, thrifted
Dress:Macy's (christmas pressie last year)
Tights:Hue (Macy's)
Shoes:Payless

The tights honestly, didn't last long. They're not maternity tights and although they fit ok...I can't spend all day in them so I switched to a pair of maternity jeans.

I'm official in my 3rd trimester now 28 weeks..although it looks more like I should be in my 9th month. Its getting hard to find things that fit around my belly for more than a few weeks. I've been very fortunate to have an easy pregnancy, I'm proud to have a big healthy baby an if that means people are going to tell me how big I am all the time, well I'm sure it'll be worth it.

My Xmas Wish List

Here is my overly expensive christmas wishlist. Full of the prettiest things in my favorites and all way more than I can afford (especially with a baby on the way) but hey, that's what wish lists are for, right?

 beautiful patchwork skirt/top set from 13 Bees

 Strawberry and leaves bakelite necklace ChezVous

 Absolutely killer knit cat suit from Fab Gabs..

 Lovely carved wood acorn and leaf necklace from Pinguim

 Unpainted chalkware busts from LeFemmeModerne

 Big bow scarf from SusannahBean Handmade

 Cherry bakelite necklace from PrimativePincushin

 Cherry embroidered cardigan from TwinHeartsVintage

 Lovely pink maternity jacket (this would be so nice right now) MyFavoriteVintage

 The perfect skirted swimsuit from TwilaJeanVintage...I am going to cry so hard when this sells. I've always wanted a skirted swimsuit in my size.

 The grand total for my wish list is $1956.99...nearly $2000 of vintage (and handmade) beauties! If I had the money I would buy them all right now...but we've got a baby to prep for so these purchases are a long way away.

Enjoy the weekend, there is a Holiday Sale happening in my shop this week. 20% off.

One Exhausting Christmas

one exhausted kitty

As you know yesterday was christmas and my hubs had to work. Then when he got home we packed up the car with I don't even know how many presents, we really went all out this year and headed over to Idaho to spend christmas with his family. When we got there we scrambled to get all the presents under the tree before the rest of the family showed up. Once everyone got there it was crazy, tons of presents, tons of pictures, some tears and lots of laughs :) I finally got to give the new family all the gifts I had bought them (like this print, custom ornaments from this shop: cake, custom teddy bear and a custom "nana's little peanut" ornament for my MIL (the seller liked it so much she put it in her shop), these wall hangings, this amazing blanket, which they loved and these custom bibs) Seriously...all the custom things I bought were from AMAZING sellers. So if you're looking for great custom baby stuff, I would check out the shops I listed, easy to work with and really really friendly. I WILL be buying a bunting print again for the next baby in the family..I LOVE them!
Well anyway...then we had to get ready for a potluck style dinner with my sister in law's family...well we were expecting just her family...but it turned out all the neighbors were there too and I an not exactly comfortable in that kind of situation. I totally lost my appetite from the stress of having so many people around so we escaped downstairs where I got to hold my chubby little niece while she napped and then once everyone cleared out we went back upstairs for some pie..well I had a couple bites but I couldn't really eat anything because of the sleepy baby...totally worth it. Shortly after we went back to the mother in law's place where my husband napped and I watched TV..all together a pretty exhausting christmas. But we all decided next year christmas will be at our house. When we got home the hubs and I watched Christmas Vacation and both fell asleep pretty early...we were both pooped.
My outfit for christmas was cute though...I finally got to wear my Cars dress from MissFarfalla. I paired it with my brooch from RaleighVintage and my plaid flats from this post, a yellow belt (my hubs picked out) and my skin-tone fishnets. Today I think I'll hit up an after christmas sale for some tights today so I can wear my dresses more.

My hubs and I exchanged mostly nerdy gifts. Star wars related of course. I got him star wars and mario shirts as well as this SHWEET Left 4 Dead mobile from Salty and Sweet on etsy. Its soo cool. I want to get the star wars one next. My hubs got me star wars jammie pants, an R2-D2 collector plate from '87 and a cute little R2 to put on my desk at work that makes noises :) I ♡ me some Star Wars! My niece is getting so big now. I can't believe she is already over a month old. Time flies don't cha know. Here she is all packed up and ready to head home, it had been a long day for her too. She caught a cold from her daddy. Poor little thing.
I hope you all had a great holiday.
I almost forgot to mention I'm having a 35% off sale today until midnight so get your after xmas deals while you still can ;)

Christmas Spirit

Elvgren pin up courtesy of google image search
One of my favorite parts of the Holidays are the songs that go along with it. I can't stand to hear them any other time of the year...but around November through the end of December I can't get enough of them. I've decided to count down my top 10 all time favorite Christmas songs...and I do hope you'll share your favorites with me!

10. Blue Christmas - Elvis
09. Marshmallow World - The Rat Pack
08. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
07. Have Yourself A Merry little Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald or Judy Garland (its a tie)
06. Baby, Its Cold Outside - Dean Martin
05. Mele Kalikimaka - Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
04. I've got my love to keep me warm - Dean Martin
03. Last Christmas - Wham!
02. White Christmas - Bing Crosby
and my number one, all time favorite christmas song is....
01. Santa Baby - Ertha Kit

Honorable Mentions:
Lonely This Christmas - Mud
The Christmas Waltz - Frank Sinatra
Winter Wonderland - Dean Martin
Rudolph , The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Dean Martin or Bing Crosby
The Christmas Song - Sammy Davis Jr.
Jingle Bells - Bing Crosby