seven days of {smiles}.

seven days of smiles this week.

it was a long week for me, and looking back,

i realize i had so many tiny miracles going on around me,

that i want to reflect on what made me smile.

1. {monday} -- i got my hair done. that was a major smile. and then i had a blast at f.h.e. afterwards! 

2. {tuesday} -- watched t.v. with some darling little kids all five of them wanting to sit on my lap.

3. {wednesday} -- attended not one but two christmas parties. loved spending time with my relief society girls, and then laughing with sissykins' co-workers at her work party.

4. {thursday} -- boo's first piano recital ever. and then, my visiting teachers spent 2 hours at my house. we sat on the floor and ate tater tots with sissykins' a-maz-ing fry sauce, they gave us pez dispensers for christmas!

5. {friday} -- went visiting teaching (for 2+ hours) and made some incredible new friends. we're talking incredible. played twilight scene it for the first time ever (and won might i add! - although i would have had fun no matter what.)

6. {saturday} -- drank some hot cocoa after a very long day, and then watched an episode of ugly betty with sissykins.

7. {sunday} -- woke up to find one of my out-of-town cousins at my house (always a joy.) and then after church and dinner we watched i'll be home for christmas which was an early christmas present to me!

so grateful for such awesome blessings in my life.

thank you to everyone who has made me smile this week.

here comes the sun,

joll old st.nicholas, please add this to your bag...

i feel so greedy.

i keep finding stuff that would be incredible to have.

but you know, these are all just suggestions st. nick.

i trust your judgment as always.

so last night i realized:

i need these:

{randomly i already have season 4.}

thanks santa. you're the best.

baby its cold outside,


{lets talk about pics shall we. i found season one here, season two here, season three here, and season five here. but i looked here first. always.}

jolly old st. nicholas, sorry to bother you AGAIN but...

i know we already spoke about this.

and i know you already said "not this year."

but keep in mind for next year,

I'd like one of these:

{a weinheimer ♥}

and two of these:

{finches ♥}

... oh, and i'm still gunning for one of these:

{a green puffer fish with black spots ♥}

go visit the cockpit.
tell them its your birthday,



{pictures found: weinheimer, finch, puffer fish. but not whithout you know what!}

what treasures! (jolly old st. nick part 3!!!)

{oh.} {my.} {gosh.}

i went to walmart today, and saw these two little treasures that...

i'm sorry but i'm just going to have to add them to my christmas list.

even though they are miley cyrus' line,

i feel i just have to have them!

(i sound so selfish and spoiled! really i'm not.

i just appreciate good clothing when i see it.)

i absolutely love dresses. - especially mildly frilly ones such as these!

"l" is for the way i'd look in those dresses,

{i sneakily snapped those photos with my sidekick. because apparently you aren't supposed to take pics of walmart merchandise. so shhhhhhhhh.}

jolly old st. nicholas, i almost forgot

remember my christmas list?

i forgot some stuff.

and i can't believe i did!

so here, to make up for it:

{books.}

specifically, the percy jackson and the olympians series by rick roirdan

and the books of bayern series by shannon hale

(i already have goose girl. i just need enna burning, river secrets, and forest born.)

(okay seriously if you haven't read either of these series, you need to get on it. i literally couldn't put them down. literally. get down to the local library and check them out!)

and

{perfume.}

this kind:

daisy by marc jacobs

i love you a bushell and a peck,


{i found those pics here. what a nice site to have all of what i need right at my finger tips. *sigh*}

can i just say?

i just got back from kohl's with my {madre}.

i picked out some of my christmas presents.

can i just say "hip hip hooray!"?

cause i'm {so} excited.

dear christmas:

please come quick.

cause i want to {wear} my presents!

love, you-know-who

love, you-know-who,

jolly old st. nicholas, lean your ear this way.

(cautin. this may be a picture overload zone. read at your own risk.)
christmas is coming! christmas is coming!

so, what's on my list this year?

i'll show you.

a few items anyway:

{headbands.}

so not only do i love naomi/taza's blog, i love her head bands too.

she hand makes them.

its incredible.

(and she models them too. what a talented woman!)

those are 3 of my faves, although really all of them are INCREDIBLE.

(if you went to the link for taza's headbands you can see all these items are SOLD OUT but guess what? i still want them anyway.)

{room decor.}

- string lights 

(either flowers or birds or japanese lantern styled. or even just white.)
- cool lamps/chinese lanterns like the ones found here and here 
- and pretty much ANYTHING from urban outfitters.com (apartment section).

{clothes/shoes.}
- specifically vans authentics.

(in red, grey, navy, or green)
- dresses. (or patterns for dresses so i can make them!)

- cardigans like this one or this one.
- shirts.

- and please. please. riding boots. like the brown ones found here.

{jewelry/accesories.}

charlotte russe.

forever 21.

h&m.

urban outfitters.

(okay so accessories being hats, purses, belts, scarvs, headwear, tights... yeah.)

and {a gym membership.}

(i need to get buff.)

what are you asking for this year??

and a partridge in a pear tree,

{whew! lots of pics. and here's where i found them: taza headbands, string lights, vans, dresses&shirt)