Secret Santa Gift Swap!

Good morning y'all! Today is my Friday and I am pretty excited about that. I also can't believe that I'll be sleeping at home at mom & dad's tonight, I just love that they are just a short flight away.

Today is the big day to reveal our Secret Santa gifts from the swap hosted by Janna, Kelly, and Tabitha! My Secret Santa was the lovely Elizabeth from The Better Belle Project. She is so sweet and apparently she has gotten to know me quite well in a short amount of time because I am just in love with the gift she sent me!

You sure can learn a lot about a girl through her Pinterest page ;)

Thanks again, Liz!! xo

Next, the recipient of my gift for the swap was Heather from Heathering Heights and you can check out what I got her here! Love the pics, Heather, and so glad you enjoyed the gift and a little "taste" of Charleston.

Can't wait to leave work early today and head home to finish packing then off to CT I go!

I've never been so happy...

to be back at work today! This might sound crazy and you might think that I'm still sick for thinking this, but the fact of the matter is, I don't even want to be at my own house right now. Our house guest has long overstayed his welcome and I not happy about it. I feel disrespected and taken advantage of. S told me last night that tonight will be his last night here and he leaving tomorrow morning, but that is not soon enough.

Okay, I'm done venting. For now.

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My work Christmas party on Friday night...

 Out for drinks at Proof afterward..

I also got my first Birchbox last week, which I was very excited about :) Here is what I got:

I actually love the perfume, this is definitely something that I would consider buying full-size. The twistband is also very cool. I've been seeing these around a lot, but haven't gotten around to trying them out yet so I was very excited to get one. The shea butter cream is amazing and smells like bananas! S called me "banana-hands" lol. Also included: a rose gold-ish colored nail polish, a highlighter from Stila, and conditioning hair treatment by Kerastase. I did try the conditioning treatment over the weekend, however, I didn't really notice that big of a difference. At $61 full-price, I would never. Can't wait to get the December box soon!

In full-fledged Christmas spirit!

Many of you shared gifts that you have bought/ plan on buying for your significant other and I thought I would share what I have in mind for S. He is an avid golfer and a huge UK fan so he's not too hard to shop for :)

The first thing I thought of and am definitely getting him:

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He not so subtly hinted that he wanted one of these (he doesn't know it yet, but I was already planning on buying him a new one)

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He really needs... (the case that it is)

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I know he really wants this, but not sure if I"m going to get it for him yet..

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 A few other ideas I've had for him...

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I think this could be a great idea for a guy.. Did I mention that I recently subscribed? I'm super excited and I think a lot of guys would love to get a little package in the mail every month with some goodies to try out. Don't get me wrong though, by no means is S the metro type (totally the hunting, fishing, hiking, manly-man-type), but I think he would still secretly like this ;)

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I can't wait for S to come to Connecticut this year (I went to Kentucky last year) and we are still planning a trip to snowy Vermont for New Year's :) I still can't believe that I will be able to go home for over two weeks (16 days total). Just one more reason why I LOVE my job. I don't even think my teacher friends can say that!

He won't actually get there until a couple days after Christmas, but will still be there for at least a week. We have yet to get a tree for our apartment (it will probably be a mini tree this year) and I am sooo excited to go to the Festival of Lights at James Island County Park again this year. My favorite part is the fire pits where you can make s'mores, my favoriteeeee<3

From two years ago:

Who doesn't love Christmas lights on palm trees?

Last, but not least, tonight is the Navy Christmas Ball! I'm leaving work a little early to get ready and cocktail hour starts at 1900 sharp. There may or may not be a little pre-gaming going on before that ;) We picked out a new suit for S last night as they are not required to wear their dress uniforms to this event and he looks super sharp and handsome, can't wait!

Pictures to come!

Hope y'all enjoy your Friday and the weekend! Anyone have any fun plans???



Christmas Gift Swap!

I know it's a little early to think about Christmas since it isn't even Thanksgiving or even Halloween for that matter, but I am very excited to announce that I signed up for my first gift swap! The more the merrier, so please feel free to linkup below!

    TGIF! Hope everyone had a great week and has an even better weekend! Anyone have anything super fun planned???