Food coma

I think this year has topped all recent Christmases in the amount of food put in my belly. Which means I've found some way to be horizontal since guests left my mom's place at 9ish.

When I was younger it was worse, since sometimes we would have so many people over we would have to make it buffet-style so everyone would fit. It was a ridiculous amount of tasty treats and everything was so good you just couldn't say no. And there were multiple desserts. Not two or three - we're talking seven. And it would mostly be gone by the end of it.

Now that holidays are less zoo-like, food has been scaled back and I've found a way to stay upright. Not this time. Nope. Wine and turkey means yum-tastic sleepiness. Cheesecake means I need to be rolled everywhere.

So once everyone left, this was my view (below) and I stayed that way until I got upstairs to my old bedroom. Need to sleep this off.

And no doubt breakfast will be leftovers. Ah, the magical holiday season! Merry Christmas!

Merriment = Love and exhaustion

I has been on a pretty good run on this thing until the ultimate time-sucker came into play: Christmas. Don't, get me wrong I LOVE (it needed to be capitalized) the holiday to the point where I'm a Christmas nerd. The carols, the decorations, the good will towards men and the general festiveness of it all turns me into a Christmas Nerd, which is amazing.

But throw in everything I have to do along with it means I'm updating this page from my bed.

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Ok, so I had to stoping updating this post from bed (hence the "...") because I realised I had to meet someone to give her a gift and would be late. So let's continue.

Great news! I got all my Christmas shopping done! Last gift done - woot! I'm now celebrating by watching On Demand TV shows and teared up a bit at an episode of Parks and Recreation from a few weeks ago. Good times!

So to end off this hodge-podge of a post, Christmas festiveness via Instagram.

It's beginning to feel a lot like winter

Tonight is one of those nights where all you want to do is slap on some jogging pants, drink some hot chocolate and curl up on the couch. It's cold, wet and did I mention cold? The crisp chill of winter is in the air and I'm just not ready for it.

After tying up some loose ends for work, I trekked out in the ick weather to meet a friend for coffee. We had a great chat, but I couldn't help by think how this year went by so fast! Most of the people I know say the year has zipped right by and but it doesn't hit you until it hits you. Alright, that sounds a little nutso but it makes sense in my head. Logically, I know that it's almost November but it's as though the calendar just slapped me in the face.

Plus side: Christmas is coming! I'm almost unhealthily obsessed with the holiday. The lights, music and just warmth of the season just puts me in an uber-positive mood. The Boy even bought me my first Christmas ornament of the season. (Feel free to judge!)

I love him! He's so cute and makes me giggle.

Anyways, I hope that we get a third-wind of summer or at least an extension of fall-proper until mid-December. I refuse to bust out the winter jacket until then!