Why hello!
We had a lovely time Saturday night at my friend Jenn’s birthday. And guess what? Not a drop of alcohol touched these lips. I know, crazier things have happened! I was proud of myself and I felt like a million bucks this morning. It was a good thing too because Sunday was all about the Christmas shenanigans!
But first, a few exciting things to mention:
1) Glo Bakery Sale! The newest Glo Bar to hit the streets- PRESENT (Cranberry Pumpkin Spice)- is on sale 25% off now until Monday night! Click here for more info.
2) Review Glo Bars! For those of you who have sampled some Glo Bars, I encourage you to review the flavours that you sampled! All you do is click on the flavour of your choice and click on the box in the bottom left hand corner that says ‘write a review’. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to rate the bars! :) Reviews have been coming in over the weekend, so be sure to check them out (bottom left hand corner will say ‘read reviews’) on each flavour’s page.
3) Christmas Gifts: Don’t forget you can pre-order your Christmas packs and gift certificates now!
4) Monday Guest Post: My Peanut Butter Coconut Swirl pancakes are making a come-back with my guest post over at Danica’s Daily! Head on over on Monday to check it out.
5) Whittle My Middle: Check out how I have been doing with Whittle My Middle and my cardio workouts here and here.
6) Project Feed Me: Week 6 and Week 7 items are up!
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Back to our Christmas shenanigans!
Eric and I set a goal for ourselves this year- to finish our Christmas shopping by December 1st!
I know, I know. We are crazy.
With me being so busy with the bakery and him so busy with work and renovations on the house, we knew we had to get the shopping done with ASAP.
I also have a lofty goal of having all of my Christmas cards out by Dec 1st. Eek!
Our first stop was Costco, where we obliterated an entire family’s gift list. ;) Mom, Pop, Son, Daughter. Done like dinner!
Let’s take a brief moment to talk about the Costco wrapping paper, shall we?
For those of you who also buy it, you know it is the best bang for your buck. It lasts many a gift and is a mere $11.96 CAD.
Well guess what I discovered today as I wrapped my first gift?
Costco’s wrapping paper is now DOUBLE SIDED!
Just look! Two patterns for the price of one.
Genius!
I wrapped the 4 gifts we purchased and promptly placed them under the tree…
but not without a little kiss under a missing mistletoe. ;)
The second thing I am dying to tell you about:
This sparkling tea-light centrepiece is quite possibly the best $15 CAD I have ever spent in my entire life. It’s from Costco too.
Isn’t that beautiful?? It makes me so happy!
I got the last one. I could see all the evil glares from my fellow shoppers. ;)
While I was busy doing the gift thang (I also bought 4 gifts online), Eric was busy outside doing the Christmas light thang. After searching through Wal-Mart, Costco, Crappy Tire, Home Deport, and Home Hardware, we found that Costco and Home Hardware had the best prices for Christmas lights.
We did our math and discovered that it would be much cheaper for us to buy spotlights instead of traditional string Christmas lights. It turned out fabulous.
Ugly Christmas Sweater Party!
Eric and I are hosting our first official UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER PARTY on December 18th.
As you might guess, everyone wears a fabulously ugly Christmas sweater to the party!
I looked at a few invites online and followed suit:
You’re invited to rock around the Christmas tree
In your ugliest holiday sweater!Only those wearing an ugly
sweater will be admitted to the party! Turtlenecks, ugly Christmas sweaters, reindeer antlers, santa hats, flannel PJ’s, slippers..etc..all welcome!
Fabulous PRIZES awarded to the best MALE and best FEMALE ugly sweater get-up.Rules are as follows:
1) If you don’t dress up don’t bother showing up. ;)
2) Mustaches optional but highly encouraged!
3) BYOB + 1 ugly snack
4) Feel free to stay overnight. Bring pillows and blankets and let us know when you RSVP if you will be staying over. No one is leaving the party without a DD!!!
Kindly RSVP to this invite by Dec. 1st, 2009.
Hope to see you uglier than ever on Dec 18th!
Ange & Eric
We are quite excited and we will get to work on our sweaters this week with a trip to Value Village (thrift shop). The best part of all is that I don’t have to worry about what I am going to wear or spend money on a party dress that I don’t need. ;)
Do you have a Christmas sweater? Or know someone who rocks them every season? Have you ever been to an Ugly Sweater party??
I used to rock the Christmas sweaters during my youth. Sadly, I don’t have any of them anymore. It is too bad because they probably would still fit..they are huge!
Ugly sweater parties are the BEST! We did that in college :) I do love me a pretty holiday party dress, however :)
I’ve been to an ugly Christmas sweater party. It was super fun. I found my sweater at Kmart for $4.99! Great invite!
Ha! I love the ugly sweater party idea! Hilarious!
I love Costco! Those center lights are gorgeous! I plan on hitting up a Costco in the Philadelphia after thanksgiving before coming back home. I actually think the closest Costco to me is in Toronto. Weird, right?
Nope, none for me, but that is probably due to the fact that I am Jewish. But I have seen some of my friends go out in some questionable Christmas attire. I look forward to scoping out the scene here on the base. I am one of only a handful of Jews here so I bet there are plenty of ugly sweaters to be seen out and about.
Your centre piece is great! I hope to find something as pretty as that too. Great find :)
Love the ugly sweater party idea – I had never heard of it, but it sounds like a let of fun.
What a great party idea!
I went to my first “Ugly Christmas Sweater”
party last year and let me tell you–best. idea. ever. No one had to worry about what they looked like, as we all looked ridiculous. It was fun to see the guys normally worried about their labels walking in with antlers on their head and a sweater found from a 1970s Goodwill donation. Us girls went the extra mile with big jewelry–gaudy present earrings, jingle bell scrunchies, etc.
Good times! Bad sweaters, but good times! :)
That wrapping paper is awesome! I wish we had a costco here :(
You and Eric are too cute. Love the Ugly sweater party idea.
I used to live above a brewery that held an ugly sweater party. If I had known how “cool” I could be, I would have just saved some of the ones from my childhood… seriously! My grandma had a good eye for some serious eyesores ;)
Those tea light holders are so gorgeous! Makes me wish I had a Costco membership.
Any chance you could show us the spotlights in a bigger shot? Do you just have different red ones that shine on parts of your yard/house?
I usually try to be done with my Christmas shopping no later than mid October. This year though that is not the case. I am way behind.
I have never been to a Ugly Christmas Sweater party, but I will definately remember it for next year. It sounds like fun. :)
I’ve never been to an ugly sweater party!! But I definitely have heard (and seen pics) of some. Now I really want to go to one!
Love the centerpiece! So sparkly.
My bff rocks an ugly sweater with her siblings ever year.
I think your party is going to be a blast :)
we’re totally going for the ugly Christmas sweater party this year!! The invite looks great–I might steal some of the wording :)
I hosted an ugly sweater party and it was SOOO fun! Also I want that tea light centerpiece….so pretty :-)
Ugly sweater party sounds like SO SO SO much fun! I want to go, can you invite me? LOL haha Marc and I need to do that one year! ;o)
One of favorites ways to wrap a present is using comics newspaper, during the year I save the comic section from the newspaper and when its times to wrap gifts I use that. It is VERY eco-friendly, you save money, you save some trees and it looks so cute with all the comics. One thing that most people don’t know is that you CAN recycle wrapping paper, most people open the presents and throw the paper in the garbage. :O(
Another tip is to use those reusable grocery shopping bags, they come in all colors and shapes. Once the person opens their present, they can use those bags to go shopping. ;o) Whole foods has some really cute ones.
I love the first pic of you and Eric, you guys look SO cute.
I absolutely love ugly christmas sweater parties!
Oh, I really like that centerpiece. I didn’t see that at our Costco when I went the other night. Booooo Hissssss.
We put our Christmas lights out yesterday and did the exact same as you. 4 red flood lights on our house and white twinkle lights on the obelisks in my planters. I love the way it looks. Neat, uniform and classic Christmas colors
I’m not such a fan of lights strung on houses – I think mostly because people don’t do it with any thought or skill and they end up looking hideous and messy (yes I am a Type A personality). Don’t even get me started about the LED lights that are blue, red and orange and don’t look like Christmas lights AT ALL.
love your examples of ugly sweaters! haha personally, the cardigan…sans shirt…is my fave look. so hot. haha i can’t believe you’ve already got presents wrapped! ahh…i need to get my butt in gear!
dang girl you are on the ball! the holiday ball.
and those are the ugliest sweaters ive ever seen…
I love the idea of ugly Christmas sweater parties. Just absolutely fabulous :-)