All Is (becoming) Calm, All is Bright

Time is flying by so fast around here. I can't believe next week is THANKSGIVING!!! WHAT!! That means that Christmas is not too far away. In fact, this year Christmas is exactly one month after thanksgiving. Exactly.

I always wait till after Thanksgiving to put up the tree, and decorate for Christmas. I don't have a lot of my own Christmas traditions yet. But one that I do have is sending out Christmas cards usually (hopefully) at the beginning of December. Which is like oh... I don't know... 2 WEEKS AWAY.

This year, with a new baby, I am sooo looking forward to sending out picture Christmas cards. We have never done it before and now I am so excited to finally send one out with our cute little Eliza showing off her cute self. I love getting other peoples cards with pictures, and I hope they will love getting one from us too!

I have heard about Shutterfly from a lot of people and they have the CUTEST christmas cards. I am so excited to pick out which one we will use. I can't decide if I want to do one with the whole family or just the baby or maybe even a picture of both!

There are several cards that I really like. Like this one:

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/perfect-paisley-christmas-card?sortType=1&fa=2&storeNode=93476


And this one:

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/most-wonderful-time-christmas-card-5x7-flat?sortType=1&fa=4&storeNode=93476

And who could resist this one if they have a little santa of their very own:

http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/oh-ho-ho-christmas-card-5x7-flat?sortType=1&fa=4&storeNode=93476

PLUS while I was shopping around I found that you can make calendars. They have some cute calendar themes and I think they would make good gifts for say.... yourself, or family. I kind of want to make one just for me to have at my desk at work.

Calendars are here: http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/wall-calendars

Anyways. If you want to pick out your very own Christmas cards go here: http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards

I can't wait to get a cute picture taken and get our cards sent out. I always scrapbook other peoples picture cards and I love to see how the kids grow over the years. So cute.

Check them out and send me a Christmas card this year!!!


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Obsessed

So I decided to not buy much for the baby until it gets closer to baby time. Mostly to save money because we're hoping we get a lot of hand-me-downs, and I want to wait until after any baby showers so I know what we need.

But there is one problem with my plan.

I can't stop thinking about baby stuff.

I dream about it.

I MAY have even drawn a picture of what I would like our nursery to look like. Hoping that doing this would make me stop obsessing. I MAY have even considered taking measurements of the room so I could draw this picture to scale. I MAY have showed this picture to my husband and he still loves me. But I won't tell you if I really did that cause that would be embarrassing and dorky.

I don't want anything fancy. Just the necessities.

Anyways. I broke down and bought ONE thing for the baby/nursery a few weeks ago.

I had been eyeing this item for a while. It was on sale. Free shipping. I could build my Target rewards points. It was a sign.

So our baby has crib bedding.

She doesn't have a crib, but at least she has bedding.

And now I am making you look at it because I keep thinking about it.

Sorry.

I Love Vue

I hate buying expensive things. I budget and obsess and plan ahead, but I still stress. When we bought our house, I was a wreck for a month. Even when we bought our tv, I hated it for a week. After I freak out, I end up loving the purchase and feel better.


We have been saving and looking for a car for a while. We need one because the Jeep needs to go to the "Car Doctor" for, perhaps, an extended visit. Also, because Kase drives a work provided car and he has to do an internship in the near future, so his work car may not be around much longer. So we've been looking for a great deal.


On Friday, we test drove a car that a family friend, who is a car salesman, had recommended. Kase was in love. I was cautious, but ended up liking it. It suits our needs. It is not my dream car, but it's a lot better price than my dream car and that is what matters.


Plus, it is pretty fun and rocking to drive.


Over the weekend we prayed about it, and felt that we should go for it.


So yesterday, we went to the car place to buy the car. As we were sitting with the car salesman, a pit in my stomach started to grow. My vision was blurring. I hadn't had lunch, could that be it? No. The stressing out had begun. But I was excited about our purchase. It was smart and a good deal.


Plus, it is pretty rocking to drive.


On the way from the bank to deliver the money to the car place, I envisioned making a break for it. It wasn't too late to turn back now. But the car is something that we need, any purchase like this is scary, it's really not that expensive.


Plus, it is rocking to drive.

Last night, the day was finally over and I was laying in bed. I couldn't sleep. And then it happened: My break down. Did I really like the car? Shouldn't I be more excited about it? Am I excited, but I just can't tell? If I was really excited, wouldn't I want to go sleep in the car or take it for a midnight drive? Would I regret this purchase one day? Would this car be reliable for 10 years? How can Kase sleep right now? Why can't cars just be free and never break? The "stress" tears started to flow.

Then I heard Kase. Always patient with me, waking up from his sleep. "It's going to be OK" he said. He said other things like: "You are just doing that stressing thing that you do every time we buy something. If you end up not liking the car, when your Jeep dies, you can get one you like more. I think you will like it, just give it some time. It'll all be ok." After this, I was finally able to fall asleep.

He was right. Today I love the car. After all, it is pretty fun and rocking to drive.

Shopping

So this is the new purse that I bought. I found it on etsy. The seller finds wool coats at thrift stores, tears them apart, and makes them into awesome bags! It totally rocks. You can find her here.