We made it through the first work week of 2024! It was actually a pretty chill week for me - a nice, slow easing back into work, which I very much appreciated. I've been trying to really start the year in a good headspace - I want to feel a little more "together," and a little less... scattered. I'm still me, though, and have also started my year with lots of coffee... and with these delicious sugar-crusted pistachio muffins.
I can't believe Christmas is almost here! I'm officially on break until 2024 (though I'll still be posting here!), and I'm feeling much more calm and relaxed. I already finished a book and am looking forward to reading more in the next week, ideally in pajamas, with a candle lit, and a warm drink at my side. I hope that you all find some to relax to do something you enjoy, too.
Happy Friday! I'm starting to feel a little more festive around here - staring at a little lit up tree in my office while I write this, and I lit my absolute favorite Hotel Lobby Holiday candle today, too. It's the little things that start to make a difference to my mood and my holiday spirit! It's actually a little surreal to me how close Christmas is now.
This week has been a busy one - looming deadlines at work, plus the general busy-ness of everyone trying to fit things in before the holidays! But we're getting closer and closer to the holiday break, and I'm very much looking forward to that. I also started my traditional tea Advent calendar, and have had so much fun trying the different teas each evening - it's been something to look forward to!
Happy Friday! Usually, when I have a short week at work, things feel extra slow, but this week has flown. I think everyone is in that post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas rush of trying to fit everything in, and it makes time feel like it's slipping by! I'm hoping to spend some time this weekend just getting caught up so that I can feel like I'm starting fresh on Monday. I've been running on caffeine this week... though that did mean I got my first caramel brulee latte of the season, which was a nice little treat!
This week has felt both too long and too short at the same time - it's not like anything out of the ordinary happened, but I think it's just the general craze of the impending holidays that makes time feel a little bit off. I honestly don't have much more to share about this week - just kind of going along and looking forward to a few days off next week.
Maybe it's the time change (which I normally enjoy, actually!), or maybe it's unrelated and something else, but I have really felt so scattered this week! Losing track of the day and time constantly, just feeling very all over the place. I have a really low-key weekend planned, so I'm hoping I can really use it to kind of reset and get back to a little bit more of my typical routine.
Happy November! This week's highlight for me was definitely Halloween. I decided, for the first time in 10 years, to dress up! I was a 1988 (Heather's Version) polaroid, and even got Lily in on the costume fun too as my "Starbucks lover." It wasn't anything too elaborate, but I had a lot of fun with it. I don't know if I'll keep dressing up every year, but I'm so glad that I did this time.
Somehow, we're at the last Friday Favorites post of the month, which really just seems impossible to me. It's been a gorgeous fall week, so I've been enjoying the colors plus the warmer temperatures, and trying to figure out how it's almost November. It's been a pretty quiet week, otherwise - not much else to share. On to the favorites!
Happy Friday! This week was pretty busy for me, with a few different outside of work commitments going on, and I have plans to go see Tick, Tick... Boom at the theater over the weekend, too. October has been busy all around, and it feels like the month is flying by - Halloween is so close! I'm not typically a costume person, but it seems like a missed opportunity this year if I don't at least attempt a Wheelchair Barbie costume. I guess I'll have to see what I can pull together in the next week or so!
