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Weekend Recap

Weekend Recap!

I cannot believe that it is already the week before Christmas.  Where did the time go??  I really need this week to slow down and go by slowly because I still have so many Christmas activities that I want to fit in before the Christmas season is over!

I barely took any pictures this weekend.  It was a great weekend, but what made it even better was the fact that I wouldn’t be getting up for work on Monday morning!  So you know I stayed up a little later Sunday night 😜


FRIDAY
 In order to celebrate the beginning of my Christmas break, I enjoyed a glass of Halo Top ice cream while watching Hallmark.  

P.S.  I only eat ice cream out of coffee cups.


SATURDAY

I really enjoyed my first morning of Christmas break!  I laid around on the couch watching tv, got my nails done, and cleaned a little.  Then when Dustin got home later that afternoon, we got ready to head out to do a little Christmas shopping together and to go out to eat.
 We just HAD to go into Anthropologie to check out what they had and isn’t it crazy how I found this dress?!?  I know it’s so close to Christmas and that I really didn’t need anything, but it’s on MAJOR sale!  You can’t say no to a price like that!  

I wore a dress that night so I didn’t feel like taking off my boots just to take a picture, so ignore the fact that I have tall boots on.  This dress will look so good with brown wedge booties! 



 We walked into Barnes and Noble to get coffee after shopping and I found this cookbook.  I looked the author up online and found her blog.  She lost 135 pounds on her own in 13 months!  You should check out her blog–her story is interesting and she has lots of recipes! I think I may need this book and her memoir 🙂


SUNDAY
Sunday was crazy busy.  Church.  Then a Christmas party that afternoon.  Then a dinner at church that night.  I took this photo last night after we got home and I told Dustin he had to put all of his clothes away that I folded/or were on the floor.


Today I’ll be out and about grocery shopping and finishing up Christmas shopping.  Plus, I’ll be wrapping some of our presents since I haven’t wrapped any 🙈



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Weekend Recap: Thanksgiving Edition!

Happy Monday, sweet friends!  Can you believe Thanksgiving is over?!  My Thanksgiving was wonderful and I sincerely hope yours was too!

I’m fully into the Christmas spirit–music blaring, lights constantly lit, fire going–it’s wonderful!  AND I’m so excited that mine and Victoria’s Christmas link up starts next Monday!!

THURSDAY
 More on this tomorrow, but my sister started a photography business on the side and I was more than happy to let her play around with her new camera.  This was taken at my mom and stepdad’s farm.

We enjoyed Thanksgiving night at home watching football and hanging out together 🙂


FRIDAY
 My mom and I went Black Friday shopping again and this has become our yearly tradition.  I try to buy gifts for the majority of our Christmas list and my mom buys for herself haha!  Belk was our 3rd stop at 6:30 in the morning and we got some really great deals there!

And then I didn’t take any pictures from the rest of the day….a nap for me, Subway with Dustin, and a trip out to his parents’ house that night.  Crazy Friday night, right?!


SATURDAY
 Rachel and I went to support a local boutique Saturday morning and received a gift card because we were there so early haha!  Then our mom called us to see what we were doing and she just so happened to be less than a mile away, so she met us at a local coffee shop. I love living in a small town for reasons like that!



 And because I felt so fat from Thanksgiving (because my eating was ridiculous), I had to muster up the courage to go workout.  Since it was so cold out, putting on my Lululemon running tights made working out so much more bearable.  Anyone else feel better working out when you have on cute workout clothes?


The Iron Bowl was at 2:30 Saturday, so I went over to my sister’s since Dustin had to work.  
 I brought cheese, turkey, and crackers and Rachel already had out cheese and crackers–great minds think alike!


WE WON!!
I left to meet Dustin at home to watch the rest of the 4th quarter together.  Alabama didn’t play their best the first half of the game, but a win is still a win!  SEC Championship, here we come!



SUNDAY

 I snapped this photo and sent it to Dustin to show him my gorgeous attire for running to get the neighbor’s paper to put in her house before I got ready for church (she was out of town).  I don’t run the fashion club for nothing, right?! ha!


 Yesterday afternoon I went over to my aunt’s house for a girls’ Christmas craft day.  I had the best time!  There was food, some shopping, and a cute door hanger craft for us to make.  Listen, I am not artistic in the least bit so I was pretty proud of how mine turned out!  This was my table busy painting our snowman.



 The rest of the girls in my aunt’s salon painting their masterpieces!



 My finished product!  Not too shabby for someone who can’t draw a circle 😉


Dustin and I went to Cracker Barrel last night when he got home because we are both obsessed with the grilled chicken caesar salad AND it’s on the healthy menu!  Then I watched a little bit of The Wizard of Oz before getting ready for bed.  I can watch that movie a million times and it never gets old!



I finished the night doing my quiet time.  The first day of the advent season started yesterday and I look forward to doing an advent study every year.  Some years I’ve done John Piper’s study, but he didn’t come out with a new one this year.  Last year was the first year I did the She Reads Truth study and loved it!  This year’s study will go through the Old Testament prophets, kings, high priests, and point to how Jesus fulfilled that in the New Testament.  It’s not too late to start this study since today is only Day 2–please email me if you have any questions or just want to chat about faith!


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Weekend Recap: Weekend Before Thanksgiving!

This past weekend was a pretty important weekend around the state of Alabama…..
Yep, it was opening day of gun season, so this picture pretty much represents my life (and lots of my friends’ lives) for the next couple of months!  At least I really like eating deer meat 🙂

My weekend started off on Friday….
 with a visitor to my classroom!  Since Dustin was leaving before I got out of school Friday, he stopped by during my planning period to visit.


 I did a good bit of Christmas decorating Friday evening (i.e. decorating the tree) in between watching two episodes of Grey’s to get caught up.  


Saturday
A cold front had officially hit Alabama–I’m talking waking up to temps in the 30s–so I did a quick Hilliard Studio Method video in my room.  I love this mother daughter team and love that they’ve created videos so that I can benefit from their workouts even though they are located in Charlotte!



 Then I got ready for the day to head out shopping.  Please ignore the two piles of clothes I had separated to wash at a later time.



 I love the hi-lo hem of my shirt.  Even better?  It’s a sweatshirt!



 The damage done = not that much.  There were so many people in Hobby Lobby that I grabbed a couple of items and left.



 I finished my inside decorating.  You can see a little sneak peek of my tree in the back!



 And I randomly walked by the fridge and noticed my water glass.  Side note:  Our fridge has an automatic water dispenser that senses when your glass is full.  So you press the button and can walk away, and it plays a little song when your glass is full.  I fill up my water and forget about it ALL THE TIME and it drives Dustin crazy.  So when I walked by and found this Saturday, I had to snap a pic and send it to him.  He loves me anyway haha!

I finished the night by watching Hallmark and going to bed early.  I had planned on going over to my dad’s house to watch the fight he bought on PPV, but the main event didn’t start until 10:30 eek!


Sunday
 Church attire….notice I’m only down to one pile ha!



 Made some chex mix



 Dustin got home from his hunting club and washed (and dried) his 4 wheeler.  If you follow me on IG (@saraheshaneyfelt), you probably saw the story.



 We went to eat at my mom’s and I forgot to snap a picture of everyone there.
And I’m trying to pull off the red lipstick trend.  Does it work for me?



 Trying to rig the garland up without drilling into the brick.



And we finished the night with it up (for now) and watching a little tv/reading Southern Living before going to bed early.  Perfect end to the weekend before Thanksgiving!