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Decorating for Christmas: Inspiration

Has anyone started decorating for Christmas yet?

Yesterday, I had Dustin drag all of our Christmas down, and I spent the evening putting away all of the fall decor.  I’ve been pinning Christmas inspiration lately and I wanted to share those pictures with you!
*All images found via Pinterest

 Love the rustic look of this centerpiece


 I’m obsessed with plaid this Christmas and have to incorporate it into my decorating this year!


 Wreaths inside the windows = my favorite


 I have always loved the hot chocolate bar idea!


 Obviously I love the tiered trays!


Overall I love everything about this photo!

Weekend Recap: New Orleans 2016 Vacay!

It’s Monday already?!  This three day weekend went by so fast….probably because I spent the whole weekend in New Orleans with my dad and sister!  Yesterday afternoon when I got home, I unpacked, did laundry, cleaned a little, and caught up on a little TV last night before going to bed early.

Friday

 Checked into our hotel and our first stop was Canal Street



 Loving the architecture in New Orleans!



 Then we went to Jackson Square and got to witness our first 2nd line of the weekend!



 Selfie stick pictures = total tourist move



 My #1 request for this trip: Cafe du Monde.  If you’ve never been there, that must be your first stop!  Beignets were our supper Friday night…pretty good supper, huh?!



 Dad enjoying his first cafe au lait and beignets



Then we took a carriage ride through the French Quarter

 More architecture in the Quarter


Saturday

 We had moped reservations Saturday.  This was my first time to ever drive one and I was so nervous before.  After my first practice lap around the block (I took 2 practice laps ha), I got the hang of it and felt so cool driving through the city!



 Lunch stop at the French Market.  And yes, I’m wearing a Led Zeppelin shirt.  I mean, if you’re going to ride a moped around the city, you legitimately have to look cool, right?



 Dad got to ride a different ride since he has a motorcycle endorsement



 And then my pants split on the butt cheek and I had to go the rest of the time with my Patagonia around my waist  #storyofmylife



 I thought this was the most beautiful hotel in the city!  Lots of chandeliers inside and statues outside.  I would have stayed here or The Roosevelt.  Next time!



 Saturday night we went into the Quarter for a Haunted History walking tour.  Lots of info and it was so interesting!  Also our group was hilarious–we had a bachelor party in our group and they were so funny



 The oldest bar–other than the TVs on the inside, the light all comes from candlelight.  And of course, it’s supposed to be haunted.  This is Jean Lafitte’s bar and he was a pirate so lots of pirate hauntings.



 And this is a house (Lalaurie Mansion) I had visited once while I was in college and visiting NOLA.  Insane story and is really creepy.  Also, Nicolas Cage bought this house, spend millions renovating it, and then spent one night in it and refused to spend anymore nights there.


Sunday:

Ride home.
Apparently PJ’s is more popular than Starbucks?!  PJ’s was everywhere and I only found one Starbucks.


Have you been to New Orleans before?


Linking up with Biana

Friday Favorites!

Happy Veteran’s Day!  I am so thankful for the men and women who have served or are currently serving in the armed forces.  Both my dad (Air Force) and my grandfather (Army) are veterans!

Today’s Friday Favorites will be short and sweet because I am headed out of town with my dad and sister for the weekend while Dustin works.  I’ll be posting stuff on IG so check there!  (@saraheshaneyfelt)

I love listening to Pandora and different radio stations I’ve created.  The Avett Brothers is one of my favorite bands and I love their station because of the variety of music that plays.  I’m obsessed with this song, and I can’t get this song out of my head!  



 Cool weather where I get to dress cute is my absolute favorite!!!



This was my after voting stress-eating snack.  We were allowed to leave during our planning periods at school.  Mine starts at 11 and so I honestly didn’t think there would be that many people at my polling place since that’s before the lunch rush house.  Wrong!  It was jam-packed, and I had to go through two lines since my town had it’s own special election other than the general election.  

Neat Fact:  I live in a town of 14,000 people.  We were the largest dry municipality in the state of Alabama…..until Tuesday night.  After 14 years of the wet/dry vote being on the ballot, my little town went wet.  



 Dustin hard at work making out his Christmas list because remember, he’s always my favorite!  I posted this on IG and FB and realized that making out a list at our age is way more common that I thought!  I may need to get my act together and make out a list.  I usually just randomly tell him things I want when I think of them.  Lately I’ve been coming up with items for my stocking ha!



This is a throw-back to junior high!  The 8th grade English teachers used to give out these Tiger Pop suckers sometimes during class when people finished work.  My school’s mascot is a tiger so it was fitting.  Now these aren’t sold anywhere local.  My partner teacher is also a girl who graduated high school with me, and her grandmother randomly found these out somewhere.  She brought me one and it was the best day ever!


Victoria and I will be hosting a really fun Christmas link up!  I wrote about it here so check it out to see the list of prompts and dates for each post.  We are so excited to read all of the blogs that link up, and I think this will be a really fun way to find new blogs!


I’m hoping to have a recap up Monday of our weekend trip, but it may be Tuesday if we get back late on Sunday.  I hope y’all have a wonderful long weekend!



Linking up with Erika, Heather, and Amanda