birthday wish list

1. pretty amethyst ring (my birth stone)

2.minnetonka boots

3.fox proposal print

4. pretty patchwork quilt

5.making new friends print

just a short little wish list to help my mister out. both of our birthday's are in febuary (and i am already planning something pretty awesome!) we will both be turning 25, so crazy to think about. and something chris is really excited about is cheaper insurance - haha! ah, the male brain. love you honey.


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Happy New Year!

i hope everyone has a wonderful New Year's spent with the people that are closest to their hearts! This year was spent eating Indian food for an early new year's dinner with my closest friends Boomer, Ellie and their almost 2 year old daughter Sage. Eating Indian food on new year's is a new tradition that i hope we keep for year's to come! This year christopher wasn't able to join us because of his work, but he met up with us later - we all really wanted to go bowling but we were having a hard time finding a place that wasn't doing private parties, so we opted for wii style! haha! it was so much fun. we danced and laughed and had blueberry bubbly to welcome in the new year!

here are some of my goals for this new year:

worry less and pray more

organize my closests and keep them that way throughout the year, including keeping my clothes off of the floor!

keep in touch with family and friends that are far away

write thank you notes more often and mail them right away

enjoy every moment that life brings

set aside time for creativity, i really want to paint, sew, and journal more

love,
meg

Christmas

our christmas this year was lovely. this was the first year that we hosted, my family came from austin to our charming house, i cooked an entire christmas meal all by myself, and we even had a real charlie brown christmas tree! but, this was also the first year that christopher did not spend with his family - and his mom and little sister paige called a little teary-eyed to wish us a merry christmas. we are trying to figure out our holidays and traditions and balancing all of our families - and what we want to cultivate in our own family once littles come. this year both me and christopher had to work on christmas eve, but not too late, my family came early that morning and we all went thrifting and had lunch with christopher before i had to be at work. and i was off work and home by evening, to enjoy some quality time with my loved ones. my family always gets excited about presents and like usual we ended up opening all of our presents on christmas eve! it was so crazy! christopher had never done that growing up and i think it made him a little sad. so christmas morning we all slept in, had waffles and eggs for breakfast, and then i got to work cooking christmas dinner. i made a baked herb chicken with all the yummy spices, i also made a ham with brown sugar glaze, homemade mash potatoes, broccoli casserole, and black berry cobbler for dessert! there was so much laughter and silly tickle fights, cuddles while watching movies, a thankful dinner, and then we all played soccer at our local park! it was such a beautiful day!

love,
meg

got some 'spalainin' to do

I can't believe it's really been a whole month since I have blogged. I am really trying to give it some designated time every day, I would love to become a more disciplined person and not just when it comes to blogging. I tend to get really passionate about something and dive head first and my excitement about this new 'thing' really becomes an unhealthy obsession taking time from other important things in my life and then when I am bored or not seeing the results that I want, I quickly move on to the next thing. I wanted to see if I could blog everyday for a whole year and I have already blown it. But, that's okay, at least I am trying. and I have a handful of really really good excuses as to why I haven't been (disciplined) that I won't even mention, because, well, they are still excuses.

However, I did want to share an exciting story about my new JOB! I have been working at Anthropologie for a few weeks now and absolutely love everything about it. I love my co-workers, the environment, the concepts, i love that it's another creative outlet for me, and yes, i love the discount. and I really do enjoy helping women and often times new mother's discover themselves again and their signature style. I have been a fan of Anthropologie for a long long time and have always swooned over their unique selection of apparel, shoes, home, and furniture. As some of you know, we have been living in transition from one place to the next, which has placed us in Plano, TX for the time being. So, when a dear friend of mine, mentioned a store that reminded her of me, a little store called Anthropologie that quietly sits in Willow bend Mall in Plano, TX. I had to go pay a visit.

 As I was walking around holding this adorable elephant ornament (made in Haiti and helps support  men and women who have lost their homes due to the earth-quake) Mel, approached me and casually started a conversation with me about my plans for the evening and after I had reassured her that I didn't have any, a look of relief came upon her face, and she said
(mel)' oh good. well, would you like a job here?'
(me) 'what do you mean?'
(mel) 'well, i really like your style and you look like you should work at Anthropologie'
(me) 'Yes, I would love to work here!' (with a silly grin on my face and trying to hold my composure!)
 
 I had an on the spot interview with Mel, that was actually a lot of fun and we just kind of talked about our similar interest in vintage shopping. I had training the next day, and started a day after that. and I have recieved a rookie of the year award, and so of course this dress (actually a skirt worn as a dress), along with my vintage boots is now my lucky look, and I had to buy that elephant! and of course when I got home I told Christopher, 'See, all my thriftiness is finally paying off!' So that lady and gents is how I got my Job and why I have been a little absent.

love,
meg

mustache party

Our really good friends Jay and Kayla, who we absolutely love, just moved into a really adorable loft in Ft.worth, TX. So we of course had a mustache loft warming party! It was a night filled with a silly photo shoot where everyone sported their stache, digging around their basement that use to be a bomb shelter for props like old windows and old doors, good food, laughter, and good music, and meeting new people! I love when you meet new people and you just connect with them instantly, it's pretty much my favorite thing! And it's no secret that me and Christopher love fake mustaches (and fake beards)! we just can't help it. I am in the middle of planning a surprise for him, but of course can't quite reveal it yet.

love,
meg

Oh, and p.s. photos taken by this rockin' chic Michaela.

crossed fingers

On Wednesday, me and Christopher went house hunting. and we have found the most little charming house, the landlord Greg is getting back with us on Sunday about whether he will let us rent or not. So if you think about us at all, say a little pray for us.

Our address would be 123 College, which I think is fitting since we are both going back to school! I am going  to finish my B.F.A and he is entering into a Post-Bach online degree to get his ESL teaching certificate, which has been a long time goal of his - so I am super excited and proud of him!

It has the most adorable back yard, with a gnome, a shed, and vines growing everywhere, it looks really magical. and I would love to host backyard dinners.

The bathroom has a claw foot tub. A CLAW FOOT TUB!! really, it does. and it's super cute and the floor has black and white tiles. retro adorable.

Greg, who would be our landlord is a librarian and brews his own beer. Love. both. of. those. things.

It comes with appliances! Fridge, Microwave, and washer/dryer combo!

It has wood floors.

Big kitchen with lots of cabinet space!

A sun room that opens from the master bedroom

And my personal favorite, it has a screened in front porch!

It's a two bedroom, one bath, it's on the smaller size, but I like that, it's very charming and cozy.

So fingers crossed. and prayers lifted high.

love,
meg

pumpkin village

    

 

a couple of weeks ago Christopher surprised me with tickets to the dallas arboretum! It's no shocker that I love surprises, and he is really good at surprising me. he is so romantic, sometimes I feel like the luckiest girl in the whole world. so naturally i was excited, but when we pulled up and he announced that during the fall it has the largest pumpkin patch and has the only pumpkin village in the world, i was just giddy. man, he's good.

the arboretum was beautiful, it overlooked white rock lake and was acres of woodsy secrets that we got to explore, there was even a poetry garden! and it had all of these little pumpkin houses that you could go inside and sit and talk if you wanted to, all named after fairy tales like cinderella and the legend of sleepy hollow, it was so adorable. and there were pumpkins and gourds everywhere!! I really want to go back around Christmas time and see how they spice the place up, I can just imagine it with Christmas trees and lights everywhere! It is naturally a very beautiful place, I just love to see how the seasons have an effect on a place. i love date days with Christopher, he usually works nights and will have a random day off during the week, so we always try to make that day a little special! we ended the day by eating stuffing ourselves at karma cafe, this funky eclectic place with the best hummus i have ever had! mmm, it was so good, with a food coma to follow!

love,

meg