Christmas with my Girls

Having a Christmas party with my friends was a great way to end my weekend, although it did make Monday morning a little rough.  In addition to eating and drinking we had a little gift exchange, everyone brought a $40 gift.  We played rob your neighbor with the gifts, but I could have gone home with any one of the them and would have been completely happy.

 2 girls brought the Bobbi Brown holiday lip gloss trio

Amazing Grace trio (I actually brought this, I just LOVE this scent)

Birchbox snow day edition.  I thought this was so clever and fun.  It is sometimes hard to buy a present that everyone will like but this gift took care of that.  It had socks, hot coca, lipstick, scrabble, perfume and a few other surprises inside

The hot gifts for the night were jewelry. 

amazing necklaces!!

Kendra Scott earrings 

J Crew sparkle

I ended up with the perfect gift

gold bangles and a jewelry dish.

ho ho ho

Girl Friday

We are in full holiday mode around here, our weekend plans definitely prove that.  I love that there is always an abundance of things to do this time of year!!

To get us in the holiday spirit, we have a little snow in our forecast...

Good thing my favorite holiday party of the year, Nordstrom Christmas Party, is less then a mile from my house.  I don't care if we are in the middle of a blizzard, my friends and I are going...

the place is all decked out

and I guarantee the champagne is already on ice

someone at Nordstrom has figured out the key to getting people to spend money!!

Saturday morning I have the Big Bear Brunch with my girls.  We have gone the past 9 years and it definitely has become one of my favorite traditions.  What's not to love about a brunch at the Ritz Carlton.

the gingerbread city in the lobby

Big Bear Brunch 2012

Saturday afternoon I have my second outing with my girls.  My friend has invited us to her club to make gingerbread houses for the little girls...

and drink mulled wine for the big girls...

Saturday night my favorite part of the city is having a window walk

The hubs and I plan to do some shopping, eating, and drinking...

Sunday morning my friend is throwing an adult only holiday brunch...

and as luck would have it, her hubby makes THE BEST  bloody mary

Sunday afternoon I am taking Scarlett and her friend to the Nutcracker...

and I am ending my weekend at a Christmas coffee and dessert at my daughter's school Sunday night...

Monday morning I think I will need a nap!!
Have a beautiful weekend

Christmas with the Girls

Tonight I have my annual Christmas dinner with my girlfriends.  We have been doing this dinner for the past 7 years and I always look forward to this fun night.  We each take turn hosting, my friend Mandi is hosting tonight and we were each told to bring a bottle of our favorite champagne, an appetizer to share, and a $30 gift.

I am bringing a cava instead of a champagne, this one is my favorite and is about $12.00 a bottle.  If you ever see this in your store I suggest you buy it!!  (and of course drink it)

For my appetizer I relied on pinterest.  Mandi wanted to make sure we had some hearty apps so I decided on the sausage balls, I have never had these but how can sausage and cheese be bad!!

The hardest part was finding a gift, I had my mind made up that I was going to buy something at Nordstrom a couple weeks ago when I went to the Nordy's Christmas Party.  It was 10 points for every dollar you spent that night so it was a no brainer.  I had a few ideas when I showed up at the party...

Ultimately I ended up getting this..

and I am so excited, this necklace just flew out of the store and you cannot find it anywhere!!

Here Comes Santa Claus

I love the excitement that comes with this last week before Christmas.  Tonight we have a Santa visit with our neighbors, this is our third year for getting together with friends for this special night so I can say it is now officially a holiday tradition for us and one that I hope my children will remember with pure happiness when they are all grown up.

This year my next door neighbor is hosting so we will all head over for dinner...

drinks for the kids...

drinks for the adults...

and of course the guest of honor...

I have my list ready to share with Santa too!!

ho ho ho

Christmas with the Girls

Tonight is my annual "Christmas with the Girls" dinner. We have been getting together for the past 8 years to celebrate the holidays and our friendships.

We eat...
We drink...
We have a gift exchange.
We have one fun night before everyone heads in different directions for the holidays.
Ho Ho Ho