Busy Weekend

Mac and I had a busy, but very successful weekend!

Friday night we went to dinner at Movie and a Pizza and used one of our Groupons. So our delicious meal of pizza and beer cost us only $3. Winner! We then drove around and looked at Christmas lights. We stopped by Starbucks and used my free drink coupon for a venti peppermint hot chocolate that we shared. Winner again! We then went home and I immediately fell asleep on the couch. I think it was 10 p.m.

Saturday was a busy day. I picked up and cleaned up the house. Wrapped presents. Fixed lunch and picked up the house some more. Mac worked on staining the fence (he is almost done!) and cleaned up the garage. He also attached the reindeer antlers and nose to my car. I feel so festive when I am driving around town! That night was Linea's annual holiday party filled with Christmas cheer and crafts. Mac and a friend went to the Bob Seger concert. Fun was had by all!

Sunday Mac and I met Linea at church and then grabbed a quick lunch at Panera. We then went our separate ways. he went to Germantown to drop off our wooden swing at his Dad's house for some repair and I (fingers crossed) finished up the Christmas shopping. I stopped by the Junior League headquarters for a quick holiday gathering and then headed home. At home we did laundry, cooked dinner and I made marshmallows for my work friends. I will be making a second batch very soon. They are so delicious!

Oh, and at some point I addressed all of our Christmas cards. You should be getting yours in the mail soon. By a miscalculation, I did not quite order enough of our wedding "Merry Christmas" picture cards. Oops. So here is the photo below for you to enjoy. I will also be posting it on Facebook.

 I had a real hard time deciding between color and black and white. The Christmas cards got the black and white photo.

I hope tonight that Mac and I can just relax...as you can see it was an exhausting weekend!

Tacky Christmas

Last Saturday, Mac and I hosted a Tacky Christmas Party. It was so much fan. Mac really got into the occasion. He purchased a "leg lamp" for the occasion and also switched out most of the light bulbs in the house to red and green ones. Hope you enjoy all of the photos! I think this is the first of an annual event.

 Mac was very proud of his tacky outfit.

 My friend Leah, from NYC, was here to work the St. Jude Marathon, and spent the night with us. I am so glad she was able to join in the tacky fun! She helped with party prep all day Saturday! Thanks, friend.

 Whitney is all for any occasion where she can wear footie pjs and a fanny pack. 

 Guys at the party.

 The whole tacky bunch.

 The girls at the party. Linea, whats the matter?

 I am not quite sure, but I think Burton is doing a tap dance for Leah.

Rusty loved the chili so much that he decided to use the big spoon on the wall. I was not too happy about that.

 

Promised photos

Blog Design

As you can tell, I am still not 100% happy with the blog design. I will probably keep tweaking, but I am liking this look much better than before! This week has been pretty low key, and I hope to catch you up with a Tacky Christmas Party post tonight. On Wednesday night, Amy Dale brought over the cds with all of our wedding photos! So exciting. She said that she would have our online gallery set up soon. I can't wait!

Last night, Linea and I went to the grand opening of Kate Spade. We ate, wandered the store, had the Queen of lipsticks, Poppy King, try some lipsticks on us, and ate some more. Even though we both pined over several beautiful bags, we only walked away with one lipstick each. And not any old lipstick: supercalafragalipstick. We both got a different pink-ish shade.

Mac and I don't have big plans for tonight, but I do have a Christmas party on Saturday and I think he might be going to the Bob Seger concert! He has been talking about it for months, so I hope he gets to go!

Happy Friday! I will upload a post right after this one with two photos from the Kate Spade party last night!

I Love Snow!

Mac woke me up this morning and said, "It's a winter wonderland outside." Of course, I practically leaped out of bed. He was impressed with my speed at that hour. ;) It is still snowing in Memphis, but is supposed to stop around 10 a.m. Everything is covered except the roads. Dang. Mac made it over the bridge fine, but said the entrance ramp was covered in snow! It makes me so nervous that he has to take that bridge to and from work. Oh well...check out the few photos I snapped on my phone before work this morning!

 This one was taken from my front door around 6:30 a.m.

 The next few are all around 7:50 a.m. and they are from my front porch!

 Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!

 

Deck the Halls

The Priestley's have officially decked the halls for Christmas! I just love our house at Christmas. My favorite thing to do is just sit on the couch and watch the tree blink. I think Mac is starting to get in that spirit as well. Check out the photos of our house as we transitioned to our full holiday mode.

 So, who knew you could return a Christmas tree? Well, I didn't either. Our first Christmas tree just wasn't right. It was split almost in two, wasn't taking any water, and was dropping needles like crazy. After hearing the pure panic in my voice, the lovely Christmas tree place agreed to take it back. More importantly, Mac agreed to wrestle it out of the house, on the car, and back to Cordova to get another tree. I love my husband.

A little duct tape, string, and an old sheet and we were in business! Back on the car it went.

 

 

 You can see my bookcase and mantle here. The bookcase has been the same for the past few years, but my mantle is all new. I love love love it! I painted the chipboard trees with gold chevron, spray painted the brass candlesticks red, and used the gold mercury glass votives from the wedding. The two gold bells are from my florists' shop in Jackson, TN. We got our stockings at Target, and still need to get our names embroidered on them!

 I really wish I had a video of me putting this garland on the staircase. It was quite an interesting solo project.

Oh yeah, and while I decorated for Christmas I also sanded, primed and painted the wooden hutch that has been in our kitchen. So half of our house looked like this for a few days. However, I could not be happier with the way it turned out. I will do a before and after post on the hutch soon. 

Here are a few photos of the tree. It turned out beautifully! It is a bit taller than last years, but not near as fat...which is just perfect. It is also drinking lots of water and has dropped just a few needles. I know it will last all through Christmas (unlike a certain other tree).

 

Hope you enjoyed the photos of our holiday house! Stay tuned for photos from the Tacky Christmas party we hosted last Saturday! It was awesome!

Still there?

Whew! So sorry it has been a week since my last post! I have a ton of photos to upload and catch you up on. Mac and I had a Tacky Christmas party on Saturday, so last week was filled with party prep! We had such a great time getting the house ready, prepping all of the food, and especially our outfits. I also took some time on Saturday morning to cheer on the runners in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon. Wow...what an experience. I will post photos from both events soon.

This week should be pretty quiet for the Priestleys. The only thing on my agenda is the grand opening for the Kate Spade store on Thursday evening. I plan on catching up with my blog posts as well as start on our Christmas cards.

Much love to you all!