Fringe Benefits

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For those who live in the north or midwest, I'm sure you can understand my feeling that winter has had its fair share of calendar time and should move aside to let spring make its appearance. Where I live, we only had two days of sun in the entire month of January. 

TWO. 

DAYS. 

While I've been doing my best to practice the trendy and clever Hygge lifestyle the Danish have perfected (aka lots of coffee wrapped up in all the blankets), the thing that seems to get me by the best is planning trips to places that are warm, tropical, and full of sunshine. Even if sometimes the trips are just dreamy ideas. Fortunately for me, I have a trip to Hawaii on the books in a couple months! I will be going to Kauai for one week with a few days spent in Oahu (first timer here, so any recommendations would be greatly appreciated)!

While I wish I was getting on the plane right now to head for the north shores of Oahu, imagining myself wearing all of these different items while sipping a Pina Colada and watching the surfers catch some waves will have to do for now.

Cold Weather Essentials

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I had a rude awakening this morning when I walked out the door to head to work and was met with blustery winds and a temperature of -8 degrees! The second part of the rude awakening is when I realized how ill prepared my wardrobe is for the bitter cold.

Luckily for my poor planning self, most stores are having major sales right now on all of their winter items. While the majority of us may be in the heart of winter battling to stay warm, clothing retailers have their sights on spring and making room for their next collection's inventory. Go check out your favorite stores and see what sort of steals you can grab! You know I have my eyes on that J.Crew sale ;) I mean, an extra 40% off sale items?! I think I'm in heaven! *cue Hallelujah music*

Cousin and Sibling Time!

Turtleneck: J.Crew, Shirt: J.Crew (old, but other colors here), Vest: J.Crew, Jeans: Hollister (old), Necklace: Bauble Bar, Watch: Fossil

The passing of the chain

One curious kitty watching from afar :)

Thanksgiving is pretty much synonymous with family time. This year we were lucky enough to have our cousins Matt and Daniel come visit for the week and act like our goofy selves with one another. Growing up as kids, we spent almost the entire summer together every year between us visiting them in North Carolina for a couple weeks and then them staying with us for about a month. They became like the brothers we never had, and so whenever we are able to get together is special and fun. Today's weather was a (rare) lovely November day and when I returned from work we ran around and played outside just like we did as kids. We may be older, but some things never change :)