Stocking Stuffers

My mom has asked for some ideas for my stocking, and I wanted to share a few 'stocking stuffers' that are on my list.

Every so often I have a certain kind of gum that I am interested in and always have in my purse. The past month or so I have enjoyed Wrigley's Doublemint. In the Slim Pack! My Me-Maw has always had this gum in her purse since I was a little girl, and she used to always give me a piece in 'big church'! :) Loreal Telescopic Precision Liquid Eyeliner is AWESOME! I use carbon black, but it comes in brown too!

Clinique Superbalm Moisturizing Gloss in Grapefruit

Burt's Bees is a MUST!

All things SHINY are great stocking stuffers too! :) What are some things you like to recieve in your stockings? A favorite stocking stuffer you've recieved in the past?

Happy Friday!!!

-Lindsay

Try These!!

If you have 5 minutes to spare then you've got to try these!

EASY TURTLES

You'll need the following:

-a bag of pretzels

-a bag of Rolo's

-pecan halves

Directions: Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Cover a cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Place pretzels on foil and top with a Rolo.

Place tray in oven for 2-2 1/2 minutes. You DO NOT want the rolo's to melt! You just want them to soften. Take them out and press a pecan half on the rolo. Put them in the fridge for a few minutes to set and BAM! Your done! They are soooo yummy!

Look how ADORABLE these door hangers are? My boss and her husband made these out of wood, and I personalize them! They come with a cute bow and wire hanger! PERFECT for your front door, tree topper or hanging over your mantle! These are selling like crazy! They are $48.99 and id any of your ladies would like one, e-mail me! Shipping is an extra $11, unless you live in South Alabama and can pick it up!

Here's 2 of the girls I work with proudly showing off the ornaments!

Merry Christmas from my little reindeer Chloe!!

-Lindsay

It's beginning to look ALOT like Christmas!

It has been very busy around here! Finals, work, and Christmas shopping!!

Mom and I went shopping Sunday afternoon to finish some Christmas shopping and do some shopping for ourselves :)

My grandparents always babysit Chloe for us when we go to Montgomery because it's on the way and we can just drop her off and know that she's in good hands! We had to stop at CVS and get a prescription and the sweet little girl at the drive-thru gave Chloe a heart shaped dog biscuit :)

Chloe usually likes to ride on the center console (don't worry we hand on to her!) but she REALLY LOVES when her 'Cha-Cha' holds her. (Cha-Cha is what Chloe calls my momma, it's what she wants her grankids to call her because it's cool and hip!)

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After we dropped Chloe off we headed to Bass Pro Shop. This place is HUGE! (and sooo NOT my kind of place) but we had to finish up my Uncle and my little cousin Danley. They LOVE Bass Pro, so we knew that whatever we got, they would love :) The only thing Mom and I ever get ourselves when we go to Bass Pro are some Cinnamon Cashews and a Diet Coke! These cashews are so YUMMY! Have any of you had them? They have them at a few malls as well.

As we were leaving Bass Pro...we saw something.. A TJMAXX!!! I'm not sure if any of you know about my love for TJMAXX, but it's alot of love. We decided to stop and see if they had anything we just couldn't live without.

We did find a super cute wooden and country looking tree hanger. I think we are going to put it in the center of a wreath on the front door :) Also, I found 3 cute pink/lime green Christmas bags that I got for a 'Panty Christmas Party' that I'm going to on Saturday night. It's where you bring a (new, OF COURSE) pair of panties and play Dirty Santa. There's only 4 of us that are having it, we are close friends and we have different sizes, so we are just buying 1 pair for each girl! I went to Victorias Secret and got those and wrapped them! So cute!

Have you ever seen this little dessert spot? Is it good? We were going to grab a cookie but we decided on Starbucks later :)

There's an outside mall in Montgomery and it's all decorated for Christmas, and Christmas music is playing as your stroll from store to store.

Here's our loot...or some of it :)

I LOVE 'Miss Me' Jeans! I will recommend them to anyone! Sizes 25-32. They are WONDERFUL! I bought this pair and they are so cute! There's a full shot and a close up of the rhinestone pocket. I have two other pairs of Miss Me's. One has rhinestone buttons and another of just plain with brown stitching. I love how Miss Me uses the thick white stitching like True Religion Jeans, but are HALF or more than half the price! :)

On the way home we stopped and ate supper at Five Guy's. This is what I ate! I LOVE their fries!

So...What do you do when you need to make a QUICK treat for company or a cookie/candy swap? Check back later to find out! :)

Have a good night!

-Lindsay

Sorry..

Sorry, I haven't updated in awhile! I have been so busy with work, and writing papers for English, and studying for finals, and recovering from a 'bug' of some sort. I am feeling so much better and am getting a lot of my homework done and out of the way so I can have a nice weekend stress free :)

Mom and I are FINALLY going to see the Blind Side tomorrow night! So excited! You girls are probably tired of me mentioning this movie, but I'm FINALLY seeing it! Yay!

I thought I would leave ya'll with a pic of me and Chloe! I will be pretty busy this weekend, but promise to have some pics up afterwards! Have a FABULOUS weekend everyone!

-Lindsay

Week Day Trip

My momma and I went to T-Town to watch my little cousin Darby in a school play called for her school. The play was "White Christmas"!! It was soooo good!

Darby played Susan, a 9 year old girl. She had two solo songs. She did FABULOUS!

Here we are after her performance!

My aunt took my momma and I shopping on Friday morning. We went to all the super cute boutiques around town. We also stopped by Starbucks and I got my FIRST RED CUP OF THE SEASON!! It is now Christmas Time!

We went to a store called Charming Charlie's and if you have a chance to go to one, GO!!! It is so overwhelming! Jewelry, purses, and clothes GALORE!!! Everything is color-coded!! Go to http://www.charmingcharlie.com/ to find a store near YOU!

Here's just PART of the red section!!

Here's just PART of the pink section!!!

I did leave with 2 items. A cute necklace and a watch I've been searching for. I've seen these watches everywhere! Fossil makes them and so does Juicy Couture. I was going to get a Juicy one, but the stones didn't go all the way around. Call me crazy if you want, lol. I decided to get a black one. This picture is not exactly like the one I got, but close enough! :) The band is jelly.

I also got a super cute owl necklace from The Private Gallery. I have an obsession now with small birds and owls :) Birds, Owls, and cupcakes. What a crazy combo!

We almost got some coffee from this new coffee shop. Funny name!

Welcome to The Strip!

Friday was my good friend Caleb's 20th birthday! My family took him out for lunch at Mellow Mushroom and coffee for our 2nd Starbuck's of the day.

My aunt is going to get sooo mad at me for posting this pic, but I just HAD to show you her lipstick tube! It has looked like this for years! It cracks me up everytime I see it!

Here's a pic of my wonderful aunt and uncle!

Have a great weekend everyone!

-Lindsay

Surprises!

Don't you just love a good surprise? Whether it's a phone call from a friend you haven't talked to in a while, finding out you don't have class because of the weather, or getting a surprise package in the mail?? Those three happened to me today!!

First of all, classes got canceled today because there has been severe weather in south Alabama. Tornando's were spotted about 40 miles from where I live and tornado watches everywhere! Thank the Lord everyone is fine and the bad weather passed by noon. Here's what the outside looked like this morning. I waited to take the pics once all the storm clouds rolled over.

Sorry about the dead plant :(

Look at the puddles!

This morning as I was getting ready for work, FEDEX came and I recieved a package from Christin at A Classy, Catholic, Southern Bride. I won my first ever GIVEAWAY!! I'm so excited! It came today in the mail, and I LOVE my super cute new ornament!!! Thanks Christin!!!

Chloe Elizabeth loved getting a package! She just HAD to get in the pic with me!

Look at my new ornament to add to my tree! She even has rhinestone earrings! Christin even added one of their new christmas cards!!! Thanks again!

Work was sooo busy today! It's always busy when it storms! Once I got home from work, I came home and my MOMMA (i know she's reading and she hates when I say 'mother' on my blog..so i said momma this time)made some homemade Snickerdoodle cookies!! They are so YUMMY!!!

Momma also made Peanut Butter Fudge and Holiday Crackers!

Here's the recipe for Holiday Crackers! They are my favorite little snack and are perfect for parties and just to have around the house. Try them! They are quick and easy!

Holiday Crackers

1 box of cheese crackers (i use Cheez-It's)

3/4 tsp. Dill weed

1/4 cup vegtable oil

1 pkg. Hidden Valley Ranch dry salad dressing

Mix all but crackers in a bowl. Add crackers and coat all. Pour in cookie sheet and bake at 250 degrees for 8 minutes. Stir and then bake for 8 more minutes.Drain if needed. Enjoy!

What are some of your favorite holiday food items?

I will be out of town for the next two days, and will blog again this weekend!

-Lindsay

Yay for Christmas time!

I am beyond thrilled that it is FINALLY December 1! I just love Christmas time! I love christmas music, the cold weather, christmas decor, time spent with family and friends, christmas cookies and cocoa!

What are some of your favorite things about December?

Re-Cap: BLACK FRIDAY
I worked on Black Friday, but only normal business hours, which are 10-6. I decided to go shopping before work. I went to Kohl's first. I bought 3 dresses for myself, some stocking stuffers for mom and friends. I went to Stein-Mart too. I was hoping to go to Screentech Warehouse for their annual warehouse sale each year on black friday weekend. Screentech is the place that makes all the Auburn, Alabama, Troy Trojans, and Georgia Bulldog apparel and gifts. Each year at their sale they have t-shirts for $5!! Sweatshirts for $15, Game day tee's $3, and Hats for $5! They have awesome deals! I try to go each year! I ended up buying an Auburn sweatshirt for myself and also an Auburn t-shirt that is so cute!

Here's the dresses I found at Kohl's that I just HAD to have :)

I couldn't find a pic of the other two dresses. Sorry :( But trust me! They are cute too!

Re-Cap: PAJAMA PARTY

Saturday was our 5th annual "Pajama Party" at work. It's always so much fun and we do it in appreciation of our customers! Here's how it works. You MUST wear pajamas. From 5-6am, you get any 1 item at 50% off, 6-7am, any 2 items at 40% off, 7-8am, any 3 items at 30% off, and 20% off entire purchase for the rest of the day. PJ'S must be worn from 5-8am. This year we had to have a security guard! He was so nice and did a great job!

Here's a Sorrelli necklace I got at 50% off! It's the new

Holiday color Cranberry in the Flower T-Shirt Style

I promise it's prettier in person! :)

Here's the line of those waiting to get their AWESOME deals at 4:45am!!

More showed up before 5am!!

Here's Jenn and I with our SECURITY GUARD!!! We told him to not wear his uniform and to look nice and spiffy! He sure did! This was taken right before we opened the doors at 5am! Jenn never went to sleep that night, and I slept for an hour and a half and was on my 3rd Diet Coke! We had some energy going!

Christmas decorating has begun at my house! We have our normal tree in our living room that has all white lights and has all of our Hallmark ornaments from each year, as well as other ornaments we have recieved as gifts and such! Each year my mother gives my brother and I a Hallmark ornament. It can be a collector series, (like the holiday Barbie's i had when i was a little girl) or something that describes something that happened in the last year. My mom always gives us our ornaments the first week of December. Today I got mine!! It's so cute. She got me the "Her Moment to Shine" Cinderella ornament to remember the year I started my blog Southern Cinderella!!! I LOVE IT!

I have a cute little white tree in my room that is decorated in all different kinds of cute ornaments! It has hot pink, lime green, purple, blue, orange, polka dots, and my dog Chloe's ornament I made her! I always look for new ornaments for my tree! My me-maw and I made my tree skirt, it's pink with purple rick-rack. I need to put a monogram on it! What do you think? I have added a bow on top since I took the pic AND presents!

Have any of you bloggers put any Christmas decorations up yet? Let's share some ideas!!

Have a great December everyone!!

-Lindsay