Currently

Hello! I hope you are having a great week.

I haven’t written a Currently post in a while, so I’m linking up today with Jennifer to share what I’m currently loving, buying, preparing, excited for, and planning.

Loving:

I always love seasonal things at Trader Joe’s. My “tried and true” faves include the Step Up to the Bar mix, Jingle Jangle, and the Gingerbread People. A new find and fave is the Candy Cane Body Butter.

I always love a quiet morning, but I’m enjoying seasonal candles and the glow of my Christmas trees.

A new love is the iced Gingerbread Latte from Starbucks.

Buying:

I’ve been buying Christmas gifts…but I think I’m about finished. Travis is the one I really need to focus on, but I did come up with a few ideas for him.

I also had to buy science project boards. The kids’ projects are due on Friday. I’m secretly celebrating that these projects are the last ones they will do. Of course, science is important, and I hate that I dread navigating these projects with them, but the due dates are always awful right before break (and theirs are due even earlier this year!) Why can’t some of this be completed at school…and why not in January when life is a little less hectic?!

I returned a couple of things to Kirkands, but then couldn’t resist buying these little LED houses (#girlmath) They were on sale for only $8 for the pack of three. I got the trees too! Once you turn them on, they stay on for six hours and then turn back on 24 hours later. They’ve been the perfect little touch.

Preparing:

I’m preparing for a busy couple of weeks before school gets out. Then, I hope to have some down time/rest over break.

In the next couple of weeks, we still have cross country and volleyball, as well as cotillion, a couple of Christmas parties and two more weeks of school.

Excited for:

I’m excited for some holiday things like movies and baking cookies. We finished up Angel Tree shopping, and I signed us up to do Operation Secret Santa once school gets out.

I’m also excited for traditions like Southern Lights at the Horse Park.

Planning:

I’m just making note and planning for some of those holiday things including cookies baking.

This year I also made a note on my December calendar to remind myself that I wanted to try and make Christmas Cornflake Wreaths. I’ve never made them, but every year when I have one, I always love them.

(pic c/co therecipecritic.com)

I’m also planning Christmas breakfast which will definitely include our new favorite obsession…

This mix is sooo good. I’ve made it a few times now, and it never lasts longer than a few hours in our house.

So those are a few things that I’m loving, buying, preparing, excited for, and planning.

What about you?