Five For Friday

{My Things To Do This Weekend List}

1. Make these. Lots of them.

2. Attend THIS.

3.  Take the kids to see:

4. Drink a lot of:

5. Finally get & put up the...

Weekends Remind Me Of...

...when I was a kid every weekend we took a trip into town and there was a bakery that I loved. You know, you walk thru the door and just get hit with the smell of everything they have been baking since 4am.  It was a little hole in the wall and the walls were pretty empty but it was my favorite part of the day.

(Images via We Heart It & Deviant Art)

Five for Friday

1~  Flapperdoodle Stationary.  These are my official Christmas cards and Kate has adorable designs for every occassion over HERE.

2~  We Heart It is great if you need some visual inspiration.

3~  Starbucks holiday coffee. Need I explain??

4~  Sentimental Christmas decorations that transport you back in time.

5~  Friday cell phone pic: A visit to LAST Christmas :o)

Five for Friday

1.  Smencils.  Absolutely NOTHING makes a grade school kid happier then a smelly pencil. A lot of schools sell these as Fundraisers (and believe me if my kids forget their Smencil money I am IN TROUBLE.) but if yours doesn't then ORDER THEM HERE.  These things smell great & they last. There is a watermelon smencil in my house that is over 2 years old & it still smells like new.

2.  Song of the week: 

3.  Homemade Brushetta for dinner :)

4. It's a beautiful day for a long afterschool walk that will include stopping for:

5. Coolest underwater photography right HERE.

Spin Cycle- "That Vanilla Smell"

This weeks Spin Cycle topic is something you can't live without. I cannot zero in on one particular product as others have done. But I can easily tell you that vanilla is a MUST in my life. I am a sensual person. Things MUST smell good. My friends laugh because I always have "That vanilla smell." It might be a Victoria's Secret Sexy sparkle, it might be Can-Can or it might be my homemade mix of straight vanilla with a dash of sandalwood. My home is a shrine to vanilla everything:

Yankee Vanilla Cupcake candles
Bath & Body Works Vanilla Bean Noel Candles
Vanilla Cookie bubble bath for the kids.
Blueberry & Vanilla Shampoo & Conditioner
Vanilla Sugar Cookie Febreeze
Dunkin Donuts French Vanilla Coffee
Vanilla & Lavender laundry detergent
Various carpet refreshers, air fresheners, etc

In the kitchen is no different. Homemade cupcakes with vanilla frosting. Cinnamon buns with vanilla, Vanilla ice cream with either peanut butter or apple.

I walk thru the front door, take a wiff & I'm happy. Pick up my coat to put it on, catch a wave of leftover vanilla & it soothes me. Smell cupcakes baking & vanilla coffee brewing & it comforts me.