it's love, actually.

this is only my favorite quote from any movie ever made.
which comes from my favorite christmas movie of all time.
naturally.
this morning we shopped until we dropped to provide a happy christmas for a family that would have gone without.
it was a blast and a half!
sometimes mom and i get a tinsy bit carried away with things like this, but then again...that is half the fun of it all.
and tonight i am off to a community children's home to do christmas manicures!!
i figure i will have a lovely holiday weekend with my family,
why not spend two hours of my time with kids who will not.
plus i feel pretty nails are the basis of a happy attitude.
hopefully my ideas will translate :)

truth be told this isn't the holiday week i had at one point hoped it would be.
for oh so many reasons.
no one will be getting any gifts from me until i start my job. which i guess will make a super happy january for all the loves of my life.
{damn budget!}
i still don't really have an appetite, so the yummy christmas goodies are pretty much lost on me.
{waaahhhhhh!}
slowly realizing people are not who i once thought they were.
{eeek! this one hurts the most.}
and of course, my sweet little bro continues to be away from us and serving his heart out in mexico.
{super proud of him!}

but if there is one thing i have learned this season it is that love truly is all around.
espeically in the places you were never looking.
i have found mine.
and i hope you find yours.
happy christmas and merry holidays to all!
xoxo.