It's November, Hooray!

Honestly, as stressed out as I get around this time (especially at work), I freakin' LOVE the Holidays' Seasons! Starting on November 1st, the rest of the year is fabulous! Granted, there is always the stress of money, gift buying, juggling work and social events and the overall exhaustion, but it's the time that we should enjoy life more than usual.

Here are a few things I LOVE about the season!

1. - Cranberry Ginger Ale (or Sprite) I know that you can have this mostly whenever you want, but I started drinking it just at the Holidays, and it just tastes like holiday meals.

2. - Peppermint Starbucks! Frappuccinos, Mochas, Hot Chocolate, everything! LOVE IT!

3. - Christmas ornaments. Seriously? Can you ever have enough of those? I even have a themed tree, but I see all sorts I would love to have at home! I bought two today!

4. - Christmas Cookies! I have so many family memories making cookies in my Mom's kitchen, and we still get together every year in her kitchen and make tons of cookies 9and a mess)

5. - Wrapping Paper. I have sort of a gift wrap addiction. bags, paper, ribbons, bows, all of it. But I love seeing all the different wrapping paper out there and imagine what beautiful presents will be under all the trees this year.

6. - I LOVE snowmen.

7. - My Dad's fried turkey on Thanksgiving.

8. - Family Traditions. They are all so important to me, and I look forward to them each year. It's so exciting, I get wrapped up in the anticipation! Christmas stockings, meals, certain foods, decorations...

9. - Christmas music! Although my store never plays enough Christmas/Holiday music anymore, (even though these young stars all have a ton of it) I still get to hear it pretty much everyday starting on Black Friday (sometimes sooner). I am so ready to add my Christmas Playlist back on my iPod!

10. - Boots and scarves. 'Nuff said.

11. - Opryland Hotel. My husband and I have a tradition of walking the hotel every Christmas season. We never know when it will be, but we always makes time in the craziness to go over there.

12. - Christmas cards! I love mailing mine out almost as much as I love receiving them in the mail! Ugh, again with the anticipation! :-)

13. - Babies dressed up in winter clothes. How cute!

14. - Turning on the fire and watching my kitties lay by it. It's so cozy!

15. - Kissmass, my husband and my celebration of Christmas, just the two of us, with our tree, our stockings, our advent calendar box, our food. It's wonderful.