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Christmas Questions: Would You Rather…

Well…

I severely underestimated how busy the last few days would be. It has – for the most part – been fun things filling those days. But they have still been very, very full. Is…

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  • Christmas, Habits, Holidays, Personality Insights
  • Dec, 23, 2024
  • 35 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 20 December

Shhhhh.

Do you hear what I hear?

It’s a giant sigh of relief from everyone in our family. Because…

School wraps up at the end of the day.

John arrives home from his final work trip of the…

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  • Christmas, Happy Things Friday
  • Dec, 20, 2024
  • 33 Comments

Thrifting for Christmas Gifts + You Might Be Surprised How Many Items Our Kids Receive

In response to my Happy Things Friday post last week, Rachel asked the following:

Out of curiosity, do you buy new or used for Christmas gifts for your kids? Do you think about it at…

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  • Christmas, Holidays, Joy, Money, Parenting, Thrifting
  • Dec, 19, 2024
  • 36 Comments

Turns Out…I Don’t Need To Send Christmas Cards Early (And Other Good Things I Won’t Be Doing This Christmas)

Writing a post of this ilk has become a tradition for me. I find it helpful to sit down and list “good” things I don’t have to do at any given time. Understandably, Christmas…

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  • Christmas, Holidays, Personality Insights
  • Dec, 18, 2024
  • 58 Comments

Party at My House?

Despite most bloggers appearing to be relatively introverted folks (#Stereotyping), I think we can all agree it would be pretty amazing to have a giant blogger get-together this holiday season. Decked halls, Christmas tunes,…

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  • Christmas, Home, Thrifting
  • Dec, 17, 2024
  • 59 Comments

Is This a Giant “Favourite Things” Post or a Gift Guide? You Decide.

Can you tell I’m not an influencer or an affiliate based on the timing of this post? Gift guides seem to get released earlier and earlier every year (I think I started seeing them…

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  • Christmas, Favourite Things, Holidays, Organization
  • Dec, 16, 2024
  • 43 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 13 December

I am not at all superstitious and don’t have any fear of Friday the 13th but…still. I did take note of the date when I scheduled Indy’s dentist appointment for this afternoon. I’m hoping…

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  • Happy Things Friday, Thrifting
  • Dec, 13, 2024
  • 46 Comments
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