It's December!?!

I have finally given in and have come to terms that this year has flown bye in what it feels like a blink of an eye. So I decided that I need to start getting into the holiday spirit being that it is December 1st.

I don't like to wait till the last minute to do my holiday shopping so I hit a few stores to see what I could find. Most of my family doesn't want anything specifically so I tried to find some things they may like and use. I did find gifts for many of my family members, so it was a good start.

 

Soon after returning from my shopping trip, my dad stopped by my house for a visit. Being that Sam is not much of a decorator, I put my dad to work. I love our tree because it's pre-lit and pre-decorated. All you really have to do is take it out of its box and plug it in, but I do have a few personal ornaments and garland that gets added.

 

While my dad worked on the finishing touches to my little tree, I started hanging lights around the front windows. I have no intentions on get on a ladder and hanging lights outside my house, but I figure having the lights around the windows is kind of festive. I think it turned out alright.

Once the light were hung my dad went home and then Sam and I went out for dinner. We met up our friends Mike and Ashley at a local OTB (off track betting) place just down the road from our house.

 

 I have never been to a OTB place before, but it was pretty fun and they had good food. Sam and Mike did some betting, while Ashley & I kept an eye on our husbands spending. The boys got really into looking at all the different stats and comparing all the horses.

 

 Ashley and I both commented that we hadn't ever seen them study something so hard, even when they were in school. No one won, but not too much money was spent- so I'll take that as a win for our wallet.

December has started off on the right foot and I'm excited for the rest of the month has in store!