Weekending Highlights: {Holiday Partying}

Happy Monday, loves! I'm coming off of a whirlwind of a busy weekend which included 3 holiday parties within 24 hours! Needless to say, I'm really glad that this is the last week of work before our Winter Break!

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My highlights this weekend included:

~Friday night holiday party at my friend/coworker's house. This is a yearly tradition, and MG and I have gone since I started working at my current school 4 years ago. It's always fun to see her incredible spread, and all of the beautiful decorations she has around the house, including 4 trees (last year there were 7!!) and to get to spend time with my friends outside of work! 

~Early Saturday morning to volunteer with Wreaths Across America laying wreaths by the graves at Arlington Cemetery. It was beautiful to see so many people come out to pay their respects to those who gave so much for all of us.

The four wreaths that we laid, and the soldiers who we thanked:

It was so amazing to see just how, in a matter of a few minutes, all of the rows filled up because of everyone's joint effort and so many helping hands.

~Weather that was in the upper 60s-lower 70's (where does Mother Nature think I live? Florida? Either way, I'm not complaining!)

~Walked around Arlington Cemetery after laying our wreaths, taking it all in, along with the beautiful views

~Grabbed a quick lunch at home and then left to go to MG's work holiday party in the afternoon--got to meet a lot of his new coworkers who I hear about all the time but hadn't met in person. No pictures were taken, but I wore my new striped navy tunic with suede elbow patches from Jess' boutique, Pearl&Monroe (originally I had on my navy vest with it, but it was so warm out that I took it off once I got there)

(you were right, Jess, I love it--and that you, me and Lynn can be triplets now haha)

~Made our way home to shower and grab some food, then head over to MG's college friends' holiday party at night--I didn't take one picture because I left my purse by the front door,  but I did snap a photo of my outfit before leaving--a green lace top, white pants and gold flats

~It was fun seeing everyone, getting to catch up since the last time we were all together, and  hanging out for the night. They had it catered and there was tons of delicious food and endless amounts of adult beverages. Several bottles of wine and champagne were gone through :)

~Made some tentative plans to host a Pajama New Years Party :) #comfortismyjam

~Slept in as much as we could after the marathon 24 hours of parties and volunteering--my feet were aching from it all (and some time was definitely spent using our foot massager from Brookstone)

~Ran some errands and prepped my gift for my work Secret Santa exchange on Friday

~took a couch nap while watching football and a Skins win

~MG and I went for a 4 mile walk, in shorts and a t-shirt, since the weather was in the 70s--I was actually sweating during the last part of our walk. Is it really December??

~Got a new mirror for the basement above the fireplace. We didn't hang it yet but I'm in love. It really feels like it completes the space so much more. Just need some pops of color now!

~Ordered ahead and went to pick up Chipotle only to find out that they had "run out of chicken and steak" (umm, what?) despite placing our order an hour in advance, and were never told. Chipotle really needs to get their sh*t together.

~Picked up real Mexican from a favorite restaurant instead:

 At least we know we won't get dysentery from Chipotle....#oregontrailreference

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~Relaxing the rest of the night, reading and prepping for my last week of work before break!!

I hope your weekend was fun-filled, and you're rested up for the week and festivities ahead!
Linking up with Biana and Meghan today for Weekending!