Sweet November

I must say that November has been pretty sweet so far

even though it did start out as a rain event

which made for a crappy drive to our destination

but after an hour's wait to cross the border ~ and another hour or so drive

we arrived no worse for wear

we talked all the way ~ caught up ~ truth baring heavy stuff

and lots of laughs as well

the weather cleared and it got warm

which helped in lugging our bags out to the car so we could continue shopping

we stocked up on things we can not get at home

did a lot of Christmas shopping

and picked up a few treats or so for ourselves

I spotted this on Saturday and thought how easy would that be to make

so I did what any normal girl would do and snapped a pic so I could use it as a guide later!

Sunday we packed up and headed for home

the car was full ~ and our wallets empty

but it was so worth it

the open road ~ the talking was done

it was time to turn up the music and sing

we figure we hit almost every genre of music and several decades

because that is how we roll

while I was away ~ Katrina celebrated her birthday

19 candles this year ~ hard to believe

I missed her dinner but will make it up to her soon

I took Monday off and I am so glad that I did

honestly I felt like I had been to a huge party and had a hangover

although no alcohol was consumed the day or night before

I snuggled with my furry kids

sorted through and put away all my new treasures

and made a nice dinner for hubby 

it was a day well spent

today was take your kids to work day

so I took my niece Sam and my brother's step daughter Alayna

apparently they got bored this morning during a little bit of down time

and took some selfies ~ too cute!

they had fun though and got a peek into my everyday.

Getting around slowly to catch up with my blog reading

and thankful it is Wednesday already

hope you are having a great week.