Late To the Party

By the time you read this, It'll be Saturday. Which means Josh, the kids, and I will be in downtown Lawrenceville getting our family pictures for the year taken. I absolutely love getting pictures taken. Josh could care less. I have family pictures everywhere and I usually use these as Christmas Cards. Yes, I'm THAT mom. We also have a lot of family out of town so we'll send prints to them.

This week has kind of flew by in a blur. a few blog worthy things took place. I mentioned some of them on social media briefly, but I'll have to get into more detail later.
I did buy new boots this week. You may have seen them on insta, but I'm in love. Believe it or not, these were at Wal-Mart! I was shocked too. Now I have two pairs of Wal-Mart boots that were a steal. My black ones have held up almost three years now! The other shoe in the picture are my steel toe shoes from work. lol. oops. should've cropped / edited the picture!

Yesterday I revealed my Pretty Little Beauty Swap. I'm still loving all of my fun new things
Today, I'm late to the party but I'm linking up with Meagan from All The Joys to share the Blogger love.

Here are some of my faves from the week! As always, there were just too many to choose from.

+ Emily at Ember Grey reminded us this week that sometimes we don't always see what God has in store for us. Sometimes is takes A Few More Steps just to really see the big picture. I really loved this post because I know I'm guilty of "wanting it now!" [stamps feet and all!] Emily is so great about writing posts that I need to see and I didn't even know I needed to see them until I read them!

+ Amanda from Notes From a Newlywed touched on weight issues from the "skinny" side of the spectrum with I'm One of Those Skinny B*tches. I really loved Amanda's honesty about her story, and it really shed some light for me because I struggle with weight the other way- I can't get it off where as she can't keep it on. Her post is a great reminder to just think about what you're saying and how you say it. Even though you might think you're sounding mean, your words might still be hurtful.

+ Meagan from All The Joys (wonderful host!) almost had a heart-broken child with Where's Puppy?. I've been there, done that, and bought the t-shirt with Zander. I knew exactly the feels Meagan was feeling seeing the look on her daughter's face when Puppy was missing. Ugh! Tug at my heartstrings more, Meagan! lol!

+ Lindsay at Burbon, Lipstick, and Stilletos  was my life saver this week. I'm not even kidding a little bit. The day I started feeling a cold coming on, I was being a whiney butt on social media. And then I read Lindsay's blog! THIS! Celebrate Southern: Hot Toddy... this was my life saver. Hot Toddies. I forgot all about these for fighting that scratch in your throat. Thank you Lindsay for looking out for me, but not really.

+ Kendra from Kenji is Here is a craft guru! I can knit with needles. Allbeit not very well, but I can. Kendra proved It's Easier Than You Think to knit without needles. She's made some adorable scarves. I have a feeling this will be what everyone is getting for Christmas this year!

Did you have some of the same favorites as me?

What will y'all be doing this weekend?