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let me first say that it should be made mandatory to have the week off after christmas. one day to spend with family just isn't enough sometimes. christmas eve and christmas day were awesome! i had such a great time at both family celebrations. both different and both excellent in their own ways :)

the night before the festivities, i decided to do some festive nails, this is my rendition.

my brother makes the yummiest appetizers: trix, tuna, chedder cheese topped with a jalapeno. pop those bad boys in the oven and way-la! they literally do not last long when put out.

we played a couple of rounds of scattergories and can you believe this was our first holiday picture as a family? after desert tom and i headed up north to his parents house and called it a night.

we woke up super early on sunday and got down to it! we were all still pretty much asleep, clemie-buns face is priceless and bowie-man's just cracks me up.

kelly-anne made me this deer hat that i had been drooling over for a while and it is so awesome! she loved it so much she made one for herself too! aren't we so cute, hehe. she makes other really awesome hats and when her shop opens up again, you should check em out! what you also can't see is she made me a lace collar and i love it!

we hand make most of our presents and almost every year tom does a drawing for everyone. i showed you what he made us and this is the rest of the family. they turned out so perfect, he is just so amazing!

we got clemie a bamboo log cabin and the men trying to built it. it came with no instructions but they finally got it :) i think they liked it more then she did. hehe

we sat around watching movies in our pj's for the rest of the day and then it was dinner time, dave's famous tacos! tom made him a sign for christmas so we could keep track of how many taco's we eat.  the rest of the night was filled with champagne drinking and the boys playing a couple rounds of trivial pursuit and then it was nightie night for us.

i had to work early today so tom's dad made us breakfast and coffee and then were on our way. tom has been saving money for a surfboard and he came back to the shop to surprise me with our newest addition :) now for a wetsuit and we can catch those winter swells! here we come santa cruz!!!!!!!

hope everyone had a fantastic holiday!!

xo,
cb

what i wore: pea green

happy hump day everyone :) just one more day till i am a free little bird and can enjoy 3 days off :)

today is another work outfit and yes people i am totally and utterly obsessed with knee high socks and tights, feel free to judge me but you know when something ain't broke don't fit it, right?

this is an older modcloth dress. i really love it however it is woven and has a few pulls which i can't really do much about, just hope that i don't get anymore :)

the cardigan is a recent purchase from target and i love the color. one of my favorite things about colder weather is busting out my cardigans, i love me a good cardigan, i rarely get rid of them because they are so versatile unless the fit just doesn't suit my body type.

well, christmas presents are almost wrapped up and ready to go, which is a huge weight off my shoulders. tom and i exchanged our stockings last night. it was new for us and i think we are gonna keep doing it and make it a tradition. any traditions that you love to do during the holidays?

xo,
cb

bits & pieces

merry monday everyone! well, our weekend was pretty much consumed with christmas, here are bits and peices of our weekend.

---> went to the hardware store to pick up charcoal, soil & mason jars. i wanted to share my outfit for trees, who does a great wardrobe challenge every wednesday and last week her challenge was shorts and i wanted to show her my favorite weekend outfit, shorts with tights!

---> went to a cute local store to pick up some cards and fell in love with some of the decorations and new that brumhilda needed a few things :)

 ---> had a late breakfast date with tom. scones and cappuccinos are my favorite simple breakfast to devour  :)

---> tom is a sign painter at trader joes and often does the holiday windows. he always gets offers for side jobs and a sweet older lady asked tom to do a simple design for her front windows, so i played assistant for a few hours. it turned out really great and later the lady called to tell him how fantastic it was. that warmed my heart <3

---> this was the house across the street from where tom was painting. me want this house

---> rosie being a heater whore and looking so precious in front of our christmas tree made from baby food jars.

---> made some clementine marmalade only to find out i don't like marmalade. it is good but next time i am gonna make a recipe that i like, maybe strawberries and blackberry jam! that's the ticket!

---> made our black bear succulent terrarium. we made another one but it is a present and i don't want to spoil it :)

---> thrifted these amazing 70's ceramic owls, they had just been put on the shelf. pretty much meant for me.

man an i wiped out. i really need to start christmas present earlier! how was your weekend?
xo,
cb

oh christmas...

CACTUS, oh christmas CACTUS....

so this was the year, the year we finally got our christmas cactus!! i was so excited all week to go to my favorite cactus store, cactus jungle. it is the same place we have gotten most of our succulents and cactus for the house and for our wedding and everything we have gotten from there is so happy. i am always excited about supporting a great local company with great product.

this place is just so truly magical. tom and i could have walked out of the nursery with a crap load of plants if we wanted to but the ol' wallet just isn't big enough.

we walked around and looked at all our options...this guy was so awesome, he looks so much like  audrey II from little shop of horrors, FEED ME SEYMOUR!

we snagged one of these cool wall mounted succulents. they give you a blank pot with moss and supply you with all the cuttings. when i got home i placed them in their new home and now we have to wait 2 months till they take root so we can hang it up on the wall,  can't wait :)

they had the cutest little terrariums. the hippo was so cute, we bought one for a special father-in-law (yea, thats right dave, its you!) and we bought ourselves a little black bear and we are gonna make little homes for these guys very soon.

we made our purchase and took little brumhilda home with us :) it was a little scary driving home, she was so wobbly, we were worried she was gonna snap but she made it home safely.

her new little home is on top our new awesome dresser, where rosie can not get to her! we made a pit stop at walgreens and picked up some lights to adorn her with. not sure if ornaments will work on her but for now we like her the way she is, all light up and looking sexy. she really is the perfect christmas cactus tree shape, i don't think we could have made a better choice!

xo,
cb

staycation

hi everyone! hope you all had a fantastic holiday. it was so great to see family and eat yummy food :D
this week i am off from work, thank god! every year we always get the week off between christmas & new years and it is so great to have a week off to do whatever i want! this week i have a couple things planned, like getting some goodies ready for a new store i will be in and seeing friends and family. i will also be taking a break from the blog world too this week and will be back in the new year!

i hope you all have a wonderful week and a great new years! see you all in 2011 :D

xo,
cb

so merry

the mister, i and little rosie all wish you a safe, fun and merry christmas!

we are off to see my family for christmas eve and then the mister's family tomorrow!

xo,
cb

bike package!

happy wednesday! no bike chick tip or outfit today but i did want to share with you the wonderfulness that is the mister...a long while ago he had showed me this really cute oil cloth panniers and i LOVED them...then went i went to the bike expo this year the bicycle muse was there and i saw the one i wanted but i didn't bring my credit card so i couldn't get it...total bummer...so the mister got it for me as my christmas present...and yesterday night i found the wonderful package on our door step waiting for me. i new right away what it was because the outside of package said the bicycle muse...i called the mister right away to ask his permission to rip open the package and squeal with excitement and of course he said yes!!

it is so perfect in every way and i love how bright and happy it is. i have named her sunny!! since she is oil cloth she is perfect for winter wet rides!!! sunny is awesome because she has clips on the back which just slip right onto a rack and then i can take her off when i get to bart! yay!!

what even makes this bike ride to bart even more spectacular is that the forecast said it was going to rain today and when i woke up not a cloud in site...perfection!!

thanks babe for the best present a bike riding girl could ask for!!

any bike accessories on your christmas list?

happy riding!!!

xo,
cb