just 9 days!

don't worry he's not eating them!

dear students: it was so nice having our last day together at the amusement park the other day! it was nice to be able to spend some time with you guys outside of class. see you in a few months. dear home: i will see you in 9 day. 9 DAYS!  i'm so excited i will probably be constantly humming to myself for the next week so don't mind me. dear paris: thank you for finally helping me to put up our new tree! and for bringing me sushi last night... you're the best. and i'm gonna miss you. dear new followers: thank you! this week i hit 200 followers and i was so excited! i honestly love having people come back every day to read my blog and i appreciate every single one of you.


 

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas

last week we went to paris's sister's house to help her decorate her christmas tree. i really love going to her house because those are usually the time when paris's whole immediate family (his parents and four sisters) get together to eat and have some good laughs.

so we helped decorate a christmas tree and hang up some other christmas decorations and it got me so excited for december! his sister even gave us her old tree and decorations so that we can put it in our apartment and have our very own first tree together. so nice!

we have yet to find the time to sit down and put the tree up together but i'm hoping within the next few days.

i'm so excited that december is almost here and i'm definitely ready for a full month of christmas decorations, songs, and celebrations :)

my christmas wishlist

 i still can't believe that it is that time again for all of the holidays to come around. thanksgiving has already passed and next up is: christmas!

i thought i would make a little wishlist because i know that all of my lovely readers are dying to know what i want for christmas .. and because you know .. santa is surely one of those readers.

 1. the watch, i've already posted about. the project is almost funded but needs a little more help so you guys should really go check it out!

2. i want a crock pot. pinterest has just been too seductive this year for me to not have a crock pot.

3. i recently bought a new camera that is patiently at home waiting for me and i have been looking for a camera bag that can do double duty as an every day purse. i found this one by dre hartmann that i love but it is a little bit pricey! anyone have any good camera bag recommendations?

4. i am always on the lookout for some new stud earrings and these would be the perfect addition to my collection.

5. and finally, like i said here i need a way to organize all of my jewelry.  my mom found this on etsy and i think it would be perfect! you know for my ever growing collection of jewels...

and there you have it! well i could always find a few more things to add but... i'll take care of some of the shopping myself ;)

a tico thanksgiving

saturday night we finally celebrated thanksgiving. one of my coworkers who is from the states organized a lovely dinner with some of her old usa coworkers from her last job here in costa rica. it was a mix of about 10 people from the usa and 5 tico boyfriends/husbands and paris's sister. there was a 17 pounds turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, candied yams, cranberry sauce, apple crisp, and pumpkin pie! after everyone was completely stuffed we all went around saying what we were thankful for, mostly being able to have a lovely little dinner with new friends in our home away from home. all in all it was a great success :)

* sorry for such poor quality photos but in just two weeks i'll be using my brand new camera!

thanksgiving on a saturday

well rocco thought he'd dress up as a snowman for you guys today, although he's sure he wouldn't like the snow not even one bit.

even though thanksgiving was on thursday, its not a holiday here! so everyone had to work then and yesterday. but today (saturday) we are having a thanksgiving dinner with one of my coworkers and some of her other usa friends. i'm excited! even though i dont know them, getting together with a bunch of people who do know what thanksgiving is about will be a nice little treat.

i hope everyone got some nice black friday shopping in yesterday! i know i did and now i'm almost all done with my christmas shopping :) hallelujah.