Merry Christmas loves!!! Christmas has always been bittersweet for me and something that makes it fun is creating new traditions with my husband and cats and eventually we will have a little family. One thing we started doing was matching holiday pj's which I never thought hubs would go for, but he is a great sport!!! This year I purchased these super cute elf pj's from Old Navy on my solo girls day.
My tree was inspired by Aruba!!! I originally wanted to go to Aruba to see the flamingos. I had wanted to do a flamingo tree this year and wondered if if would look tacky. I was in such a time crunch this year since we had been in the Caribbean and we literally got our tree five days before Christmas. I ordered just the flamingo ornaments from Target and paid express shipping. They arrived poorly packaged and three were broken and I am unsure they will even take them back, but they were under five dollars and to me they look a lot more expensive. Next, Avon sent me a box of silver ornaments which was so super sweet. Everything else I already had.
So, my holiday table was inspired by Aruba also. I wanted to continue the flamingo theme, but honestly I don't own a lot of pink items for my table settings and like I said it was five days from Christmas. What I did was hone in on the beach aspect because the flamingos live on the beach and I added one singular pink ornament to my centerpiece. Everything I already owned, I go shelling all the time on every vacation and whenever I go to the beaches in my area. I have all of my shells packaged and when I want to use them for home decor I just grab them. The bigger shells I got this year when we visited St. Augustine again. Those were my escargot shells from dinner. They were so pretty I asked for them to be boxed up and they just gave me a box of already clean ones.
Lastly, my gift. This one meant a lot to me because this year, we missed an entire flight over waiting in line to check my bag. I am still mad about it because I actually am still trying to get my money back. Anyhow, when that happened I decided I must start carrying a bag that doesn't need to be checked. So, I asked for this and it doesn't need to be checked, but you can fit a weeks worth of clothes in it.
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