merry christmas, pals.

i love giving gifts, partly because i get to go pick out fun wrapping stuff. wal-mart has some really fun christmas gift bags this year, like the big snowman head above... but more than that, i love making christmas goodies, like peppermint bark with red sprinkles and tree cookies with green sprinkles. this year, i discovered the glory of a cookie press.

the texas fam arrives on sunday/monday. can't wait to see little punkin'. (and now that i've shopped for his christmas presents, i am so hooked on the Carter's outlet.)

some coworkers and i watched "how the grinch stole christmas" over lunch today. "charlie brown christmas" was wednesday. what quoteable movies.

and no, i don't make my dogs wear santa hats or christmas sweaters.

as a local radio personality says, "merry christmas from all of us to all of you and back to all of us."