{A Fabulous December Friday!}

Happy FRIDAY Everybody!

I woke up this morning thankful for, among MANY things, that the weekend was QUICKLY approaching! It was COLD out so I donned my new SUPER WARM COAT! It was a steal of deal for only $47 at Aeropostale. It's lined with some kind of soft warm stuff and the fur hood is FABULOUS!

I just LOVE lots of sunshine on a cold, crisp morning!
{P.S. I don't advocate taking pics in the car unless you're at a redlight!}

Let's see what SANTA has to say today---

Yay! Santa says "Ho! Ho! Ho! There's only 15 more days 'til I come down your chimney!

{"Or use my special key if you don't have a chimney"~wink!}

Santa (or one of his Elves) snuck (it's a real word to me!) some goodies into my work stocking again this week. I got some hand sanitizer, a box of chocolates.....

...and one of these candy-filled candy canes!
...And I gotta give BIG PROPS to NPBC 17 and under Basketball team! They played their first game last night, and although they didn't win, they played GREAT and were able to cut the lead to only 2 in the final few seconds! I think it's the combo of amazing players and COACHES TRAVIS AND PATRICK RADA!

Don't worry...yall will get 'em next time, boys!

Happy FRIDAY to all and to all a GOOD NIGHT!

Love,

Laura

{Sophistareaders:December Meeting!}

The "Sophistareaders" is the name of the AWESOME book club that I am a part of! It was formed during a lunch at Olive Garden a month ago and this was our first discussion lunch/meeting. The Sophistareaders are a SOPHISTICATED :0) group of my friends/co-workers and we pick a book, take about four weeks to read it, then plan a lunch to discuss it.

This month, we read Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Coulter . Mark did an amazing book review on it....you can read that HERE. We ate at El Arriero and exchanged bookmarks for Christmas! These guys were having fun cuttin' a rug with Santa!
This is our group, minus our dear friend Jody who couldn't be there. We love you Jody!

Molly gave Leslie a bookmark and in usual Leslie-Style she got a little teary eyed!

Mark made this INCREDIBLE bookmark for Lisa...he is very talented!

Molly got a pretty Crystal bookmark with a sparkly "m" on it from Rachaelle!

I gave Mark an "M" bookmark, too!

And Leslie special ordered a bookmark for me that hasn't come in yet so she had to give me a stand-in until it arrives!

This month's book is called "Skipping Christmas" by John Grisham. Can't wait 'til our next meeting fellow Sophistareaders!

Love,

Laura