Writing this post cozied up in my warm bed watching the Thanksgiving Day Parade while Pinterest-ing and texting my sweet friends and currently couldn’t feel more blessed.

Thanksgiving is possibly my favorite holiday. Minus my mom’s killer chocolate chip molasses cookies and my grandma’s apple cider and green bean casserole, the day has always been filled with my non-food related favorite things like my amazing friends and family.

to single out a few things I’m thankful for:

my mommy// thank you for acting like I know what I’m doing with my life sometimes, and letting me know when I’m off track. she’s the coolest mom I know and my favorite memory with her is our little mini getaway to SanDiego a few spring breaks ago. thank you for letting me live my dreams and encouraging them in every way possible, love you so very much

cream cheese donuts// found at the one and only Muchers Bakery located in Lawrence, KS and possibly the most delicious edible treat in all of Kansas. Worth the stop while you’re in the area, and even better with chocolate milk.

snail mail// nothin’ beats getting letters in the mail and nothing beats letters in the mail more than letters from your best friends. Sweet Maddie moved down to Lincoln this summer and after becoming friends through dance we decided snail mail would be a fun form of catching up. boy is that true. coming home from school and seeing her cute mail waiting for me makes my day. (your letter is on the way gf!)

my biggest fan and super hero (also known as my dad)// no one pulls off acting like sitting though hours of dance recitals is fun quite like this guy and I couldn’t appreciate it more. my dad has been my hero for my whole life and pushes me to work hard in all I do. love him and his crimson and blue heart a whole lot (pictured below is my proudest Father’s day gift yet)

Lush// alrighty if you haven’t experience Lush here ya go http://www.lushusa.com click it right now I dare you. And if you haven’t been inside a store PLEASE take a visit next time you’re in a huge shopping area (my christmas wish is that a Lush soon comes to Omaha) These bath goodies are heaven sent and worth a buy. (and high on my Christmas list hint hint)

to name a few more: apple pie, J. Crew socks, my sweet puppy, fuzzy blankets and dreams of NYC

Most of all I’m thankful for all of you. Thank you for being here, reading this. Thank you for supporting me and smiling along with me as I live what seems like a dream. It’s pretty ordinary but pretty special. Thanks for sharing in the sprinkles, sparkles and sass, it means more than you know.

So have a happy Thanksgiving friends, share it with the people you love, and save me a piece of pie.

xoxo, Allison

If you’re anything like me and already have the Christmas station as a preset for your car radio, this time of year has your heart burning brighter than Christmas lights!

From the red Starbucks cups poured to the brim with liquid magic filling people’s chilly, mitten adorned hands, to even the slight thought of watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with my siblings in our pajamas come turkey day; I LOVE the holidays.

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(our lit teacher at school let us already get festive and it sparked my inner Buddy the Elf)

This Thursday students at my school involved with our musical were offered tickets to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring the Rockettes and I literally jumped for joy when I read the offer via email.

I’ve danced basically since I could walk and so going to the Nutcracker with my grandma or mom used to be one of my favorite Christmas time traditions. (watching the Barbie version on TV was a close second)

This time it was the Rockettes and my oh my I just wanna grow a few more inches taller so I could at least pretend I am one. They’re absolutely amazingly talented and with each costume change I became more and more jealous.

 

(okay I did pretend but a girl can dream, right?)

If you still have the chance, see if there are still tickets available because the show runs at The Orpheum until November 30 and its a MUST to get you into the Christmas spirit. I for sure sang Christmas songs the entire way home. If you can’t get your hands on tickets, PLEASE YouTube a few of the Rockettes videos because it will leave you amazed and thinking you too can do 200 kicks in one day (the Rockette’s stat considering they do 3 shows a day, wowza.)

Happy early holidays, have a wonderful weekend!

Drink some hot cocoa, turn on some Christmas tunes, and get ready because Christmas is coming friends!!

xoxo, Allison

*let me tell ya about my best friend*

so I tried starting off this post by Pinterest searching “best friend quotes” and realized that just wasn’t going to do

if any of you even semi know Andie and I, you know our relationship is nothing close to the cheesy quotes you can google

it’s a little different than that

so I felt I would share with you what it’s like to have such a stellar sister of a best friend–minus the cheesy quotes–

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Andie and I met our freshman year (now juniors) and to say we were friends from the start doesn’t ring true

we sat by each other in biology that first year in high school and- i was. terrified. of her. couldn’t really tell you why, she wasn’t mean nor scary, but the intimidation was there

skip two years and here we are, she’s practically the big sister i’ve always wanted.

I can’t quite describe what happened but I’m pretty freaking excited whatever it is did

Here are a few of our favorite things; for you to read about, smile about, and share with your bestie too

sushi dates// Andie works at Blue Sushi (the place i mentioned on my birthday post that is vveerryy worth trying). Not ashamed to admit we can devour a family of four’s worth of sushi in about ten minutes. It’s been one of our go-to foods for awhile and has sort of turned into a mini unsaid tradition I look forward to and I’m not 100% sure if it’s because of Andie or the sushi (Andie if you’re reading this i swear it’s because of you, if not its because of the sushi)

school night spendies// these things are sanity savers let me tell you. nothing can be a relief to school stress quite like sitting with your best friend doing absolutely nothing. (ha ha what homework?) these are highly encouraged mid-week and often include me cuddling with her dogs and Andie on her phone but whatever works (she’s somewhat caring sometimes I swear)

Pinterest//alright I take full blame for getting her hooked (although I’m ten times more obsessed) but we’ve started to use Pinterest messaging to our advantage and it’s highly addictive. Why text cute pictures of puppies and gorgeous celebrities when you can send them via Pinterest…? We have few secret boards up our sleeves filled with life goals and, yes, a few of those cheesy best friend quotes

Being Ally and Andie// allison and andrea. nothin’ is quite like just being yourself and doing that with a friend is ten billion times as amazing. honestly andie knows me inside and out and i’ve gotten to the point where i have HER school schedule memorized better than mine. we laugh about the utmost silliest things and having someone to turn to when everyone else in the world seems against me is a crazy cool feeling. i wouldn’t want anyone else to make fun of me for being a Pinterest addict or support my love of monograms and i can’t wait for many more memories to come-okay that was so cheesy we could almost make it a Pinterest quote

fighting like a married couple is our specialty

my own personal chauffeur (to sushi dates of course)

and best of all my biggest fan

(and I’m hers, i can’t believe my KU born self would ever be saying, Go Mizzou!)

(andie was also the one who supported me originally in starting this blog, told you she rocks)

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so this is my bestie and she’s pretty fabulous

go hug your best friend, shoot them a text, and let them know they’re pretty fab too

xoxo, Allison