My good friend Abby is expecting her first baby in early January and as someone who refused to let us fuss over her, it felt like such an indulgence to have her baby shower and celebrate her newest upcoming “project”. It was fun to force her into a highly decorated room with cake and gifts, and even more fun to force her into being the center of attention!! While I’m going to miss her dearly while she’s gone on maternity leave, I simply can’t wait to meet Baby Warren in the coming month or so.
Saturday left us with lots of errands to do for our new house! With all of the stores being decorated for Christmas, it allows us to fantasize about our new house with a rather festive theme!! Right now, we are mostly on the hunt for mirrors and drapes…something that is seldom needed when leaving 600 square feet! I’ll admit that I’ve been stocking our current living space with plenty of fabulous finds from Zone over the past months…I just can’t help it…it makes waiting a bit easier!! Our biggest challenge as of late though, has been finding a new cover for our duvet. Steve decided a while back that he wanted to get a new one and since then, we intended to coordinate our bedroom (paint, curtains, etc.) around this new pattern however, this has come as a much more daunting task than we ever imagined!! The harsh reality is that many, many people have simply horrible taste in fabrics!!! It’s one with to drape your windows in terrible patterns but, how could allow yourself to sleep in such a disaster?!?! It truly boggles my mind!!
Anyways, we are going to hit up Toronto on our way home for Christmas and see what Bloor Street has to offer up. Pottery Barn seldom lets me down!!!
Next up on the agenda was a holiday party at Sarah’s house. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in the same room as people from my old political life so I was a bit anxious at first about colliding with that world again but, we ended up having a terrific time. As it turns out, there was some important boxing match on pay per view that night (live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas!!) so, picture this…me in a room with about a dozen highly intoxicated men watching two guys beat the crap out of each other!!!! It was quite an experience and once I took my testosterone charged husband home…it was quickly to bed in preparation for our second hangover in as many weeks!!
Sunday arrived with a trademark headache and craving for greasy breakfast!!! Instead, we cleaned the house a bit and patiently waited for family to arrive. My amazing mother-in-law decided that it was about time that Baby Rohan learned a thing or two about football, hence we left him with the boys and the two of us took off for some coffee and an afternoon of shopping in the Glebe. Kathy and I often need to be put on a timer when we are left to converse on our own…as we will almost always talk for hours on end about any number of things…this time was certainly no exception!! The two of us have a lot in common and whether it’s a chat on the lighter side or something more serious in nature, Kathy is always an amazing shoulder to lean on. We had a beautiful afternoon together and I’m so grateful that even though we live so many hours away from each other, we still have the opportunity to find time together.
Only thirteen candies on our candy ribbons left to go…
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