Daily Mood: Home For The Holidays

Yay! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving!! Thanksgiving has to be one of my favorite holidays – there is just something so comforting about sitting down with family to a meal that remains virtually unchanged over the years, don’t you think? We have celebrated Thanksgiving in many different places – from my childhood home to apartments, to my grown sibling’s houses – but each meal repeats the same pattern: turkey (and sometimes a lasagna, too, when my Grandparents were around), stuffing and gravy, mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes (with marshmallows on top like my Grandma used to make), green bean casserole and cranberry sauce, hot buttered rolls, pie, and a nap. And just in case you’re packing up to go home for the holiday weekend, I thought I would round up a few cozy comforts to lift your spirits as you take a well-deserved break from work or school…

Clockwise from top left: A comfy-cozy outfit from Saltwater, cute enough for the dinner table and relaxed enough for a post-meal neighborhood walk; Bright little Hable Construction brag books for catching up the fam on your life since the last visit; Super-soft flannel lounge pants and a slouchy beret to see you through your food coma, both from Anthropologie.

Alas, I won’t be with my family in California this year. Instead, I will be joining B’s family here in New England – though I am sure that as the familiar scents of Thanksgiving dinner fill the house and I chat on the phone with my family and friends out in Cali, I will be feeling very thankful for the abundance of love in my life…Happy Thanksgiving, sweet friends! I will be taking the rest of the week off (as is traditional here in the States), so I will see you back here on Monday – and I am excited to share that I have been working on some very special gift guides, so stay tuned for that next week as well! And if you would like to share something that you are feeling thankful for, I would love to hear from you in the comments :D

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