Happy day after late-fall friend & family thanks-giving fun time! Honestly, with everything happening in the world, especially Standing Rock, celebrating a traditional 'Thanksgiving' felt... wrong, so it's just as well that we stayed in Philly this year. Plus, my family has never been much for a traditional Thanksgiving anyway. When I was younger, our "normal" Thanksgiving involved my mom taking my brother and I snowboarding for the day, where the mountain served something close to a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Afterwards, we'd head home and feast on microwave burritos and watch movies. It was pretty perfect. This year I stuck to my own tradition and ran an early morning Turkey Trot while Chris worked a shift, then we made a big dinner with friends. In the years to come, I'm looking forward to reimagining this day as something different. A day to be grateful and give back -- minus the weird and inaccurate 'pilgrim/indian' narrative. Think about it - wouldn't it be cool if we just had a day where we were encouraged to make a huge dinner for friends and family and then give to the charities and causes we cared about? And we all just had this day off from work.
And now it's officially the holiday season. Today Chris and I are going to the art museum and planning out the gifts we're going to make this year, and tomorrow I'm looking forward to doing some Small Business Saturday shopping. Hope you have a fun weekend planned! XO
PS - IT'S GILMORE GIRLS DAY!!!!!!!
*How to help the Standing Rock protesters: lots of helpful info here, and donate to https://medichealercouncil.com/donate/ or http://standwithstandingrock.net/donate/
*Zappos is covering the cost of animal adoptions through Best Friend's Animal Society through 11/28!!!
Jess is having a big sale this weekend! Save 25% off the entire shop - including this perfect top
This is HUGE. Today Patagonia is donating 100% of sales to the planet
What kind of friend are you? (I'm a sampler/compartmentalizer)
Yum! I made this yesterday and it was delicious.
This perfect pink winter coat is 50% off through this weekend - along with a bunch of other Free People faves!
A non-alcoholic holiday cocktail
The ShopBop sale is still going strong!
Really curious about this cookbook
Love this cute kitty mug
Growing up gay to a glam rock soundtrack
Save 25% off your order from Madewell - including this cozy dress
Save 40% off your order from J.Crew! Loving this crossbody bag
Seriously dying over Anthropologie's beautiful holiday decor - and everything is 30% off
Yum - these Thanksgivng leftovers recipes look so good
Everything is on sale over on Moorea Seal! This recipe box would make a great gift
Etsy faves: These handmade cactus earrings, these boho pillows, these adorable cloud soaps, this fig/rosemary candle, these personalized pet portraits, this bath bomb!
ModCloth is having a huge sale! Wouldn't this dress be perfect for a winter wedding?
