Category Archives: things i lovei hope for this kind of day soon. i would be wearing these… drinking a peppermint latte….. reading my Holiday magazine…. listening to my favorite christmas music…. while my kids decorate the tree….
sounds nice doesn't it? happy weekend to you. Nice selection of colourful items. The leather handbag would a make a perfect gift. Too funny. I just got a delivery of the kids plates and cups in the mail today! what a nice site! if you like those happy colours you should really like our dutch store http://www.hema.nl they also have verry colourfull stuff. this is definitely where my (future) wedding registry will be! thank you so much for sharing! Ok, this is probably a stupid question and I maybe missed something…Do you have two blogs, why do we link over to see what you are posting. Just curious. French Bull has some cool stuff. Love the dishes. Happy Thanksgiving!
the artist, judy kaufmann is a sweet girl in barcelona, spain. don't you love it? *********************************************************************************************** wow, LOVE her work. going to have to add some of it to my walls! You find the COOLEST things on Etsy. Thank you for all your links. I love your taste. 🙂 Love it! Going on my wishlist!! beth did not post the comment above it was going to be me, but i accentually did not change her information! I Love The Pictures Meg! LOVE that green circle/tree print. So fun. wauw, it looks great, i’am going to check out haar etsy shop. LOVE that! The cute little birds on all the rooftops… It makes me smile just looking at it! I do love it, it would look great in my house:) So does that mean the dining room is almost done? When will we get to see it? I too, love wonky houses. Cute print! can’t. wait. to. see. your. dining. room. 🙂 I really love the colors. I will check out the link! I love those too! Very very cool.
this is a project our family loves to take part in. i used to bring my kids with me to shop for the gifts that go in the boxes now i buy things throughout the year when they go on sale…..school supplies especially. we watch the video on samaritanspurse.org. (the same one that is posted above) then my kids fill the boxes. each of them made a card for their box. our church collects them and then drives them to a collection center. go to samaritanspurse.org for any information. I know this comment is late…late… I had a very long thanksgiving. 🙂 But I wanted to say “thanks” for packing boxes. I got to see kids recieve boxes and it’s awesome. I worked at a childrens home in thailand for a few years and we got Operation Christms Child – SO FUN! (thanks on behalf of the kids!!) Have a Merry Christmas! Love -Mary I cried. We packed three. We sent them. Love this! The MOPS group that I attend participates in OCC every year. Today our table put together one for a little boy. It was so much fun to bring in what we could and see what we could cram into the shoe box. Every year we play the DVD from Samaritan’s Purse and I cry every year. We have so much here and I often struggle to focus on the blessings. Thanks for the inspiration and you fabulous blog. Warmly, Jen D. I love this! I am going to check it out. Breaks my heart that kids are excited to get toothpaste! =( Toothpaste should just be a necessity! Makes my heart break! Thanks for the link Megan! I shared this video with my kids before we filled our boxes. They each wanted to include a note and picture like your family does 🙂 I’m a substitute teacher and the 6th grade class I was with today are collecting items for class boxes so I shared this video with them too. (Not sure all the Christianity was appropriate but it is the group of people that deliver these boxes. . .) I think it really inspired the class to go home tonight and find items for their boxes! I hope so. Thanks for posting. Our new church does this too and I can’t wait to do it. We’ve done it before, but we missed last year. I think it’s going to be so so awesome. 🙂 What a great project…and one we will adopt this year as well. Thank you for the generous inspiration! This is one of our favorite things to do each holiday season. We packed our boxes last night! I posted about OCC today and included a link to your post :). I *love* this. We did something very similar a few christmas’ in a row down under – my mom and I LOVED doing this. It is so wonderful , so lovely to give, so satisfying. Such a good tradition to rekindle now that I’m settled here in america. We turned in our shoeboxes last night! And I’m so excited to track them this year!! GREAT idea to gather things throughout the year. I’m totally going to do that (instead of scrambling at the last minute & frustrated the budget didn’t allow for more). We participate in this too. Two years ago, I was able to go help (along w/ others from my Church) at the Atlanta distribution center. We are going again this year and I’m SO excited!! Thank you for this post. Great suggestion, I will do it with my kids this year. Is not too late. We packed our box tonight! So glad they have EZ Give Tracking now. the best part of christmas is giving to those in need. last year, i organized an adopt a needy family with our high school hockey team. we all took part in this wonderful program through focus hope in Detroit. both our jv and varsity (i had a son on each team) adopted four (large) needy families in detroit. we bought each member of the family clothing, toys, or whatever they needed. We also supplied food for their christmas dinner. of course, the best part was delivering the packages and seeing the joy on the families faces when we loaded their homes with presents and food – the excitment on the childrens faces and the hugs i got was all i needed for christmas. i took 12 hockey playing boys in my group – it was the most rewarding experience for all involved. although, my boys no longer play hockey, we have decided with a group of friends to once again adopt some needy families, i am so excited to take part in the program this year!!! if you are interested in this program in your city, contact focus hope or your church. my church has done this is the past and i hope we do it again this yr…i will check on! meg your a great example of God’s love (: blessings, My 3 year old daughter & 11 month son just shopped for OCC this past Friday:). My daughter had a lot of fun…but it was a little hairy. Especially when it came to buying the toys for someone other than HER. It’s a hard lesson, but I’m so glad she gets to learn it by giving to others. We’re donating online too! Sooo awesome… We did this with our youth group last year. It was one of the best gift giving service projects we’ve ever done. I plan to do it this year as part of of our 24 days of Christmas project at home. Wish me luck. 🙂 i also cry EVERY SINGLE time i watch one of those videos. they always play them at church during a service a few weeks before collection time and i swear, there isn’t a dry eye in the sanctuary. so amazing… what precious little children. THEY bless US! seriously! we just bought a whole wackload of stuff yesterday and dropped the boxes off at our church this morning. such a great thing to do with kids. so fun and so important, especially in our crazed materialistic world. thanks for blogging about this… hopefully others can now be encouraged to take part! 🙂 yikes .. thank you for reminding me .. that’s very impacting! I just looked at the KCParent magazine and ripped out the information for this – wow, we must start doing it this year. Thanks for the extra motivation – I can’t wait to share with my boys. We are thinking alike girl . . . we did ours today with the kids. We’ve never watched the video though – just added it to my list for this week!! We’ve never been apart of a church that did this just did it on our own. I’d love to see more people do it. I also love your “shop all year” for stuff. I also noticed you took stuff out of the packages – like panties and stuff. What a clever idea- you can fit so much more in that way I’m sure – I’m assuming it’s ok right? You have so many readers that I’m sure you just impacted this ministry so much. Love how God works!! Have a good weekend. What a great idea. Found a drop off location not too far from us. Think we’re gonna have to participate in this one. Thanks for the info. We show those videos every year – our church is a collection site. I cry EVERY SINGLE TIME. My kids love this! After typing that last comment I went to the website and realized I can TOTALLY make this happen by the 22nd. I told my kids we were doing it… we are doing it. THIS week?! Dang! I had every intention of doing this with my kids. And it’s such a great idea to buy stuff throughout the year. Our Mops group does this every year and I love it! We had a playgroup on Friday and the kids filled boxes while we were there. They took so much pride in filling in the boxes and it was so sweet to see kids ranging in age 1 to 6 working hard to fill their boxes. Our MOPS group got together and did this !! Its one of my favorite Christmas traditions 🙂 We do a similar thing here in Australia. I don’t think we can track our boxes though. So Awesome! I Love Doing Operation Christmas So Much! We are just packing up our boxes this weekend. The kids are so in to it and feel great about helping others, and what a fun way to do it! This video chokes me up every time I watch it. we do this every year too…for the ages/gender my kids are. this year i took them shopping with me. i usually don’t do that, but i had procrastinated so i had to. i like your idea of saving up stuff throughout the year. *hopefully* i will remember to do that next year. 🙂 Such a lovely idea, i said it last year and ill say it again, i still cant find anuything like this in the UK argh, not least near where i live…. love the photos, there very colourful 🙂 x So awesome!! I blogged about Samaritans Purse today too! Love that you guys are doing the boxes. We went for the gift catalog idea this year. My kids loved looking through it to see the needs around the world. You can donate online? How cool! We’ve done this before, but now we sponsor a little gal in Africa so we send here a big package in September and pray it gets there in time for Christmas! My kids love to choose out her presents. Hi Meg, followed your blog for years, but never commented before, love you and your family. what a great idea, never knew about this and just found out it operates in Australia too but I’ve missed the deadline, definitely will bookmark it for next year. I was thinking though how do you explain to your kids why santa doesn’t bring all children a gift? I’m not sure of your traditions but Santa still exists in our house (I have 7 year old twins) and I always find the santa story hard to explain when so many children around the world don’t get a gift at christmas time? Love to hear your view. Lesley I did this with my four nieces and nephew this week. I do it by myself, but it is SO much more fun with kids. I gave them each an empty rubbermaid box the size of a shoe box and we went to the store with them and they filled them there. They knew our budget and had to do some mental math. I told them about it last week so that they could think about what they were going to get all week. When we were done we watched the video so they could “see” what they were doing and how it affected the kids the boxes were going to. An awesome project. Really. I stumbled onto your blog a while ago, and what an inspiration you are! I am always looking for new ways to teach my boys about living outside themselves and having compassion. I enjoy your projects and photos and am also encouraged to know that I am not the only one who weeps at the simple things in life 🙂 Blessings to you. I didn’t realize that they did this near here, but apparently they do! I’ve only done Angel Tree before, but for where I’m at poverty is pretty bad, so any charity helps. My sons third grade class decided to make boxes this year instead of exchanging gifts at their Christmas party. They were able to gather enough donations for three boxes of supplies and shipping. It’s a wonderful program and a great way to encourage kids to think about other during the holiday season. thanks so much for sharing. i look forward to giving! My girls and I went yesterday afternoon to shop for the items. This evening we will watch the video, wrap our box, and pack it. The girls are very excited! We are filling our shoe boxes today. Love the idea of showing the kids the video before they fill the boxes … we see it during our church service … but they don’t. It will make it so much more meaningful to them! Such a great thing to do…we love it too. The hands and feet of Jesus! Hey! I just found your blog last night and have been reading as far back as I could since early this morning!! I am a 21 year old majoring in Accounting, striving to become a CPA, but desperately wanting to be a housewife and Mom just like you. I have known since I was little that that was my purpose in life, but have had to find other things to strive for until the time comes….. I have always said that I would have 5 children, but ultimately know that its up to God as to the definite details 🙂 Thanks for being an inspiration to me! Your post about Liza turning 100 really hit me when you were talking to the lady who was the oldest of 5 children, and you started crying because you said she just understood!! I cried when I read that because so many people find out what I really want to do with my life and think I am crazy for wanting to raise a large family and stay at home! Sorry for rambling, just wanted to say thanks for being so real! -Ashley Oh Gosh! Good thing I read this today (after work and before cleaning) our boxes need to be at church with us in the morning and I totally forgot about them! Thanks Meg…and your ideas of things to send are great! This is a great thing… I saw your post about Operation Christmas child last year and you’ve inspired our family to start doing it this year 🙂 Thank you! Thanks for posting this. I love this ministry. Our family does this every year also. I didn’t know you could donate online and find out where the boxes go. SO COOL. i’m so excited for the online giving and getting to see where they go!! i love this project too! We love participating in OCC too! I am the P.O.C. this year at our church and its great seeing so many boxes come in. I *almost* took my kids with me to shop then thought better of it, so they will just get to fill the boxes. It is a great ministry! Our church participates in the same exact program. It is wonderful and you’re right, heartbreaking. We just filled our boxes. We had the coolest thing happen one year…we sent a box off and later got a response from an Indian family who served in a ministry to street kids and orphans. Their son rec’d our box, and his name was “Benson,” which is my hubby’s mom’s maiden name. It was just a fun, heart-warming God-incidence. We are going to an Operation Christmas Child party today. I love those flashlights you got with the batteries included in the package. Wish I knew where to get those…today!!! Thanks for the inspiration again! Some co-workers and I just bought our supplies for the boxes. I absolutely love OCC and I too cry at all the videos. I love that your kids are involved. I can’t wait to do this with my kids someday when I have some! I am totally crying after watching that video. This is such a important mission. I think my girls would love to be involved! Thanks for posting Meg. I got a brochure from my daughter’s preschool, they are participating in it. It’s actually the first time I’ve ever heard of it. I’m very excited for my kids to be a part of this. I couldn’t figure out if I should take them shopping with me. Your post helped me see that letting the kids put the box together (along with the video) will work out great. Thanks again! What a wonderful gift to give your children – to participate in such a wonderful Christmas tradition. We do that each year! I posted about working at the Operation Christmas Child processing center last year, here: http://theoldpostroadblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/operation-christmas-child-processing.html Thanks for the pics of what you guys are giving. Very helpful as we head out today to get our supplies. We can bring our boxes to our church tomorrow and then we are going to pray over them! Our kids are at such tender ages 6 and 4 and they were affected by the video! Praise God…thanks so much! my kids’ preschool does this! They are only three, so it was the first time I’d gotten to talk with them about other children in the world who don’t have as much as they do. We had a great time filling (and decorating!) our box. My twins’ teacher told us that if we wanted to add our address in the box (we put ours on the back of a photo) that the child might write us back! Thanks for sharing this today. The video got me too. I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to find a collection location so I used your link and discovered that my Mother-in-law’s church is a dropoff location! I will share the video with my girls and take them shopping. I want them to have a good eye opener and see how it feels and what it means to help others. Thank you and I thank God you showed it to us. 🙂 Love, Operation Christmas Child! Our church has done this for as long as I can remember and of couple years ago when I was interning at The Tennessee Babptist Children’s Home I was able to be a part of the collection process. Such a neat thing to see! Oh, and by the way… when we watched the video, I cried too!! Can’t help it! Makes my heart happy and sad all at once! God is GREAT!!!!! What a great idea to work on getting items all through the year as they go on sale! I will remember that for next year! This is the first year that my daughters, 8 and 3, are participating and we are so excited to see where our box goes! Thanks for sharing! What a wonderful idea! I’m going to check it out. Thanks! I had no idea you could track your box, My three year old granddaughter wanted to know WHO got the things in the box. This is great! Thank you for sharing. I will go donate now!! Such a good idea to buy stuff at back to school time & throughout the year. It always sneaks up on me, thanks for the reminder. erin I actually got to see my box in one of the mags one year. Made it SO real for us!
2. cute hat. (hat is from emily sparks.) it makes me giddy with excitement for my photo season to be over so i can start sewing again. 4. my lovely new friend shauna sent me the most fabulous gift in the mail. shauna has the bell in her house too. (bell was from HomeGoods) 5. HOLIDAY magazine winner is Jennifer….the one who wrote this: We each get to open one present on Christmas Eve and it's always a new pair of jammies, washed and ready to put on. The kids of course know this is coming and they're always excited to snuggle in to Posted by: jennifer email me jennifer with your address and stuff. I was just with Emily Sparks yesterday!!!! And that hat she sent you was the hot item at the Queen Bee boutique. Everyone was trying it on . . . and I wanted it sooooo bad. But I have blonde hair so it didn’t look good. Plus, I don’t have a cool hat face so I had to let it go to a groovy gal with dark brown hair. I actually walked up to her when I was on security detail and said . . . “You HAVE to buy that hat, it looks amazing on you.” I’m selfless like that. 🙂 Just thought you should know. Oh that bell brings back memories…but not of a dinner bell or calling children inside. When my mom finished her last chemo treatment, the nurses asked if she wanted to ring the bell. It wasn’t until reading the plaque next to it that the significance really hit home: Okay, here it is…plain and simple. I NEED all of those items! haha! LOVE THEM!!!!!! Okay, I hope you’re happy! 🙂 love your hat, so cute! and your fabric, the mug, the bell, love it! susan I LOVE that bell! We have a dinner bell out in our garage like that. The girls love ringing it. Your mug freaked me out too-I wasn’t sure what the heck I was looking at. Woo Hoo! Fun x 5 for sure! Although that lens mug totally freaked me out, I felt sick for a moment thinking your lens had a very bad day. Good thing it’s just a happy mug! Sooooo gonna get the mug for my photographer dad for Christmas! He’s so hard to buy for and that mug is GREAT! AWESOME cup and I WANT that bell! Wanted an outdoor one for this house!! LOVE love love it! And I love that you say “love it” all the time too!! Love the hat–super cute…I honestly don’t think i can wear hats, but I always thought it was because my hair is short. Maybe it’s just my head. haahaha…because you’re hair is short and it’s absolutely adorable!!! Ok, three things. 1. Love the hat on you, so cute. 2. I LOVE the bell. Will be looking for one of those…. 3. I hope your sewing will include some pillowcase dresses (or any other kind of dress since you’re especially crafty! I am working on another round of “Project Pillowcase”. Stop by – OfferThemChrist.blogspot.com. what a fun post! i’m obsessed with coffee mugs and want to buy one everywhere i go. but in reality, i have my favorite cup and i use it almost every day. all my other ones sit lonely (and beautifully!) in the cabinet. i need to find a way to display them! In the neighborhood I grew up in, many of the neighbors and my family had bells on their porches. When a bell would start ringing we would be quiet and listen — they had different sounds. When it was determined whose bell was ringing those poor kids had to go home and the rest got to keep playing! My mom said it saved her from yelling for us as we had a neighborhood full of kids and could have been anywhere on the block. Love the bell! Except I would afraid I’d be listening to it all the live long day-cute hat too! how about ding & dong!!! the hat looks great on you. The hat is so cute!!!! My friend gave me a vintage bell that she found when she moved in her new place.My boys love it now that I ring the bell for dinner instead of screaming for them to come and eat!!!! I still need to hang mine up though!!!!! cute. 🙂 my sewing machine is Ethel and my camera is Lucy. 🙂 LOVE that bell and that hat! Can you believe I found a hat like that tonight at a Christmas open house at an antique store in my town and it was $6. I want to buy one for everyone on my list! I agree, those are happy things! I love that colorful fabric and your hat!! Love the freaking coffee cup. Love you in that hat. You know, of all the blogs I frequent, you’re the one that I’m always thinking; Gosh, I want to meet her one day. You are totally rocking that hat, Meg! I love love love it! And that mug? Wow. That is cool. Happy happy mail! When I saw the top photo I first though..Wooahh…why on earth has she done that? HA! Thank you! Thank You! Thank you! You made a wife happy with the mug lens, because now I know what I’m gonna order for Christmas for my man! The bell is beautiful, we could use one :)). We have a bell, a beautiful bell… It is one way to get all my kids to dash all at once, with a purpose. I blogged about all our bells and whistles right here: http://www.se7en.org.za/2008/10/12/saturday-spot-bells-and-whistles That mug is super-rad! Saw it in your sidebar a while ago. So neat somebody sent it to ya! My husband so wants that coffee mug. He also found a (very cheesy) f-stop watch. Hardy har. He loved it. I want that hat How fun is that bell and love that cute hat! you are a lucky girl…. love the bell….but there is no way on God’s green earth I will ever let my kids get a hold of one of those….love your new mug. Lucky Duck. What are your plans for the fabric? Where did someone buy that bell? I need one to get my son home from the neighbors. Our neighbors had one growing up and when the bell rang everyone went home for dinner. Okay…I love that bell…perfect to ring at dinner! I have one of those bells too; it is in my front porch but nobody rings it (thank goodness – it is REALLY loud and makes the dogs crazy). Both my parents were in the British navy so they were always collecting nautical-themed antiques and decor. My mother gave me the bell a few years ago. In my husband’s neighborhood where he grew up there is a family in the neighborhood who has a dinner bell outside and they ring it every day! It’s the most hilarious and funnest thing ever! Love it. Love the coffee cup…there are a few shutterbugs in my family and that will make an awesome Christmas gift! Love the hats and fabric too! You rock lady! I think the coffee cup is awsome but how did they get your address??? Annie is so cute! Does she pick out her clothes? ok, what makes me smile the most about this post is the photo with annie…my 5 year old has on that same dress and she is wearing leggings and striped socks…that don’t at all match. totally twins! 🙂 We have a dinner bell too and it is the best! Don’t know what we’d do without it. I LOVE your hat. If I had a hat that cute I would definitely wear it evvery day of my life!!! Have to put a vote in for Lucy and Ethel (which my cats are named as well!). Love the fun fabric too! I didn’t think it was a cup…even after you said that. I kept looking for it. DUH! Love the bell. Well have a cast iron one of the outside of the house that I ring when it’s time for the girls to come in. I am in love with the bell! I think that would be great in my kitchen!! Now…how to find a bell? 🙂 I need that cup ASAP!!!!! LOVE it!!! Love it SO much! That cup is just your cup of tea. Well, I mean coffee. 🙂 You got a lot of fun stuff in the mail. Love days like that. Now I want a bell… who would have thought… ringing the bell “DINNER!” I’d just be afraid of the bell being rung all the time.. you know like giving a child a whistle. But love it! Holy CUP that is awesome!!! I Love that bell. When I would visit my best friend back home in Michigan her mom would ring a bell like that for lunch. I thought that was the coolest thing ever! (I might need to get one) 🙂 beauty and the beast? I am loving that coffee cup. I have never seen that before. Anonymous Giver- I want one too! Cute bell too. i was on the look out for flats. i went to all the places i usually go….no shoes to be found…that i liked. i was walking through the mall and saw Payless...started to walk past but thought to give it one more try. 15 minutes later…. i found what i was looking for. ***********************************************************************************
but i had done my damage. shoes are happy. at least i think so. what cute shoes…i have to go check them out! I couldn’t agree more! I love shoes! And I love your blog! I had to mention you in my last post, since you inspired me to write about shoes! Holy Crap I love those shoes1! Love. I’m totally linking you up to SHOESday. I agree 100%! My feet are always cute. awww…man! those are some awesome shoes…i love payless. now it’s my turn to go do some damage! I have such a hard time letting the flip flops go too. I usually go from flip flops to some sort of ugg boot. You have excellent taste in shoes and you always make me smile, even though life can sometimes be very hard. If I only have time for one blog in the morning it is definitely yours. Okay…you’re right…I’ve GOT TO let the flip flops go too. You have excellent taste in shoes! I have the black pair, the leopard print pair and the gray rosette pair! They are so comfy!! check out TOMS! (www.toms.com) I can totally relate! I’m sad to see my flip flops go, they are so easy. I will be checking these out, thanks! I saw a stat today that said the average woman will spend $25,000 on shoes in her lifetime-personally, I aim for above average 🙂 if only my 34 year old feet weren’t so in love with cushy shoes {sigh} what’s a girl to do??? definitely some super cute ones! love it! Ahhh… I LOVE those shoes! The grey ones are definitely very dreamy! :o) xoxoxo Those grey felt ones at the very end are swoony! A to the men! I love them all Payless I am on my way 🙂 I have the second pair, the brown ones, but they hurt my feet, specifically my toes. I have wide feet though. Thanks mom! i couldn’t agree more…and this is why i was so heart-broken when my boots got delivered from old navy today and they look hideous on me! i’m not tall enough and they are hitting me in a bad spot. even my 5 year old told me she thought the boots would look better on someone else. 🙁 Soooooooooooo Cute!!! shoes are happy…yes they are. The gray wedges that you got are PERFECTION!!! I need those! Now all I have to do is find a Payless, as they are scarce here. Thanks for the heads-up. 🙂 LOVE the red ones! Nearly got them last month but I had to go slightly more practical with our winters… Shoes ARE happy! 🙂 As long as they’re comfortable, they’re happy! You found some cute ones. Lovely, one and all. I’m a Payless girl, too. Oh rats 🙁 I soooo didn’t need to see those last two pics….LOVE THEM!!!!! I will probably be making a trip to Payless now 🙂 I bought some kelley green All-Star Converse last week….and you are right….they just make you happy!!!!!!! Amen, sister? Shoes never let me down 🙂 I love shoes as well….cant wait to see what you wear them with!!!! Have a great day!!! I put you in my blog post today….:) Wow what cuties you found, and at Payless??? I’m going too 🙂 I’m on a hunt for new shoes too!!! I love all of your choices!! I think I’ll head to Payless before I go to the name brand shoe stores… OooOOooooh, I love the very first ones – the pink… and the very last gray with the flower. Lovely. I can’t wear anything but flats (because of the balance issues with my migraines). Haven’t been to Payless in ages, will have to check it out again! Adorable! thanks for sharing – it’s always hard for me to transition out of the flip flops into fall/winter shoes – I think I’ll head over to Payless. There is nothing better in life than old friends and new shoes. 🙂 That’s my motto! Love all of them!!! Payless has had some cute shoes lately! Middle pair that you bought. Have them. Love them. Enjoy your new shoes! THANK YOU!!! I need these as well! At least ONE pair. My winter heels kill my feet after their summer breather in flops. wow those are great! looks like I need to make a trip to payless! 🙂 I would never in a million years looked at AE for shoes – because I did not know they had them! Those are all adorable, and probably comfortable too. Thanks for sharing this great find! Oh you make me want to jump in my car and head to Payless right now. If I lived in a city I’d be there!!!! I’ve been looking for red flats for a year now – ever since my mom got the cutest pair – she wears way cuter shoes than me!!! Love the red ones you found!!! I’ve been with ya on the Payless thing – I had about given up on them. Your post just may send them some visitors!!! Do you mind if we have the same shoes? 🙂 I’m not a big shopper so when I see something I love, and someone tells me exactly where to get it…..well that just makes me happy 🙂 I am running off to get my hair cut right now i love the ones you picked up. i heart shoes too and am desperate for some new ones. through each pregnancy my feet grew a little and now i’m having the hardest time finding shoes that fit by big old feet, but you just reminded me that payless carries big foot sized shoes so there’s still hope for me. 🙂 i think a trip to the mall is in the cards for us today. i love those gray ones! Really cute score, Meg! Amen sister! Shoes always look good on your feet, no matter what’s going on from the ankles up 🙂 I was so sad when the Payless by WM left town. 🙁 Are they comfy? That’s my biggest issue… and also I have narrow feet which makes find flats that stay on difficult. Those styles are super cute! And all I wear are flats (and slippers). Well thank you for sharing that. I would love some cute little flats too, but they hurt my feet. I’ll have to check out Payless. I bet you look super cute. Oh, I agree! I LOVE shoes. I never think to check payless. I love all shoes aboe 🙂 LOVE all your new shoes! They look great! And you are so right….no matter how I feel about my weight, my hair, my looks…shoes and purses…always make me feel good! 😀 Love the shoes! I just went to Payless last weekend to get my daughter some shoes…we walked out with matching Ugg style boots (for a lot cheaper) and I got the cutest pair of plaid flats with a ruffle! Plus we scored on BOGO…not bad. Great finds! I, too, find Payless hit or miss. But you they were a BIG hit this time. Cute, cute, cute! oooh, i love them! i will be stopping by payless today. thanks! Shoes are the best!!! Check out Target too…they have lots of super cute ones too!! I love the look of flats but just feel like I can’t pull them off for some reason. I’m weird!!! I love them-I am going to go try some on and get me some-thanks for the posting-I don’t think my husband will thankyou for the posting though-:) I have those grey ones. oh. adorable. I HEART flats! i LOVE payless – I usually always find something super cute there – and so inexpensive. Just got a 20% off coupon in the mail yesterday too! I love those grey flannel heels – oh I think I will get them for 20% off :)….thanks for the tips. cute! i have a thing for flats! two weeks ago they had their bogo sale and i had a bday coupon for 20% off and forgot until it was over. boo oh meg!…are you really going to make me shower and leave the house today for those ADORABLE grey flower shoes!! 🙂 i think i need them….but the chances of them having my size are slim…we shall see. 🙂 You DID score! Really cute, and I agree with your philosophy ~ shoes are happy!! oh those are so cute – all of them!! believe it or not payless was on my list for new york (classy, i know) but we never made it. enough damage done elsewhere though! yikes. the best thing about me was my feet – until I broke my little toe twice. Oh well. I had quit going there…looks like I need to get there! I love those gray rosettes. Shoes are indeed happy. Nice choices. Now you’ll have warm CUTE tootsies. gotta love a good pair of shoes .. cute. shoes are fun unless you have size 11 or 12 feet then you are stuck with orthopaedic like shoes 😛 wow! all at payless!? score. I love flats!! My husband is barely taller than me so I don’t wear heals ever cause I don’t want to tower over him! 🙂 i love the red flats and gray rosette’s. too cute! They all look great. Oh for the day when my bunnion did’t rule my feet.ha ha. I am going TOMORROW!!! Those ballet flats are my fav and the wool looking heels…thanks for the tip. I never go to Payless. Thanks again for making me spend money:-) I couldn’t agree more! ***update***
i had my party! and bits comes from what the beads are made out of….bits of paper! the money from the jewelry allows the women to provide
making the beads is a process. you can contact 31BIts on their website about having your own party with your friends.
would you like to see what i have left? click here to see…and buy what's left. it is ALL SOLD! you are the best. they work with reef too!! I love reef, there is a cool new Guatemalan project they’re doing for their girls line, along with a trip give-away http://on.fb.me/c7EXRT I am so sad I didn’t read this one until today. I just love these beads, and I would have loved to help this cause by making a purchase. I’m glad you sold them all! Let me know if you do this again!!! I just got a few things as gifts from 31 bits for my 31st birthday! We have a similar initiative from another part of Africa in my neck of the woods called “Big Village”. This is so neat! I have two very similar necklaces that were being sold at my church last year, when one of the children’s choirs came to sing for us. It was wonderful. The necklaces are beautiful! Because of your last post about them, I went online and bought 3 bracelets so far! I ordered one, received it and LOVED it, then went back and ordered two more! My son and I went to DC for the National Invisible Children Rally last year (for children in Uganda) so this was very dear to my heart. Thanks for sharing! I had never heard of 31 bits until you wore that amazing necklace in a photo and commented on it. I’m so glad you posted this! I’m hoping to host a party in December. Love their stuff and what they stand for. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this meg. I was wondering about my amazing necklace that I got at a booth at the mall. The lady working there didn’t have much info on 31 bits;) Oh man…i was doing okay reading through your post, trying not to get too choked up, until I got to the last picture with their beautiful faces and stories. Wham! Right between the eyes! Kleenex anyone?!! We are spoiled! Ridiculously spoiled! pretty stuff…and I love the story behind it! Darn. I wanted to check it out. That is supa awesome!!!!!! <3 GORGEOUS! both the necklaces and the story behind them! Phooey. I really wanted some. Maybe next time 🙂 you have such a big heart meg So neat. Alright. The Party Cups. I died. Meg! This made my heart so happy! I got my 31 bits jewelry this weekend and nearly screamed out loud at the post office, he he. I hope you sold a lot at your party 🙂 I am going to frame the little postcard with the ladies names because one Ugandan lady has my name 🙂 I wore a piece to church on Sunday and one of the little girls I teach Sunday school to asked me if I made my necklace, I said no that a lady from Uganda had made it named Florence. She then looked at me so amazed and said “how did she get it to you?” I thought that was so sweet of her. I told her I was having a party soon to sell it and she said she wanted to come. I just think this is so great! I don’t know why I am so excited about this! I just simply love it 🙂 sooo…how would one go about having a party like that at their house in another state???? Beautiful jewelry and to think they are all made from recycled items….AMAZING!! meg. that was me up above. the name was a previous joke. feel free to delete! beautiful. It’s amazing how much these paper beads look like the clay beads used in traditional African jewelry. Love it. I bought a necklace and bracelet a couple of summers ago and LUV them! At the time I knew they were from Ugandan women, but didn’t know the company or how to get more. Thanks for posting the links!
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Yaz - the whole thing made me salivate!
julia - Didn’t you mention that mag before??? I get the feeling that it’s following you around from room to room whispering “read me”
Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Girl I got those exact slippers on right now, except mine are pink and orange. So comfy and cute! We were driving home on Friday. I’m holding out for Cyber Monday;)
Kathryn - eeps! i ordered those exact slipper boots from ON and they came the day before thanksgiving! looooove them!! 🙂 they make me happy. 🙂 hope you get a day like that very soon! 🙂
amac - Charlie Brown Christmas is my favorite too! I just LOVE it!!! So soothing, so classic, and wonderful in every way 🙂 I live in a country that doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving, so no black Friday sales 🙁 I did online shop a little. Does that count?!
AshleyAnn - You couldn’t pay me to deal with crowds on Black Friday! All those pictures make me miss flip flops and iced lattes…debbie downer i am.
Kristin S - Hilarious to read through the comments.
Yep, hit Target around 4am and watched everyone in the LONG organized line. Once they all got in, I entered. Thankfully I wasn’t there for electronics. Those people were psycho. I got everything on my list and people-watched. Went back later with returns on some impulse buys I think will be cheaper later. 🙂
Drove through Chick fil A drive thru around 5am and was back in bed by 5:30.
Now dish. Where are those slippers from???
Stephanie - I did shop, but from the comfort of my chair! I don’t like shopping much by going out. I usually find ideas and items for people throughout the year, then supplement with handmade gifts. Much nicer that way, plus I spend shopping time making things, which makes me feel much better!
Margo - I did the black Friday shopping thing for the first time in my life – it was crazy! I felt sorry for the guy in line in front of me at super Target at 3:45 am who said he only went there to get Deli meat! The woman in front of him asked him why he didn’t just go to the grocery store – he didn’t have an answer!
Charla - You are crazy. I can’t fathom the frenzy that is Black Friday. My sanity is worth more than saving a few bucks. End of story.
The Fairy's Apprentice - hope you’ll be doing that soon! No black friday shopping for me, even on internet, but I wish I would have done it. I ordered some photo funny gear from photojojo.com (a big THANK YOU!) and I’m waiting for it to come. I didn’t buy any of the Christmas presents, but I have a nice list on my mind.
XOXO
Gemma - Looking forward to seeing some Thanksgiving pics!!!
Gemma x
leonie - tell me thats not your tree! I read it as though its a ‘dream’ day not one that has happened yet… am I wrong???? just wondering is this black thing you speak of crazy shopping day???I have no idea….love love those slippers!
Leonie
Melanie - I’d be the one at home with the slippers, coffee, and music while you were out shopping:)
danielle - love!
Janelle - No Black Friday for me – the only store on the island that has a big sale is Kmart and I’m not getting up at 5:30am to go to Kmart. No thanks. Can’t wait for the container of Christmas trees to reach the island though – I’m ready to decorate our tree!
Regina - that looks like a lovely day indeed! how in the world do we get a day like that . . . or i’d settle for an afternoon that way!
Grace - A peppermint latte sounds perfect for this chilly day!
I did go shopping yesterday—but didn’t have to face Black Friday crowds. I went to the Fiestaware outlet to get ready for Christmas!
Hope you are having a lovely weekend with your family. 🙂
Lisa - Love the slippers and that tree, WOW, that’s great inspiration for decorating our trees this year, huh??! I didn’t do Black Friday shopping this year because my oldest daughter was ‘t able to be home from college this year, and she is my co-conspirator! I missed her and the shopping! I did do some online Black Fri. shopping though 🙂
Kelly Webb - I want the boots! Where did you find the boots??? They need to be on my Christmas list 🙂
Becky - Sounds totally wonderful. I too would love a day like that – any ideas how I can make it happen ??!!!!!
Chris - I braved the Black Friday nightmare and then came home and had some hot cocoa and read that same magazine while the husband took a nap.
Have you tried the Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate from Starbucks? It’s total happiness in mug…or cup.
Sheila - No, no and another no. Did black Friday just one time, long time ago, and never did it again. I admire your spunk for getting out there though.
april - Yum for the latte….and I had a craft day instead of shopping…have a great weekend!!!
coffee and daisies - i LOVE your taste. Just fabulous!!! Have a great weekend 🙂
Tanya H - ohhhh I want that day. sign me up!
Flower Patch Farmgirl - I can. Not. stop thinking about the SNL “I Love It” thing you introduced us out-of-the-loopers to. Thanks for reminding me all over again. Every time I or anyone else says “I love it!” I think of that funny guy…
Rach - Well that just sounds like the perfect day to me!!!
Leigh - No Black Friday shopping for me. I had to work but I’d probably avoid the stores/crowds even if I’d had the day off. I’m 90% done with my Christmas shopping anyway:)
Crystal Siltman - I love this post! This is so me! Enjoy your weekend!
Julie - this year i have a 3 month old, so i was planning on sleeping in (haha… sleeping in with a 3 month old!) but when i woke up, i HAD to go shopping. it’s a tradition my mom and i do every year, whether we have a list of things to buy or are just window shopping. at 9:00 i called her up and said “Be ready in 15 minutes.” so we went for 2 hours while baby napped at home with dad and brothers. we are usually out there between 4 and 5, but better late than never is what i say!
Holly - I love it! We are having some major house stuff done on monday that requires a lot of furniture to be moved around for a day so no tree this weekend for us. I did do a bit of shopping but today I have photos all day and maybe an hour to kill in betweeen so I might have to do some more then! Happy weekend Megan!
Jana - No Black Friday shopping for us. Stayed in and played in the craft room today. Hope you found some good bargains.