My Favorite Christmas Ornaments

Our family Christmas tree is decorated in an array of ornaments that I have collected over the year. One way that I collected so many ornaments is that my sister Samantha and I have exchanged ornaments on Thanksgiving for many years. Once I moved out of my parents I was allowed to take my ornaments and had enough to decorate a tree. We still love this tradition. Of course, I have bought some, gathered some as gifts, and some came from ornament parties. Here are some of my favs!

The ornament my sister got me this year.

I love this JINGLE. It is hard to see but it has LOTS of glitter!

My sister got me this one when I was in high school. I still love Gone With the Wind. 

This Joy ornament is super cute and has lots of blue glitter. 

No idea where it came from. He hangs from the top. He is a staple at Christmas. 

Baby's First ornament (one side). A gift from my great friend Heather.

Other side of Jack's first ornament.

One of the very first ornaments my sister got me. Disco Santa...super fun!

My husband and I got this ornament last year to celebrate our first Christmas together.

Influenster: Cosmo Voxbox 2012

I heard about Influenster from another blogger and since I LOVE products I decided to check it out. Yesterday, while having a very hectic day, I got my Voxbox. I only had a minute to take a quick peak before I had to run out the door. I was thrilled with what I saw!

1. FriXion by Pilot Pen. As a teacher I adore pens and lose them often. My husband spotted the black pen and jacked it right away. I love the fun/hip look and it writes really well. They included a black and orange pen. The color of the pen equals the color of the ink. Really enjoy these!

2. Forever Red at Bath & Body Works. It has an adult smell. It does smell nice but I want to let you know that you don't need much. One squirt does the trick.

3. Ghirardelli Gourmet Milk Sea Salt Escape. OMG!!! This chocolate was so amazing. I ate it up quickly and will for sure be buying soon. The problem is that it is so good that I ate it really quickly and I'm pretty sure it is meant to be snacked on over a few days. I had it gone within 10 minutes (I did share 2 squares with my mom who loved it also). 

4. A Venus razor package that included a razor and a Venus & Olay disposable razor blade. I already use the Venus razor and was anxious to try the new Venus & Olay blades. I already own the razor and always get a big box of replacement blades in my Christmas stocking. I didn't even know these blades were available. I haven't had a chance to try them but I already love the previous blades and so adding Olay can only make it better.