Stress free holiday cheer – I know it’s not everyone’s favourite thing, but this time of year from Halloween to New Years Eve is one of my favourites. I love how soon everyone will come home for the holidays and it’s going to start looking like Christmas outside- but there’s still time to get everything done! For me November is a month of anticipation for Christmas, before any of the stress of December kicks in. I’ll take that, with a box of Christmas cards.

My Life In France – I’ve just started reading My Life In France by Julia Child on my kindle, and I’m completely enamored. It’s the story of Julia Child first moving to France, learning the language and learning to cook, and it’s filled with deliciously written details about her life, kitchen, marriage, and letters. It’s my favourite parts of Julie and Julia, all the time.

Changing over to my winter wardrobe – I don’t have a giant wardrobe but I have even less in the way of closet space, so I can’t keep all my clothes out all year. As a fun result, I’m always building up my wardrobe for winter and summer separately. I store my “off season” clothes in a big rubbermaid container and swap out twice a year- it means that I always know what I’m not wearing and can donate it, and when the seasons change I get to rediscover all my favourite clothes I haven’t seen in six months! Give me skinny jeans and perfectly over sized sweaters, mukluks and scarves. I can’t wait to see my favourite winter clothes again!

Dream bigger than I’ve ever dreamed before – I have some news that I can’t wait to share with you, but things are definitely going to be changing in my life very soon and I can’t wait for you all to come on a very exciting journey with me! One hint: I love babies but it doesn’t involve babies :)

Share my anxiety story – I mentioned in passing last month that I’ve been dealing with more anxiety than I usually have, well apparently that’s not even the half of it! This month has been a roller coaster, but also really rewarding and revealing. I haven’t been ready to share until now, but I’m excited to tell my story next week.

Be covered in sparkles – This is just a practical reality, but holy retail at Christmas! There has not been a day that I’ve come home this week without leaving a trail of sparkles wherever I walk! It’s been a week of unpacking Christmas ornaments and I’m quite sure that if I get any sparklier I’m going to gain the ability to grant wishes.

Do you have a wish for November?

When I’m covered in enough sparkles to grant wishes,
I’ll make the ones in the comments below come true first. I pinkie swear.

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