Friday Favorites: Kisses, Trees, Hallmark and Giveaway Thanks!

Hey Folks!
Happy Friday to you!
It's been a short, long week!
It's crazy how sometimes the short weeks feel like long ones.
I started off the week at a travel training and then headed back to school on Tuesday. On Wednesday we had a 2 hr delay due to icy roads, so that was a nice reprieve. This Sunday it's set to be 60, so I'm looking forward to hanging the outside Christmas lights and enjoying the sunshine!

I've been absent on the Friday Favorites for a while, so I have an extended version for you today!


As always, I'm linking up with Erika, Narci and Andrea. 

We're sharing our favorites from the week.

Grab their graphic and linkup with your favorites from the week, too.

Hot Chocolate Kisses

Have you all seen these?

We grabbed a package at our local Menard's. 

Nothing like going into Menard's to look for home stuff and coming out with a bunch of candy!

Alex convinced me into buying them, and they are good!

I like the cherry ones too! I only buy them at Christmas time, so I need to put them on my list for the next time I'm at Walmart.

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Soup Mug

I grabbed this mug when Alex and I were at the outlets earlier this year. 

We were getting some more Pyrex containers, and I thought it would be beneficial to have this soup mug. 

I like to take soup to school, but typically the soup is so hot that I can barely carry it back to my room.

This has changed it!

I can now carry my soup and not get burnt!

Nikki Deloach

I've been loving all of the Hallmark movies and was so excited that my favorite gal was on the Hallmark Channel on our snow day!
Yes, we've already had a snow day and it's not even December!

This was a couple of weeks ago, but I enjoyed my day at home. 

The snow was gorgeous and I got to see Nikki Deloach!

Christmas Tree Tour

My mom and I always go to our local Christmas Tree Tour. 

Unfortunately, there have been fewer and fewer trees. 

I liked the ribbon on these trees. 

It gave me a little inspiration to fix ours up a bit this year. 

I hope to do a Christmas home tour within the next two weeks!

We went to one of our local greenhouses over the weekend. 

I really liked this wreath, which also had matching garland. 

The edges are slightly flocked and have a hint of glitter. 

The only thing is the wreaths only come in 30 inches, and I think that's too big for our windows!

Last, but certainly not least, I have to give a huge shout out to Shay and Sheaffer!

I won one of their 5 Days of Fabulous!

Imagine my surprise yesterday morning about 6 am when I was sitting at my desk in my classroom about ready to begin my day. 

I had a lot of things to do, so I was swiping kind of fast when I thought I saw MY name!

I scrolled up and yes-there it was!

I seriously couldn't even believe my eyes!

I truly enjoy the optimism that radiates from these ladies!

They are inspirational to say the least, and I cannot thank them enough for putting on this giveaway but more importantly for sharing their lives with us! 

My husband would probably also like to thank them for draining his wallet! :)

Here's hoping every day is as great as my Thursday morning!

Enjoy!