thanks.

Lately, I've been having these dreams that aren't very welcome. They vanish the minute I wake up but I am left with that grey feeling afterwards. Like the feeling you get when you've just gotten some terrible information that doesn't directly affect you, more like your best friend, but you can't help but feel bad. Yeah, kind of like that. It's like my brain has been bombarded with un-pleasantries which will just get filed away into the parts of my cerebral cortex labeled 'bizarre.'

I wish I could remember them.

Anyway, the month of November is scootin' along. Not as cold as I would like it to be but there is absolutely nothing I can do about that. I could stop buying winter clothes because I never need them. Like today! I went to the store and I was wearing jeans and sky blue tee. If I had worn a sweater or a cardi I would have looked ridiculous. Speaking of November, I made my very own 'thanks' jar! It was an idea I got from a blog that I frequent and you should too, younghouselove, who got it from another blog. So, yesterday I went out to the thrift store to see if I could even find a jar cute enough worthy of the idea. I found one and bought it without inspecting it thoroughly. Upon getting into my car and looking at the jar again, I noticed that it had some cuts inside of it on the bottom. I guess the previous owner kept something sharp in there! However, it had a cute lid which is why I bought it in the first place. Onward to the second thrift store I went and found another. This time I definitely took a moment to check the inside and it was, indeed, without scrapes! Then I just took the top from the first and the base from the second, put them together and voila! I had my jar. Thrifter's tip: Please inspect your finds. You never know what might be wrong with it! I'm such a 'fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants' buyer that I get so excited over my find(s) that I don't do a quick once over. Always double check!

Ok, so, then I went over to hobby lobby for the supplies. I came home and put it all together to reveal....


The little yellow bowl next to it was something I already had (from GoodWill, mind you. I think it was 50 cents?) that holds the pieces of scrapbook paper I cut out for what we are to write on. Everyday up to November 30, we are going to write one thing we are thankful for and read them out-loud to each other. I'm excited to make this our little thanksgiving tradition!