My Birthday and Christmas Presents

My wonderful parents and inlaws kindly gave me money for my Birthday and Christmas presents. With only one rule. I am not to spend it on anything but something for myself. :) They know me well. So a couple of weeks ago I decided that it was time to splurge on myself and spend this gift money. Here is how I spoiled myself...

This is my "Birthday Present"


I bought this cute necklace from The Rusted Chain. It says Landon, Tamara, Emily, Collin. Of course one of the first things that Landon said was, "Oh so I guess we aren't having any more kids." I told him that I'd just buy me another one. :)

The "Christmas Presents"

Since I wore my yoga pants daily during my pregnancy with Collin they were in need of replacement. So I used my parents gift card to purchase me a cute pair in a size smaller! :) I think that may have made me happier than actually owning a pair that weren't all stretched out!

Through blogland I had heard a few times about Recessionista. But I'm a total impulse buyer so I've stayed away. But I decided to take a look to see if there were any shoes I would like for my present. I ended up with a pair of shoes,a hat and scarf. Yeah! Since they don't ship internationally I gave them Rita's address and figured I'd pick them up for spring break. But to my astonishment I came home from work to find a package sitting next to my mailbox. They had shipped my stuff to Canada! :) I love all of it! Landon picked out the hat and scarf and he would like everyone to know that since I look FABULOUS in them. I've got such a great hubby!
(No picture of the shoes but they are a white Tommy walking type shoe. It ends up my sister Naomi has the same pair. Great minds think a like! Oh and this is me looking fabulous in my hat and scarf after walking 3 miles with my mom.)