MAKE + WANDER

today i am thankful for...safeway

Tonight Ted and I decided to go to the BRAND NEW Safeway. It was pretty magical, and made us feel at home (since we're used to Safeway/Von's). Also, there is an escalator for carts. Enough said. We planned on just grabbing something for dinner, but got so excited, we bought our groceries for the coming week.

And that's how you do Thursday night. We're wild ones, I tell you.

today I am thankful for...cupcakes

I'm not one to let Thanksgiving get taken over by Christmas, so I like to dedicate November to "thankful" posts. This is a few days late, but I made cupcakes the night of Halloween and it made me so incredibly happy. Ted and I also watched Halloweentown (which we realized during the credits was actually filmed here in Oregon--we kind of geeked out) because it's the best ever. This situation filled me with such joy. Hope your Halloween was just as sweet!

pumpkin patching

On our way back from the coast, Ted and I stopped in McMinnevile to grab a few pumpkins to put on the porch. A couple weeks later, I went on a school-sponsored field trip to Sauvie Island and got one more pumpkin and a tiny pumpkin chiffon pie. Obviously. Now I have four pumpkins of various sizes and several tiny pumpkins. I need more.

halloween in my room/my room in general

I couldn't help but add a little holiday spirit to my already chaotic and tiny wooden room. It wasn't hard to add a little pizzazz after receiving Halloween packages in the mail from Amy and my grandparents! (Some festive tea from my aunt was also crucial to harnessing my holiday spirit.)

PS-My room is weird and narrow, which makes it difficult to take pictures that have much in them, so I apologize for the massive post.