Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #463

Messy Messy Fail - I have got to figure out some new dinners to make that won't break the bank with the rising costs of groceries.  Seriously cannot believe how much we are paying for eggs, its nuts!

Tidy Victory - I discovered the scented laundry beads at Dollar Tree rumored to be misshapen Downey Unstoppables and I LOVE THEM.  They make the laundry smell SO GOOD and at $1.25 for a giant container, I am down!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #462

Messy Messy Fail - When you have pumpkins turning to mush in your garage that you need to harvest seeds from. :/

Tidy Victory - I back on the reading bandwagon and have already finished one book, Klara and the Sun, and will be starting my next shortly.  I used to read prolifically when I was in elementary and middle school, and I decided it was time to get back to that.

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #461

Messy Messy Fail - Only I could somehow manage to get concealer on the white number of my Bills jersey :/. Nor did I realize it until I got to work.

Tidy Victory - Christmas tree is DOWN - check out my Instragram to see exactly what shape it was in! :O

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #460

Messy Messy Fail - Late gain.  I blame my Christmas vacation.

Tidy Victory - I got SO MUCH done over break it was fantastic!  Lots of projects, decluttering and organizing cause Lord knows we need it.

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #458

Messy Messy Fail - One Christmas present did not make it in time for Christmas although I was assured it would.....
Tidy Victory - So I was credited back the cost and it came yesterday - free present yay!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #457

Messy Messy Fail - I still have apples from the end of September in my cold breezeway waiting for something to happen to them.

Tidy Victory - Ina's applesauce it is - at least the baby will like it!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #456

Messy Messy Fail - So what does one do when the dog gets a hold of the baby's elf on the shelf and chews a hole in her hat?

Tidy Victory - One makes an elf on the shelf patch!  Be watching me on instagram at Lovemymessymessymess for the grand reveal. :D

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #455

Messy Messy Fail - My lack of Christmas decorations up, and the abundance of Halloween/fall decor still out.  Gotta buy more totes.  

Tidy Victory - I got everything I wanted to plant in the ground into the ground.  So excited to see what makes it through the winter!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #454

Messy Messy Fail - Well, I got the bulbs and perennials in.  That's about it for the garden this year.  Cold weather came on quick!

Tidy Victory - We are ready to decorate for Christmas sooner than ever!  Tree is up (we usually pick one out today but the weather called for rain, so we went yesterday) and ornaments will come out tomorrow.  Now I just need to find them......

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #453

Messy Messy Fail - Well, it's nearly Thanksgiving and I still haven't planted all of my bulbs OR perennials yet.  Do you think I'll get a break in the weather to get out there?

Tidy Victory - Halloween has been taken down, BUT I kept pumpkins up.  We DO NOT decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving in this house, no way man!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #452

Messy Messy Fail - Still have those plants scattered everywhere.  Maybe I can plant them between snowstorms tomorrow!

Tidy Victory - AMAZING performance of Black Violin last night at our local theater - they are on tour now, you won't be disappointed!

Happiness Is Homemade Link Party #451

Messy Messy Fail - Multiple bogeys, I mean potted plants, scattered throughout the yard waiting to be planted.  Maybe before the snow flies?  

Tidy Victory - I've been making at least two trips to the Salvation Army every week, and boy does it feel good to get rid of stuff!