christmas is my favorite.

unless you consider my birthday a holiday, then christmas is my very favorite. its not so much presents, even though i like those a lot, too, but i love apple cider and the breakfast casserole that my grandma only makes on christmas morning. silly reasons to like christmas, i know. but for real. those are my reasons.

:)

other things i like about this time of the year:

- all of the candy my momma makes

- how cozy my mom makes the house seem

- the many jammies nights colby and i have when it gets cold outside

- red cups at starbucks. duh.

- the Baptist version of midnight mass on christmas eve

- listening to the Bright Eyes & Sufjan Stevens christmas albums

- christmas socks (even though i don't have any. so i wear my valentines day socks instead)

- christmas movies! (i'm so watching Home Alone tonight!)

- lots of hot tea & books. perfect nights like that make the season wonderful

i can't wait to have a place of my own to make cute little handmade decorations for.

and i'll need a pink christmas tree, too.

+i'm experiencing a bit of hair envy right now:

so so so pretty. but for right now.. i'm stuck with this:

rather simple. and sort of mommy ish. i'm working on it. i keep dying it darker, but can never commit to anything other than dark brown. haha. maybe someday i'll actually take a risk with my hair and dye it some crazy color. or get some crazy cut. we'll see. :)

i'm getting used to my short hair.

i don't cry over it anymore, at least. haha:)

i have nothing exceptional to say today.

other than i only have 3 ServSafe classes left of the semester - all 3 classes will be filled with tests too. Lame. but I am so thankful its almost over. I'm SO much closer to having my bakery after I become ServSafe certified. That is, if I pass the test, of course.

:)

P.s. is there a job specifically for making playlists on iTunes? Because I'm pretty sure I could do that all day long...

as you can see, i'm totally a pro at making seasonal playlists. i have one for fall/winter/summer, AND for Sundays & at night.

Someone should pay me to do this junk.

xo hay

before & after:

the before... ...and the after:
i'm in love!

i don't know what it is about the approaching winter months, but it always makes me want short hair.

so, this morning, i got my hair chopped off.

and i love it.

:)

xo haley

too early for Christmas.

today, my boss & i spent the day getting the tea room ready for the Christmas open house going on this weekend in town.

a) its only november 12th. too soon.

b) its not even thanksgiving yet. too soon.

c) too. freaking. soon.

there is no need for the businesses downtown to be covered in garland and christmas lights. no. need. its way too soon for christmas!

anyways, we had some really good conversation about kanye west and ate some life changing pumpkin fudge.

so basically, it was a good day. other than the mid november christmas decor.

tomorrow, i'm cutting my hair.

like, cutting, cutting.

i'm only semi freaking out.

it'll be something close to this:

Colby has been telling me to cut my hair like "that girl in the Wristcutters movie" for the longest time. Like, years. When we watched the movie he told me to do it. And every time I talk about doing something with my hair he's always like, "well... you know what you should do..."

soo.. I think i'm gonna do it. i'm nervous. but whatevs. hair grows back.

so, tonight, i'm making a "winter wreath" for the tea room, watching movies, cleaning my room, and saying goodbye to my pretty hair. :(

dear semi/not really long hair,

i worked really hard to grow out my hair. we've had a good run. see you again in a few years, maybe. xo, haley.

random updates.

Goodness me its been quite the week.

Second week of college. I skipped 2 classes. Um. I have no explanation for my actions. I just didn't want to go. However, I did not skip my math class. So kudos to me for being a (semi) good student.

Anywhooo. Here are some cellular photos from the week. :)

the first pumpkin spice of the season tastes the best. i told my little buddy jacob to try one, and he's addicted. he texted me this morning, "i took your advice and tried the pumpkin spice latte. seriously life changing" hahah gotta love converting frapp lovers into psl worshippers! i for real style took this quiz. turns out i'm the golden girl-betty white. coolest quiz ever? yeah. i bought this shirt/dress friday night at good girl art in downtown springfield. best ever. i've had my eye on it for a month or so, and so when i got paid, the first thing i did was pay my car payment, and then bought this shirt! haha.
i dyed my hair last night! super dark. and not so red, like it usually ends up when i dye it. i realized that its getting SO long, and i'm enjoying the length, so i'm kinda getting nervous about having sarah cut it on tuesday. but, all will be well in the end, i'm sure!

:)

have a lovely, lovely weekend. the weather is beautiful in good ole missouri :)

xoxo haley

the itch.

I want, want, WANT to cut my hair so bad!! Like, chop it off!
Much like this...

Breigh and I pretty much switched hairstyles. My hair kept growing, and she cut all of hers off!

But anywho... I am setting up a much needed hair appointment with Miss Sarah very soon. I doubt I'll do anything drastic, just get some of the dead ends and nastiness off! :)
I took some laaame photos today:

and then... the other night, I made this:

I also made one for Tyler's 6 year old niece. She and I are pretty tight, via mailing junk to each other. :)

This was a fairly pointless post. Mostly because I did absolutely nothing productive with my day.

Maybe tomorrow will be better?!

:)

Much love!

xoxo Haley