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I saw These Boots & it was love at first sight.  I've never believed in love at first sight.  I was a big, fat pessimist on that one. But rest assured I am now a believer.  I am ridiculously obsessed with them.  I tried to walk away, but thank goodness Glenn was there to do what he does best..... talk some sense into me.  I am on a quest to wear them every day until summer.  Even then I am not sure I'll be able to wrench them off my feet.

This little froth machine is also a new find.  In case you didn't know I love hot chocolate.  Drink it every day, sometimes twice a day and have passed along the delightful habit to my kids.  We have right now I think 5 different brands of  hot chocolate in our cupboard, we're all very particular on what we like :)

Sometimes I mix it up and have Pero instead.  I don't drink coffee for religious and health reasons but I love everything about the ritual.  The fancy mugs, the flavorings, the warmth it provides and especially the steamed and frothed milk.  I've seen a few different models and even owned a few.  This one on sale at Costco though I couldn't pass up.  It steams and froths perfectly. 

You wouldn't know it from my love for expensive boots and my insistance that a frothing machine is a necessity, but most of the time I am downright practical, sometimes too much so.  Take for instance the half bath downstairs.  For years it had a plain, boring, cheap, brown rug. Over time it got completely worn out.

One day I had an epiphany that I should just go ahead and buy a new rug (duh!).  I knew this time around I wanted something colorful and when I saw this blue flower shaped one at Marshalls I was thrilled.  I am by no means a decorator, I never even sample paint colors on the wall.  I am very much a go with my gut person and I never try and make things match or go with a theme, I just like what I like. And I like this rug a lot!

What a surprise, another Costco find.  I picked these up thinking they would be mostly chocolate with  some nuts, but it's mostly nuts covered in creamy delicious milk chocolate.  Exactly what I was hoping for as it seems healthier that way :)  One or two of these is the perfect way to end lunch.

I wasn't a fan at all of the Kirkland brand boxed chocolate set, but every other chocolate confection from their salted macadamia caramel clusters, to their dark chocolate cherry clusters are fantastic.  I bought 2 more bags of these cashew clusters for my freezer.  Just in case.

 A few weeks ago Glenn & I played a version of the Newlywed game with friends.  One of the questions was "What is one thing your wife has too many of?"  Glenn answered 'nothing' because I don't keep "stuff" (we got it right), knick knacks are not for me.  But I forgot about one thing my husband isn't aware of because he never opens the lower kitchen cabinets.  My stash of hand towels.

I love hand towels.  Upon entering a thrift store I head straight to the back to the linen section.  The older the better.  But sometimes, like these, I buy new.  The 2 white ones are from Marshall's.  I had a gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket and why would I buy something as silly as clothes when I could buy hand towels.  The other 2 are from Sur La Table, they were on clearance.  If charming, unique linens were the only gift I got for the rest of my life I would be happy. 

I really would.