Friday Favorites #69: Week of 12/26

Good morning! I hope you were all able to enjoy time with loved ones yesterday. Even though Scott and I were far from our families, we spent some much needed quality time together for Christmas, and I am so very thankful for it.

Things are slowly getting back to “normal” around our household… whatever that is. I plan to spend the day going through a lot of our closet and belongings, sorting through things we need and things we can give away. There’s a Pistons home game later tonight, but that’s really the only thing on the radar as far as plans go this weekend.

Here’s hoping you have a great day doing whatever you’re doing. If you happen to be home, or traveling to see friends and family, soak it up!

Now onto this week’s edition of Friday Favorites. As always, I invite you to join in on the party in the comments and link-up sections at the bottom!

Friday Favorites #69: Week of 12/26

• complete Friends series DVD set

It’s no secret that I’m a Friends fanatic. I’ve mentioned it on the blog plenty of times, and am one hundred percent guilty of recording episodes on our DVR that I have seen at least ten times before. I might have a problem.

Knowing this, I received the on DVD as a Christmas gift from Scott’s Dad and step-mom this year!

I was pretty excited to unwrap this beautiful red box of entertainment when we skyped with them on Christmas Eve! Let’s just say that Scott is… thrilled.

• monogramed phone charger labels

I mentioned that a unique phone charger would make a great gift in this year’s Holiday Gift Guide for Him. After finding  online, I knew I wanted to order at least a set of them for Scott and I. As I was checking out, I saw it would take 2-3 weeks for them to arrive, I became inpatient, and bailed on the order. I wanted them sooner.

With the same cloth cord idea in mind, I searched all over the Internet, but was unable to find exactly what I was looking for. Eventually, I ended up on Etsy and found this custom monogram iPhone charger decal. It was perfect for Scott, since he has a habit of stealing my charger.

I ordered him one in black and then found this adorable Lily Pulitzer inspired monogram iPhone charger decal for me too.

I found a set of Mercury cloth wrapped iPhone chargers at for $19.99 each. The decals arrived around three business days later, and I applied them, re-boxed them, then wrapped both boxes up for us to unwrap on Christmas morning.

They light up when you plug them in and charge our phones very quickly. It was a great gift for both of us!

• 16 Reasons You Should Never Reenact Pinterest Photos via Buzzfeed. This pretty much sums up what happens every time I try.

• family photo album (Christmas gift)

I shared a few throwback family photos earlier this week, and almost couldn’t wait to also include where they came from. My mom made my brother, my sister, and I all copies of this holiday album of family Christmas photos from our childhood!

The inside took me back to my very first Christmas, and getting the book was a total surprise!

I don’t have too many photos from the early days in our home, so this was the best present I could have received.

She put the book together through Shutterfly, and from what I understand, it only took her a couple of days to do so. What a thoughtful present for any holiday, birthday, anniversary, or special event!

PS: If you ever end up using Shutterfly for photo albums, prints, or cards, look for coupon codes online! I simply googled “shutterfly coupon codes” and ended up getting almost 60% off our holiday cards that way.

• ear warmer headbands

I absolutely love ear warmer headbands.

They are similar to beanies, only don’t cover the entire top of your head. They’re great for keeping your head and ears warm during the winter without leaving you with as much “hat hair” when you take them off.

The ones I rotate the most include the one you see above (I got from Frank & Me in Clarkston), and two others I brought home from Paris. They all have a fleece lining on the inside that feel extra cozy and keep me warm!

I even wore one during the entirety of my last half marathon. You can wear your hair up with them, as opposed to only being able to wear a low ponytail with regular beanies. Genius!

• pancakes

I almost forgot how much I love pancakes until we made some for breakfast on Christmas morning. Almost.

I usually make Fiber One or protein pancakes, so it was a treat to have the Bisquick buttermilk pancakes I grew up on. SO good!

• local products (Made in Detroit)

Both Scott and I thoroughly enjoy finding and trying produce and products made locally or throughout the state of Michigan. We often frequent the Made in Detroit shops when we have out-of-town visitors, and always come home with something for our pantry as well.

Scott brought this gift basket filled with Michigan-made goodies home from the office this week and we can’t wait to dig into it!

Aren’t locally made products the best?

• quality R&R time

Scott and I spent the entire day being anything but productive yesterday. I really can’t remember the last time we did that. We watched a total of four movies, picked up take-out for dinner, and spent the entire day in sweat pants! It was glorious. <3

• Williams-Sonoma hot chocolate

After hearing Julie and a handful of other friends of mine rave about the gourmet hot chocolate from Williams-Sonoma, I went to the store and bought the sampler pack to give to Scott as part of his Christmas present.

He’s a huge hot chocolate fan, so I knew he would instantly love the gift. We broke it out while watching a movie last night, and I absolutely see what all of the fuss is about. Each bag is filled with real chocolate shavings flavored differently.

The peppermint bark was dreamy and I can’t wait to dig into the other bags too! Oh, and all of their hot chocolate is currently on sale too. (I might just be going back…)

• GIVEAWAY WINNER

I apologize for not announcing a giveaway winner earlier this week.

Thank you for all who entered in the Hands-Free Jogging Leash giveaway at the end of last week’s Friday Favorites!

Congratulations to…

Entry #84: Jennifer K! You have been emailed and are asked to respond within 48 hours to claim your prize.

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Have a great holiday weekend!

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