Happy "Peppermint Mocha" Season!

There are few things that I would say I am "OCD" about. Two of these things, however, happen to revolve around Black Friday.

The first of these things is that I absolutely refuse to listen to Christmas music until the day after Thanksgiving. (Don't even get me started on the radio stations that start it right after Halloween--I think it gets earlier every year!) For me, it usually comes on our traditional early- morning shopping excursion. All year, I wait with anticipation for the day that I can pop in my NSYNC Christmas CD (which remains in my CD player for the remaining month until Christmas). I realize that revealing this guilty pleasure of mine may be met with judgment and a few laughs, but let's face it, NSYNC just has a REALLY good Christmas album, so judge away! This brings me to the bad news, this year I searched high and low for my NSYNC Christmas CD...nowhere to be found! So I figured, no big deal, I'll get another one when we go shopping on Friday. No luck. I am still on the hunt. If you have any leads, please let me know!

Second, I force myself to wait until after Thanksgiving to get my first Peppermint Mocha from Starbucks, and let me tell you, it is always worth the wait! Once I drink my first one, I'm usually stuck on them for the rest of the winter season. I had my first one the other day, and it just tasted like Christmas! If you have yet to experience Starbucks' Peppermint Mocha, I would highly recommend a coffee run soon! (I recommend asking for it "extra hot", that way it lasts longer!)

It's so fun having silly little traditions such as these, and I hope you all have similar ones! It's also so exciting to think about all the new traditions that come with getting married and starting my own family. Crazy to think about!!!