The Reason for the Season

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Christmas

Merry Christmas!!!

From: Santa (With a little help from Mother Earth)

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Being Green, Christmas, Environment, gifts

Looking for some easy, simple, earth-friendly Christmas presents for someone?  Here are some suggestions:

Stainless Straws

Mike and I recently bought some and love them!!!  Stainless straws are great for a number of reasons.  First, you do not have to worry about the chemicals in plastic straws leaching into your drinks/body.  And second, you never throw these straws out so you are helping to keep trash out of the landfills!  The straws we bought were Stainless Cups brand and came in a variety pack of 4 long straws and 4 small straws (I think on their site they don’t have the variety pack for sale anymore.  We bought ours through Open Sky.)  They have a natural “bend” in them that mimics plastic bendy straws.  And the cool thing is they are dishwasher safe but also come with a mini straw cleaning brush if you hand wash them.

Cloth Napkins

How adorable are these?!?!?!

Cloth napkins are a great way to Go Green!  And they make you feel classy every time you use one  Mike and I haven’t bought paper napkins in about a year and do not miss them at all!  We’ve saved money not having to buy paper napkins every month or so but more importantly we’re helping the environment out!  I highly recommend buying cloth napkins at Ross’, Marshalls, or TJMaxx.  We got some really great deals on some awesome napkins that way!  And when they’re soiled just throw them in with the rest of your laundry and bam – clean, fresh napkins!  Super easy!

Reuseable Bottles/Coffee Mugs

Mike and I both use reuseable bottles and coffee/tea mugs everyday!  EarthLust has some awesome bottles that are BPA free and come in a variety of awesome designs!!!  Check them out – I’m thinking I need to buy one for myself  Cuz you know, you can never have enough resuseable bottles!!!

Sanuks

One of the two pairs I own and LOVE!

Sanuks are comfy (very minimalistic!) and eco-friendly!  I have two pairs of these shoes (different styles) and love them both!  The one pair I’ve had for about 1½ years and they still are in awesome shape!  The Saunk company sponsors the RASTA Project which aims to reduce its impact on the world by providing footwear that is truly impact free.  Awesomeness!  Read more about it here.  When I bought my most recent pair of Sanuks (the ones pictured above) I ordered them online and they came in a biodegradable bag made from corn which naturally breaks down.  How cool is that????

So hopefully you got some cool Christmas gift ideas from this post.  Or at the very least some ideas of things to buy yourself

Merry Christmas and happy shopping!

So This Was Cool Back in 2009

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Christmas, Straight No Chaser

So the other year we all fell in love with Straight No Chaser’s Christmas Classic “The 12 Days of Christmas”:

Well guess what I just discovered?????  An awesome “new” song!!  It’s not new I’m just really slow to all this  Watch and enjoy!!!

I love it!  Merry Christmas!

I Cannot Wait!!

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Christmas, Holiday, Pottery Barn

OMG the Pottery Barn (Kids) Holiday catalog came today AND it’s snowing.

And yes the kids catalog is almost as good as the normal Pottery Barn catalogs.  I mean, how can you resist this:

This picture just screams, "Snuggle with me!!".

So does this mean I can turn on the Christmas tunes and start drinking egg nog while cuddled up next to a roaring fire?  Oh wait, we don’t have a fire place.  So a roaring fire probably means 1 of 2 things:  either I’m outside next to a fire on our deck (which would still be freezing cold because of the snow/sleet and wind combo we’re getting) or our house is on fire.  Hmmm I think I’ll just opt for the tunes and egg nog  But still pretty psyched since Christmas is less than 2 months away!!!  (Can you tell it’s my favorite holiday?!?!?!)

And can I share with you my favorite blanket from Pottery Barn that I do not own because I feel like it is WAY overpriced?  It’s their Cozy Cable Knit Throw.  Oh and it just went on sale for $99.00 wow what a steal!

Oh so beautiful and soft!

Maybe someday, maybe someday