I first saw "It's Ok Thursdays" over on my friend Steph's blog The Vintage Modern Wife and thought what a great idea to write down things that you feel are okay to do, say, or be! You can link up with Neely over at A Complete Waste of Makeup to join in on the fun! So here goes my "It's Okay" list...    

It's OK...

 

• to be writing this post at 4:00 am
• to get my hair cut short even if I'm nervous about it.
• to be grouchy at times when I'm not sure why I'm being grouchy
• to listen to Christmas music before Thanksgiving Day
• to enter giveaway after giveaway, but also give back as well!
• to watch 666 Park Avenue and The Walking Dead before going to sleep even though I know I'll probably creep myself out and have nightmares!
• that I'm obsessed with owls and still feel like I need more owl decor, clothing, and accessories!
• that I still haven't gone food shopping for Thanksgiving, including the turkey!
• to have never liked coffee before a few years ago and now I can't live without it!
• to curse at Jillian Michaels when she tells you to keep going for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!

So the short haircut that I decided is okay for me....

 

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AHHH!!! I'm going to do this!! Wish me luck! xoxo

 

Thinking of a New Hairstyle...

I've seen so many gorgeous short haircuts that I would love to just go pixie, but do I dare? I love having long hair and being able to style it when I go out. But most of the time when I'm home writing, editing, and doing things with the girls or running around town I just pull it back in a messy bun. So why not cut it short, right?! So have you ever gone short, did you love it or think, "Why did I do this?". I always get my haircut about shoulder length or just above shoulder and love how the hairstylist blow drys it and styles it, but who can ever get that same look at home! I just feel like I'm drying it too much and any more it doesn't seem to have a style. When I do want curls or a cute side braid I just ask my stepdaughter for help, she's my go-to hairstylist when I want something fancy! So I found these two photos and thought Mandy Moore's face shape was close to mine, I like the darker color and I'm looking to dye my hair too since the box color didn't seem to keep for too long last time. So short or medium with side bangs?

 

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What's for Thanksgiving?

Can I tell you a little secret? I wonder if any of you share this same secret when it comes to Thanksgiving dinner...do you want to know, I bet you do! So here is my confession, I do not nor have I ever cooked Thanksgiving dinner...GASP!! My wonderful and amazing top chef of a husband does all, yes all, of the cooking on Thanksgiving day. So am I the only one, does your husband cook or help you cook Thanksgiving dinner? I guess it's not that big of a deal, right? I can remember plenty of holiday movies where the men cook the turkey, or is it that they just carve the turkey? So if you cook, does your husband carve?

I cook dinner all the time, but usually nothing fancy or experimental. I just stick to chicken or pork with 2 sides, though I have branched out a little bit and started making chicken alfredo, but there's really nothing to it. I would love to really get into make recipes, there are so many things on pinterest that I've drooled over and would love to make. I have made cookies and even banana bread before, wow I was so excited and proud of myself when the banana bread came out just right! Thanks to my friend Diana over at Express-O, I have the perfect recipe that she featured over on Honest Cooking. So now that it's fall and I've seen pumpkin recipes all over, I'm hoping to get experimental and make something great to go with all of the food my husband will be cooking on Thanksgiving! Have you baked any fun pumpkin recipes this season? I would love to make frosted pumpkin cookies...

 

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I've also fallen in love with sweet potatoes and would love to make a sweet potato soup. We did make our own sweet potato fries, but they weren't as crunchy as I would have liked them.

 

 

Taken with Instagram!

 

Are you a foodie and love to cook, or are you just a foodie who loves to eat?!