My mom turned 50 on Christmas Eve and that night my family took our annual trip to Christmas Town USA. I had a wonderful holiday and I'm so thankful for everything I received and for the people who I shared it with.

the depot.

These pictures are busy and full of "stuff," but that is exactly how The Depot is. The Depot is an antique mall located in an old mill in my hometown. It is awesome and it is especially awesome this time of year. Handmade and antique Christmas decorations are much more cozy, spirited, and merry than the new stuff you can find anywhere else, and I believe that with my whole heart.

under the winter weather.

I'm sick. Really sick. Fever of 102 sick.
I've been drinking a lot Christmas tea with lemon and honey, eating chicken noodle soup, and doing nothing except watching HGTV so that I can hopefully get to feeling better before Christmas.

low key.

1. The Charlotte skyline as seen from outside Amelie's in NoDa.
2. My sister singing in our high school's annual winter choral concert.

a christmas post.