Holiday Spirits

Merrily We Roll Along

I’ve taken a bit of a hiatus from blogging as work and life seemed to really get busy this past fall. It was a season full of celebrations, house guests and my discovery of JustFab.com, a new outlet to feed my shoe obsession. But with the holidays in almost full swing, a beautiful apartment to decorate and a new niece on the way, I think it’s time to turn back to Bubbly. Here are just a few snaps of our holiday decorations in Branford, a mix of hand-me-downs, antique treasures, store-bought glam and some DIYs. Hope you are all getting into the Christmas spirit, check back here for plenty of posts come 2014.

 

Happy Holidays 

to You 

and Yours! xox

Bonkers in Branford

Moving Day! Weekend! Week!

Since we were lucky enough to have our move professionally handled and paid for as a part of our relocation package, we thought this move would be a breeze.  We thought wrong. It turns out, that while our movers were amazing at packing and lifting boxes (we’d highly recommend Collins Brothers Movers), the process of moving from a 2 room apartment to a 7 room apartment (plus a porch and a deck) is quite an undertaking. In just a few Saturdays, we have made 2 trips to Ikea, 3 trips to Walmart and 6; yes SIX, trips to Home Depot. Those shopping trips included feasts of Swedish meatballs, taking apart a grill using a penny and a dime to fit in our car, and a semi-romantic viewing of town fireworks – from a Walmart parking lot, alongside an Uncle Si local lookalike.

Just a few boxes

Parking lot celebrations

And I don’t think that we are close to finished. The good news is that all of our moving boxes are empty, the kitchen is officially open, and we toasted our very first bubbly in our banlieue of Branford. Here's to many, many more flutes (or solo cups) of champers.