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At 8-years-old, Emily has already picked up on the fact that guilt trip = get what you want. Emily has decided that she really wants a puppy from Santa so she wrote him a second letter telling him to forget about the other nine things she previously asked for.

Jennifer Lawrence has been very...eh hem...vocal...about her fear and dislike of singing in public. Well, singing in front of anyone. She did what she did NOT want to do in the "Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1" and thought it was all over. It's the opposite.

What would you do with an endless pasta card? You can go to Olive Garden as many times as you want and eat your favorite pasta dish every day of the week. It sounds pretty dang good to me! You could also be like this man and feed those who don't have food.

Close your eyes when you look at that scale! Something more amazing is coming into our lives and it's oh-so-worth it! Girl Scout cookies will be sold online starting in January. Thin Mint? Samoa? Tagalongs? Do any of those cookies make your mouth water? Get that credit card ready!

If there are two things that go well together it's Pinterest and Friends. When you add in pajamas and food it's a massive win. For three years, I've hosted a Pinterest party at my house with a goal of getting the girls together and creating one gift or decor item for the holidays.

We haven't always acted like animals on Black Friday. Watch this comparison of Black Friday 1983 and last year's Black Friday. Oh my gosh, how did this all happen? We're crazy.

I used to hate being at the kids table. As I looked through the kitchen doorway into the elegant dining room where our parents were dressed up and talking about "adult" things, I dreamed of the day I could sit with them. Then it happened and I wanted it to un-happen.

She means well. Really she does. But WHY does she have to meddle in everything? Sweet mother-in-law, there are so many things I could say but I'll rephrase them to actually say this:

Shopping is good for us and necessary for our peace of mind. Anyone who wants to argue that point (eh hem...my husband), here are reasons why we NEED to shop.

November is a month where many of us add a note of thanks and end it with the hashtag #30daysofgratitude or #thanks or whatever else we can come up with. Facebook has noticed our month-long thanks and has given us an opportunity to create a short video for one or all of our friends.