Giveaway Winner and Thursday Confessional

First of all, I wanted to send a sweet congrats to Lauren over at This Young Life, This Young Love, who is the winner of the giveaway, brought to you by my newest sponsor: Rachel Claire Collection. Lauren, please send me your email address so I can get you connected with Rachel to claim your winnings! Thanks to everyone for participating, too.

And for other weekly updates/confessions:

I confess that I may or may not be able to focus at work today since we leave for the Big Apple,  bright and early tomorrow morning. Take 7 of my most favorite people and put all of us in the bustling city of Manhattan and there is no telling what we’re going to get in to! Loads of snapshots to come upon our return, I promise you that.

I confess I might have a slight shopping problem–sure, people have their “hobbies”. So what if mine involves collecting things for my closet? I’m not a big “stuff” person and I can’t say I’ll ever be a collector because I can’t stand clutter, but at least I am a savvy shopper. I’ll just continue to live by Ms. Bradshaw’s motto:

I confess I am a “traditionalist” as Mom calls it. I am all for keeping with family traditions and things that matter to us, especailly during the holidays. One of my most treasured Christmas traditions is candlelight service on Christmas Eve…such a special time dedicated to worshipping Him, which is what this season is all about.