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Thanksgiving!

Boy, it has been a busy last few weeks! I was working double time at work, Thanksgiving snuck up on me and we had a few gathering here at home base! We all know how much I love to entertain:) 

Since I like to do things in chronological order - let's start with Thanksgiving! 
We hosted the big dinner here for the first time and we basically had no idea what we were getting ourselves into..
 Luckily my mother-in-law reminded me that I may not have a lot of things we may need for Thursday  - so we went out on a mission to find a platter and gravy boat and cutting board and she came ready with the bird and ham, etc. I think I ended up buying 2 cans of olives? ..and toilet paper..  ya - I hosted Thanksgiving..  Overall for our first Holiday hosting, family made it very easy because everyone pitched in by bringing a dish or helping out in the kitchen:) 

 Here is my table set up before grub:




I am a lover of all things : serving dishes. I have to put the blinders on when I walk through that special section at Target. I can't get caught alone at West Elm or World Market. I. Can't. Even. Mike did say in sickness and in health though..


These little place mats are PAPER! I got a few compliments on them and I have been wanting them for a few years and I finally told husbie  "This is the year that I will get my paper placemats mats, it's time" You can find them HERE!  <That's for you Katie T.

The two round gold placemats (towards the center of the table) are one of my favorite finds because my great friend Ashley assisted me in finding them! She actually has a great eye - I'm kinda worried for my career:/ We were on a mission to find things for the house for Thanksgiving and Ashley was doing a better job than me at scoping out finds and we called her my little ADIT |  Apprentice Designer in Training - She good.  


We had 8 people eating at dinner and as I've mentioned before I only have 7 sets of china.. So what does a girl do that's dying to use her china?? Mix it up, duh. So I used half china and half every day dinnerware. I am not a fan of matchy matchy anyways - I like some dimension. 


I have been on the lookout for a bar cart for a while now. All my booze are takin' up pantry space yo. But really, my pantry is the size of an acorn and these squirrels need a place to store their nuts. 
So.. of course I found this little cutie on Craigslist and had my mom pick it up and bring it to Thanksgiving:) I used it as our coffee cart for after dinner with pie and treats! 


This is where I displayed the treats for after dinner - of course I didn't get an after photo because I was too full to get off of my chair :/ 


AND With grub: 


yum:)


#family



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I'm standing on a chair in order to take this picture. :)

I hope you all enjoyed your time with your families as much as we enjoyed our time!         

Next post - Christmas decor! 


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