By the beginning of December I felt like the house was put together enough that I could finally host a house-warming party. So I hung some lights outside, put up few decorations and my mini tree inside and called my friends. It was a lovely party and everyone loved my new house.

I framed the front porch in lights. Looked super festive!

Over the (college) Christmas break, I ended up with another unexpected visitor — Lily came to stay. Lily is my friends Shirley and Tyler’ boarder collie and she loves me more than anyone in the world. I basically feel the same way about her. She was here for 2 weeks while Tyler and Shirley were visiting family back East. It was nice to have company for Christmas since it felt like everyone else I know was out-of-town.

Lily was officially unimpressed with me putting this tie I got from my boss on her to help her feel festive. Didn’t work.

Napping on the floor