The sleigh pulled out of the garage this morning and dropped Elliott at school in the valet line. She looked so grown up walking herself onto campus in her ruffled skirt, tights, boots, Mickey Mouse Santa hat and backpack hoisted up on one shoulder.

My little elf is growing up.

My other little elf and I did a {fly-thru} at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf for a Peppermint Vanilla Ice Blended {my first, and hopefully last, of the season}. Jay was kind enough to pass along a CBTL giftcard to yours truly. Thanks, Babe!

We had several errands to do this morning before Gramma gets here and another busy weekend gets underway.

Quick run through at Dollar Tree where the mad scramble for stocking stuffers took place. Santa had not picked up anything as of yet! Goodies were hidden under large packages of tissue paper ~ it’s hard shopping with elves in tow! I diverted his attention while loading everything onto the check stand and told the woman to be on the down low.

Then we ran into TJ Maxx to grab a few finds I spotted yesterday, but passed on. {Jay received a AMEX gift card last night at his department Christmas party and guess who he gave it to? Again, thanks Babe!} I quickly shot through the doors to find my treasures STILL there….that never happens!

I picked up a gorgeous pair of Talbot’s black trousers for $16.99! {Reg. $119.00} I desperately needed a classic pair of black slacks. Dry clean only, but who cares for $16.99. Yay!

The sleigh then headed for the Post Office to get several overseas Christmas cards off as well as a couple packages {one that is WAY overdue to a cute little guy in PA who was born in June! Sorry Baby Bryce! ;-( }

I then scored a couple more stocking stuffers in the form of 75% off Hallmark ornaments. A “5” with a little bear drinking hot cocoa for Elliott and a little bear with a cape and a “3” on his chest for Holdy! I’m not normally a Hallmark ornament collector, but for $2.50, I’ll take ’em!

All these errands completed by 9:45am.

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Hope your sleigh bells are ringing on this Friday morning.

Only 8 more days!