my wish list & some christmas cheer

i thought last night was the night.  we had made plans to go get our christmas tree & i had visions of stringing lights & hanging ornaments to jingle bells playing on itunes.  i was gonna take some sparkly tree pictures & get some mad bokeh all up in here today.  eh, it didn't happen.

let me back up.  every christmas since we've been in our house {this is the fifth} we have gone out & cut down a tree.  this year i knew i wouldn't be much help to sam hauling a tree back to our car with parker on one hip so we decided to take it down a notch & get a tree from the local ace hardware.  still a live tree {which is surprisingly better for the environment than an artificial!}, just less hassle.

we ran over to ace {cuz ya know, it's the place} to get our tree.  p-ray's all bundled up, i'm already crunching iso & f-stop numbers in my head figuring out how i'm gonna pull off some cool looking pictures & then we get there only to find out they were all sold out of trees for today.  come back tomorrow.  boo.

so.  maybe today is the day.

anywho... this gives me time to post my christmas wish list just in case santa reads my blog.  here goes.

**disclaimer**:
i know christmas is the season of giving, & the spirit of christmas is not all about what you want.  but, the fact of the matter is that sam & i do exchange gifts & therefore i reserve the right to dream.  plus, this is my blog & i do what i want.

camera bag.

ever since i've gotten my camera i've pretty much not left home without it.  i've got one of those standard "lunch box cooler" looking camera bags which looks pretty awesome walking around fred meyer with {sike}.  also makes it difficult to carry around a normal purse & a small child.  one of these bad boys would solve all the world's problems.  you see, they fit all your camera accessories plus a few of your girly necessities.  it's a win-win.

the hardest part is deciding which one i love the most.

the lola in red from epiphanie, the ginger in brown from ephiphanie, or the rose in bronze from joe totes.

toms.

{photo via}

if you haven't heard of or seen these love-em-or-hate-em little shoes then well... maybe you don't own a mac?  yes, despite often being accused of being hipster shoes {i am no hipster} i think they're super cute.  and i want a pair.  which consequently means someone in a third world country gets a pair too.  another win-win.

again, it's hard to decide what color/style to get, but i like these little ones pictured above.

boots.

you may remember my brown boots disappointment episode from black friday shopping, since it's so hard to find just the right pair.  well, for a reasonable price that is.  boots are SPENDY.  but i can justify a good pair of boots as an investment since they would last forever... right?

i would be happy with any of the ones pictured above.  or all of them.

zip rain boots by steve madden, the king boot by miz mooz, or the gwynne tall boot by born.

and that about sums it up.  for now.  don't get your hopes up for me since our christmas budget allows for maybe one of these things.  but that would be just fine by me :)

and lastly,

i am super, duper, extra crazily excited about a pottery barn kids purchase i made last night.  like, really excited.  check these out:

so excited.


i get so excited every single time someone votes for us. like seriously. every. single. time.