First Half of November....

November started off with a wonderful and glorious day to celebrate!  My parent's 35th anniversary!  They are just as in love this year as the first day they met...It really is a beautiful thing to have witnessed my whole life..

Later that week, I volunteered at one of my favorite events of the season...Chi Omega Christmas Market!!!  Being that I AM a Chi Omega, I'm naturally very excited about this....It's a BIG event with all kinds of amazing stuff!  Clothing, jewelry, knick-knacks, paintings, wreaths, toys, just about anything you can think of!

That afternoon, I drove to Austin to visit a friend from college who recently moved there.  Austin is really only about a 3 to 3 1/2 hour drive from Dallas, so it's an easy "get-away" when you just wanna get out of town.  We had a great weekend catching up and going out...

My good friend Dave...

We went to a benefit gala Casino Night....It was LOTS of fun!!!  They had an amazing dance floor with groovy smoke machines...blackjack tables, poker tables, roulette, craps...You name it, it was there!

It was a fun weekend in Austin....

Then, we celebrated my dad's 60th birthday!!!  I can't believe my pops is 60!