let's rewind for just a moment

Okay, I know this post is a bit belated, but better late than never right?

Here's our Morris family Thanksgiving before...

... and after we dug in.

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday, because there's no pressure. I mean there's some pressure to make delicious food and set festive tables, but I kind of like those tasks. Christmas, Valentine's Day and birthdays all come with built up expectations. On Thanksgiving all you have to do is stuff your self, spend time with family and watch football.

Every year my mom lays out brown paper on the tables so that people can write what their thankful for.. or draw it if they feel so inclined. This year I stumbled upon a role of brown paper decorated with silverware. (I found it at Sophie's, the adorable store Jonathan's mom works at in Chattanooga.) I think people were a little confused about whether or not they could write on it, but it added the perfect extra touch to our tables!

P.S. I also have to say for anyone who's never been to my house - my mom is seriously the best cook in the entire world. She made almost the entire meal, and she even whipped up a special creme de menthe chocolate pie for me! Not very conventional, but she knows mint-chocolate is my favorite ;)

happy thanksgiving!

Yesterday was pretty wonderful from start to finish. I woke up, ate breakfast at Rise and Dine with my friend Olivia, watched Emma with Kate, stumbled upon an adorable restaurant called Sun In My Belly (above), wandered Piedmont Park with my dad and sister and finished the day with a "whole family dinner" as we like to call them. Those are pretty rare nowadays, so we savored it.

Today I'm thankful for....

my mama's incredible cooking

watching the Macy's parade and sipping coffee with my sister

chilly fall days

peppermint tea

huge family gatherings

brothers

Jonathan

Brit (who's birthday is today!)

my dad who shares his secret stash of dark chocolate with me

my roomies/athens family, and that includes SB ;)

mini pumpkin muffins

a fire in the fire place

my cozy home

sleeping past 7

my little cat Stroodle

check please!

After a Josh Ritter concert Friday night (thanks to my sweet mom who made dinner and bought tickets for many many friends!)Jonathan and I headed to Chattanooga for the weekend. We ate out on Saturday night, but on Sunday we decided to cozy up in front of the TV with white chicken chili and 90's thrillers. I've always had a weakness for 90's romantic comedies, but I learned that Morgan Freeman/Ashley Judd action flicks are pretty great too.

On Monday Jonathan and I went to Aretha Frankenstein's for breakfast. It's a bar by night/ breakfast spot by day, and it's decorated like a Mary Shelley reenactment from floor to ceiling. Unfortunately, it's also crowded and while we tried to wait to be seated - two men pushed in front of us and squeezed their way onto the only open bar stools.

After waiting hungrily and not-so-patiently, we finally settled down at a pac man table. Our biscuits and omelets were completely worth the wait, but the best part of our meal was that it was free... Our pushy barstool friends picked up our tab to apologize! Their little act of kindness made our morning and made us want to secretly pick up other people's tabs someday.

That night we ate an incredible dinner of veal parmesan and apple pie at Jonathan's grandparents' house, and this morning I headed back home.

I've been snuggled up talking, eating and drinking coffee with my family ever since ;)

I hope you're break has been filled with food and cozy conversations too!