NYE 5QF

1. How long does your Christmas tree stay up?
Usually, it's up until well after New Year's Day. We took it down last night, though, because our kitten kept climbing it.

2. Do you have plans for New Year's Eve?
YES! My wonderful fiancé and I are meeting my awesome BFF on the Coast tomorrow! We got hooked up with a great hotel room through my work, and we're going to see what we can get into at the casinos. :)

3. Do you have any New Year's resolutions?
Eat healthier, lose weight, and get in shape for the Big Day!

4. How did you spend New Year's Eve when you were younger?
Watching movies until midnight and shooting fireworks with my family while watching the ball drop.

5. What was the best way you've ever spent New Year's Eve?
Up until last year, we've always done the fireworks-and-ball drop with family and friends at my aunt and uncle's house. My favorite was the first year my wonderful boyfriend and I were dating, when we went to light the fireworks and he surprised me with a midnight kiss. :)

Day 13: a photo of one of your favorite movies.

Dirty Dancing. It's just the best.

Day 12: a photo of when you were happy.

This is the moment I realized he was actually proposing, and not playing a cruel joke on me. You can't get happier than that.

Day 11: a photo of a night you loved.

This was the night we saw my FAVORITE band, the Foo Fighters, in Memphis! We got so close to the acoustic stage. I believe this is also the night my best friend and I became best friends! (Btw, this picture was stolen from her.)

Day 10: any photo you like for any reason.

My wonderful fiancé had to put together some shelves for work, and he used the boxes to make a fort. For our cat.

Christmas 5QF!

Oops! I did this Thursday night and forgot to post it yesterday!

1. Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?
I always opened presents on Christmas Day when I was younger, and I always loved the anticipation. However, my wonderful fiancé always opened them on Christmas Eve after the get-together at his great-grandma's house. After we started dating, we established a pattern for Christmas Eve: my grandma's that day, his great-grandma's that night, followed by Santa gifts at his house and then my house. It will probably change this year, given the circumstances.

2. What is your favorite Christmas cookie (or candy)?
A friend of mine from high school hosted a Christmas cookie swap, and I went home with about half the gingerbread cookies she made. So, I will say gingerbread!

3. What's the worst Christmas gift you've ever received?
When I was younger and we did those "buy a gift and draw a number" things at school, I would always buy a really cool girl's gift. And I would always go home with a cheap plastic jewelry box. Note to parents: do not buy cheap plastic jewelry boxes for your child's Christmas exchange.

4. Christmas song that you love?
OK, let me just say, I LOVE Christmas music! But if I have to pick favorites, I have to say "The Christmas Waltz," "Baby It's Cold Outside," and "O Holy Night." What, you honestly expected me to pick just one?

5. How many trees do you put up?
Just one. Our apartment doesn't have room for multiple trees. When I moved out on my own, my mom and I split our ornaments, and we have enough to decorate my tree and hers!