Weekend Notes: Thanksgiving Edition

Happy Thanksgiving friends!  James and I are celebrating in NYC for the second year in a row and while we hate being away from family during the holidays, there’s still so much to be thankful for this year.

For starters, I’m so excited to start a new chapter of life with this guy.  Wedding planning is under way (and so are all the wedding-themed Pinterest boards).  We’re headed back to Arizona next weekend to pick the venue and set the date and we can’t wait to get this party started!

This year, I’ve been lucky enough to travel to a few new places like St. Martin, San Antonio and Austin and re-visit some of my favorite cities like Chicago, DC and my home sweet home of Tucson.  There’s one big adventure left this year and I can’t wait to spend Christmas in Europe with my family!

Of course, there’s nothing like living, working and playing in New York City.  Even after two years of living here, I still wake up in disbelief that I get to call this place home.  Not every day is easy, but no day is the same.  I’ve learned so much while living here and I know there will be plenty more memories to come.

I’m also thankful for the people in my life — my friends and family — many of whom came down to Tucson for a surprise celebration for engagement a few weeks ago.  I’m so lucky to have you in my life!

And finally, I’m thankful for you — for following along, for inspiring me and for making blogging something I love to do. It’s not easy to manage on top of everything else going on in life, but it’s one of my favorite things I look forward to every day.

I hope you get to spend today with your loved ones and the rest of the weekend scoring some major steals while shopping.  Stay tuned for a huge list of Black Friday sales tomorrow, but in the meantime, I’ve rounded up a few weekend deals that are already under way.  Happy Thanksgiving and happy shopping!

Ann Taylor — Take 50% off everything through Friday with code: THANKS
Banana Republic — Take 50% off one item and 40% off everything else
C. Wonder — Take 40% off everything
Gap — Take 50% off everything with code: BLKFRIDAY
LOFT — Take 50% off everything through Friday with code: TREAT
J. Crew — Take 30% off full price and an extra 40% off sale with code: HOLIDAY
J.Crew Factory — Take 50% off everything with code: THANKS
Joie — Take 25% off everything with code: THANKS
Kate Spade — Save up to 75% off their surprise Black Friday sale
Madewell — Take 25% off everything with code GIFTON
Old Navy — Save up to 50% off everything and take an extra 15% off your purchase with code: GRAVY
Piperlime — Take 25% off everything with code THANKFUL25
Shopbop — Take up to 25% off your entire order with code: GOBIG14