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While Christmas will forever be my favorite holiday, Valentine’s Day is always a contender for that #2 spot.   I love chocolate, flowers, the colors red and pink, and anything that has to do with love/gift giving/and heart shaped confetti… so basically this holiday has my name written all over it – thanks Hallmark!

Harry and David started my (second? third? favorite)  holiday off right when they sent this gorgeous box of chocolate covered strawberries over.   If you are looking for the perfect thing to send to your girlfriends, sisters, mom or oh ya, your significant other – this will do the trick!

I love that they have every combo available – white/milk/dark chocolate, festive colored drizzle, heart shaped sprinkles – try not to get in the spirit when you open up this cutie!

Luckily you don’t just have to give this holiday season because you too can win a little something for yourself today! Harry and David is hosting The #GiftCharming Giveaway (starting today 2/9 through 2/21) where Mr. Gift Charming can help you pick out the perfect romantic gift.  This instant win game will have 1 daily winner who will receive a $50 gift card and 3 grand prize winners (over the course of the giveaway) that will have a chance to score a $500 gift card!

This may have been my favorite Thanksgiving yet… we did the majority of the cooking on Wednesday (per tradition), and were able to have a very leisurely morning – there was some fireside reading, a family walk and a pretty indulgent breakfast (details coming Wednesday!).

I was in charge of the table this year and went with a modern meets rustic approach, complete with cocoa colored plates and rose gold flatware. Masculine (buffalo check napkins) met feminine (pale pink painted pumpkins) this year, and I couldn’t have been happier with the outcome. Very Style Me Pretty inspired – don’t you think?

While my metallic Sharpies were MIA, I used a plain black one (lame), to write out our menu on a large pumpkin.

We mixed up our menu this year and it was definitely a hit… my sister’s smoked turkey was definitely at the top of the favorites list.

• Smoked Turkey 
• Autumn Salad with Horseradish Vinaigrette 
• Sweet Potato with Praline Topping  
• Vegetarian Mushroom Thyme Gravy 
• Mom’s Mashed Potatoes 
• Andouille Sausage and Cornbread Stuffing 
• Cranberry Conserve with Orange
• Green Beans with Red Wine Vinaigrette 

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend!