It’s christmas week!!! I thought it would be quite difficult to get out of bed this morning but it fact, the thought of only a 2 1/2 day work week got me especially excited and pumped to get it started.

In other news, we went to see the new Star Wars last night. I had actually never seen ANY of the Star Wars movies up until a month ago when I got Stephen the complete set for his birthday. I was skeptical at first. I mean, I’ve lived with the incredibly high hype my WHOLE life and what if it didn’t live up to all the expectation? I can’t say it’s my absolute go-to movie ever but I’m into it. I can’t tell you the last time I went to a movie on it’s opening weekend so if that says anything.

I made this From-scratch Hot Chocolate mix a few weeks ago and have been drinking it on a more regular basis than I should actually admit. I’ve since taken to leaving out the marshmallows and instead substituting in a hefty portion of Gingerbread Whipped Cream. It’s magical and everything that December should be. Hot Chocolate in an adorable (and maybe kind of creepy?) Santa mug.

Side note: lately, whenever I make Stephen any kind of hot drink, I serve it to him in this glass only to get a laugh out of him drinking out of it. I’m not sure he knows how much it amuses me:D

I make the Hot Chocolate Mix in a big batch which turns out to be simply enough to get me through the holidays. Although, with my nice long break coming up, I might need a little extra. Although although, it’s supposed to be nearly 70 in Nashville all week so I’m not sure how much I’ll truly need hot chocolate.

All it requires is throwing all of your ingredients into a food processor and letting it run for a few minutes.

The hot chocolate mix is then mixed with a cup of steaming hot liquid (preferably milk, almond milk works great!!) and stirred nicely.

A regular here it too because you can put so many pleasing variations on the original. You can add peppermint, cinnamon, nutmeg, gingerbread spice, pumpkin spice, a bit of chili powder. I mean, the options are endless and savory!:D My personal regular is simply a simple candy cane sticking out the side that melts slowly in the cup and adds a lovely peppermint flavor.

Happy Monday friends!! A nice break and CHRISTMAS are so so near.