Thanksgiving in a Cowl Neck & 50 Things I’m Thankful For

     Happy Thanksgiving y’all!  I hope you’re spending the day eating until you’re sick with those that you love the most.  I love Thanksgiving so much, between getting a few days off school and all the pie, what’s not to love?  Today I’m sharing my outfit from the “Friendsgiving” that I hosted a couple days ago, because I just think this look is so perfect for the Thanksgiving holiday.  In this post I’m also sharing fifty things I’m thankful for, just like I did in my Thanksgiving post last year!  Enjoy!

Thanksgiving Outfit

    I got this caramel-brown cowl neck from Old Navy last year, and as much as I love the neckline and color, it’s actually kind of an awkward length.  I challenged myself to style it for Thanksgiving because I think the color just screams fall.  I decided to tuck the sweater into a denim skirt.  I love this skirt because it buttons down the side as opposed to the typical front buttons and I actually cut the hemline myself to give it a more distressed look.  As for shoes, I chose a fun pair of colorful multi textile TOMS booties.  Since the booties are already so colorful, I kept my jewelry simple with my ivory pearl Kendra Scott pieces and some simple white and gold bracelets.

sweater (similar) // skirt (similar) // booties // earrings // necklace // beaded bracelets (here and here) // MantraBand // cross bracelet (similar) // cuff bracelet // watch (similar) // rose gold ring // gold stacked rings

50 Things I’m Thankful For

1. God’s unconditional, unfailing, eternal love
2. My loving family
3. My sweet, loyal, hilarious friends
4. My wonderful church
5. The ministry of YoungLife
6. My sweet YoungLife leaders
7. My loyal Instagram and blog followers who constantly take time out of their days to read my posts and like my photos (you!)
8. Good food that fuels my daily life
9. The opportunity to travel
10. My experience at the Washington Journalism and Media Conference in July (read my posts about the week here)
11. My WJMC friends
12. Clean water
13. My car (and being able to scream my favorite songs while driving alone)
14. My license
15. Free public education that has given me a foundation for a successful, healthy lifetime and career
16. Everything I’ve learned while pursuing my passions through blogging
17. Access to healthcare
18. Patient teachers
19. My lacrosse team
20. Police officers, fire fighters, and paramedics that take care of us when in the state of emergency and provide safety and security
21. My pets
22. Clothes (and cute clothes that I’m so fortunate to have access to)
23. A job in retail that I genuinely enjoy
24. Our armed forces
25. The ice skating rink that opens in my town annually
26. Big hugs
27. The emotional and financial support my parents constantly provide me with
28. My body’s ability to play lacrosse and participate in other physical activities
29. The opportunity to go to weeklong YoungLife summer camp this past summer
30. Receiving letters from long distance friends
31. Concerts and music festivals
32. The new Taylor Swift album, reputation (if you don’t believe that I’m that grateful for it you need to read this post)
33. My relationship with the ladies of Jadelynn Brooke and the opportunity to represent their brand at my school (P.S. use my code “FLHS” for 15% off your purchase!)
34. My contact lenses
35. Candy cane Chapstick (actually this stuff is one of my biggest necessities in life)
36. Big cookie at YoungLife camp (if you don’t know what this is you need to look it up)
37. Netflix (I’ve watched way too much lately, but I definitely recommend Riverdale, Stranger Things, and The Good Place…all of which I’ve watched within the past month)
38. The fact that my hair is naturally pretty straight (because even though I constantly complain about its lack of texture, I know naturally straight hair is incredibly convenient)
39. My DSLR camera
40. Trips back to Texas
41. Chick-fil-A
42. Dad jokes and cheesy puns in general
43. The month of December (the Christmas spirit in everyone, twinkle lights everywhere…you’re lying if you say it isn’t truly the most wonderful time of the year)
44. Peppermint bark ice cream (seriously though, do yourself a favor and buy some at Fresh Market)
45. Dark chocolate
46. My iPhone
47. Candles
48. Soft blankets (especially my YoungLife sweatshirt blanket, gosh that thing is so soft and warm!)
49. Christmas movies
50. The “Pop Chillout” playlist on Spotify

Thanks for reading!  Have a lovely Thanksgiving!

The cuff bracelet from Cuffed by Nano and beaded bracelets from Sashka Co. featured in this post were sent to me in exchange for a feature in my blog.  However, all opinions are honest and my own.  I don’t feature products I don’t truly love!