November Monthly Goals {Monthly Link-Up}

The days are getting darker and the nights are lingering longer... The cold is starting to set in here in Utah, how about where you are?  Does it feel like Winter is just around the corner?  Time for goals again? Wowza. Time flies.

October Recap

• Read at least 2 books for fun. SUCCESS!  Read and reviewed Thirty Scary Tales by Rayne Hall.
• Start playing Duolingo at least 3 days a week. SUCCESS!  
• Start meal planning for one.  FAIL.
• Do better at the #NOEXCUSES challenge. FAIL.
• Get back to the gym.  FAIL. 
• Get back into the swing of drinking water. FAIL.
• Budget. FAIL.
• Finish cleaning my bedroom and setting up my craft space. FAIL. 
• Do better at keeping up school work and grades. SUCCESS! Slowly but surely bringing them up.
• Figure out what I want to do for Fall Break. SUCCESS. I wanted to do nothing and did nothing. lol
• Sell more Holiday Hotlist ads. SUCCESS!  SOLD OUT! 

I have seriously had the hardest time doing anything other than work or school.  When I do have a free moment, I'm so wiped from the week that all I want to do is veg out, so my house and my health have completely been ignored in almost every way possible.  This must change. 

November Goals

• Read at least one book for fun.
• Get my house cleaned and ready for Josh's visit in December.
• Make some steps to get my health under control. Gym. WW. Something.
• Budget.
• Start working on the homemade holiday presents I've been planning.
• Host the 12 Days of Giveaways here on My So-Called Chaos.
• Co-Host and participate in the 12 Days of Christmas Swap & Giveaways at Chaotic Goddess Swaps.
• Write some more personal blog posts.  It's been a while.
• See Neil Gaiman on November 13th.
• Get my new (to me) couch and chair hauled down from my grandmother's house.
• Take some family photos of Kristina's family to practice my photo skills.
• Get back in touch with some of my spirituality.
• Pay off some debt.

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Want to play along?

• Follow your hosts: My So-Called Chaos, A Peek at Karen's World, & Jenee Thompson
• Write up a post recapping previous goals & setting goals for the next month. The post needs to include the Monthly Goals button, use the code above!
• Link-up your Monthly Goals post in the linky below!
• Visit other blogs in the linky to show support!

Gift Idea: Personalized Signature Necklace

Finding the perfect holiday gift for someone special to you can be so difficult.  You want something that they're going to love, something unlike any other gift, and something that they'll think of you every time they look at.  Jewelry is always a great idea, especially personalized jewelry, because they can wear it and think of you each and every time they put it on.

When Centime contacted me for a review, I was overjoyed-I mean their work is extremely beautiful and I immediately coveted a custom signature necklace.  The work in their examples were lovely and I was curious about how it worked.  It was so simple!  They had me sign my name a few times on a piece of paper, snap a picture (or scan it), and email the file to them.  That was then transformed into a stunning silver (you can also choose gold) necklace!

  

The turn around time was much quicker than I expected also, and the necklace arrived so perfectly presented that it felt like I was opening a gift from Centime.  It is so beautiful and I'm going to treasure it always.

Centime offers lots of other wonderful gift options that would be perfect for any stocking stuffer or meaningful personalized gift.  Gorgeous items such as name rings-how great would that be for a mom gift?  She could stack her children's name on her finger!  There is also gorgeous Russian Ring Necklaces, Coordinates Bracelets, Roman Numerical Rings, and so much more!

 

There are so many fonts, options, and other beautiful customs available, and they're now taking orders for the holiday season! The turn around time is about two weeks, plus one for shipping, so if you plan on ordering for a holiday gift, please make sure to get your order in by December 1st!  Readers of My So-Called Chaos get 20% off their orders before November 30th with code CHAOS20OFF at checkout-don't miss out on this great deal for a great gift!

Ribcage {Musical Mondays & Giveaway}

What is Musical Mondays?

Musical Mondays is a weekly linky party where we share a song we're into for the week, and talk about why we like it-or why it effects us.  Along with talking about music, I host a month-long music related giveaway. 

This week's song:

Ribcage

by Mary Lambert
ft. Angel Haze & K.Flay,