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Carly A. Riordan
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📌 Save this post! Can’t get over the MAGIC that is @backtonature.nj’s Christmas Market during the holidays! 🎄🌟🎅🏻🧣The decor this year is on a new level. If you need to get into the holiday spirit (or pick up speciality gifts or more decorations for your home), 100% recommend making the drive! It’s worth it ❄️

When you don’t actually feel cute but then kind of end up feeling cute because you put a bow in your hair, slipped into a dress that fits, and swiped on your favorite red lipstick 💋 @hillhouse @annmashburn 🎥 by @carterfish, maybe I’ll post the video without music so you can hear her hyping me up, because you can’t imagine the crowd the bore witness to the making of this Reel 🫣

And then there were three ❤️❄️🎄🌟⛸️ Needlepoint stockings are a huge undertaking… they take hours (and hours and hours) of stitching. The final results are more than worth the effort though. These will hang on our mantle every Christmas and I can’t think of anything more special than that. I finished Mike’s stocking at the end of the summer after stitching almost every night for seven months. I am taking a little break and then I’ll start on the baby’s stocking for next Christmas!! 🥹
#needlepointstocking #needlepoint #ndplt

FROM THE ARCHIVES ❄️⛸️🌲some of my past favorite winter looks mostly because I miss real pants and being able to button my coats

This tree feels extra special this year. 🎄💫⛸️❤️🕯️ Jack is fully embracing the magic of Christmas (“kiss miss”) and his enthusiasm is downright contagious!
Not one of my best qualities, but I typically feel immense pressure trying to make things feel extra special and perfect and then I get disappointed when the reality doesn’t live up to my (unrealistic) expectations. I wish I could blame social media for this.... but I know the call is coming from inside the house.
This tree seems perfect to me, though, just the way it is. It was a true group effort getting it here. Another one of my not-so-great qualities is that I’m terrible at asking for help when I need it.... this year, I can’t ignore it though. I needed help, and a lot of it. Mike got every holiday storage box up from the basement (no small feat) and hoisted the into the house and got it up in the stand within minutes (then redid it twice to get the angle of the tree just so); my mom and I took multiple trips to the hardware store and drug store for the “right” colored lights (in case you’re wondering, “bright white” is warm yellow and “warm white” is actually bright white... make it make sense); my mom wrapped the tree in lights a second time when we learned the hard way that when the box says you can’t plug in more than five strands together they mean it; and Jack was there to help and hype us all up to say how “boo-full” the tree and lights are– and keeping us in line by scolding and reminding us that we aren’t allowed to touch the ornaments 🤭
I feel a little pang of sadness that we aren’t celebrating a first Christmas with a baby who was supposed to be here, while also struggling through a third trimester (just feeling physically tired and exhausted), while also cherishing our last Christmas as a family of three, while also getting excited knowing our baby will be here before we know it. Sure, it’s a lot of pressure to put on one single tree, yet here I am. ⭐️

Spent the weekend decking the halls 🎄 the garland is up, the tree is up, the wreaths are up! Fueled by three peppermint mochas, one bag of Milanos peppermint slices, one batch of chocolate chip cookies, and one loaf of zucchini bread… my mom and I got it done 🙏🏻

These boots are TOTALLY made for walking! Taking a spin in @stuartweitzman’s iconic 5050 Bold Boot and feeling like an it girl, who happens to value both fashion and comfort! ⭐️ Take advantage of #StuartWeitzman’s Black Friday sale with an extra 25% off full-price and sale styles with code FORYOU25! (Select exclusions apply; through 11/27) This *rarely* happens!! I’ve linked this exact pair of 5050 Bold Boots in the @shop.ltk app! You can shop the boots and a couple of my other sale picks here #liketkit https://liketk.it/4oWbB #fallfashion #swpartner

I basically lived/breathed the BSC when I was in elementary school. I think I read every single book and super special that ever came out.
I think it's interesting to ask people to describe themselves in terms of the BSC. Like I think I'm a Stacy with a little bit of Kristy thrown in. (If I had to guess, I'd think you were a Kristy as well–type A and driven!)
Also, I knew my editor and I were meant to be when we were going over my MS, and she goes, "You know, I hate when people write Chapter Two of the Babysitter's Club in order to introduce all their characters." It made me laugh because I always remember skipping chapter two of every single BSC book–it was always the same paragraphs about all seven (eight?) girls.
Rambling–sorry! But this brought back a lot of memories.
xo Tierney
"Say hello to your friends – Babysitters Club! Say hello to the people who care…" Now it's stuck in my head too! lol 🙂
Mine too!
Loved BSC growing up!
I hope you're doing all right, Carly. I'm glad you're getting the rest you need!
Say hello to your friends!
The BSC was my FAVORITE growing up.. read every book!
Michelle
Fierce & Fashionable
Oh. My. Goodness. Last year I got several BSC books at a used book store and reread them just because. I absolutely LOVED it. I also love the fact that a young Zach Braff is in one of these episodes. I definitely know what my next "must watch" is!
Of course! Classic!
I JUST found this last night when I was looking for something to fall asleep to. Claudia's jewelry episode, I had earrings just like hers!
So, this post just made my NIGHT! As I am reading this, I am singing the Babysitter's Club theme song in my head (Babysitter's club, say hello to your friends…) So good! I can't want for a summer rainy day when I can watch some episodes. Thank so much for sharing this amazing news!
I never knew that they made a TV series! I saw one of the movies and read as many of the books as I can get my hands on! I still own two: Kristi's Big Day and the Super Special book where the babysitters get stranded on an island. Loved those books! Key part of my childhood.
xoxo Miss ALK
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I read all the books too! I started watching it on Netflix as soon as I saw your post. Thank you for sharing!
I'm going to have to get my own Netflix after reading this! BSC was my life. I was enrolled in their fan club and still have a box of books around my house somewhere. Mallory's Christmas Wish and Boy-Crazy Stacey were my first two books given to my by my grandmother. I read them to the point where I would have to duct tape the spines because they started coming apart. Loved Claudia and Stacey!
I read all of the books but I didn't know there was a movie!
I wonder if there were more seasons. Ahh watching makes you remember when life was so 'nice' and simple. haha 🙂
Hi. Not sure if you ever look at, or comment on archived posts, but I'll keep commenting anyway (laughs). I somehow found these on Netflix and watched them, too. Though I felt sort of weird. I couldn't believe they had them! It's crazy how time flies.
My sister and I read stacks of both books growing up, and rented the videos on Friday nights. Most memorably, we brought out the "BSC" board game whenever we had babysitters come over! The game required you to think like a babysitter, which I loved to do when I was six or seven.
I'm a sucker for my childhood books. Recently I donated clothing to a thrift store and came across tons of "Little Sister" books which I proceeded to buy for my future children 🙂