Ashley Danielle

Harry Potter is my love language and Christmas is my favorite season, so this is where they collide: finishing sugars for hot chocolate season, advent calendars, ornaments, and pajamas. My husband is the Grinch, so his half of Christmas is green. This half is mine. Everything here is on my radar for our Christmas.

Chocolate calendars are for people whose December isn't already chaos. These are the other countdowns — coffee, dogs, tools, jam, jerky — for every member of this household, including the four-legged ones. Most of these aren't in my house yet (the Red Bull one is on my Walmart storefront) — they're the ones I'd actually buy, and a few are already selling out, so don't sit on them. (Some links are affiliate links — I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.)

Everything here is already in my house — this isn't a wishlist, it's the inventory. Black Friday is just when the stuff I'd rebuy at full price gets cheaper. If it survived 4 kids, 2 Frenchies, and a camper in a barn, it earned the spot. (Some links are affiliate links — I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.)

What our homeschool table actually runs on — 4 kids, one printer that has seen things, and supplies I reorder instead of replacing. Some links here are affiliate links — I may earn a small commission at no cost to you.

For the people whose entire personality is now a French Bulldog. Everything here is stuff I buy for Queenie and Beatrix — no novelty mugs, no "funny" gifts that end up in a drawer. Real things frenchie owners actually burn through. Some links here are affiliate links — I may earn a small commission at no cost to you.

Stocking stuffers with a job to do. Everything here is small, actually useful, and something I already buy with my own money — for her, for the dogs (yes, the dogs get stockings), and for the practical people who'd rather have a fresh Scrub Daddy than another novelty mug. The mom tax does not apply to these. Probably.

Everything in this house gets used hard — 4 homeschooled kids, 2 French Bulldogs, and a schedule that does not sit down. These are the home essentials that survive it: the cleaning stuff that handles the damage, the bathroom stuff that earns its counter space, and the systems that keep the chaos contained. If it's on this list, it's still standing.

Update: she's home. Beatrix is a French Bulldog puppy and a professional chaos goblin, and she has personally tested everything on this list. If it's still here, it survived teething, four kids, and a house that does not sit down. The stuff that didn't work got cut.

My plants are my babies. It doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive, here are what I use to keep them healthy and thriving

These are every day/every week hair products we use. I have switched mainly to amika due to their cause with cryo scalp therapy with chemo patients and their formula standards being of the EU standards.

Having Frenchies has been the best companion choice we ever made! These girls are not spoiled, they're loved! Here are the things we use the most to care for them day to day!

Yes, every day! From when I wake up, run errands, get home, wrangle our 4 kids, to laying down, these products are it.

All I can say is that I get complimented on my skin, weekly! These are a part of my routine, whether it's make-up or clean-up!