Last weekend we went to a Dickens Festival in McKinney, TX.  They do it every year, but this is the first year we have been able to go.  Many of the shops around the square were open and had beautiful Christmas decorations.  Townspeople dressed in Victorian clothing walked around the square and there were activities for the kids and lots of goodies to eat!  Here are a few of the beautiful decorations we saw!

This guy was super cute sitting on a shelf!

We saw lots of cute snowmen!

This one is a particular favorite!

We also saw these beautiful rose brooches, some inspiration to make something similar perhaps!

And these beautiful paper roses are to die for!  Have to figure these out!

Lots of Christmas inspiration for shabby chic decorations!

The tongue!

Ever since Cheeto was a kitten, he has always stuck his tongue out when he makes "biscuits" and purrs.  I took this picture of him during one of his biscuit making sessions.

so imagine our surprise during our New York trip, when we saw this:

Here was this cow sticking her tongue out at us!  It just made us laugh and I grabbed the camera to take a shot!