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Friday Favorites! (…on a Saturday)

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Look at this! My very first Saturday post!

I was planning on getting this post done Thursday evening to post yesterday morning, but starting about 6th period on Thursday I started feeling HORRIBLE.

As in sore throat, both ears feeling funny, headache, coughing. I didn’t have a fever (which was weird because I felt so bad and assumed I would), so I went to bed at 7 PM without eating supper. You know I had to be sick for that ha!

So here I am on Friday afternoon writing this post before I have to get ready for a women’s event 😜

Here are a few of my favorites from this week!

The teachers at my school usually dress up together as a theme. This year we decided to do something super easy and we were emojis! I chose the laughing one since that’s the emoji I use the most 😂😂

And then the day after…

I’m so glad to be rid of all that candy!

I sent this to my friend Wes because I couldn’t believe that it had been 11 years since I sat in a sophomore English class as a freshman. I remember coming in the first day and sitting next to Wes and now 11 years later we’re still great friends! Also, this is what my natural hair color is 😜

I made these tacos Thursday night and I haven’t made them in a while–SO GOOD! I also didn’t add in the tomato sauce this time and still loved the taste.

I’ve been eyeing a few of Rachel Parcell dresses and she posted this as a sneak peek into her holiday collection and I love it! I sent this to Dustin basically saying I need this dress ASAP!

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October Book Review!

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

It’s November 1 and you know what that means?! Time to break out the Christmas music!!! 😂😂

Just kidding.

I started listening to it on my birthday a week ago. 😜

This past month I read three REALLY GOOD books! I’ve mentioned before that I have an addictive personality (thanks Mom) so when it comes to reading, once I find an author I really like, I read everything I can find by that person.

I started reading Elin Hilderbrand last year because Shay talked so much about her, and I can’t stop! I love her books! They are chick lit but her characters have real issues and it’s not all fluff.

I had a hard time getting into The Identicals, and it was mainly because I didn’t like one of the characters. But once I got over that hump, I couldn’t put it down. This book is about twin sisters whose parents divorce and the sister split up and each goes with one parent (how horrible). Something major has happened and the sisters can’t stand one another. Then their father dies and their mother has to undergo surgery, so the sisters are forced to reunite. I highly recommend this book!!

Remember last month when I read the Winter Street trilogy in less than 5 days?? Elin decided to put a 4th book out there (how could she not?!) so I read this as soon as it was released. I love the Quinn family and I loved that this time we got to read from Bart’s point of view. I was really rooting for him this whole book. Elin said this is her last Quinn family book, but she could honestly write a 5th one–I hope she does! These are fast, easy reads!

I loved reading Water for Elephants and when I saw this book by the same author at the library, I figured it would be good too. And it was! I still think Water for Elephants was better because it was a love story, but this had a small love story, too. Isabel Duncan is a scientist who works with bonobos (similar to chimps) and their language acquisition and use. Her clinic and bombed and she’s seriously injured. After recovering, she spends the whole book trying to rescue the bonobos which are like family to her. This book was so interesting–especially after finding out that the author visited a place in real life that worked with apes and their language. Even though this book wasn’t as good as Water for Elephants, I’ll read another Sara Gruen book!

What books have you read recently that you loved?

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Weekend Recap: The One With All The Shopping!

Monday, October 30, 2017

I cannot believe it’s Monday already! I had a fun, jam-packed weekend, but that also means I’m exhausted on Monday morning (which is when I’m writing this post 😂).

Friday after school I had coffee with my mom, went grocery shopping, and then read/watched the World Series with Dustin until late.

Saturday morning I was up early to get ready for a quick day trip to Nashville with my mom! We went to The Mall at Green Hills to do some shopping and it was great! We both got really cute clothes, so I’ll do a shopping post soon.

We started off in The Container Store and spent 30 minutes wandering from aisle to aisle–it was wonderful!

We went into Nordstrom and tried on a bunch of clothes. One of the tops that I loved but didn’t work for me was this ruffle hem top. It was full of so much static when I put it on that it was completely stuck to my body. I’ve seen a ton of bloggers wear this top and it’s so cute on, but I wish it were made out of a different material.

Mom grabbed me this top to try on in Loft. It was so cute….until I put it on. I don’t like open sleeves or cold shoulder tops because they are too trendy for me, so this shirt was a definite no. These types of tops look so cute on everyone I see, but they just aren’t for me.

We spent hours in the mall and ended up having a late lunch at Fido in Hillsboro Village. Then we drove to 12th South to grab donuts at Five Daughters Bakery. We swung by Franklin on the way home, but they were having a huge festival and the downtown was blocked off, so we turned around and came home!

I got home that evening about the same time as Dustin did. We quickly changed clothes and headed over to my sister’s because her husband, Nick, had shot a huge buck but couldn’t find it. Dustin was going to help track it. I finally made Dustin leave a little before 11 PM because I was exhausted #canthanganymore

Sunday morning Dustin had to work so I slept in and just went to our church service. I made my crockpot chex mix…