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Friday Favorites!!!

TGIF!  I started thinking about it this morning and realized I have only one more Friday standing between me and summer freedom!  The last day for teachers is Thursday, May 26, so next Friday is our last one!  This school year is flying by and I hope that this summer crawls by 🙂

I’ve got a few FAVORITES that I’ll be sharing today!

ONE

This is my latest smoothie recipe and it’s a FAVORITE because it tastes so good.  The pictures quality isn’t great because this was taken so early in the morning, but you can still see the ingredients I use.  
L to R: Vanilla Protein Powder that I use (I only use one scoop so it’s only 55 calories), frozen berries, vanilla bean Greek yogurt (I use 1/4 cup), and spinach. Then I add in water before I blend….yum!  The key is to use the berries because I tried using the pineapple and mango mixture and it didn’t mask the spinach taste.


TWO

The Crown Selection Series by Kiera Cass
I’m almost halfway through The Crown, and this series is such a FAVORITE for me that I’m loving this book so much.  I’ve written about this series before, but if you like The Bachelor and the Royal family, you’ll love this book.  Sadly, I think this book might be the last one of the series (hope not!), and if so, I hope to find something like it.  My girls love reading this series and it’s a wholesome series for them to read–nothing inappropriate about it at all.


THREE

Lilly Pulitzer Dusk dress
I wrote about this dress in a Sense of Sarah post on Tuesday, but it’s a FAVORITE.  I love how light the fabric is, how flowy it is, and how bright the pattern is.  We have a wedding to attend next Saturday and you better believe I’ll be wearing this!


FOUR

The off the shoulder tops this spring/summer are my new FAVORITE look and my goal is to get at least one to wear this summer.

 I am in love with this pink Lilly top.  After I bought my new dress last weekend, I was flipping through the catalog and showed Dustin this top.  This will look great with the new white jeans I just bought.


This JCrew top is a little cheaper than above and I love the simplicity of the fabric.  I would wear this with blue jeans or pull off a white on white look with my white jeans.  AND it’s 25% off!  Okay, I’ve talked myself into getting this!  
P.S If you’re a teacher, they give a 15% off discount and it sometimes works on special sale promotions!


FIVE

Dustin and I get to babysit tonight!  My friend has a school banquet to attend, so we are watching her 3 month old!  Keeping Elizabeth will always be a FAVORITE!  My mom and Dustin watched her last Thursday while I was out of town at The Avett Brothers concert, so I’m glad I’ll actually be home to babysit this time ha!


HAPPY FRIDAY Y’ALL!

Thursday Confessions

Happy Thursday, y’all!  Part of me thinks this week has flown by, and then the rest of me feels like it’s crawled by!  Honestly, the end of the school year is crazy, and I’m lucky if I even know my own name at the end of the day.


I’m linking up with Leigh today for Confessional Thursday!


ONE

I have never been more ready for the end of school to get here than this year.  I think having a free summer has a lot to do with it, but I’m tired, the kids are tired, we’re all tired–and a little bit crazy!


TWO

My mom and I were talking about naked cakes and how we would only want them if they had lots of icing on each layer.  My mom was coming to my house last Thursday, so I decided to whip up one for her to take home.  And then I proceeded to eat it…..her cake….before she got to my house.  


THREE

One of my students brought me the latest Selection book to read and so I started it yesterday.  I love this series!  I highly recommend it as a summer book series!


FOUR

I hate washing my hair.  My hair is so thick and naturally wavy.  It takes a long time to dry and straighten my hair each day.  Now that school is nearing the end and I’ve discovered dry shampoo (thanks to my friend Kristi!), there have been many mornings–and will be lots more–where I’ve woken up and decided to use dry shampoo instead of washing my hair.  I know people do this all the time but this is a first for me!


FIVE

Speaking of sleeping, I’m a very OCD sleeper.  You can ask my husband and best friend.  I have to have the sheet and comforter perfectly even for me to even think about having a good night’s sleep.  Whenever I would spend the night with my BFF, I would remake her bed so the sheet and comforter were even on all sides.  I also like to have the covers tucked in on the side of my body not next to my husband–since Dustin sleeps to the left of me, I have the covers on my right side tucked in around me.


SIX

I also shower or bathe every night before bed.  And after I’ve done that, I can’t walk outside barefoot because I feel like my feet are dirty–if that happens, then I have to wash my feet before I get in bed.

Wow, I could do a whole post on my craziness!  I’ll spare y’all and stop there ha!

I hope y’all have a great Thursday!

The Avett Brothers Concert Recap

I meant to blog this concert recap yesterday, but I forgot it was a Show and Tell on Personal Style–and since I love clothes, I couldn’t resist!

Let me preface this with saying that I grew up in a house where music was constantly playing.  We knew every birthday that we would be singing “They Say It’s Your Birthday” by The Beatles.  Or I would be riding in the truck with my dad and he would quiz me on the music playing (always classic rock).  So for me to go to a concert on a school night is not out of character for me!

A couple of months ago, my best friend texted letting me know that a band we loved in college (and still love) would be playing a show in our college town.  Tickets were bought and the countdown began!

Getting to the concert was eventful.  I left school on Thursday and drove to Birmingham to meet up with Janie at her house and ride with her to the concert.  Traffic was beyond horrible!  If you know anything about 280 in Birmingham, you know it was bad–and to top it off, there were a few wrecks.  What should have taken us 20-25 minutes max to drive ended up taking close to an hour.

Then once we got into Tuscaloosa, we forgot it was graduation weekend.  Not only that, but it was also Cindo de Mayo and a Thursday–and we all know in college, the weekend starts on Thursday.  We planned on eating downtown somewhere nice before the concert began at 8.  We couldn’t find a single parking spot, plus with there being so many people, we knew the wait would be outrageous.

So we ate at…
 Jimmy Johns.  Yay.  Haha!


Then we had a hard time finding parking and ended up parking over a mile away.  I made sure to have my mace with me in case we got mugged because…Tuscaloosa.

We waited in line forever for drinks and the concert had already started by the time we got to our seat.  And we saw two people from our hometown–small world!


 It was 60 degrees on May 5th–we froze!



 Brandi Carlisle opened for The Avett Brothers.  We only knew one song by her, and she played it.  Then she tried to get political and Janie and I both agreed that we do not want to hear musicians’s political opinions at their concert….just perform for us.



Blurry iPhone picture but The Avett Brothers were so fun!  I’m glad I finally got to see them live.  In my opinion, there’s nothing better than live music.  This definitely wasn’t my most favorite concert I’ve ever been to, but it was fun!

What’s the best concert you’ve ever been to?


Linking up with Jenn and Holly