This week flew by since it was a short one with the holiday, and I’m excited to see another weekend on the horizon. Today I’m sharing a few favorite things from the week!
O N E – Cutest
Halloween Dress
I bought an
adorable Halloween dress for Olivia last year and she’s been wearing it ever
since… even during summertime. Haha. She’s grown like a weed this past year and
her dress is now more of a tunic, but she refuses to wear it with any kind of
leggings or pants, so I figured I’d try to find a new one for her this year.
Target always
puts out the cutest Halloween stuff for girls, so that was the first place I looked,
and sure enough, they had this adorable dress by Cat and Jack. It’s only $12.99 so I scooped it right
up! Cats and bats and pumpkins, oh
my! She was thrilled.
T W O – New Simplified
Planner Goodies!
I posted about
the new Simplified planners for 2021 last week in this post, and my planner and
accessories arrived earlier this week! I
went with the Happy Floral cover this year and it’s my favorite cover so far. Eek!
It’s so beautiful! The watercolor
brush strokes are even more beautiful in person.
The stickers
inside the planner were also updated this year to include the cutest rainbows
and flags, and gold foil hearts, stars, and arrows. I feel like I’ll use these more than I did
the stickers that were in the planners in previous years.
This year, I
also grabbed a planner pouch and a pencil pouch which are new to the Simplified
line. The planner pouch is big enough to
hold the planner and the pencil pouch full of stuff, with room to spare. They’re both leatherette so they’re sturdy
and easy to clean and I love them so much!
They’d be perfect to use as a makeup bag or travel bag, too.
If you’re
interested in ordering a 2021 planner, it looks like the daily and weekly
editions are still fully stocked in all covers!
Usually by now, many of them are sold out, but Emily said that they
ramped up their inventory this year so there would be more to go around.
I cannot wait
to sit down with this thing and start planning 2021!! It was definitely a favorite from the week.
T H R E E – Rae Dunn
Insulated Travel Mugs
I came across
these Rae Dunn travel mugs at Marshall’s a couple of weeks ago, and I am SO
excited about them because they’re insulated and they have lids, so they
keep my coffee hot and I can also take it on the go. I tend to drink coffee very slowly, so I pretty
much always have to reheat it once or twice to get through one cup.
I used this
Pumpkin Spice mug for the first time earlier this week, and it kept my coffee
hot until the last sip… almost two hours later!
Now I’m glad I grabbed two of them.
In addition to the Pumpkin Spice mug, I also grabbed the Boo! mug for
Halloween. Cute mugs are definitely a
weakness of mine.
F O U R – Devotional
Throughout this
whole pandemic, I’ve struggled to stay positive, and August was particularly
difficult. I opened my daily devotional
last weekend and saw this passage, and my goodness, it’s so true. Some days it’s so hard to be joyful, but joy
is always there if we really want it… we just have to remember to choose to see
it. Just a little reminder in case
you’re struggling, too. <3
F I V E – ESPN College
GameDay
B and I watch
ESPN College GameDay religiously during football season, and this past week was
the first episode of the new season.
Towards the end of the episode, Kirk Herbstreit addressed the social
injustice going on in our nation right now, and he became very emotional as he
spoke. He specifically pointed out how
white people need to do better to stand up for the black community, which is
something that I agree with wholeheartedly.
His words were genuine
and heartfelt, and it restored some of my faith in humanity after seeing so
much pushback from the white community lately.
If only everyone could be this compassionate for their fellow man. You can see the short clip here if you missed
it.
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That dress is adorable!!! Those mugs were a great find. I use my Yeti mug almost everyday to keep my coffee warm - it really makes a difference!
ReplyDeleteOlivia is gonna look so cute in that dress! How did I not know that Rae Dunn had travel mugs, I must have that pumpkin spice one! Hope you have a beautiful weekend sweetheart!
ReplyDeleteGood to know about the insulated mugs!
ReplyDeleteThose mugs are sooo cute. I saw that dress at Target last weekend and told myself I was going to order it for the girls and never did. Now I will. Thanks for the reminder. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteSuch cute mugs!! Olivia's new dress is adorable.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that you keep posting about social injustices that are still occurring. I know not everyone agrees with this and I'm sure it is even harder as a blogger to post things like this. But please know it does not go unnoticed and is so appreciated by those trying to make a difference in our world.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your sweet comment. It really does mean a lot. I do get backlash on occasion from posting these kinds of things, so it is nice to see the positive messages from people like yourself. :o)
DeleteI truly believe that these social injustices are human rights issues and I just don't see how anything will resolve until the white community steps up and does something about it. I know I'm just small peanuts compared to some bloggers and influencers, but I still want to use my platform to speak out and reach as many people as I can. If I can reach even a handful of people, it's worth it.
Thank you again for your kind words. <3