High Five for Friday: December 15

Hi friends! Where on earth has the time gone?! Just wanted to pop in and say merry Christmas and happy holidays before that gets away from me too! I’ve missed you! ❤️ I hope to blog consistently again at some point… but all I want to do right now is watch Hallmark movies and nap with this gal! (She is becoming more and more of a lap cat, and I can’t even. 🥹🥹)

How have you all been? Are you living in a winter wonderland? That’s my favorite part of working from home at Christmas. As long as my desk is festive, I’m a happy camper! 😁

I’ve also been cycling through my holiday shirts since November 1. If you only wear them in December, that is just not enough time! 😁

Callie Danielle’s sugar cookie tee! (Which sadly appears to be sold out, but comes in sweatshirt form!) Callie has the cutest seasonal items!

Once again, I’ve been a bit more active on IG over the past few months, so you might already know that things have been kind of wild. Like, I definitely did not have “seeing my fave baseball player from the second row” or “meeting my General Hospital idol” on my 2023 bingo card! 😮🫨

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I also took a reiki course and a candle-making class annnd relived my childhood with Mario RPG! (Mallow hitting bad guys with the cymbals will never not crack me up.) Truly, I contain multitudes. 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

What has put the sparkle into your holiday season and/or fall?

Happy Friday! xoxo

Linking up with Andrea and Erika over at Friday Favorites!

High Five for Friday: June 16

Hi friends! Thanks for stopping by—I’m so glad you’re here! 😁

Time is just flying by! Where did the last few weeks even go? Maybe I’ll be able to figure that out as I remember what brought the sparkle…. 🤔

• Timmi was here for a hot minute (literally—I saw her for 20 minutes before therapy 😂)! Though she was really in town to meet her new baby niece, she finally got to meet my baby as well! Pudge was in her glory! 🥲🫶

Pudge also got a gift: this darling caticorn, complete with bite marks from Timmi’s curious golden retriever! 😂

• The Dodgers were in town this past weekend, and that is a national holiday for Pops, haha. I went with him to the Saturday game. Whew, A Big Outing can really overwhelm me anymore, but I do love taking pictures at games. They didn’t turn out amazing or anything, but looking through my camera almost feels like looking through binoculars—you see little things you would otherwise miss. And I’m delighted when I can capture those tiny moments!

Like James Outman celebrating his double:

And CT going rogue after his own hit. I find it very endearing that he never seems to know what this season’s celebration is and just does a bunch of things. 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

AJR also played a mini-concert after the game, and while I do like some of their songs, I didn’t last long. I definitely get the tired version of “hangry” (tangry??) these days. When I’m done, I’m DONE and 1000% ready to go home. It must be a side effect of spending so much time at home over the past few covid years. I used to jam so many activities into a day (not to mention, go to NHL and MLB games all the time!), and now, my introvert self just cannot handle it, and I start wilting. It’s like gloom stealing my maximum hearts! #iykyk

• Switching gears entirely, how darling is this shirt from Old Navy? Make my daisy! Love a flower, love a pun! Two great things that go great together! 😁

(also, further evidence that I live at Target 🙈)

• In that same shopping trip, I also got this candle from Homesense. I just really liked the tarot-card-esque design and the crystals! I’ve never had a candle with crystals in it before!  ✨

• Lastly, this has been me since Saturday:

What put the sparkle in your week(s)?  ✨

Happy Friday! xoxo

Linking up with Andrea and Erika over at Friday Favorites!

High Five for Friday: June 2

Hi friends! Thanks for stopping by—I’m so glad you’re here! 😁

Well, this week was a total blur! Like most weeks with holidays, I guess. Once you start the work week on Tuesday, good luck knowing what day it is!

Here are a few sparkly snapshots from the week!

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• Memorial Day Treat Yo Self! Especially necessary when you end up spending most of the afternoon cleaning out your room and adjunct closet! (We have a spare bedroom, and the closet in there is just like The Land that Time Forgot, yeesh.)

• I did in fact chill and “face mask it up” at other points over the long weekend, though! I’m kind of impressed with the Eight Saints “Zen out of Ten” mask I got as part of last week’s “care package”—I could tolerate it for almost 5 minutes (my skin is often iffy with microdermabrasion), and my face felt suuuper soft afterwards!

• I also got some calming, spa-like vibes on Sunday when I happened to be the only one who signed up for yoga. The class is supposed to be yin, but the teacher sensed that I needed more in the restorative realm (smart woman!!), so we had this slow, restorative yoga class by candlelight. It was so lovely and exactly what I needed! 💖

• Then I went to Target for dryer sheets (and obviously 80 more things), and I ran into some friends! 

• Lastly, from the files of “No one loves a pet more than the parent who was wary of getting it”…

Just sending me cute pictures of Pudge all the time nbd. Also, when Pops came home on Tuesday morning, he was immediately cooing over Pudge, while I got the ol’ “Oh yeah, hi, how are you?” 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

What put the sparkle in your week? ✨ 

Happy Friday! xoxo

High Five for Friday: May 26

Hi friends! Thanks for stopping by—I’m so glad you’re here! 😁

Is anyone else in need of just a comfy, cozy long weekend? I know I am. Turns out Pudge is part rooster and wants to meow everyone awake at sunrise. And she’s a little too good at her job. (Annoying as this is, it doesn’t diminish my love for her in any way. Is this what being a mom to humans is like?? 🤯😂)

It’s been a while since I did a regular ol’ High Five for Friday, so let’s see what put the sparkle into the past few weeks!

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• Comfy coziness, obv, in the form of this “onesie” from Free People (another Soph-endorsed purchase)…

The bralette was another Altar’d State sale rack find by Soph!

…and also a care package?? That I bought myself? Is that even allowed? 😂 Let’s say it is, because that is a world I want to live in. 👍 I fell down a rabbit hole of “self care boxes” on Etsy earlier this week and would have been fully on board, except that I’m not the biggest fan of “grab bag” type things. So I made myself my own care package via Amazon instead!

Chin patches | Lip treatment | Face scrub | Under eye patches | Acupressure mat

• So this weekend, I hope to face mask it up while watching baseball and playing…

Tears of the Kingdom! Aka the latest Zelda game. I LOVE IT SO FAR. I mean, except for no longer having all the hearts, stamina, supplies, and rupees I’d stockpiled in three years of playing Breath of the Wild. But it’s great to have quests again! And even though I am so not a dungeon/puzzle-solving gal, the Wind Temple was so good!!

• However, I also need to take a moment to fully geek out over TotK’s predecessor, Breath of the Wild. A few weeks ago, knowing that Tears of the Kingdom was about to come out, I completed Breath of the Wild. Like, 100% completed. I’m not usually that person, but the 100% was weighted toward finding things, rather than fighting things, and if there’s anyone willing to scour every inch of a giant map, it’s me. 🙋🏼‍♀️

I miiight have run around our living room when I got that last godforsaken korok.

• Lastly, snuggles with my dear Pudge. (Obviously, this did not take place at 5 AM!) She’s still not a lap cat, but I’ve learned another way to briefly lure her with one fuzzy blanket:

What a sweet angel. She’ll lie on my stomach like that and start making biscuits! Ahhh! 😭💖😭💖

What put the sparkle in your week? ✨ 

(And treat yourself to a care package, while you’re at it. 😉)

Happy Friday! xoxo

Friday Favorites: Shopping with my bestie!

Hi friends! Thanks for stopping by—I’m so glad you’re here! 😁

When my bffl Sophie was in town a few weeks ago, we certainly shopped till we dropped! There’s something about shopping with friends that makes everything seem like a good idea—which is simultaneously very fun annnd very bad for my bank account! 😂💸🙈

Here are some of the goodies Soph and I got while she was here:

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Lululemon Scuba Oversized Half-Zip Hoodie

Do I need another sweatshirt? No. Do I need another expensive sweatshirt? Definitely not. But when your best friend is gushing about how great they are, I mean…?! The Lulu Scuba is undeniably soft and cozy. It also worked out well that I bought it on day 2, and the whole next week of Soph’s visit was significantly cooler, so I’ve already worn the heck out of it! (…and I’m currently wearing it while writing this post!) 😁

Aimee Kestenberg Alia wallet

Boring but necessary. I do very much enjoy black with gold accents—and spending $18 for something that looks much fancier! Also, I got this at Nordstrom Rack, a very “Sophie” store, so it’s fitting that we ended up there. 🫶

Altar’d State jeans

Speaking of deals, these were on the sale rack for FIVE DOLLARS. What?! I do not feel cool enough for them, but the look is growing on me, and they’re v stretchy and soft. Without the low, low price, Soph would not have been able to talk me into this! 😂

Really embracing my Sad Beige Child era. 🥲👍

Squishable Cinnamon bun

Are you even on vacation if you haven’t bought something that delights your inner child?? 😁 (I actually got the cinnamon bun in the smaller “Snacker” size, but I can’t seem to find it on their site… just know that it’s pretty much the perfect size. 🫶)

Maybelline Lifter gloss

I didn’t want to believe the hype, but for $10, the Lifter gloss is pretty great. I actually already had it, in the shade Stone, but I wanted to get a clear version because I’m boring. Target always seems to be just about sold out, so when we ran into that issue, Sophie suggested hitting up the Ulta in the same shopping complex. 🎶That’s what friends are for🎶 Ulta had a much bigger selection, and I got the shade “Ice,” which is such a pale pink that it’s basically clear. The non-sticky consistency is great, but the scent is really the best part. It’s a wonderful mix of coconut and vanilla (that also disappears fairly quickly, so it’s not annoying).

“Sports” hat

I love this so much. GO SPORTS! 😂 This was a Soph purchase, in anticipation of outdoor activities—like going to a AAA baseball game where she knew no one on either team. 😂👍

The Creme Shop How Do Eye Look under-eye patches

I find that it’s not a true friend reunion until you’ve done some sort of face mask (or used Biore strips LOL)! These looked super cute and felt very nice—what more does one need?

And is this me now? Yes. 😂😩

Have you made any fun purchases lately? ✨

Happy Friday! xoxo

Linking up with Andrea and Erika over at Friday Favorites!