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Friday Favorites

Favorite Song: Kid Cudi Erase Me – I just love this song 🙂

Favorite Moments:

–Tuesday I got to hear baby girl’s heart beat just beating away at my doctor appointment. And I had my first appointment in a long time where I wasn’t drained of blood and pricked with needles, so that was exciting! She told me not to get too excited though because my next appointment in two weeks involves a flu shot. Ugh! I have never had one in my life but since I am having a baby in the middle of flu season who will have zero immunizes I will take one for the team. Needles are the least of my worries these days I suppose.

–Wednesday night Laura, Morgan and I met up at Skycastle for a girls night! We shared a delicious appetizer and I ordered a burger because….do you know me at all?? The food was wonderful and the company was even better. A girls night is good for the soul!

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–This guy and his need to sit in a tray like a cat.

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I said to him, “Mac you look ridiculous watching TV in the ottoman tray!!!” This is the look he turned around to give me….

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Favorite Recipe:How delicious does this pineapple fried rice look??? Great for a meatless Monday and get your protein with the eggs and cashews.

Sweet and spicy Thai pineapple fried rice, a simple vegetarian dinner…:

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Favorite Beauty Purchases: This pregnancy skin business is a tricky one you guys. One moment my skin is oily AF and the next minute it is dry and no matter what it is always broken out everywhere. The only pregnancy glow I am getting is from all the sweating in this 90+ degree weather as I waddle around in my maternity dresses with an extra 20 pounds up front. Woof. I had to do something for my skin. My face literally hurt. Because I am trying to stay as natural as I can and avoid bad for baby chemicals and stuff…I decided to turn to Caudalie. Since I can’t drink wine, the least I can do is spread it around on my face right? (It’s not actual wine, ok.)

I picked up the Caudalie Vinosource Moisturizing Sorbet. I really like how soft this makes my skin feel! It gives me enough moisturizer, but it still sinks in to my skin and just leaves everything so soft! Plus, it smells wonderful! And who doesn’t love pretty pink packaging?

I also picked up the Caudalie Grape Water. For the price, you get a lot and I really like how it is working for my skin too! I am using it as a toner in between my face wash and moisturizer.

I have changed my skin care up a couple of times during this pregnancy and I am hope this is the last change until after she is here. I feel like these products are working together with my face wash and spot treatment for the better now though and I am happy. At least my face doesn’t hurt anymore and it feels soft again!

Favorite Gadget:Chris picked up a rose gold 128gb iPhone 7 Plus for me on Wednesday!!! How sweet is he??? He even brought it to my office for me and  helped me get the phone set up going. He really is the best 🙂 I am loving the new phone!!! Everything seems so fast, I like the feel of the new home button, and I am excited to play with the new camera.

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Favorite Links:

–Go ahead and add these to the TBR! New book releases for Fall 2016.

–The 67 coolest iOS features you didn’t know about. This was seriously a big update change!!!

–Lindsay always has inspiring posts at the right time. This one is a reminder to celebrate the every day things!

–And in a world where all the news is negative these days, Jenn managed to find some happy stories to share! If you only have time to read one, please make it the dog and the duck!!!

Favorite Funnies:

Funny Pictures Of The Day - 36 Pics:

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Fitness Motivation Funny Humor Quote:

Being an adult is hard.:

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How I am going to feel when it is no longer seasonally appropriate to wear all these flowy dresses…

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When guys don’t understand the pregnancy struggle…

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Me trying to get up these days…

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I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!!

Linking up with Amanda.

fall, fashion

Hello, Fall

It’s here!!! It’s here!!! It’s finally here!!! FALL!!! Well, in spirit at least, but apparently not weather. I am looking at you mother nature, get with your seasons!

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Either way fall is here and I am in love and I don’t care who knows it! Fall is my absolute favorite time of year because the weather finally starts to cool down, the leaves change a beautiful color, the smell of that first crisp autumn morning stays with you all season, the best flavored coffees and beers come back, fall jewel tones compliment my pale-ass skin, and it officially kicks off the start of the move towards the holiday season. Hello Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas! Not to mention, all the good TV shows come back!!!

Today I wanted to share with you some fall inspiration!

Fall Fashion – I love anything jewel toned in the fall. Also, leopard print, booties, football team colors and cardigans make their come back in my weekly outfits. How cute is this top? Perfect color for game day and it’s on sale for half off! I do love a good sale!

 

Other fall fashion inspiration…

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Sadly, I will mostly be in maternity leggings and whatever top will fit over this ever growing belly of mine this fall. But a girl can still dream, can’t she?

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Fall Home Inspiration – This fall, I don’t plan to do too much around the house in my current condition. I am going to save my energy and get our Christmas stuff up early this year (beginning of November) since I am due around the time most people put their trees up. Clearly I wont be too mobile then!!! I still cant help but drool over all the fall decor that I see at Homegoods and TJ Maxx! This is going to be my goal for next year…

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How Girls on a Budget Are Styling Their Homes For Fall: When looking for affordable Fall decor, you need look no farther than accent pieces.:

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Fall Porch Decor Ideas- Amazing Fall decorations and front door and porch decoration ideas.:

Fall Food – The best part of fall? Game day snacking and the fact that you are in the mood for soup basically all the time!!!

This link takes you to 50 fall soups to try…

You won't get enough of this tortellini soup with Italian sausage and spinach.:

These Apple Cider Floats are made from special fall ingredients & are a…:

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What are some of your favorite things about fall?

Linking up for Blogtember Fall Favorites and Stuff and Things.

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Things I Want For My Daughter

I posted this over on Mommy Babbles today, but I wanted to post it over here too and link up for Blogtember today since it goes along with the theme.

One of the many many things that worries me about having a child today, is how scary the world can be. I know that every generation thinks that when they grew up things were different compared to now, that is just the way time works. But in today’s society, I feel like we have all taken several steps back in our evolution of peace and tolerance for others. With all the racial related hate and shootings, people fighting against gay marriage and simple human rights, huge terrorist groups killing just to kill. It is a scary place out there!!! I just want me daughter to know that you can always find good in other people and the world.

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I want my daughter to love all people.

I want my daughter to feel safe.

I want my daughter to not ever think of herself as fat or less than.

I want my daughter to believe that she can be anything she wants to be with a little faith and hard work.

I want my daughter to see the good in other people, but not be naive.

I want my daughter to believe in love and love fully.

I want my daughter to believe in the spirit of Christmas, the magic of the tooth fairy, and all the other things that we let slip as we get older.

I want my daughter to know good from evil, right from wrong and be able to make the right choice.

I want my daughter to encourage positivity and avoid negativity.

I want my daughter to know that the more your give, the more you get.

I want my daughter to be able to chose forgiveness. Bitterness and jealousy can ruin your life.

I don’t want my daughter to ever settle.

I want my daughter to believe in compassion and practice that belief towards other people and animals.

I want my daughter to know that it is never too late to change your course in life.

I want my daughter to know that I will love and support her through all that she does.

weekend shenanigans

Weekend Shenanigans – The One Where We Painted

This weekend I….

Got creeped out after downloading iOS 10 to my phone. When it finally finished installing and came back on, it told me that my car was parked close to my office. Ummm how do you know that is my office??? #creeperstatus

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Celebrated National Guacamole Day the only way I knew how, guac at Babalu! I also finally tried their burger which also had guac on it. This burger was delicious!

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Made a ton of football party food, but only got a picture of the salami cream cheese roll up that I did. What isn’t pictured? Bourbon Maple Kielbasa, seven layer dip with tortilla chips, french onion dip with potato chips, and cake batter dip with Nilla Wafers. Do you see a dip theme? I have a dip problem, ok.

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Laura was the bestest friend that there ever was on Saturday and came over to help me paint the nursery. Her husband and baby boo hung out with the boys and watched football while we slaved away on the two coats of gray paint that now cover the nursery walls. Note to pregnant women, paint the nursery earlier on in your pregnancy than I did. Trying to bend over or sit on the floor and then get back up proves to be a difficult task when your stomach is the size of a truck. Thanks to Laura for doing all the climbing and tedious brush work! The roller was work out enough for me.

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I watched Alabama pull off a win over Ole Miss. Finally! And the Steelers also won this weekend, so yay!!!! (Sorry, Erin.)

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And after all that hard work painting and rooting on Alabama, Chris tells me Saturday night that he doesn’t like the paint color because it looks blue not gray. MEN!!! I sure am glad that Laura and I patted ourselves on the back when we were done. The color is gray by the way…

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Sunday was meal planning, grocery shopping in the pouring down rain and food prepping for the week. We also had baked pork chops for dinner.The rest of the weekend looked a lot like this….

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I am super excited that Big Bang Theory comes back on tonight!!! Something to look forward to on a Monday, right? I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We are down to two weeks left in September, so let’s make the most of them!

Linking up with Biana.

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Friday Favorites

Hey there, Friday!!! I am excited for some nursery painting and football this weekend! There are going to be a lot of good games on Saturday and Chris is bringing two extra TV’s in to our living room so we can catch them all. SEC is hardcore you guys. I suppose that is as long as he still isn’t inline for his iPhone 7. Time will tell. #techlife

Favorite Song: I am digging this new Calvin Harris song, My Way.

Favorite Moments:

–Last night I met up with a friend for an Edolyn’s Pie tasting for a new local company in Birmingham. Let’s be honest, I have never met a pie I didn’t like. These were no exception! I got to try the Lemon Chess, Pecan and Sweet Potato. I loved all three of them for different reasons, though I suppose the pecan was my favorite since I came home with it. Maybe I ate that pecan pie for breakfast this morning, what’s it to you?

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Those of my friends in New Jersey, I believe you can get these pies as well. Last night we got to hear the story of how the company started as a southern soul food restaurant in Jersey in the 80’s and while the restaurant didn’t thrive, people kept coming just for the pies so they started selling pies out of their basement and now they have a huge commercial kitchen up there with the same recipe. The daughter of the owners came to Birmingham to spread the pie love here.

–For Treat Yo’Self Tuesday I switched up my Starbucks run with a Nordstrom Rack  browsing and an Oreo Blizzard from Dairy Queen. No regrets! Look at this cute little dress I scored on clearance while I was there. Someone is going to be styling come spring!!!

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Favorite Mac Scenes: This little guy knows we are getting closer to some changes around here. Normally he comes and lies on me at night while we are watching TV, but lately he has been laying with Chris’s pillow. Like he knows that he needs to make sure they are on good terms because I am going to be pre-occupied with baby soon. He has also been bopping his little nose in to my tummy a lot like he wants to say hi. The other day I asked him where she was and he went running to her room, so at least he knows where she will be staying.

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Favorite Recipe: This Sesame Bourbon Chicken recipe looks so good!

Slow Cooker Sesame Bourbon Chicken:

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Favorite Lust: You guys!!! YOU GUYS!!!! Michael Kors has come out with a smartwatch!!! I know, I am totally excited too! Look at this beauty. LOOK AT IT! I am so glad I never got the Apple Watch because I want this!!! You can change it’s face to different colors and looks and the bands are swap-able. Clearly a need, right?

Favorite Links:

10 pieces you should have in your closet by the time you are 35. Looks like I have lots of shopping to do after baby.

Out of office messages you wish you could leave.

Favorite Funnies:

Story of my life.:

This is adulthood:

This is the scariest moment of childhood:

Shipping makes you question everything:

The anxiety is awful:

When you have an evil, genius thought…

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When I find out there is a sale…

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How I feel most days…

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When someone eyes my lunch….

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What I said to Laura yesterday on gchat after listening to a conference call on speaker phone from a cubicle near me for hours and hours. HOURS YOU GUYS. Like I don’t even like my company calls I have to be on, I sure as shit don’t want to listen to someone else.

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I hope that you all have a fabulous weekend!!! Linking up with Amanda.