Issues I am Loving Friday #491
We now have household arriving on Sunday and can’t wait for everybody to get right here! It’s our first Thanksgiving in our new home and we’re hoping it is going to be one.
Although Thanksgiving craziness is about to kick into full gear subsequent week, in true Issues I’m Loving Friday vogue, I needed to take a while immediately to decelerate and chat about a couple of easy issues which can be making me smile proper now. I’d additionally love to listen to slightly bit extra about one thing you’re loving this week and your Thanksgiving plans within the feedback part of this put up if you happen to’d wish to share. Get pleasure from your weekend, my mates!
Issues I’m Loving Friday
(Planner + Best pens ever!)
Yearly, a brand new planner is on my Christmas listing. And, yearly, I really feel slightly flustered as January approaches and I don’t have a calendar readily available to jot down upcoming occasions for the next 12 months. This 12 months I pulled the plug and ordered myself a new planner from Rifle Paper Co. and I like it a lot already. I don’t sometimes go for weekly planners as I really feel like they make me miss one thing and gravitate towards planners that permit me to see the total month on one web page. My new planner does simply that! It’s skinny and exquisite with a number of pages for notes on the finish. Additionally, if you happen to occur to be on their web site shopping their planners (they’ve weekly and month-to-month planners in a wide range of sizes), don’t miss their holiday mugs (I purchased 2 as presents already — I really like the holiday book mug for bookworms) and their stitched notebook sets (a favourite of mine to divide up and embody with trainer presents).
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Classic Christmas + Dwelling Finds
Final evening, my buddy Lauren and I had a festive ladies’ evening out at slightly vintage market pop-up at Camp North Finish in Charlotte. The pop-up wasn’t large but it surely was jam-packed with eclectic classic and exquisite handmade vacation decor, ornaments, presents and extra. I used to be particularly excited in regards to the classic brass angel candle snuffer and the kissing Santa and Mrs. Claus salt and pepper shakers I discovered! The boys had been thrilled with the ornaments I introduced residence since we obtained them their very own mini 4-foot Christmas tree for of their room this 12 months!
Oh my gosh this candle. It was an impulse purchase at Complete Meals earlier this week and I can’t inform you how a lot I’m having fun with ILLUME’s woodfire candle for its distinctive, woodsy scent. As somebody who gravitates towards balsam and cinnamon-scented candles this time of 12 months, this one is blowing me away for the way in which it makes a complete house really feel slightly additional cozy. I’ve been burning it at my desk as I work each day and it brings me a lot pleasure. For me, candles have all the time been a little indulgence that equals big happiness.
I had no thought our boys would flip for these slippers the way in which they did. They put them on the minute I took them out of the field and are raving about how snug and heat they really feel on their toes. (I included them in my toddler + little kid gift guide for good motive!) I feel they’re nicely definitely worth the $13 I paid and Chase instantly requested if he may put on them to highschool the subsequent day. (I truly then regarded for an ankle boot model that he truly may put on to highschool and ordered these lookalike UGGs from GAP for under $13 with the code ADDON. They haven’t arrived but however hopefully they’ll be successful, too!) Additionally, a fast notice in regards to the slippers: They appear to come back out and in of inventory quite a bit. I needed to verify again a couple of instances for the sizes we would have liked so in the event that they don’t have the fitting measurement in your toddler, don’t quit hope but!
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Thanksgiving Menu Planning
As I discussed above, we’re internet hosting Thanksgiving this 12 months (my sister and her household, my mother and father and a few mates) and can’t wait to have our home full of folks we love a lot. I have to admit, I’m feeling grateful we tackled adorning our home final weekend as a result of I’m not feeling the stress of getting every thing prepared for our household’s arrival on Sunday. That’s DONE!
One factor that isn’t fairly accomplished is our menu planning however I’m getting a soar begin on that as nicely and that’s making me really feel rather less careworn in regards to the meals facet of issues. My household shall be staying with us for six days and everyone seems to be so good about contributing however I nonetheless wish to have a tough define of meals deliberate so we aren’t all one another at 5 p.m. like, “Umm, what’s for dinner?”
Right here’s what I’m presently planning for all of us to take pleasure in:
Breakfasts: An assortment of eggs and sausage or bacon, super seed oatmeal, cottage cheese zucchini breakfast casserole, cinnamon rolls, yogurt bowl bar with contemporary berries, granola, and so on.
Lunches: On the spot Pot hen soup with grilled cheese, Greek yogurt rotisserie chicken salad, tuna salad, dinner leftovers, sandwiches, shrimp and edamame salad
Dinners: Instant Pot butternut squash beef stew, shepherd’s pie, Whole Smiths’ whole chicken (I all the time triple the veggies), crockpot chicken corn chili, Thanksgiving dinner, Thanksgiving leftovers, pizza evening
As for Thanksgiving itself, everyone seems to be chipping in (bless my mother for making her stuffing!!!) however I’ll be making the next dishes: The turkey (Ryan is dealing with that one and we swear by Diestel Farms natural turkeys!), slow cooker holiday mulled wine, Bubbee’s glazed carrots (Ryan’s grandma’s recipe), sweet potato casserole, my winning cornbread recipe, pumpkin pie (the recipe on the can by no means steers me unsuitable) and oatmeal apple crisp with cinnamon ice cream
My ranking: B+
Having totally loved A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin, I put the follow-up novel on maintain on the library and was thrilled when it grew to become accessible earlier this week. A Lady’s Guide to Scandal has the entire wit and fancy-schmancy higher class intrigue of the primary novel and is one other enjoyable, lighthearted learn. Whereas I most popular A Woman’s Information to Fortune Searching, the character crossover in A Woman’s Information to Scandal was gratifying and the e book was slightly escape I regarded ahead to at evening earlier than mattress.
The e book begins quickly after the passing of the Earl of Somerset when Miss Eliza Balfour, now Woman Somerset, finds herself widowed and not tied to her much-older husband and a wedding that left quite a bit to be desired. Eliza is now wealthy and free and decided to make her new life one she truly enjoys. The caveat? She should keep away from all scandal or her fortune, managed by her late husband’s nephew, who additionally occurs to be the person who’s held her coronary heart for years, shall be revoked.
Eliza’s first transfer is to relocate to Bathtub together with her cousin Margaret the place she rapidly takes up with an attention-grabbing assortment of individuals, together with the good-looking and notorious Lord Melville. As Eliza begins to take pleasure in life for the primary time in years, she should hold the conventions of excessive society in thoughts whereas staying true to herself, one thing she is realizing could also be more and more onerous to do.
Weblog Posts: Everything I Read in October (Grace’s weblog is a go-to for me for e book recs!) / Organized Thanksgiving Meal Plan / Black-Eyed Pea Salad (I made this earlier this week and it was great. I simply omitted the new sauce.) / Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Menu
Present Gross sales:
40% off + and further 20% off at GAP with code ADDON — worth seems in your cart after you enter the code! (I ordered these UGG lookalike boots for Chase for $13 and these Mickey Mouse socks for Rhett. At $16, these sweats are calling to me as a result of I’m all about that cozy life this time of 12 months. I really like the teal!)
30% off Levi’s Ribcage Straight Ankle Jeans (These denims are SO good. I purchased them in 3 washes because of @morgbullard‘s advice.)
30% off Melissa & Doug Toys at Target (A few of our favorites: Wooden Puzzles — 10/10 advocate for toddlers! / Ice Cream Scoop Set — I gave this to my nieces and it was an enormous hit / Tool Set — We’ve had this for years. The boys have performed with it HARD and it’s nonetheless held up! / Water WOW! Books — so useful for highway journey/journey leisure)
20% off my favorite ankle booties (Very cozy + I’ve the black and cognac colours. I really like them dressed up or down. You might even see them within the first pic of this past Recent Looks post!)
20% off Natural Gemstone Advent Calendar (For anybody else with little ones who’re gem-obsessed.)
10 Recipes to Make for Thanksgiving (A group of our favorites!)
My Mom’s Stuffing Recipe (The dish that makes Thanksgiving style like Thanksgiving to me. It’s consolation and residential in a single deliciously savory dish.)
Query of the Day
What are your Thanksgiving plans? Internet hosting? Touring? Enjoyable at residence?
What recipe/dish is the one which makes Thanksgiving really feel like Thanksgiving to you?