Friday Favorites

Hello and happy Friday. I hope your week has been just wonderful and you are planning a big happy Fall weekend. I have both weekend days planned and I am so excited about it. I have a few favorites that I wanted to share with you so let’s get started.

First of all I love mums. I even love their pungent smell and I love all the different colors. I think I love them so much because it means Fall weather is here. I always get mums for my front porch and we always have lots of them at work.

Remember when I told you a few weeks ago that Walmart had those awesome slide on sale. They come in many different colors. Well they are now on sale even more. $4.00 a pair. You know I had to pick me up a blue pair. These are so handy to just slip on and wear around the house or to the garage to take care of outside kitties. And then next year I am sure they’ll still be around for wearing when the wear gets warmer. I actually have a friend who wears flip flops and sandals all year long. Me, not so much.

I am loving this salad mix. I am bad about buying the bags of leafy greens and sticking them in the fridge until they go bad. But this chopped salad is really yummy. I like to add a boiled egg to it for extra protein. It has such a great flavor.

I have to tell you about these press on nails that I bought. These are the Kiss Empress nails. A friend of mine had some and I loved the way they looked. Now, will they last for a month? No. I have had these on for almost a week. These have a peel and stick on the back of each mail. They are very easy to put on. I have never used the ones with glue but I have heard they don’t last as well. I usually do my own manicures but I thought these would be nice for a change. They come a little longer than I like but you are able to file them down once you have them on. They come already polished. There is 30 in a set!!! So you can replace as needed. They are only $6.99 at Walmart. I love them and I think they are perfect for a nice special event or a vacation. I haven’t gardened in them yet but I have done the usual working around the house and I have to say I like them. It has been less than a week and I think I am about to have to replace one of them but give them a try if you don’t have your nails professionally done. Remember the Lee Press On Nails. We used to get those when I was a kid. These are way better.

I have been wanting a Dolly Parton T Shirt. I just love Dolly I think she is a wonderful person. She has done so much and given back so much to this area we live in. I ordered this pink one from Amazon. I think it was $18.99. I love the color and I think it will go great with jeans or a denim jacket.

I may have mentioned before that I love the CeraVe body lotion. I now use the cleanser and the night time moisturizer but I have recently switched to the daily moisturizing lotion as well. I love Bath & Body works. The lotion and body wash smells amazing. And it has always kept my skin fairly soft but it didn’t always feel hydrated. A dermatologist told me that a lot of times the lotions that have the best smells often have more perfume, which can be drying, than moisturizer. I am truly a believer. Since I have been using the CeraVe my skin is so different. I still love Bath & Body and will use it from time to time but this has now become my new favorite.

Ok I saved the best for last. These eye toning patches from Pixie are about the best things I have found lately. They come in a little container of 60. They almost feel gel like. You separate them with this little plastic paddle, that is included, and place one under each eye. They are so freaking refreshing. If you have a morning when you wake up with under eye puffiness this will do the trick. If you get home at night with tired droopy skim under your eyes, this is what you will want. I love them. I have only been able to find them at Target or online. They are a little pricey for my budget, about $24.00, but totally worth it. I don’t use them every day just when I feel like I need them.

I hope you find some of these useful. Have a wonderful weekend and I will be back on Monday with lots of happenings.

Always remember,

Love your day your way!!!!

Hello Monday

Hello friends how was your weekend? I had big plans for my weekend big plans I tell you. But in typical “me” fashion when I plan too much I get totally overwhelmed and wind up not doing much at all. But oh well isn’t that what weekends and days off are for.

Let me just tell you the weather here has been pretty much perfect. Cool mornings warming up to toasty, but not too hot, sunny afternoons. The leaves are falling. When I am driving down the road I have to stop and get a picture of all the beautiful colors. Sometimes I get caught in a swirl of falling leaves and I just have to stop and watch them. Luckily, I live on a road with not much traffic.

On Friday night the moon was almost full and Mark and I went out to try and get some moon shots. He was using his big camera with a tripod so his shots looked better than mine. I just didn’t want to drag everything out and I used my cell phone. I wasn’t really after a detailed shot. But I didn’t think my little cell phone did too bad.

Saturday was a beautiful day. The kitties were playing by the lake. They love the cooler temperatures with the warm sunshine. They are so active during the day. They roam everywhere. We always bring them in at night because of the bastardly coyotes.

Izzy and Sadie
Sadie
Colors are starting to happen.

I spent some time out on the deck reading and maybe taking a short nap. It was so nice. There was a slight breeze just enough so that the sun didn’t get too warm.

I worked on the temperature blanket. I am getting a little behind on it. I have heard some people say once they get so far behind they don’t feel like they can catch up so they just stop working on it. Remember it is one row per day so if you get a month or so behind you have a lot of catching up to do. I am not that far behind. Yet. Lol.

So many red and orange colors. I am ready for some cooler colors.

I also worked on my Halloween hats cross stitch. I probably spent more time on this than anything. The going is really slow on this. I’ll be lucky to have it finished in time to put it out for Halloween.

This one is coming along so slow.

Sunday afternoon my nephew and his wife brought over this large bench. This bench has been in our family for a lot of years. My sister first had it in her house for many years. She then gave it to my nephew and his wife, and they had it for several years. They decided to get rid of it and I hated for it to be out of the family I said I would take it. So, they brought it over and we put it in our upstairs hallway. I think it fits there just perfectly. I have always loved this bench. I was really glad to get it. I have a thing for benches. The only problem is they take up a lot of room.

So that is about it for my weekend. Grocery shopping and laundry and the usual also. A lot of down time and that was just fine. So how was your weekend?

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!!

Friday Favorites

October 7, 2022

Hello and happy Friday. I am back this week with a few of my favorite things. These are things I am really loving or have enjoyed this past week. So here we go:

First up is this amazing lip gloss, lip ink whatever you want to call it. The official name is Maybelline Super Stay Vinyl Ink. Now you may not be crazy about something with vinyl and ink in the name, especially when it goes on your lips, but it is great. An influencer I saw on TikTok recommended it and she said it lasted all day. Yeah, right, I’ve heard that before. Friends it does last all day!! I ordered mine from Amazon because to be honest I just haven’t had a lot of time to shop lately and I really wanted to try this. I got it in two colors. I got a berry color called Coy and a brownish color called Lippy. So far my favorite is the berry color. Once you put it on you let it dry for a minute and then it stays on. If I feel it getting a little dried out during the day I just dab on some lip gloss or even chap stick and it shines it right up. Love it.

The next thing is this facial scrub. I ask my niece if she had one that she liked and she told me about this one. Amazon again. You can use this two or three times a week and it makes your face feel so fresh and clean. It gets rid of all of the dull skin cells and leaves your face glowing.

Before I went on my trip last week to San Antonio I realized I needed a new small crossbody bag to carry when I didn’t want to carry my big purse. I found this one and then ordered an extra strap to go with it. That way you can get a different look without changing out the entire bag. This bag is fairly small but plenty big enough for a wallet, your phone, a small brush or comb or compact or whatever.

This is the purse I ordered, top picture, and the strap below. The strap that is shown with it at the top was included and I really like it too.

I have been using dry shampoo for a few years. To be honest I think it may be drying my hair a little. DUH!!! You think? I try not to wash my hair too often but the dry shampoo is having an effect on it. I’ve tried several different ones. I started trying this texturizing spray instead. You don’t have to use very much and it sort of plumps your hair up and makes it easier to hold. So far I am loving this brand. I got it at Walmart and it smells fabulous.

I got these earrings when I was in Texas and I can’t wait to wear them.

I thought I would also share some books with you. This first book, The Perfect Marriage by Geneva Rose kept me on the edge of my seat. It starts with a murder and ends with a little twist that you won’t be expecting. I give it a 4 out of 5 and only a 4 because it had a couple of things that just wouldn’t happen realistically.

I loved People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry. Two very different friends through the course of many years travel together on a trip every year. They go through a lot of things together but they are very different. I give this a 5 out of 5.

Starfish was a short, heartbreaking book about a young teenage girl who is overweight and struggles to be accepted not just by her peers but by her own family. I could really identify with this, not the family part but definitely peers, I have struggled with weight all my life and it started at a very early age. I give this a 4 out of 5. Definitely worth the read.

And pumpkins!!!! I love them I love the different shapes and colors and making pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread. I just love them that is all.

But the main “favorite” this week is my sweet family and being back with them after a week of being gone. I know a week isn’t that long but I am sort of a homebody and I like being home. Being back with my husband and kitties every night is where I am most happy.

What were some of your favorites this week?

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!!