Issues I am Loving Friday #491

It’s the Friday earlier than Thanksgiving! Are you feelin’ the vacation season but!? Earlier this week, Ryan mentioned, “I’m actually feeling Christmas this yr,” and I agree one hundred pc. I cherished placing our decorations up early and suppose they’re contributing to the holly jolly feeling we’ve got in our family proper now. Don’t fear although, we aren’t overlooking Thanksgiving! We’re positively trying ahead to celebrating with household and pals on Thursday and plan to kick off the day with a turkey trot within the morning.

We have now 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 will likely be a superb 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 in the present day to decelerate and chat about just a few easy issues which are making me smile proper now. I’d additionally love to listen to a bit of bit extra about one thing you’re loving this week and your Thanksgiving plans within the feedback part of this publish in the event you’d prefer to share. Take pleasure in your weekend, my pals!

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Issues I’m Loving Friday

(Planner + Best pens ever!)

Yearly, a brand new planner is on my Christmas listing. And, yearly, I really feel a bit of flustered as January approaches and I don’t have a calendar readily available to jot down upcoming occasions for the next yr. This yr I pulled the plug and ordered myself a new planner from Rifle Paper Co. and I adore 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 enable me to see the complete 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, in the event you 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 items already — I like the holiday book mug for bookworms) and their stitched notebook sets (a favourite of mine to divide up and embrace with trainer items).

Classic Christmas + Residence Finds

Final night time, my good friend Lauren and I had a festive ladies’ night time out at a bit of vintage market pop-up at Camp North Finish in Charlotte. The pop-up wasn’t large nevertheless it was jam-packed with eclectic classic and exquisite handmade vacation decor, ornaments, items 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 yr!

Oh my gosh this candle. It was an impulse purchase at Entire Meals earlier this week and I can not 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 yr, this one is blowing me away for the best way it makes a complete house really feel a bit of further cozy. I’ve been burning it at my desk as I work on daily basis and it brings me a lot pleasure. For me, candles have at all times been a little indulgence that equals big happiness.

I had no thought our boys would flip for these slippers the best way 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 believe they’re properly well worth the $13 I paid and Chase instantly requested if he might put on them to high school the following day. (I truly then seemed for an ankle boot model that he truly might put on to high school 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 be aware in regards to the slippers: They appear to come back out and in of inventory lots. I needed to test again just a few instances for the sizes we would have liked so in the event that they don’t have the best dimension on your toddler, don’t surrender hope but!

Thanksgiving Menu Planning

As I discussed above, we’re internet hosting Thanksgiving this yr (my sister and her household, my dad and mom and a few pals) and can’t wait to have our home crammed with folks we love a lot. I need 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 the whole lot prepared for our household’s arrival on Sunday. That’s DONE!

One factor that isn’t fairly finished is our menu planning however I’m getting a bounce begin on that as properly and that’s making me really feel rather less burdened in regards to the meals aspect of issues. My household might be staying with us for six days and everyone seems to be so good about contributing however I nonetheless prefer 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 get pleasure from:

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 many others.

Lunches: Prompt 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 at all times triple the veggies), crockpot chicken corn chili, Thanksgiving dinner, Thanksgiving leftovers, pizza night time

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 flawed) and oatmeal apple crisp with cinnamon ice cream

My ranking: B+

Having completely 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 turned 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 a bit of escape I seemed ahead to at night time 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 lots 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, might be revoked.

Eliza’s first transfer is to relocate to Bathtub along 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 get pleasure from life for the primary time in years, she should preserve the conventions of excessive society in thoughts whereas staying true to herself, one thing she is realizing could also be more and more arduous 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 fantastic. 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 yr. I like the teal!)

30% off Levi’s Ribcage Straight Ankle Jeans (These denims are SO good. I purchased them in 3 washes due to @morgbullard‘s advice.)

30% off Melissa & Doug Toys at Target (A few of our favorites: Wooden Puzzles — 10/10 suggest 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 street journey/journey leisure)

20% off my favorite ankle booties (Very comfortable + I’ve the black and cognac colours. I like them dressed up or down. You may 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 set 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.)