friday favorites

Favorite Song: Taking it back to the days of No Doubt with Just a Girl 🙂

Favorite Meal: Laura and I tried Rowe’s Service Station on Wednesday for lunch. It’s a cute new place over in Avondale across from Melt. I ordered the black bean burger (sans bun) and Laura ordered the turkey club. We split grilled asparagus and truffle fries as our sides. And then we had a fried snickers for dessert because #YOLO. It was bite sized, it barely counted. The grilled asparagus was amazing and I probably could have just ordered a huge plate of that. Yum!!!

Favorite Podcast: I have been listening to the Jenna and Julien podcast for the last few weeks and I am really enjoying it! They just talk about random things but they did two episodes on conspiracy theories, which I always find fascinating. There was an episode on their favorite things growing up and it brought back all kinds of memories of TV shows and video games. You should check it out!

Favorite Tea: I have been back on the green tea train for a few months now, having at least 1 to 2 cups every day. I haven’t been able to find my usual, Early Grey Green Tea…so I grabbed up a Mint Green Tea last week. It is so refreshing and perfect for the summer! I don’t even mind if it gets cool sitting out because it tastes good at room temp too.

Favorite Funnies:

Does this look familiar? That look when you are outside and you think are you safe with your expressions because your glasses are obviously hiding you.

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Favorite Song: Right now, I just really REALLY want to be at the beach. Vacation cannot come soon enough. Sail by Awolnation is one of my favorite songs to chill to ocean side. I am just going to close my eyes and pretend I am there, ok?

Favorite Delivery: Bath and Body Works did their preview sale last weekend before the Semi-Annual sale started on Monday. I grabbed up my necessities! Forever Sunshine, Secret Wonderland and Island Margarita for the win! Why do they discontinue all the good scents? With a 20% off coupon I had, each of these products were $2.40 each!!!

Favorite Outfit: So this is that dress I was talking about on Wednesday. Andrea asked that I share a picture. It is just a simple brown cotton dress from New York and Company, back when they had stuff that I actually liked. It is sort of shifty but not because this was bought in 2002-2005, before all the new shift dresses were a thing. I paired it with an old pair of Colin Stuart shoes that I absolutely love. 

I have no clue where these white splatters came from? There is nothing on the mirror or the dress. I think the other window was shining some weird light on to it. So weird.

Favorite Recipe: This shrimp recipe looks delicious and you can cook it in the oven! I really want to get in to making shrimp at home, never done it before.

Favorite Beauty Find: Have you guys tried the Nivea Care & Color lip stuff? I grabbed one in Sheer Coral last week at Target, and I am in love! It provides a decent color for a lip balm and it goes on so smooth and soft! Right now it is on sale for $3.59, I suggest scooping one up! They had a really pretty light pink color too. They smell just like any of the other Nivea lip products.

Favorite Dog Scenes:

Favorite Funnies:

When your batter is running low on you phone…

How people make me feel in general sometimes…

My reaction to bloggers who never reply to their comments…

How I felt when it was pouring down rain so hard the other night on my way home, all the cars around me were driving with their hazard lights on at 35 MPH in a 70 MPH and a tractor trailer comes flying past us splashing up so much water you literally couldn’t see…

How I feel when I sign in to my blogroll…

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Fridays are even more awesome when you are coming off a short weekend!!! They get here a whole day faster!

Favorite Song: So, I had found another song on Vampire Diaries. This is a much slower, chill song…but perfect for a raining day like today. Or some deep thinking at a coffee shop. Or when you are riding in the car and you look out the window like in a movie all puzzling and sad-ish. Don’t tell me you have never done that.. When You Sleep by Mary Lambert

Favorite Recipes: I have been pinning the shit out of some clean recipes since Tuesday when I went crazy pants and agreed to go grain free. I haven’t had nachos in a few weeks, and I really miss them. Check out these paleo sweet potato nachos. Mmmmmm. Clean doesn’t have to be boring!

Favorite Pin: I would love to have a little reading corner like this in my office or our bedroom. How cozy and inviting does this look???

Favorite Lusts: I need some new work out clothes. Bad. Kohl’s has these tops on sale this week, I think I need some! They are a decent price too!

I also need to find a swimsuit before we go to the beach this summer. I really only have one that is still in decent shape. Where is your favorite place to go?

Favorite Funnies:

Kids these days…

How I feel going to be most nights..

It only counts as one, right????

Linking up with Amanda! I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!!!

Favorite Song: Feeling nostalgic this morning after reminiscing with Laura yesterday via gchat on all the songs that made life so awesome when we were younger.  So I am taking it back to Sum 41’s In Too Deep.

Favorite Meal: I have  been making the same salad for myself every night after work for the last two weeks. It is so simple, yet so delicious! Basically just iceburg lettuce, cucumber, purple onion, a little grated Parmesan cheese, green olives, seasoned croutons and the dressing is a dash of olive oil, lots of red wine vinegar and nature seasoning. Sometimes I throw on tomatoes if I wanna get it fancy.

Favorite Outing: Laura and I had a dog handling class Tuesday night and it let out early so we headed over to Taco Casa to grab some tacos! I had never been before, and I am not one to turn down tacos. I liked the tacos, but the enchilada was served in a huge bowl of cheese. I dug it out and wiped off all the cheese. This was all consumed the night before my best weigh-in for the last year. Goes to show you it is OK to live a little now and then!

Favorite Moment: There are so many! My proudest moment though was when I received a text from my sister saying that my nephew Christopher had gotten all A’s for the entire year and gave a speech at his 4th grade graduation. Proud aunt over here!!!

Favorite Pin: How cute is this?? Making an anchor out of seashells you collect at the beach. Such a cool idea.

Favorite Dog Sightings: Just look at my little princess pants in the yard the other morning. I guess that blurriness is fog? Either way, she looks so regal. <3

Favorite Funnies:

I am nothing but not punny.

How I feel every time I meet an animal…

When something awesome happens…

When I log in to Bloglovin’ and see nothing but sponsored posts…

How I felt last week when one of my friends had a job interview in TX and the other is talking about moving to FL.

When I hit send on an email and realized I forgot to read back through to catch for errors…

How I feel every night but continue to clean up anyways…

This morning I am working from home so that I can attend my nephew’s preschool graduation. When I asked for permission, my boss told me what someone else in our company told him when he went to his daughter’s last week. “Oh wow, that is a huge accomplishment for Alabama.” Har har. Our corporate office is in Florida and my boss told him, “Well at least we don’t wear jorts here.” So damn true.

I hope everyone has a fabulous three day weekend!!! Don’t forget the reason why we all get to enjoy our time off 🙂

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