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~Good morning! Can you believe it’s already (almost) October? Ahhh! Where has this year gone? So much I wanted to get done and so much, uh, I haven’t done.
~Is anyone else reading (or done with) Big Little Lies? I am totally obsessed with it. Let me tell you, L’s classmate’s parents isn’t nearly as exciting as these people are. I hope the movie does it justice! I must say, Birchbox has been picking some fabulous books for their book club. October isn’t just one book, it’s all of Gillian Flynn’s books. I haven’t read Gone Girl yet (I know, I am behind the times), so that’s what I am going to read.
~I don’t have a ton of boxes coming this week, but there are a few. I am expecting FabFitFun, Hazel Lane, a Citrus Lane Mystery Box, The Boodle Box, PashBox (I cannot wait to check out what they are doing now that it’s a quarterly box), Five Four Club, Wantable, Sudsy Box and Hammock Pack. Now that I typed them all out, that is quite a bit more than a few!
~I did that update for my iPhone last week and I have been noticing that when I talk on the phone that the touch screen is SO sensitive. Like I’ll be talking and all of a sudden I hear all these beeps and realize my cheek is barely grazing the phone and pressing all the buttons. What gives? It’s super annoying and I hope that the next update for the last new update (lol) fixes this! Has anyone else noticed this or is it just me?
~Now that I have seen Lauren Conrad’s dress, I have my sites set on checking out Amal Alamuddin’s wedding dress! Because really, what does one wear when they marry GEORGE CLOONEY? Whatever it was, I bet it was flippin fantastic. Fingers crossed this will be in People this week!
~I got the best package in the mail over the weekend from a reader (that sounds so weird to say) a friend I did a trade with. I sent her a few things she had said she liked and I received this in exchange. I THOUGHT she was just sending the check registers (super odd but I always run out before I run out of checks and I am too old school to track that online), but she sent all this. Thank you Kelsey! She sells Origami Owl (she didn’t ask me to tell you that though) so if you ever need some stuff from there, check here out.
~Does anyone host a Kid’s Halloween Party? I have always thought this sounded fun and there are so many cute ideas for it on Pinterest (why do I even look there), but I don’t know of anyone who really has the parties. I mean seriously how cute is that food? That bloody bandaid one actually makes me want to vomit, but L would go wild for that. So gross!
What’s up for your Monday? Any big plans this week? And of course, what subscription boxes are you expecting?
Good Morning!!! I really need to not turn on a movie that I’ve never seen when I head to bed. LOL before I know it its 1am and I’m still up watching 🙁 Last nights movie of choice was Safe House. I liked the movie but didn’t care for the ending. I hate when that happens.
I don’t do a Halloween party but my nephew is a Halloween baby so his birthday is usually around then and while they don’t do a true Halloween party it usually has some Halloweeny stuff in there. He’s just turning 6 so maybe as he gets more into Halloween it will get more themed. My boys would have been all over that here but alas it is not our birthday time of year. LOL
I don’t think I have seen that. I don’t like when I don’t like the ending either!
Good morningggggggg!
No kids around here for a Halloween Party but there are two fun loving adults–we will definitely be having a Halloween party for 2 with some of those treats! They’re fun to look through.
Question–Basin’s mystery bags are all out (BOOHOO!) and my sister goes NUTS for that kind of mystery stuff. With a birthday coming up in the next couple of weeks, any other suggestions for good mystery or grab bag online orders? I’ve got a couple of mystery fancy boxes on the way. Any other suggestions?
Hmmm, let me think! If LUSH did a mystery bag I would be all over that. They have some fun gift bags though. I will get back on this one!
What a sweetie for the swap
iPhone, now that you’ve updated it you might find you have random apps crashing and then go looking for an update. The only solution I’ve found is closing them out and then a hard reset. Very frustrating.
I’m waiting on FFF, splendies, I caved and ordered a wantables after I cancelled because of a %50 off coupon and always a few trades. I’m still trying to shake this bug, it’s been two weeks
That is frustrating. I am really really annoyed by the problems making a call though. It’s so weird! I need to do that second update and see what happens!
When I was younger (not as young as L), in 3rd-5th grade, I hosted a halloween party at my house and we would have games and activities with prizes. We had one where a group had to wrap someone completely with toilet paper except for their head. Another was bobbing for apples. I can’t remember many of the games, but it was fun. we had tons of halloween themed food and it was fun to make decorations and displays.
FUN!!!! I want to have one!
We hosted Halloween parties the last 2 years. My daughter has a mid-June birthday, so never really gets to have a party (seems like everyone heads out of town the second school is out for the summer…), so having a Halloween party was a nice just because party.
Usually we just get pizza, and then I’ll make cookies or cake. Last year I made a kitty litter cake and no one would eat it! LOL
Oh and my sons boy scout troop does a Halloween party (since most are too old to trick or treat) and the parents and boys make the snacks–some get super creative like pinterest type things. We just take cookies or chips 😉
and Big Little Lies was great! Loved it!
Love your idea of having a Halloween party when the kids get a little too old for trick or treating! I want to have one this year!
I loved all of Gillian Flynn?s books! She has this amazing way of telling a story. I hope you enjoy them as much as me!
I bet I will!
I’m impatiently waiting for FabFitFun. I haven’t even received a shipping e-mail yet. I’m hoping that I’ll get the pink/gold apron since it seems like most people who have received theirs so far got the black/white one.
I’m toying with the idea of subscribing to splendies because who doesn’t love undies?? but my panty drawer is already overflowing. Maybe Wantable Intimates since they offer more than just panties.. but I have a non-standard bra size (32G) so I’d be afraid that they’d send me too-small bras that I could never wear.
The best part of Wantables is you can customize your box. You can like/love underwear and dislike bras which is what I do.
You can opt out of bras for Wantable! I do. They only send soft bras which I don’t love.
My husband is coming back from Canada today and will be home for the rest of the week before traveling again. We need to replace our front storm and screen doors which will be the big project this week. I want to read Big Little Lies and Gone Girl. We were watching The Cosby Show last night and one episode had the kids doing a Haunted House in the basement. Now my 6 year old wants to do that or a party. Maybe next year.
I think I received all my boxes for the week today. FabFitFun box, KreationKrate, and Arcade Block arrived today. Maybe Homegrown Collective later in the week. I’m still waiting for a shipping confirmation for my second FFF box. It will be less boxes in the next few months because of upcoming traveling and oral surgery 🙁
Where in Canada was he? OMG I remember that Cosby Show episode. It was so cool.
Do you know the Homegrown theme this month? I don’t know if I want to peek or be surprised.
I did not know we could peek. He’s in Toronto.
Forgot Cate and Chloe is coming this week. It will be the last one for awhile with the upcoming travel expenses and oral surgery.
Currently waiting for a notification email saying my FFF box has shipped!
I know you love Washi Tape. Have you seen the cute halloween ones at target? I saw them this weekend and thought “Hey, Jennifer would love these.”
I have!!! I restrained myself and only bought two though!
Ahh!! You got it! I’m super glad.
It was funny, I was digging through my gift bin and N was like ‘the hell are you doing? And what is the deal with the registers?!”
I want to read that damn book so bad but I’m too lazy to go to the library, too broke to buy it at target and too cheap to drop $12 on a kindle book. Whomp whomp.
I wasn’t a fan of Gone Girl. It wasn’t a bad book, it just made me irrationally angry at the end.
It was awesome! Thank you again!
I was trying to show B the package and he was like ohh, so exciting, check registers. LOL!!!!!!!!!
When my kids were under 18 we had a costume party every year and it was great! When they became teens it was even more fun because then I could scare them. One year I had my friend and her son start banging on the door in ski masks to look like intruders ( I know I’m sick ) and I would hide scary clowns around the house.
I miss kids lol
LOL! I would freak out by those scary clowns!
Did you receive the Wantable email about Amal Alamuddin’s dress? Vogue will have the exclusive on her wedding dress. Impressive.
Looks like I will be buying Vogue this month.
We actually have Pinterest parties for different holidays! We all bring new recipes to try..and we each pick a craft to do and bring the supplies. We try to do a lot with recycled goods so it’s not as expensive for supplies. Our very first party 2 years ago was a Halloween one and we made the toilet paper roll , hot glue dripped candles. We also tried out a lot of the Halloween themed foods. So much fun! We spent so much time eating and laughing we only accomplished just the one Halloween craft..LOL So last year we did another Halloween themed party and were able to get about 5-6 crafts done. We have also done Easter, Thanksgiving/Fall and Christmas twice .. Last year we even made it an Ugly Sweater Christmas Pinterest Party! LOL
I haven’t read Gone Girl yet but it’s on my Kindle. I’ve heard it’s intense!
Also, my face always accidentally presses buttons on my touch screen (I have an Android) so I’ve made it a habit to manually turn the screen off if I’m making or answering a call. It’s a little bit of a pain when I have to turn the screen on if I need to use my keypad for something, but now I don’t accidentally mute or hang up on calls anymore, haha!
Ohh, that’s a good idea!