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~We had such a good weekend here! Friday night was Trunk-or-Treating at L’s school which was very fun. I am really glad we decided to host a trunk (although I wasn’t too excited about it Friday afternoon when I was still lost on how to decorate) and we had a lot of fun. There were 50 trunks total so I got a lot of ideas for next year too. We went with a Michigan State theme for ours because I knew it would be easy and because we couldn’t find the stuff we wanted for our first idea (just ghosts and other Halloween stuff). Saturday was football and errands and Sunday was more fun. WB and L went to Greenfield Village with my parents (they all love that place) and B and I had a day date. A good time was had by all!
~This week should be fairly slow subscription box wise. The last of the October boxes will be trickling in and I think I have a few November ones coming as well. The remaining October boxes are: Bestowed, Hammock Pack, Hazel Lane, Kiwi Crate, and Little Lace Box. The November boxes I am anticipating this week are Birchbox Man, The Boodle Box and Five Four Club. I received an e-mail that my October urthbox shipped, but it hasn’t actually gone anywhere yet. Looks like the shipping label was created on the 15th and that’s it. We’ll see how long that one takes!
~If you (or your man) subscribes to Birchbox Man, November boxes have been posted! We ended up not selecting one of the lifestyle items that were offered in the sample choice just to see what we’d get and it turned out to be a good move! B is getting Box #19, which includes 6 items total!
~Is anyone else watching Homeland? Are you as creeped out by this season as I am? She is taking her job to the extreme! Does she have any friends that aren’t co-workers? Someone needs to talk to her.
~I did my weekly subscription box additions / updates post yesterday morning and have one more update to that. I got an e-mail from Mama’s Got Mail saying that they are “pausing” for a bit due to some behind the scenes issues. I will update if / when I hear more. If you have a prepaid subscription with them, the e-mail stated you should get your refund later this week.
~We are planning on carving pumpkins tonight and would love to hear any secret tips you have for carving! I always think it’s going to be so fun and then two hours later when I am only halfway done, it’s just not so fun anymore. Any suggestions? And how do you cook your pumpkin seeds?
What’s up for your Monday? Any big plans this week? And of course, what subscription boxes are you expecting?
So birchbox man has always had an option to pick products, and only recently starting to let the ladies pick a few, or am I wrong? Is there a way for women to pick or opt out of samples?
No they’ve had the option about as long as us. You can opt out of the selection choice by just not picking when you get the email.
Oh that’s so wierd. I don’t think I’ve ever received an email before a shipping one.
We carved pumpkins on Saturday! We boil our seeds for 10 minutes in salt water and the roast them for 10-15 minutes at 325 with a little bit of oil.
My PopSugar Must Have should (finally) arrive today or tomorrow and my Wantable should ship sometime this week!
I just picked my Birchbox sample this week, and I went with the Holiday Hacks box. I used the link from last month, and it worked. The box has a candle in it which you might enjoy.
I meant my sample for this month.
I don’t understand what you mean? You want to unpick?
I wrote “this week” instead of “this month” for November. Oops.
I am still a little lost. You are saying that you used the link from last month to make your selections this month right? So then when you get the e-mail this month, I am guessing that it will come like normal, but when you click on it, it will show that you already made your selection for this month’s box.
Yes, that’s what I meant. Sorry for the confusion. The link on the email I just got showed I already made my choice. I just did it this morning so I don’t know how early you can pick.
I literally poke different size holes all over the pumpkin and put a light on the inside, it looks more amazing than it sounds!
The boys costumes look great. I’m debating whether or not to sign up to learn how to carve a 3D pumpkin. The class is tomorrow night. I received Ivy Kids and Kloverbox today. Kreation Krate, and maybe Eva Schrivo Quarterly and Homegrown Collective will be arriving this week. November Birch Box men will also be arriving this week. My 15 year old son has box 8. He selected socks for his pick and each type count as one review. I may or may not receive a Fancy box this month 🙁
I forgot BoxyCharm! My sister will be visiting again this week. It will be nice of the Eva Schrivo box arrived while she is here.
Do we know anything about tinker crates? I thought they were supposed to ship mid October.
So my rambling for today is about my PopSugar box. I finally picked it up in the mail today. I have my packages go to a PO Box and it has been there since Thursday of last week and the picture frame is, by far, my favorite thing I have gotten in a PopSugar box. I am so excited for it!