a day at the farm

A couple weekends ago, we decided to spend one of our Saturdays at Leeds Farm. It's a cute farm about 45 minutes outside of downtown Columbus that has lots of fun things for families to do...hayrides, games, animals to feed, a pumpkin patch, zip-lining, and hot apple cider. Despite it being pretty chilly, we had a great time and Aubrey and I even did the giant zip-line! That was her favorite thing...mine was feeding the little goats - even though they were super greedy and weren't interested in letting me pet them at all...only grabbing the food out of my hands ;) 

diy halloween costumes

This is the first year we will be going to a Halloween party in ages! I haven't had much time to go costume shopping and pull together anything too spectacular, so I started racking my brain for things I had around the house...what could I use to make a cute costume with the littlest effort?

Here are the three costumes I came up with...each one uses a majority of things I already have at home, so I don't have much shopping to do for the remaining pieces. Stay tuned to see which one I end up wearing this Saturday night! ;)

friday favorites

Happy the weekend is here! But, not so happy that I have to spend all day tomorrow in a workshop for school :-/ such a pain...weekends are so important to me, especially since I've been working and going to grad school at the same time... so when something comes up that takes away time with family & time to relax from me, it is a major bummer. 

Oh well, it's only one day...and I have a mini girls trip and Halloween to look forward to the following weekend...silver lining! :)

Enough complaining and on to the good stuff - my Friday favorites!

// favorite recipe

This moscow mule recipe - I've never actually tried this drink before, but I hear about them all the time. I love the sound of all the ingredients (ginger beer - yum!) and the copper mugs are just too cute!

// favorite internet find
Truth. #crazydoglady

// favorite fashion item
This beautiful number is on its way to me as we speak! I saw it on Brittany and clicked on the link she provided... thinking I would be majorly disappointed when I saw it was hundreds of dollars...but it was only $64! Major steal for such a gorgeous and unique dress - I think I scooped up the last one, but check out Mod Owl's other gorgeous items! 

// favorite purchase(s)
I had a spontaneous trip to Target on Tuesday night and scooped up some great things - a slouchy beanie, some new face wash, and a couple cosmetic items. I was super excited to see this particular Target has a whole section of Shea Moisture makeup - which I didn't even know that line carried! I grabbed some foundation and nail polish which I'll review in a separate post :) #crueltyfree 

// favorite show(s)
There are too many right now! Aaron and I can't keep up. What have you all been watching? Not like we need even more shows, but I'm always interested to hear about good ones that we can stream later on!
{Disclaimer: pretty sure he would want me to clarify that he does not watch all of these - you can guess which ones - but he is also busy keeping up with football lol}


Link up and share you Friday favorites with the ladies below!

life lately...

Happy hump day! I'm glad the week is half way over, but I'm not particularly looking forward to this weekend because I have to attend an all day (8 am - 5 pm) workshop for school on Saturday. Which is exactly what I want to do with an entire day of my weekend after working and going to school all week...sit through ANOTHER day of school {barf}. 

Anyway, here is a quick recap of all the goings-on in my life over the past two weekends!

// new Nate Berkus shower curtain for the bathroom from Target

// morning tea and Hello Kitty pjs on Saturday morning

// the most delicious vegetarian lasagna...recipe courtesy of my mum (will share soon!)

// my two stinky boys - love them so much! <3

// fun at the elementary school's Fall Fest this past Friday

// sweet treats on Sunday from our local bakery

// hot apple cider for a chilly Sunday soccer game - huge fuzzy blanket not pictured ;)

// headed to the farm on Saturday morning for hayrides and pumpkin picking

friday favorites

Happy Friday ladies!

Did you notice the few changes around here? I finally gave the blog a bit of a face lift ...and it only took me a couple of hours to figure out how! lol I'm not really computer savvy ;)

Now let's get to the good stuff...sharing five of my favorites for the week of Oct 5th!

// fashion

Since picking up this floppy hat at Old Navy the other day, I've been looking for some fall outfit inspiration to pair it with. I'm loving these looks from Amber Fillerup and Andee Layne.

// beauty

Cleaning makeup brushes is always a pain, and I put it off much more than I should - but I was really interested when I saw this little mat by Sigma for only $32! Looks cute and really practical, so it might make the annoying task of brush maintenance just a bit more fun and effective!

// blogger

I was so excited to discover Tashina Combs and her blog, Logical Harmony. It is an awesome vegan beauty and lifestyle blog with a super extensive Cruelty Free Beauty List that is updated weekly! JACKPOT
This will make my shopping trips much quicker when I am looking for new products! Tashina does extensive research into each brand before putting them on the cruelty free list.

Straight from her site: 
Logical Harmony strives to bring you the best in beauty, lifestyle, fashion, health and diet. The content focuses on vegan beauty and the promotion of a healthy and animal friendly lifestyle.

// eats
One of my favorite bloggers to follow, Megan at Willow & Co. posted this amazing crockpot mac & cheese reciepe the other day. Let's be honest, cheese is one of my (if not my #1) favorite foods... so I can't wait to try this out! 

// warm fuzzy

This article just made my heart explode. Meet Pumpkin, the orphaned raccoon who was rescued as a baby and now thinks she's a dog, like her companions Toffee and Oreo. #deadfromthecuteness 

Follow her on IG @pumpkintheraccoon

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