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Friday, October 30, 2020

Friday Favorites and Happenings

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Happy Friday all! Tomorrow is Halloween! Can you believe it? This month flew by and we are cruising right into the holidays. I don't know about you, but I can't wait to decorate our house and play Christmas movies on the daily!

I can't wait to show you all our costumes and how they come together. Let's hope it all works out.

Onto Friday Favorites and Happenings.

ONE. Joanne inspired me to bust out Halloween's past costumes of my girls. So here they are...starting from 2019 and working our way back.

Anna and Elsa

Rapunzel Kids Halloween Costume
Rapunzels


Toddler Minnie Mouse costumes
Minnie Mouse

toddler donut costume
Donuts

Thing 1 and Thing 2

TWO. We had a major raccoon problem this year. They use our back fence to move from street to street. They have done this for years and it has never been a problem. But this year, in the last two months, they have been using it nightly. Like families of raccoons are doing this. And my dog rushes out there, barks at them, tries to jump up at them and often corners them. As you can guess, this freaks us out because if one of them falls, jumps down or protects itself, Walter can get hurt pretty badly and he can get rabies too. 

Walter has always been allowed to go inside and outside on his own free will. We have a doggy door and never locked him in. And we don't crate train him. He is a good dog and has loved this lifestyle. Well recently, we have been locking him in at night. I just worry that something will happen and this gives me peace of mind. We did this after several nights of waking up at 2 am and hearing Walter barking like a mad man and going outside to see raccoons on our fence. It takes us over an hour to get everything settled, Walter calmed and locked inside.

What I am trying to get at is we have also adding another measure. And after a month of this, I want to share it with you all just in case you have the same situation going on. I have tried everything to get them to stop roaming our fences. I have used a vinegar and water solution on the fence and it didn't help. I have used bleach and water. And chili powder. Finally the thing that worked....Epsom Salt.

I bought Epsom Salt at Target, a large bag of the Up and Up brand and I put it on our fence line. I just used my hand, filled it with the salt, and slowly walked the fence line letting it sprinkle out. It is about a quarter of an inch wide and lines the whole fence. We haven't seen any raccoons since that first day that I added it. Now you have to re-add it if it rains, gets windy or after a couple weeks.

Epsom Salt

THREE. Ok I finally gave into all the hype about those Artis makeup brushes. After having my Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Brush for a few years, the foundation side is losing the "hairs". The concealer side is still good. Soooo I bought one of the Artis brushes in the Elite Oval 6 along with the cleaner and pad. And wow. My foundation looks like it was airbrushed on. It looks really good. I was going to wait until the Sephora sale and buy a new Charlotte Tilbury brush, but I am glad I got this one. Now I can buy other things that I need to stock up on at the Sephora sale.

Atris Elite Oval 6 Brush

This is not an affiliate link. I just really like this. And you can get 25% off right now when you sign up for emails. 

FOUR. Today marks the start of the Sephora Holiday Sale for Rouge members. They get 20% off. My level, the VIB starts on Tuesday November 3rd and I get 15% off. The final tier, Insider gets 10% off and they get to shop on Thursday November 5th. I use this sale to stock up on make up and hair products that I have run out of or will be out of soon. I have a list going and I am hoping I can get what I need because who wants to pay full price when they don't have to? Even 15% off is better than nothing. Are you shopping the sale?

FIVE. Weekly funnies

It seriously took me awhile to figure out where her legs were.

I have had this happen when using one of the blue medical masks.

Yep, this is me.
Yes to this. I often say or act out things that David and Alexa say.


Maybe it is more than twice a year, but I don't get that fancy often.

Have a great weekend. I am linking up with A Little Bit of Everything.

28 comments :

  1. Oh my gosh, that picture. I have been staring at it for too long and cannot find her legs, haha!

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  2. I love the makeup brush. Happy Friday.

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  3. I loved all the costume throwbacks! I cannot wait to see what you do this year! Have a fun weekend sweetheart!

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    1. It was a good time this Halloween. I posted it on IG.

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  4. As always, your meme game is strong! Love the costume throwbacks, and I can't wait to see and hear how Halloween goes for you this year! Cheers to a great weekend, Danielle!

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    1. Thank you. I love finding them and shaking my head like yes that is sooo me. We have the best time on Halloween. Our costumes turned out great. LOVED Mieke's costume.

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  5. They are so cute in all their costumes! I have a makeup brush that is similar to that one, it really does work nice. I cannot find her legs!!! I had to stop looking, I was getting mad. That turn signal one is me. LOL. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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    1. I was looking for less expensive ones, but didn't see any. But I do love this brush so far. It is pretty amazing. I had to read something on it because I couldn't tell either.

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  6. I can't find the legs either! My medical mask broke the other day too. I had forgotten to bring one of my reusable ones!

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    1. I had to look it up too. It was sooo hard to see. I have to wear one today to get my hair done and I keep thinking that will happen.

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  7. OMG where are her legs?! Lol. I looked at that forever and I cannot figure it out! Hahahaha. And YASSSS, we need a David meme!! I love him so much.

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    1. I had to look it up too because I thought I knew but wasn't sure. I love the idea of a David meme for likes and what not. I would use that so much. I LOVE that show.

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  8. The girls have had some great costumes! I can't wait to see what they are this year. We had raccoons once and they are definitely tricky to get rid of. I hope you have a fun weekend!

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    1. They were so cute this weekend. We had a blast! They are so tough to get rid of. We are doing well with it so far.

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  9. Great tip on the epsom salt! I need a David emoji so bad, Kevin thinks I'm starting to imitate him without trying! The girls through the years is so cute! I am rouge and I just stepped away to place my order, thanks for the reminder. My dry shampoo is already out of stock, boo! Have a great weekend!

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    1. Oh Rory and I mimic him and Alexis all the time. We just say things from that show often. Oh look at you being rogue. I need to up my game so I can get even more off. What dry shampoo do you use?

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  10. I literally looked for 5 minutes & STILL CANT FIND HER LEGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    1. Hahha. I have to look it up to see if I was right. It is tough to see.

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  11. Such cute Halloween pictures going back. Crazy legs! :) I'm visiting from the Friday Favorites link up today. Have a safe and happy Halloween Danielle!

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    1. Thank you! We love dressing up for Halloween. And my girls always have the cutest outfits!

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  12. Those costume throwbacks are so cute!! What a great tip about Epsom salts and racoons. We have a dumpster across the street that often attracts them.

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    1. You need to put some Epsom salt there. It should help them stay away. And thank you. I love looking back on all the photos!

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  13. that leg picture took me a while! it's crazy!

    your kids look so cute in their costumes, how nice you have these pics to look back on :)

    Hope you are having a lovely weekend :) We got through the storms safely yesterday which was a blessing!

    Away From Blue

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    1. It is crazy. It took me awhile too and I had to look it up to make sure I was right. And thank you. I love looking back on the photos.

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  14. I love the Halloween flashbacks! So fun! Those memes made me LOL especially the "be kind to people" one. ;)

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    1. I love seeing all the flashbacks too. Love seeing everyone's costumes!

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