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Friday, November 19, 2021

Friday Favorites and Happenings

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Happy Friday all! Can you believe that Thanksgiving is less than a week away? I can't. We have a lot planned next week and the several weeks coming up. But first, this weekend we have our last Nevada football home game followed by High Tea with my mom, sister and some friends.

Onto Friday favorites and happenings.

ONE. So we all know that I love my Nespresso, but my office has a community Keurig machine. Well this week one of my co-workers brought in a box of apple cider and said to try one. So I did, and it was soooo good. I love apple cider and rarely have it, but I just purchased another box of these, so I can have them throughout the holidays.

If you have a Keurig, get yourself a box of these.

Apple Cider Keurig Pods

TWO. It is time to change your sheets to your cozy Winter sheets. BUT my favorite Ugg sheets were thrown out earlier this year. They were the coziest flannel sheets. And now I can only find them at TJ Maxx and Homegood, but only in the size: king. I need California King sheets. 

That made me google best flannel sheets of 2021 and after reviewing three websites, they all agreed that LL Bean's Ultrasoft Comfort Flannel Sheet was the best. So I ordered them and they were right. Ha. Plus they were not as expensive as Boll & Branch or Coyuchi.

So if you are in the market for new Winter sheets, consider getting the LL Bean's Ultrasoft Comfort Flannel Sheet.

LL Bean's Ultrasoft Comfort Flannel Sheet

THREE. In my Halloween recap post, I mentioned that we dress up for Thanksgiving each year. Sometimes it is on Thanksgiving and other times it is the day after. This year it is the day after. And this year's theme is colors. Pick a color for each person or a color for the family and dress up. Example: Blue and dress up at the Blue Man Group.

Well after lots of going back and forth, we decided to go easy on ourselves. We originally wanted to all do a form of Ace Ventura, but that meant we had to buy the tutus for everyone, along with the button up shirt and possibly shorts in order to make them all the same color.

Then we thought about being nurses/doctors, but purchasing scrubs for each person was about $40 each. Ugh.

So we ended up picking bank robbers. I bought the kit (2 of them) below and we will wear black pants, black shirts, and black boots.

Robbers Mask and Bag Kit

FOUR. On Veteran's Day we headed over to our friends house for a painting day and dinner. Our friend set up the painting sets for the kids and instructed them on how to paint turkeys. She did step by step like you do at those paint and wine events except only the parents had wine. Ha. And she plans to do it again for a Christmas themed painting. 

How cute are these?




FIVE. Weekly funnies.







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

20 comments :

  1. I am loving those turkeys!! What a fun painting activity. I used to do stuff like that with my boys but only with my boys; despite being asked by a few friends I wasn't sur I could handle a whole "class" of kids at my home with paint... :)

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    1. I totally get that. Luckily, there was only the four girls and the mom. The other mom and I just supervised! But it was a lot of fun.

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  2. Bank robbers is such a cute idea!! I love the holiday themed painting party too, how sweet! And now you have those to keep and bring out each year. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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    1. And we are doing a Christmas one too. I definitely am keeping them. They will go in our Fall decorations.

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  3. The turkeys are really cute! We would love that apple cider here. And it's true about dogs and daylight savings time. Marigold was so annoyed!

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    1. Thank you. I love apple cider and wish I had found it sooner. Glad it is well loved. Oh my dog was so annoyed. He still is. Always wants food at 4 or 5 pm now.

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  4. This seems so much fun and happenings. I am sure the activity with the kids was the best experience.

    Love: Mariann Yip
    https://www.mariannyc.com/antrim-streamside

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    1. It really was a great experience. The kids had a blast.

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  5. Love the turkeys and funnies!! Those cider kcups sound delicious!!

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    1. They are really good. And they actually have a lot of flavor which I find isn't what happens with most Keurig items. And thank you.

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  6. The girls did such a great job on their turkeys! What a fun play date!

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    1. It was so much fun. I can't wait for the Christmas one we are doing.

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  7. The turkey art day looks so cute! I love that you will be bank robbers, that will be an awesome photo. Omg to the google funny, this is my life! Hope you are having a lovely weekend!

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    1. Thank you. I hope it turns out the way I have it planned. It is my life too. Ha. I had a great weekend. I hope you did as well.

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  8. The painting sounds fun! I wish I could get my hands on those apple cider pods.
    xoxo
    Lovely
    www.mynameislovely.com

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