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Cheers to Friday!!!
I’m posting another gift guide immediately following this post,
so make sure to check out that post too!
I’m trying to get them all completed as soon as possible so shopping can be done and over with!
5 links to get you to 5 o’clock :
1. Healthy Gifts that Keep Giving. The best healthy monthly subscription boxes.
2. Two good money saving reads :
11 ways to save during the holiday season and
I cut 5 unnecessary spending habits for 30 days and here’s what happened
3. You know how yesterday I joked about the bachelor-incestual-dating-pool? Well 2 time Bachelor candidate Becca has taken up with Bachelorette + Bachelor in Paradise Alum Robert.
Perhaps 3rd times the charm for them?
4. 10 December Fashion Tips
5. How to open a bottle of champagne the right way
:: EASY WAY TO GIVE BACK ::
so make sure to check out that post too!
I’m trying to get them all completed as soon as possible so shopping can be done and over with!
5 links to get you to 5 o’clock :
1. Healthy Gifts that Keep Giving. The best healthy monthly subscription boxes.
2. Two good money saving reads :
11 ways to save during the holiday season and
I cut 5 unnecessary spending habits for 30 days and here’s what happened
3. You know how yesterday I joked about the bachelor-incestual-dating-pool? Well 2 time Bachelor candidate Becca has taken up with Bachelorette + Bachelor in Paradise Alum Robert.
Perhaps 3rd times the charm for them?
4. 10 December Fashion Tips
5. How to open a bottle of champagne the right way
:: EASY WAY TO GIVE BACK ::
I’ve been meaning to comment on this for weeks and I’m fairly positive I never have!
If you are like me, you order from Amazon every week – even if it’s something tiny. Amazon Prime is a lifechanger.
If you go to smile.amazon.com instead of amazon.com, they’ll donate a portion of every purchase to the red cross!
So if you can try to re member smile.amazon.com because it doesn’t always remind me to switch over and sometimes I forget!
:: BEST TRAVEL ACCESSORY ::
For my Travel Gift Guide, I forgot to include my favorite thing ever, my travel steamer!
Kip brings this on all of his business trips and I always have it on hand for my dresses and tops that get supremely wrinkled during the flight.
It’s the best and you get a full size + the travel size for under $30!
It comes in 5 colors too.
It’s the best and you get a full size + the travel size for under $30!
It comes in 5 colors too.
:: TACKY CHRISTMAS ::
I was a little late in shopping for my tacky Christmas sweater and ended up with a men’s sweater that says “best package ever”. It was slim pickings.
whoops.
hopefully this’ll still fly for the Tacky Sweater Party??
I just showed it to my husband and he seems to think it’s a fail.
I also snagged this Christmas light necklace that lights up 🙂
It’s under $10 and it’s from Target…. so how do you walk past that and not throw it in your cart?
PLUS. Guess who is wearing it in the holiday commercials promoting their HGVT Show?
That’s right. Chip and Joanna Gaines. I don’t jump through walls or climb trees or do any manual labor really, but we have our taste in Christmas fashion in common.
:: AMAZING SALES CONTINUE ::
J.Crew : 30% off your entire purchase, and then 40% off your purchase of $200 or more!
Neiman Marcus : $50 off your purchase of $200 with code DEC50
Lord and Taylor : extra 30% off almost everything for a total savings of up to 75% off.
Off 5th : up to 70% off, plus take an extra 20% off with code GIFT4U
Lord and Taylor : extra 30% off almost everything for a total savings of up to 75% off.
Off 5th : up to 70% off, plus take an extra 20% off with code GIFT4U
GAP : up to 50% off your entire purchase, and an extra 25% off with code EXTRA
Old Navy : up to 60% off sitewide
:: BEST BEACH BOOKS ::
we’re heading to Grand Cayman for our annual Christmas trip and I already have 3 books picked out for our week there.
// THE NEST // SUPERFICIAL // PRIMATES OF PARK AVENUE //
any suggestions or books you’ve read lately and loved?
I feel like I need a dark and mysterious one…. you know me, still chasing the dream of finding another Gone Girl and I don’t think it’s going to ever happen.
Here is a link for The Best Audiobooks for Commuting and Holiday Travel for those of you that prefer the audiobook route!
Nest & Primates have been on my "read sometime soon" list forever!
I'll let you know how they are after Christmas! They've been on mine for so long too!
I read 5 books while on vacation for Thanksgiving so I've got a few good ones! Thriller – In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware. It was AMAZING!!! Couldn't put it down, finished it in a day and a half. She has another book as well 'The Woman in Cabin 10' that I heard is really good as well. LOVED Andy Cohen's book, obviously! I also read Anna Kendrick's book, Scrappy Little Nobody, and really enjoyed it as well. Last one is A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. Loved it as well. Family and friends suggested it back in the summer and I finally read it and was very happy I finally did!
Hope these help!
Thank you so much Sarah this helps a ton! I've had The Woman in Cabin 10 on my list for a long time so I definitely need to check out Ruth Ware!
Loved Superficial and The Nest! Ruth Ware is the best, Woman in Cabin 10 is terrifying but so, so good.
Thanks for the recommendation Kate!!
I'd recommend the book Behind Closed Doors by BA Paris. Great thriller.
Thanks so much for the recommendation!!
Both Ruth Ware books mentioned above were great. I also loved "What She Knew" by Gilly somebody. It actually kept me guessing until the very end! Eligible by Curtis something was a really fun, light read. Not suspenseful, but I didn't want it to end. Have fun!!
Thanks so much Jill – going to look these up on Amazon now!!
All is not Forgotten is a great and dark read. Didn't originally sound like my thing but I got sucked in during book club and couldn't put it down. Kept us guessing (and debating in Book Club)! I'm reading Superficial now and it's a good one. One thing I will say is that I did not enjoy the Nest. Very slow and didn't really have a lot of interesting things going on. Have a backup prepared and enjoy your vacation!
Oh no!! Two comments in one day about people liking the nest! AH! Thank you for the recommendations so so much!! I'll definitely have a back up.
I'm super excited to finally dive into Superficial, I did not love the Primates book or The Nest though – hopefully you enjoy them. If you are looking for something with mystery, I just finished All the Missing Girls and that was pretty good. Enjoy!
Oh no!! This is the second comment in one day about people not liking the nest! AH! Thank you for the recommendations so so much I'll look up All the Missing Girls!!