FIVE FRIDAY FAVORITES + HOLIDAY WEEKEND SALES

Today is a little bit of a different FFF, I have a lot more than 5 things to share!  I post often on Instagram, but I know that some of you might not use that app or might miss posts or stories there, so I thought I'd do a big ol' roundup of recent outfits that I've shared there.  Many of these pieces are on clearance or marked down for Labor Day sales so there are definitely some bargains to be found!  I'll also list some big holiday weekend sales going on at the end of the post.  I hope you all have a lovely weekend!  The kids were able to spend my birthday with me last weekend, such fun!  We enjoyed a late lunch out and then came back to the house to play some games and eat cake.  Any time we can coordinate schedules to get together these days is a blessing, so happy they were here for my birthday.  And wasn't it nice of them to all coordinate for a family photo together... ha!  We didn't plan this at all but but the girls wore my favorite colors and all of t...

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NEW GARAGE DOORS AND A LITTLE MAKEOVER!

Our 30+ year old builder grade doors have desperately needed to be replaced for a while, and a few months ago we finally got that taken care of with some new garage doors!   We kept a classic traditional style, not doing anything too fancy and choosing a long recessed panel look.  We will likely paint them in the future when it's time to repaint the trim on the house, but for now the factory white finish is fine. We took the opportunity to do an inexpensive spruce up on that side of the house while we were at it and so I thought I'd share with you.   We replaced the exterior lights flanking the doors as well as the one on the front porch with these .  They have a much cleaner look than what we had there before and we've been really happy with them.   I was on the fence about adding any detail, but the doors were SO big and plain once they were installed that we ordered this set of magnetic "hinge" straps and carriage handles hardware . They add a little bit of int...

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GIRLS PENSACOLA BEACH TRIP AND MY SWIMSUIT FAVORITES

Hello friends, Happy August!  It's already flying by... we are squeezing in a family vacation soon before Emily goes back to school for her Senior year, unbelievable!  This is our first vacay with our new daughter-in-law and we are excited about taking her to our favorite place and showing her around.  Emily and I returned a few days ago from a girls beach trip with our dear friends.  We love traveling with these two and it's been a few years since we've had a trip all together, we had a blast!  I'll share a bit about the trip and where we stayed, as well as some new swimsuits that Emily and I got this season along with a few older favorites that I still wear often.   We went to gorgeous Pensacola Beach, an easy flight from OKC.  We are used to driving to the beach so packing (we did carry-ons only!) took some thought, and we had to get a few beach things and food there that we normally would have taken with us in the car.  But it worked out great! We had 2:30-3:00 AM ...

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MY FAVORITES OF AMAZON PRIME DAYS PICKS AND MY AMAZON SHOP IS OPEN!

I've had it on my "to-do" list forever, but I'm SO happy that I finally got my Amazon Shop all set up!  Now it is much easier for you to locate products I might have shared in the past or shop things from my home. You can access it easily anytime from my blog by clicking the "SHOP" tab at the top on desktop, or on mobile tap the three lines in the green menu bar at the very top, then select the "SHOP" tab.  So far, everything in my store is something I actually own, use, and recommend so I hope it's a helpful resource for you!  I will say with Amazon Prime Days beginning today I was spurred on to get it finished.  As I set up my store, I earmarked things that are on sale for Prime Day today to make them easy to share with you.  I have a designated Prime Day '24 folder full of things from my personal past orders that are on sale, you can find that complete list here.   I was happy to see many of the things I've shared with you in the pa...

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MY PICKS FOR THE BEST OF WALMART DEALS WEEK!

Walmart has had some great deals running this week, and if you know me I love nothing better than sharing a bargain with you!  Many of the deals I chose to share are things I have and use, and everything I'm listing here is a significant savings! As I looked through the deals I kept thinking how many would make great Christmas gifts, for me it's never to early to start stashing things away.  Also, if your child is heading to college or setting up their first apartment there are some really great finds for that, too.  Some deals may not last for long so if something catches your eye, hurry!  :) (I about fell over when I saw the price on the set of trees that I recently added to my patio and shared with you, more below!) One other thing to note... right now an annual membership of Walmart Plus is half price- just $49 !  That makes it just over $4 per month and the benefits are crazy- free delivery from the store to your front door on any amount of purchase, gas discounts, free o...

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