FIVE FRIDAY FAVORITES

Happy Weekend! I'm excited to share this week's Five Friday Favorites with you, even though it's well past Friday! A cute new sweater, some new affordable jewelry pieces, a clever problem solver, and my first new holiday item for this season!  I bought this leopard sweater recently and love it!  It's a very soft fine gauge sweater knit that's a substantial weight but not too heavy.  It has a cute hood and I like how the zipper ends several inches above the hem of the sweater so it doesn't restrict movement at all.  I sized up to a Large for a sweater jacket/coatigan type fit.  Sweater ||  Jeans (I cut the hem) || Walking Loafers || Sunglasse s || Phone Case  with These Initials I have no interest in a smart watch but do wear a regular watch every day, usually one of my dressier gold watches.  I've been wanting a sportier style, though, for more active days or just when I'm working around the house.  You can't go wrong with a good old Casio, ......

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2025 FALL HOME TOUR || ENTRY, DINING ROOM, AND LIVING ROOM

Last week I shared my colorful Fall Patio with you, today why don't you come on inside for a tour? I'll show you around the Entry, Dining Room, and Living Room where I concentrated my Fall decorations.  This year rather than using bold Fall colors as I've usually done in the past, I wanted something just a bit calmer but still different than traditional Fall colors.  I've had a blush pink and tan/brown color combo rolling around in my head that I've wanted to experiment with, so that's what I went with!    I also just wanted an overall warm and cozy feel, but you know I still have to layer in the colors and patterns even if I was trying to "tone it down" a bit.  I still want it to be intersting, fun, and whimsical!  I only did one little craft as I set out my decorations this year- I bought these velvet mushrooms last year at Hobby Lobby (not sure if they had them again this year or not) and they are so good but I was struggling with how to use them.  ......

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OCTOBER ROAD TRIP PART 1- PERDIDO KEY AND A VISIT TO HOME TOWN'S LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI {AND A SALE ALERT!}

In a previous post I mentioned that we were headed out on a big road trip, we've been back home from our travels for a week or so and it was such a nice trip!  I have several parts of it to share with you, so today I'll show you the first part of our visit to the beach and some stops along the way. One of those included a stop in Laurel, Mississippi to visit the small town where the HGTV show Home Town is filmed.   We enjoy the beaches in AL and FL and have been to several all up and down the Gulf coast, but sticking close to the FL panhandle is the quickest spot for us to reach if we are driving from OKC.  With our last minute planning, I ended up finding an Airbnb at Perdido Key which we've visited in the past with the kids and really enjoyed!   It's doable in a loooong day from OKC, but for this trip I wanted to take the time to make a few stops along the way so we decided to split the drive into two days.  The first stop I wanted to make was in Lau......

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