Fall To-Do List

It's my favorite season, and it's about to be great. 

There is almost nothing else I love more than fall. It's my birthday season, contains my favorite holiday, and is filled with the most beautiful cool mornings and sunny days. When fall rolls around, the winds are a bit chillier, and the moments are sweet as they kick off the holiday celebrations, and remind us of turning inward and slowing down. For me, fall has always been a time to cozy up and unwind -- plus I love sweater weather, so the earlier, the better, really. Last fall I spent a lot of time wishing I were elsewhere, so this season I would really like to discover things I love about where I am now, make fun memories with friends, enjoy my favorite candy, and remind myself of what is truly important. 

Here's what I would like to cross off my list by the time the last orange leaf falls ... 

1.
Make a fun, seasonal treat
with activated charcoal. 

2.
Queue up my favorite Halloween movies
like Practical Magic and Hocus Pocus.

3.
Purchase a great leather jacket.

4.
Go to a vineyard to celebrate
life and great friends.

5.
Have at least one day of doing
absolutely nothing of importance.

6.
Curate tried and true soup recipes.

7.
Go for a long walk in nature,
and collect a few bright orange leaves.

8.
Surround myself with people I love
for a Halloween and birthday celebration.

9.
Read one new-to-me book
simply for the pleasure of reading.

10.
Have warm apple cider
with spice cake cookies.

11.
Pick pumpkins, and
paint funny puns on them.

+ What are your plans this season? 


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Links I Love

New week, new nine. 

This week is going to be pretty exciting and pretty busy, but I'm trying to embrace the good and leave little room for doubt or bad. That's what life is all about, right? How do you sort the bad from the good? Do you make lists, workout, talk to someone? I've been doing a lot of three and finding slow but sure progress. I guess that is life too? Progress. One thing that always keeps me smiling is rounding up these nine links from the web.

Here are the weekly finds...

1. I've been eating this soup once a day for a week. Too good. 

2. What do you think about animal prints at the office?

3. Simply love this sweet walk to school

4. Fifteen career tips from smart women. 

5. I relate to this. A lot. 

6. Five new health foods and drinks coming to stores.

7. Refinery29 just opened their Halloween tab. Yes. 

8. Reeeeaaaaallllllllly fun breakfast ideas.

9. Home and texture inspiration

Have an excellent week! Xx. 


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The 5 Best Water Bottles Around

Because drinking water is the new thing. 

Obviously, we are no strangers to talking water and all of it's benefits. Sometimes you need something cute and functional to up the intake and encourage you to sip. Yesterday, I left my water bottle behind and had a little bit of a panic, because I recognize having adequate water levels in my body can up my mental retention, help me sleep better, and keep off those lingering pounds. Inspired by my new loss, I've scoured the web to find fun water bottles so you won't have to on your next search.

Check out my five favorite water bottles below! 

The classic Camelbak in charcoal.
Perfect for displaying stickers
& excellent for hiking.

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One of the trendiest bottles around, keeps your cold cold and hot hot. Really nice. 

Lifefactory has perfect glass water bottles for life's crazy moments -- silicone helps it not to shatter and it's pretty enough to sit on your desk and not make you cringe. 

The Kleen Kanteen is an awesome stainless-steel water bottle. Great for camping (you can boil water in it).

The Hydroflask. As amazing as the name sounds.

After I started writing this article, I was gifted a black Swell bottle and am loving it.

+ Which one do you like the best?


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