Friday Favorites: Hello April!

What. A. Week!  Hello April, it’s been jam-packed from start to finish — so much so that Friday Favorites are coming at you on a Saturday!  Keep reading to hear all the highlights {and a couple lowlights from the week} plus what items I have my eye on and more.

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If you didn’t know already, I try to share the quotes that are inspiring me each day on Instagram Stories; these can easily be saved as phone wallpapers by holding down and screenshotting.  I change the background color depending on my Color of the Month too!

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Friday Favorites: Hello April! | What’s New

Let’s start with the highlights:

• I had lots of happy mail this week! A box full of goodness from beautyblender + Influenster, the new Naked Petite Heat palette, a new dress from the Draper James Easy Pieces line, and I even bought a new swimsuit {great clearance find!}

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• We got some nice weather; I was able to run out Tuesday and shoot some new content for the blog that I’m really excited about.
• After a super busy couple of weeks, I {was forced to take} got some downtime which meant listening to lots of podcasts:
  • I listened to 2 episodes of Small Doses with Amanda Seales – Side Effects of F*ckboys and Side Effects of Being Type A.  The Type A podcast briefly discussed how minority women are often vilified by their own communities for behavior that is celebrated in white women, which was something I really hadn’t thought of before but definitely can be accurate.
  • Crooked Conversations | I listened to the episode on gerrymandering with Tony Goldwyn; while I understood the general concept of what gerrymandering was this really helped to further explain it in a way I understood.
  • Pod Save America | This is my usual workflow listen but I listened to both of this week’s episodes.
  • Jalen & Jacoby | I haven’t been listening to this one as regularly lately but listened to the episode with Jemele Hill and it was a real gem.

Friday Favorites: Hello April! | And the Lowlights?

Well…I got strep throat for the first time ever! I started not feeling so hot on Easter Sunday but wrote it off as allergies since everything is starting to bloom; Wednesday morning I woke up, went back to sleep, and woke up again feeling awful.  Thursday morning I went to see my nurse practitioner and sure enough, strep throat.  It’s been super annoying for a number of reasons, but the extreme fatigue this week has probably been the worst.  Wednesday and Thursday nights I was trying to finish a blog post and just could not do it.  This is such a busy season for blogging so I’m looking forward to my antibiotics kicking in so I can live my best life.

Friday Favorites: Hello April! | What I’m Loving Right Now

• This mint fascinator!  We’re officially in Derby season and so it feels like I’m constantly looking for Derby pieces.  I found this gorgeous fascinator for under $100 as part of a sample sale and can’t get over how gorgeous it would look with a white dress!
• Lemon Print Summer Dress | I love a good novelty print and this lemon dress is no exception! It’s perfect for summer by itself or under a jean jacket.

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• Collapsible Garment Rack | One of the things I’ve been wanting for my office is a garment rack; I get new clothes in all the time and having a designated space to outfit plan for shoots was really important to me.  I finally pulled the trigger on this one from Target last week and am really hoping it will help reduce some of the clutter in my bedroom around shoot days.
• Flounce Jumpsuit | Lately I’ve been crushing on jumpsuits and I really love this black one that can be dressed up or down, plus it’s under $30!
• Naked Petite Heat Palette | I can’t get over how mini this palette is; I have a trip coming up the first week of May and was planning to take my Backtalk palette, but may swap it out for this compact one to save some room.

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