Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, all! We made it. 

Starting off the favorites of the week with this so lovely engagement gift my cousin gave me when I saw her last weekend for her baby shower (like who remembers to bring someone else a gift at their own shower?! Ugh love her): these beautiful Kate Spade mugs. Do you die?

We got the sweet, sweet, sweetest valentine in the mail from our niece. I can't with the scribbles!

for you non-Italians, "Zio" and "Zia" mean Uncle and Aunt :)

This is a very dork "favorite" but this delivered to my office last Friday. It's SO good for anyone who's in the editing/publishing/writing world (or anyone who likes grammar? haha). So funny and wildly smart.

We haven't gotten the OK to move into our new space for real yet (hopefully by March 1), but we had to return the crates we've been storing our stuff in to the movers, so I unpacked most of my desk yesterday afternoon. I'm liking how it's turning out so far! It's going to be so fun to work down there.

Sammy made dinner Monday night since he was off (and when he's off during the week he usually cooks dinner himself, or at least helps, to give me a break since I do a majority of the cooking) and he made this awesome skirt steak and roasted potatoes in a garlic butter sauce.

I was laughing while getting ready for bed the other night because I've officially become my brother. Jurassic Park and Green Bay anyone? (I don't even like football... those pants are just the softest, thinest flannel EVER and I love them so much.) These two things are literally the epitome of my brother's childhood existence haha. Now I just need an Indiana Jones shirt...

Aerie was having a sale on underwear and bras for Valentines Day and I had recently read somewhere that someone said they threw out all their underwear and bought all new nude underwear so they never had to think about color per their outfit again and didn't have to dig through a bunch of underwear they never wear/don't like. Genius. 

SO I took advantage of their 10 for $30 sale and got a few pairs in three different styles. I haven't worn Aerie underwear since high school so I wasn't expecting to like everything but boy was I wrong. I LOVE them all and won't wear anything else now. Definitely want to get more the next time they have a sale. I'm also a huge fan of their cotton bralettes (I have one they've since discontinued that I will never throw away because it's so comfortable), so I grabbed one for $15 that I'm really loving.

I had to order another package of makeup remover wipes and my perfume from MAC (HUGE favorites of mine) and I got to pick a free sample item and I went with their cleanse-off oil, which would normally be a no-go for me since I'm super oily but this winter has just dried out my skin more than previous ones, so I figured I'd give this a whirl. Holy shit guys, I LOVE this too. It melts your makeup off and made my skin so soft afterward and it smells amazinggg like all MAC products. Every sample I've tried of their skincare products, I've loved, loved, so the next time I go into a store, I'm gunna blow everything on skincare.

Please ignore the grossness that is our hand holding. I had just mentioned how I was excited to be going to our wedding venue on Sunday (for a wedding show) and I grabbed Sammy's hand when Henry laid his head down like this. Since I wanted to get a picture of him before he moved (which he did three seconds later), I was trying to move minimally myself, and therefore, the hand holding remains. Gross. This picture is about Henry ;)

I edited my first book for Smithsonian this week which was super exciting! I can't wait to see this baby out in the world. It is not lost on me what a privilege it is to work on books with licensors like Smithsonian. They help us get facts and new words and gorgeous illustrations and photography into the hands and minds of all the littles out there.

Made one of my very favorite meals Wednesday night—Sammy and I never seem to tire of it. I made a variation of Andrea's chili recipe and I think adding brown sugar is a game changer.

Saw this quote on Instagram last night and it hit my heart like a bulldozer.
*Store away in brain forever*

Last night I threw together some sausage we had in the freezer, beans, spinach, a can of tomatoes, and some pasta and called it soup. It actually turned out really well and will definitely be making again.

After reading rave reviews about this lipstick (that has apparently been around forever!) on Cup of Jo, I ordered one off Amazon. I am in love with the formula—it feels like you're wearing chapstick and is so hydrating—and the color is a really pretty berry kind of color despite how dark it looks in the tube. It sort of reminds me of "Amorous" from MAC. Will definitely be wearing it during this dry season. (I had a little try-on party with some heart Reese's ;) )

 And I'll finish out with my favorite of all—the best boy to grace our planet ;)

We are trying to get in tomorrow morning to have my ring resized, but after that I'm hoping to get together with Chelsie to have lunch and see Rebel Wilson's new rom-com and then have a low key night at home with Henry, maybe try to watch a nominated movie or something in preparation for Sunday?

And, as mentioned, I'll be going up to Lake Geneva on Sunday with my mom, sister, and Chelsie for a wedding vendor show at our wedding venue. I remember signing up for this event back when we booked the venue—I can't believe it's here! I'm sure the whole planning process will feel like this with events suddenly coming up in record time. I'm excited :) And then I'm hoping my mom and sister will hang around at my house to watch the Oscars afterward!

Have a great weekend everyone! xo