Weekend Recap

Good morning! I hope you all had a fun weekend and an enjoyable week last week! Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to around here.

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Home Projects & Updates

We’ve continued to spend some time packing and purging. My two little “helpers” always seem to be nearby 😉 We’re using this open area in the hallway upstairs to store items for our niece as well as potential donations, etc. It’s starting to drive me crazy but it does help to have one area dedicated to these types of things so it’s not all over the house! Thankfully she’ll be taking what she wants this weekend and then we can go from there! We have less than a month until we take our first truck down to Florida!

Things become more official for the first house we’re moving into in Florida this week! Since our new build likely won’t be ready until summer or fall next year, we’ve found the cutest little place to live in the interim. Once it’s official this week, I’ll be sure to give you a little tour and share more about it. It’s starting to feel really real! I might be most excited that we’ll be done with all the paperwork and loans and underwriting! Not sure I’d ever recommend buying/selling a total of four houses in less than a three month window 😉

Around Town & For Fun

Early in the week, we had a fun and casual dinner and pool party with a few friends Kurtis works with along with their spouses. We kept it simple with a few snacky foods and then we ordered pizza for dinner!

I think it might have been the first time we used the pool at night this year! We all try to get together at least once a year, and it was so fun to catch up with everyone!

Thursday I went to dinner with two of my friends for sushi for a Girls Night Out. We had a lot of fun laughing, eating, and hanging on the patio and then headed back to Jill’s for a drink. I got to see these two little munchkins and chase them up and down the slide about 50 times 😉

Friday was our 17th wedding anniversary! It’s hard to believe it’s been that long – especially when we realized we’ve also been together just over 20 years now. We celebrated with a steak dinner at Mahogany Prime and really enjoyed it! It was only our third time ever going there, but it really is delicious and great for special occasions.

Saturday I asked Henley if she wanted to take a nap with me (she legit knows what those words mean) and she was so excited. She sprinted up the stairs and climbed in bed. Her new medicine seems to finally be kicking in and she seems to be doing much better!

This is too funny not to share. On Sunday morning, I was sitting at my desk and randomly looked outside and noticed this bullfrog looking in our courtyard patio door. Hawkeye walked by and was like “what on earth?!”. Hawkeye even got up close and tried to smell him through the glass and it didn’t even phase the frog. The bullfrog stayed like that for 20+ minutes and next time I looked he was gone. Guess he realized our lives aren’t all that exciting or worth spying on 😉

I spent some time reading in the pool house Sunday. Hawkeye has been my little shadow lately and I loved that he always had to be touching me while I was reading. Too cute!

We headed to the pool for the afternoon and enjoyed a bit of reprieve from the crazy heat we had all week. It was 87 degrees out and actually felt cool. Ha! My flowers are looking pretty rough at this point, but we’re supposed to have temps in the 70’s today along with a rainstorm, so I’m hoping they can be revitalized!

The balance of most of the new Studio McGee x Target items were released online yesterday! I few sold out already but there are still quite a few cute items in stock. You can see my top picks here.

We’re celebrating Kurtis’ middle sister’s 50th birthday this upcoming week/weekend with a big weekend family and friend party. We’ll have 25-30ish people or so in town to help celebrate and to have a reunion of sorts at our house. We’re really looking forward to it and it should be a lot of fun – we just have a lot to prepare this week!

I’ll also be sharing my summer home tour THIS WEEK! It’s slightly weather dependent, but I plan to have it posted by Thursday or Friday at the latest!

Recent Buys & Sales

Following are some sale from the weekend that have carried over and are still going strong!

• AMAZON has a number of daily deals happening now! You can shop their site here.
• AMBER INTERIORS SHOPPE is offering an additional 35% off sale items with code EXTRA35. You can shop their site here.
• ANN TAYLOR is offering an extra 40% off all sale styles. You can shop their site here.
• ANTHROPOLOGIE is offering an additional 40% off items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
• BALLARD DESIGNS is offering up to 30% off indoor and outdoor furniture, as well as up to 70% off clearance items! You can shop their sale here.
• GAP is offering 40% off regular priced purchases with code MORE; an extra 60% off sale styles with code CYBER; plus an extra 10% off at checkout with code PERK. You can shop their sale here.
• J CREW is offering an additional 60% off all sales styles with code BESTSALE, as well as special pricing on wear-now styles. You can shop their site here.
• J CREW FACTORY is offering up to 40-60% off everything, including new arrivals. You can shop their sale here.
• KIRKLANDS is offering up to 75% off in their clearance sale. You can shop their site here.
• LOFT is offering 25% off new and now full-priced styles! You can shop their sale here.
• LULULEMON has added a bunch of popular items to their sale section. You can shop their site here.
• MADEWELL is hosting a Secret Stock Sale with an additional 50% off sale styles with code MAJOR. You can shop their site here.
• MARK & GRAHAM is hosting an end-of-summer sale with up to 70% off select styles and free shipping on orders $99+ with code SUMMER. You can shop their site here.
• MARSHALL’s has a number of deals sitewide plus free shipping on orders of 89+ with code SHIP89. This pair of dining chairs is an excellent S&L look for less option! You can shop their site here.
• MICHAELS is offering 20% off regular priced items with code 22MADEBYYOU. You can shop their site here.
• NORDSTROM is in the last week of their Nordstrom Anniversary Sale! You can read about my top picks in this post. You can shop their sale items here.
• OLD NAVY is offering 30% off your order at checkout – no code required. You can shop their sale here.
• OVERSTOCK is hosting their Summer Clearance Event with 1000s of items up to 70% off! You can shop their sale here.
• POTTERY BARN has added some new finds to their sale section. You can shop their sale here.
• REJUVENTATION is offering an additional 20% off clearance items with code EXTRA20. You can shop their site here.
• SERENA & LILY is offering up to 30% off all lighting! You can shop their sale here.
• SUMMERSALT is offering $10 off orders of $95+ with code SUMMER22. You can shop their site here.
• TARGET is offering up to 25% off indoor furniture and up to 20% off outdoor furniture & decor. I love this desk that is now 25% off! You can shop their site here.
• TJ MAXX has a number of deals sitewide and is offering free shipping on orders $89+ with code SHIP89! This pair of dining chairs is back on stock! It’s the armless version of the ones we have in the pool house, and a great S&L look for less! You can shop their site here.
• TORY BURCH has a number of new items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
• TUCKERNUCK has a bunch of cute items in their sale section. You can shop their site here.
• WALMART has great pricing on this designer look for less patio set. You can shop their site here.
• WILLIAMS SONOMA is offering an additional 20% off clearance items. You can shop their site here.
• WILLIAMS SONOMA HOME is offering an additional 20% off clearance with code EXTRA. You can shop their site here.
• WORLD MARKET is offering up to 40% off outdoor furniture. Plus get 10% off curbside and store pickups to members (it’s free to join)! You can shop their site here.

I hope you all have a great week!

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