tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90219141634620703462024-03-05T06:32:05.748-05:00The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Lifea little bit funny, a little bit crazy, and a whole lotta ME!Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.comBlogger650125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-58219944290661630582019-06-05T22:03:00.000-04:002019-06-06T11:04:15.005-04:00Currently: June 2019As I slowly get back in to the blogging world, I've decided to join <a href="http://www.anneinresidence.com/" target="_blank">Anne in Residence</a> for Currently: June! Currently I am counting down the days until summer vacation...but until then, here's what else I'm up to currently...<br />
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<b><i>Picking:</i></b> Books for my summer reading list!! Soon enough it'll be summer, and I'll be back to reading for pleasure...I keep adding to my summer reading list. So far I have Searching for Sylvie Lee and The Mother-in-Law on my list! What else should I add? Let me know in the comments below!!</div>
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<b><i>Going:</i></b> To bed early every night...because, damn, I'm tired!!</div>
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<b><i>Wishing:</i></b> The school year would just be OVER already!! Honestly, it's been a really rough year! I am so ready for it to be over so I can start fresh again in September!! I need a break!</div>
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<b><i>Wearing:</i></b> Finally outta leggings and boots and in spring/summer clothes: skinny pants and tank blouses for work!! </div>
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<b><i>Celebrating:</i></b> The end of the school year!! Exactly two weeks from today I will officially be Summer Break! And I can't wait! There is so much to do in these two weeks but I'll handle it and get it done!! And then I'll be jumping for joy!!<br />
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Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-68334892074655905132019-06-03T12:12:00.002-04:002019-06-03T12:12:52.885-04:00May Goals...CRUSHED!!!It's been about forever and a day since I've blogged! Partly because I'm not really sure who cares what I really have to say and partly because I don't really think I have much to say anyway. But I'm gonna keep blogging for me...I enjoy it and when I need a little time out from my life, it's fun to just come back to my little slice of the interweb!! <br />
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I set some goals for myself in May and I just wanna write about CRUSHING them!! YAY!!<br />
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When the month of May began, I set a goal to not but any clothes, and to only drink ONE cup of coffee a day in May. And guess what...I kinda CRUSHED these!! GO ME!!<br />
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I started the coffee goal actually because I had to ration my pods. I have been skipping my Amazon Subscribe and Save Orders to save money! But I also realized that one cup of coffee a day would also cut my sugar drastically, so that was great too! I pretty much stuck to the one cup a day in May and did great!! I slipped up once...on a Taco Tuesday...where we got dessert, and instead of a third margarita I went with a coffee instead. Because you see...Sail Away Coffee at Flo's is just the most delish and I had to have it...and it being a Tuesday and all, I thought the coffee was a better bet than the maragrita! So I'm still calling it a win!!<br />
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I did really great with the clothes shopping goal! I didn't shop for clothes and instead put together a "donate bag" of things I never wear anymore. Now that it is June, I will confess to shopping online this weekend tho! HA!! But who can pass up 60% off and free shipping at LOFT!! That never happens!! And I needed a dress for my school's upcoming graduation ceremony! I'm super excited to have scored this dress for $27!!<br />
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Now that June is here I am in crazy "end of the school year" mode!! We have 13 days left, but there is so much to do in those thirteen days. I have not even thought about goals for the month!! But I am starting to think up a Summer Bucket List in my head...so maybe I'll blog about it!!<br />
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Here's to sunny days ahead for you this week!! Cheers!!<br />
<br />Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-81892981961606025892019-03-27T11:43:00.000-04:002019-03-27T11:44:16.478-04:00Bought it Online!So excited to have the lead of today's post over at <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">The Blended Blog</a>! Today's prompt is "Bought it Online" and since I buy everything online, I thought I was definitely the girl for the job!<br />
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At the beginning of the year I had a goal to not to purchase any clothes until the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale in July. I did pretty good for about a month and a half. Then I won the Super Bowl Pool that a local boutique (basically the only non-online store I shop at!) ran. The prize a gift card to the store...so I wondered on in.! And so I got bit by the shopping bug once again! EEEEEKKKK....at least I tried! LOL<br />
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It was all down hill from there! Since then I ordered a shirt to wear for St. Patrick's Day on Amazon and one to wear to school at a cute online store primarily for teachers called <a href="https://thewrightstuffchics.com/" target="_blank">The Wright Stuff </a>!<br />
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And I'm eagerly awaiting my latest online purchase...my first from <a href="http://www.grumbliniggrace.com/" target="_blank">Abbie</a> and <a href="http://www.shoestoshiraz.com/" target="_blank">Deena's</a> <a href="https://saltandlightlifestyle.myshopify.com/" target="_blank">Salt and Light</a> Lifestyle shop! I ordered <a href="https://saltandlightlifestyle.myshopify.com/collections/brand-new-capsule-collection/products/camo-see-me-now-skirt" target="_blank">this</a> camo maxi! Can't wait to wear it all spring...as soon as spring gets here!!<br />
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What have you bought online recently? Link up over at <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">TBB</a> and let us see!! Happy Wednesday friends!! And thanks so much for stopping by!!Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-9795760620495789322019-03-04T03:00:00.000-05:002019-03-04T04:13:29.897-05:00TBB Asks: Shopping <br />
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TBB Asks day is always one of my faves...and that fact that today's topic is Shopping has me really excited! Even though I was supposed to be on a shopping halt...lol...I made it one whole month!! Here are my answers...link up with us over at TBB so I can read yours or let me know them in the comments below.<br />
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<b><i>1. Top 3 Shops</i></b><br />
Amazon, Nordstrom...and probably these days, my hometown boutique, Say More!<br />
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Most definitely ONLINE!!<br />
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CLOTHES!! Do I need more clothes? Probably not...but I love to shop for them!!<br />
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Honestly...groceries!! Nothing I need is ever on sale when I need it and food is so friggin' expensive!<br />
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<b><i>5. Most favorite thing you've ever bought?</i></b><br />
That's so tough!! I have no idea!<br />
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<b><i>6. Do you prefer shopping alone or with others?</i></b><br />
Well since the majority of my shopping is done online and alone, when I actually get out to shop I prefer to do it with friends. It's fun and they always have an opinion!!<br />
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Hmmmm....another tough one!! I never buy anything if it's not on sale, so I always try to get the bargains!!<br />
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<b><i>8. Thrift store shopping...yes of no?</i></b><br />
Well the only thing I've ever gone thrift store shopping for books for my classroom library. But I am not opposed to it for clothes. I have a friend from work who thrifts all the time and she had the best clothes! And tells me all the time she finds things with TAGS on them. When I ask her where she gets something she's wearing, more often then not she'll tell me Sal Boutique...you may know it as The Salvation Army! HA!!<br />
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<b><i>9. Best Cities for Shopping?</i></b><br />
This is tough one because I don't travel much. I found great stuff in Toronto when we were there for our TBB trip last year. I like that they had different stores than I have at home!<br />
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I like to try to keep up with the trends, but I wouldn't say I have one style icon. I like the classic looks and like scooping out new clothes via blogs and websites!!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by today!! All this shopping talk makes me wanna go do a lil online shopping!! HA! Have a great Monday!!<br />
<br />Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-52004451553184830462019-03-01T08:48:00.000-05:002019-03-03T17:49:23.437-05:00Fri...nally!!The first week back at school after a week off is always rough!! This week was no exception...and it seriously was just the LONGEST!!! I am so glad it's finally Friday!! As I continue to look for the positive in each day this year, I thought since I haven's shared a Friday Five in awhile, I'd get back to it...because even the longest weeks have some bright spots!!<br />
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After two years it was certainly time!! I brightened up my color a bit, cut off all the dead ends and got layers!</div>
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I've pretty much tried every meal delivery kit out there! I've been waiting for Freshly to start delivering in my area. This week I received my second delivery. Each one comes with 6 meals. I started out with the most but may go down to 4, not sure yet. After the first six, I decided what I really loved and what was just ok for me. These meals are made fresh and sent to you ready to microwave, so it's the easiest!! For me and my long nights, it totally works. I don't want to spend hours in the kitchen! I am finding I am loving the pastas, risottos and bowls the best...not so much the meats! But will have to give a few more a try before I make a final decision.</div>
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It's probably super random that I'm including beer in my five, but seriously this beer I had on Wednesday was so different and DELISH. It's brewed by a brewery right here in town (Long Island's Oldest Brewery!) and it's made with coconut and sticky rice wheat. It's called the South Pacific. You can actually taste the sticky rice! I didn't think it'd be that good but it totally is. I'm going back this weekend to get my growler filled and have what their billing as their own Black and Tan with South Pacific and a Roast Mocha Stout!! You'd think that after drinking ALL the beer in Boston last week that I'd be over it...but I guess I'm not!! I still have a few weeks in this winter body, right??</div>
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Did I watch the entire Oscars? Nope...but I did see Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's performance of Shallow and Gag's win. So well- deserved! And I like the two of them together. I know they're not and their are lots of rumors, but hey even if Bradley was my friend...I'd take it! HA!! And and in all honestly, all the A Star is Born music is really great!</div>
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Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-48632672779976560712019-02-26T12:20:00.005-05:002019-02-26T12:55:12.201-05:00Some Fun with Paperless PostRecently I had the opportunity to try <a href="https://www.paperlesspost.com/" rel="nofollow">Paperless Post</a>, a cool invite/announcement/flyer site where you send electronic invites and announcements to friends. The site works on a coin currency. (Available for purchase.) I was gifted coins to get started on my project. <br />
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Since this year I have instituted a monthly Game Night at my house, I thought it'd be cool to create a Game Night invite on <a href="https://www.paperlesspost.com/" rel="nofollow">Paperless Post</a>. Doing so was way better than the crazy text thread I usually send. This way there's not a million texts flying back and forth and I could easily keep track of it all.<br />
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Below is the invite I created. It was so easy and fun. There were many free options, but since I had the coins I went crazy!! LOL...not really! Seriously, each invite only cost me six coins!! So I have plenty leftover for my next project...a flyer I'm making to use at school!<br />
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Since I'm a total Google Girl, I LOVED that I could use my Google account to join and then sign in. No new password to remember!! YAY!!<br />
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Before <a href="https://www.paperlesspost.com/" rel="nofollow">Paperless Post</a> I, had never used any sort of invite website! Where have I been?? Paperless Post is the way to go!! Get started and give it a try <a href="https://www.paperlesspost.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>!!<br />
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Have a great day!!Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-4596529147464782412019-02-11T03:00:00.000-05:002019-02-11T03:00:14.187-05:00Spreading the LOVE!!<br />
Loving this month of LOVE!!<br />
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Joining <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">The Blended Blog</a> for this week's LOVE LOOP!! We're spreading the love for our fellow <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">TBB</a> Gals!! This blogging community is such a special thing! Sometimes when I tell people about my blog friends they just don't "get it"! ANd that's ok! Because I totally do. I'm immersed in it. I know what this world can give and bring to my life!! And that is why I'm so excited about today!!<br />
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If you don't know Kellyann from <a href="http://www.thisblondesshoppingbag.com/" target="_blank">The Blonde's Shopping Bag,</a> you are missing out!! Kellyann is so sweet, fashionable and REAL!! Although she's a TBB'er I have yet to meet in real life, I know we'd be fast friends!! We'd shop, eat sushi and shop at Hobby Lobby together! Next time I'm in Florida, I think I'm gonna make a pit stop at Kellyann's!! I'm coming for ya lady.. let's shop!!! Love you friend!!<br />
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Head to<a href="http://www.thisblondesshoppingbag.com/" target="_blank"> Kellyann's Blog</a> to see who's she's spreading the Love to today!! And use today to spread kindness and love to those you love!! It'll make your Monday that much better!!<br />
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<br />Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-2958122582247509402019-02-08T08:03:00.000-05:002019-02-08T12:16:59.592-05:00A Friday Five for the First Week of February!The year's flying right on by...isn't it?? LOL Happy February Ya'll!! I love February. And it being my birthday month has nothing to do with it! It just love that it's a month of love and vibrant colors...all the reds, pinks and purples.<br />
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Well wasn't that just THE WORST Superbowl? Ugh!! Truthfully it was so boring, I didn't watch much of the game. But I went to a party and had a great time. We were treated to our own half time entertainment from our friends (I even sang on the mike...something on Monday morning I regretted very much! HA) and while I didn't win big in the pool, because that honor went to an 11 year old (WTF!) , I did win the final score in a free pool that my local boutique ran!! A $20 gift card to the store. I've blogged about local store, Say More Boutique <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2018/11/holiday-looks.html" target="_blank">here</a>! So I was pretty excited about that!!<br />
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What is happening?? This week it hit 60!! That's just crazy! And I know probably short lived, but the weather has been great! The kids can go out at recess, run around, and have a grand old time. Even though I didn't get to enjoy very much of it, just having the sun shining and the weather even a little bit warm this time of year is cause for celebration!!<br />
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<b><i>TBB Asks: Relationships</i></b><br />
Bookend posts were all I could muster up this week. BUT I love me some <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">TBB </a>Asks every month and this months, relationships topic was a lot of fun!! Did you link up with us!?! If not, you can! The first Monday of each month! Head <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/2019/02/tbb-asks-on-relationships.html" target="_blank">here</a> to read all the links!!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by the blog today!! Wishing you all a fabulous, fun February weekend filled with LOVE!!<br />
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Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-8438992376787471912019-02-04T08:59:00.003-05:002019-02-04T09:45:47.039-05:00TBB Asks: Relationships!It's time for another round of TBB Asks! Given that it's almost Valentine's Day, this month we're focusing on relationships! This is gonna be fun!! Lots of love for my <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">Blended Blog </a>Tribe!!<br />
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Well this is Mel....<br />
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You've seen her many, many times on the blog and I even wrote a whole post about her <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2015/08/an-ode-to-my-bestie.html" target="_blank">here</a>! Our friendship is now over 35 years old. We met as babies when Mel's mom was walking her in her stroller around the block! Our moms struck up a conversation and here we are today!! Mel is like my parents fifth daughter! And for years growing up, all my sisters baby-sat her at one point or another. They are all married with kids, but we joke ours is the longest running relationship...which is actually not a joke! HA!!<br />
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2- Who are your people?<br />
Honestly, I'm very lucky...I have a lot of people who are a great source of support to me. My family and best friend Mel are my biggest supporters. I have my school friends, many of whom after so many years have grown to be like family to me. I have my TBB Girls who may have started out as virtual friends but, I'm so glad we get to be friends in real life now. And I have my "townie" friends who I've probably known the shortest amount of time,but see most often these days! I've always joked that I have sets of friends, and very rarely do those friends inter-mingle...but as I've gotten old, the intermingling has started to happen!! LOL I am so grateful to all the people around me!<br />
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3- How did you meet your partner? #ForeverSingle!!<br />
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4- How is Valentine's Day celebrated in your home?<br />
Usually I'm home on my couch with a bottle of WINE! This Valentine's Day I'll be at the Podiatrist!! But he's not bad looking...so there's that!! It's the little things people!!<br />
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5- What's your love language?<br />
I guess I don't really have one...I just do my best to surround myself with people who are kind and genuine!<br />
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6- Do you prefer receiving flowers or chocolates?<br />
I really enjoy flowers. I'm a big chocolate girl so, I can have that anytime. If I receive flowers it's definitely a special treat!!<br />
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7- What the most special gift you've ever given or received?<br />
This is really hard because there are so many gifts that I've received that are special to me. And I save everything, so I have them. I think because it's most fresh in my memory, I'd have to say that the throw blanket my mom had made with all my concert tees is super special to me. Because we've been talking about making it for YEARS!!!! And this Christmas it finally became a reality!!<br />
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<br />Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-1739854938479955552019-01-30T17:13:00.000-05:002019-01-30T17:24:29.045-05:00Never Will I Ever: Fashion Edition!<br />
I thought I'd skip this week's<a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank"> TBB</a> prompt: Never Will I Ever, but then I realized there was something I could totally write about!!<br />
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I've pretty much tried everything. If I'm comfortable in it, I'd probably wear it.<br />
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I've done the boho jeans/flared leg style.<br />
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I wear ripped jeans like it's my job! {They're my fave!!}<br />
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I've worn <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2014/08/august-pin-spired.html" target="_blank">shorts and riding boots</a>.<br />
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I've done the coated jeans and <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/2019/01/never-will-i-ever.html" target="_blank">faux leather leggings</a>.<br />
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And unlike <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/2019/01/never-will-i-ever.html" target="_blank">Shaunacy</a>, I'd totally embrace the fanny pack comeback! LOL<br />
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I done the shoulder baring shirts, the no back tops, the one shoulder tops and everything in between!<br />
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And much to my sister's dismay, I even wear pretty teeny bikinis from time to time!! But I do like the high-waisted ones too!!<br />
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Even as a teacher, I've done something I never thought I'd do...I dress for the holidays in fun scarves and crazy socks, and totally sport ALL the ugly Christmas sweaters! HA<br />
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Even if I could, which I can't due to my CP and balance issues, I wouldn't want to. Are they pretty? Sure! But I'm sure they are not comfortable at all! And I need comfort! I mean your foot is totally bent!! Just crazy!!</div>
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These shoes are my highest, and I'll admit to hardly wearing them because I feel unsteady. I wear them to a gathering in which I'm the host and don't have far to go! HA!!</div>
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And it's hard to believe, February is just a few days away!! I'm wearing fun, festive, pinks, reds, and hearts all month long!! I'll be documenting my looks on insta!! I'd love it if you'd join me! Follow me...I'm <a href="http://wwww.instagram.com/solitarylife101" target="_blank">@solitarylife101</a></div>
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I'm bringing back my Teacher Tuesdays posts for today!<br />
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This week we are celebrating Catholic Schools Week. While it's a lot of work and extra days on two weekends in a row for teachers, it's also a lot of fun for us and our students! I especially enjoy the two dress down days! HA!<br />
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This weekend I joined the <a href="https://www.teachersconnect.com/" target="_blank">Teachers Connect</a> Community online. It's a site that urging teachers to connect and share. As I was scoping out the site, I came across a post where a fellow teacher asked others to share their favorite "Self-Care "activities! I thought it was a fun idea and thought of a few to make my own list!<br />
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I'm sharing my list today on the blog!<br />
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<i><b>Work clothes off ... pj's on!</b></i></div>
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<i><b>A good long soak in the tub to wash away the stress of the day!</b></i></div>
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<b><i>Treat yourself to a new work outfit.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Enjoy An outing with teacher-friends outside of school.</i></b><br />
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That was really fun! And it can pretty much apply to ANYONE!! What do you do for YOU!! Let me know in the comments below!!</div>
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Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-33578449616396766802019-01-25T07:45:00.001-05:002019-01-26T12:28:22.240-05:00Love Me Some Friday!!Happy Friday Ya'll!! It's been a good, quick week!! Thank you to the Good Lord above for that one!!<br />
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<b><i>Happy Birthday Mom!</i></b></div>
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It's my mama's birthday today!! My number one blog reader...and critic!! HA</div>
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Even though we are not spending the day together because my mom's living it up in Florida, I'm sending her my love and hugs from here! </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Listen Linda...Listen!! I love you!!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><i><b>Becoming...FINALLY!!</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">I was so excited when my hold of Michele Obama's book Becoming finally landed in my Libby this week. I got the audiobook because I wanted to hear her reading it obviously. I've heard nothing but great things about it and the audiobook, especially! Hoping it lives up to the hype. I'll find out this weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Was excited to get to bingo last night with my friends. We always have a blast. We hadn't been since my friend won the big grand prize, a snowboard! Always fun and super competitive!! LOL We were't the big winners time (shocking because we had 23 boards between us!) but we had fun and jammed out on great tunes! </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">The OSCAR nominations were announced earlier this week. I'm really excited that Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga were both nominated for A Star is Born. The fact that the nominations are out also means that all the Best Picture nominations are headed to our local one room theatre in town!! Can't wait to go see the ones I missed!! I'ts been forever since I've been there, but now that I'm not working every night until 6, I can catch the early movie after school, either with friends or by myself!! Something to look forward to during these cold months.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><i><b>Catholic Schools Week</b></i></span><br />
<span style="text-align: start;">Well Catholic Schools Week has arrived! It kicks off Sunday with my school's Open House. The week means working extra but it also means a lot of fun next week! And my favorite...two dress down days, so I'm calling it a WIN!! Check out my Insta next week as I document it all! Follow me <a href="http://www.instagram.com/solitarylife101" target="_blank">@solitarylife101</a>.</span></div>
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Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-10818613730721229162019-01-22T07:53:00.001-05:002019-01-22T07:53:07.900-05:0019 in 2019After reading about this idea <a href="http://www.anneinresidence.com/2019/01/19-in-2019.html" target="_blank">by Anne In Residence</a>, I thought I'd build my own 19 in 2019 List. The list is basically composed of goals and things I'd like to do. I've been making my list in my head and been jotting down a few things in my journal, but today I thought I share it with you!<br />
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1- I've chosen my word for the year<a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2019/01/leaving-negativity-behind.html" target="_blank"> Positivity,</a> so I've really been trying to pull the positive out of each day! So far...so good...<br />
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2- Paint the house! (this is more like a necessity at this point!)<br />
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3- Host more Game Nights!<br />
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4- Save some money!<br />
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5- Get a stamp in my passport!<br />
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6- More water...less coffee!<br />
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7- Visit a museum<br />
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8- Read/Listen to 50 books<br />
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9- Get rid of cable<br />
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10- Make all the appointments I need to make!<br />
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11- Eat at home more<br />
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12- Try Meditation (I said all last year that I was going to go to meditation classes at this place up the street and I never made it. And it's literally up the street!! I have to go!!)<br />
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13- Go on at least one road trip<br />
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14- Set aside one hour out of every weekend to sort...<br />
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15- No sleep til Brooklyn!<br />
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16- Host my own wine tasting. Recently went to an in home wine tasting and it was so much fun, so I'd like to do it too!!<br />
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17- Get Back to PT...at least three times! I'm in desperate need of a tune up!!<br />
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18- Less DRAMA...more FUN!!!<br />
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19- Be unafraid in blogging! This is a big one for me. So many times I thought of giving up this blog because a lot of time I don't think I have much to say and I have so many drafts that have gone unpublished because of that! I'm going to hit publish more this year and blog for me!<br />
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What are you goals, dreams and to-do's for 2019? I'd love to hear!!<br />
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Have a fabulous week!!<br />
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Linking up with my girls at <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">The Blended Blog</a> today, you should too!<br />
<br />Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-49191846103470890192019-01-18T20:22:00.000-05:002019-01-25T07:45:34.051-05:00Cheers to a Three Day Weekend!!<br />
Friday! Was this a long week for anyone else!! Eeekkkk...happy to have Friday here!! On to my faves of this week!<br />
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An absolute favorite this week was having my sister Tara out! She came over and made me dinner and it was delicious!! It was a farro vegetable bowl! I had never had farro before...but it is totally something I would have again. I'm totally wishing now that I got a photo of my meal and with my sister! But I'm including it anyway because I loved the meal so much and any time I get to spend with my sister is always a treat.<br />
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I got my FitFabFun Starter Box! My sister sent me a code to try it out and I'm so glad I did. I think I'm already hooked. Can't wait to get my first FULL box next season!<br />
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I've been working on this bulletin board at school pretty much since we've been back! And Monday it finally came together. On the snowflakes are book reviews that our fifth grade students wrote to help their friends find something fun to read during these awful, dreary long days of winter! The sweet saying was made up by one of the girls in the class. And I just love the bulletin board letters I got from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bulletin-Board-Letters-KG-All-of-Me-Blocks-Easy-Cut-3361493" target="_blank">KG Fonts on Teachers Pay Teachers!</a> When I look at this board it makes me happy...it's so bright and cheery! We've received tons of compliments on it. And even better...we're all ready for Catholic Schools Week!!<br />
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This book just spoke to me! It's about an elementary school librarian! I think it'll be a fun quick read! I'm looking forward to reading it over my long weekend! Review to come on the blog after...I'm tracking all by books on the blog and insta this year! Follow me @solitarylife101<br />
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SO looking forward to this three day weekend. Tomorrow I am headed to see Spring Awakening with my sister, Meg and and my bestie, Mel. Were going to a fairly new theatre close to home. When we see shows in these local theatres, it is honestly like were seeing them on Broadway! Without the tremendous price tag! Ha! All three of us were fans of the TV Rise, which actually didn't last long, but the premise of the show was set in a high school and the main character, a drama teacher was fighting for his students to put on this super controversial show. The TV show didn't make it, but tomorrow we'll get to see the show for real....ha. I remember wanting to see it when it was on Broadway and after it won the TONY! So I'm really excited for our girls' night!!<br />
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A bonus favorite...in celebration and memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This week of teaching is always my favorite. Our read aloud in the library is Martin's Big Words. This is a wonderful book for our youngest students through to our oldest students. It's filled with Dr. King's words that applied to our history and still apply today. Our older students who have heard the story before, I asked to read it with a new set of eyes. And they did. SO many great discussions about America during Martin's time and the state of our nation today!<br />
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If you're lucky enough to get the day off on Monday, enjoy it...and thanks for stopping by the blog today!<br />
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<br />Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-6644145881297018802019-01-11T08:39:00.000-05:002019-01-11T17:23:10.821-05:00Friday...YAY!!It's Friday, YA'LL!! Whoop!! Whoop!!<br />
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All in all, not a terribly long week!! I'm glad I had those three days last week at work to ease into to the New Year with the students. This week they were back to their old tricks!! HA!! I'm trying my best to keep up with my Friday Fives and embracing my word of the year...POSITIVITY by finding the good in each day!! Here's a bit of what I loved this week!<br />
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I was so happy to find the #52TeacherSnaps Challenge with @mrsedgarsclass on Instagram. I was a bit behind, but can easily catch up since it just a pic a week! Instagram is my favorite social media platform these days. I'm finding Facebook is getting way to political for me and since I've never really been all that into twitter...I've let it go!! Insta is a much more positive community (for me!) and I love connecting with teachers on there and getting great ideas!<br />
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Another thing I'm loving this week....I'm not longer spending 13 hours a day at school. I've officially gave up two WHOLE days of After Care!! <b><i>#happydance</i></b>! To celebrate I went for margaritas with a friend! Because I can do that now!! Margarita Mondays...I'm gonna make it a thing!! But maybe kidding because I'm not making as much money now! LOL<br />
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I'm going to try my best to document all the books I read this year on the blog! I am on book two of 2019. The first, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ends-Us-Novel-Colleen-Hoover/dp/1501110365/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547176685&sr=8-1&keywords=it+ends+with+us+by+colleen+hoover" target="_blank">It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover</a> was recommended to be by <a href="http://rsquaredplusg.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Christy</a>. I loved it. I stared it at the end of December and finished it late last week. So It counts for this year. I am currently reading <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Address-Novel-Fiona-Davis/dp/1524742015/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547176754&sr=8-1&keywords=the+address+by+fiona+davis" target="_blank">The Address by Fiona Davis </a>and enjyoing it very much!! I am close to finishing it! I have so many books on my TBR list, thanks to this weeks<a href="https://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2019/01/tbb-asks-january.html" target="_blank"> TBB Asks</a>. Check out all the links {<a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/2019/01/tbb-asks-keep-me-entertained.html" target="_blank">here</a>}to add to your list too! And head {<a href="https://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2019/01/tbb-asks-january.html" target="_blank">here</a>} to read my post!!<br />
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This past weekend a cool new brewery opened up in my town, so naturally I had to go check it out. You guys it was so cool. Everything is exposed see you can see them brewing and the vibe was just really chill. And best part of all...it only takes three minutes to walk there! HA!! To be open one day and already have eleven beers on the board is pretty awesome! Will be returning for sure!! Future Regular!!!<br />
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Last but not least, I'm over at <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/2019/01/happy-friday-its-katie-from-mishaps-and.html" target="_blank">The Blended Blog</a> today! I'm so grateful that I can contribute to our community. I just love those girls so much. We have fun, we empower one another and we have dance parties and drink wine together? Is there anything better?? I think not We have some fun stuff planned for the blog, so head on over there and give us a follow so you don't miss a thing!<br />
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Linking up with <a href="http://www.alittlebitofeverythingblog.com/" target="_blank">Erika</a> and <a href="https://brightonabudget.com/" target="_blank">Tif</a> today, too!!Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-35280020240782183942019-01-07T03:00:00.000-05:002019-01-07T07:58:54.817-05:00TBB ASKS!!: JanuaryI think absolutely perfect that January is TBB Asks: Keep Me Entertained Edition! Because what better way to survive this long, cold month??<br />
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1. Book you've read multiple times?<br />
Is it weird that I haven't read books for myself multiple times?? Only class novels with my classes!<br />
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Wonder!! I think EVERY HUMAN should read it. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell is a super, super close second!!<br />
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3. Favorite TV to Binge?<br />
Sex and the City and The Office...those two never get old!!<br />
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4. Favorite New-ish TV Show?<br />
I'm really enjoying A Million Little Things these days...<br />
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5. Favorite Movie of All Time?<br />
Oh so hard!! LOL...Love Actually? I've seen Clueless and Speed the most tho...<br />
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6. Movie You are Looking Forward to Watching?<br />
Very rarely do I go to the movies, but I really want to see The Upside with Bryan Cranston, Julia Roberts and Kevin Hart.<br />
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Debbie Gibson! I was 7. We sat in the third row of Radio City Music Hall. I met her years and years and years later and totally fan-girled out!!<br />
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8. Ultimate Concert?<br />
Brue Springsteen, Adele and Michael Buble are all on my concert Bucket List!! And I've seen *NSYNC twice in concert but never JT solo so here's definitely up there too!!<br />
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9. Favorite Artist?<br />
<a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2015/08/kenny.html" target="_blank">Kenny Chesney!</a> This summer I saw my TENTH Kenny Show!! For me...KENNY IS SUMMER!!<br />
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10. How do you listen?<br />
All of the above!! But recently got Amazon Music so more often that than anything else these days.<br />
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Linking up over at <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">The Blended Blog</a> today!Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-60299717689260580202019-01-04T11:38:00.000-05:002019-01-04T12:22:49.458-05:00Friday FiveIt's the first Friday of a brand new year! Sometimes it's so hard to believe that it's 2019! Where do the years go?? Geeeezzzz....<br />
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I thought I'd pick back up with the Friday Fives/Favorites/Loves this year. I'm hoping that I am able to blog more consistently this year. Here's where I'm starting...<br />
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Some favorites from the week that was....of maybe the last few weeks, since it's been forever and a day since I posted!<br />
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Please send some love, good thoughts and prayers to my dad as he turns 70 years young today!! We'll all be celebrating him as a family tomorrow and I can't wait!</div>
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I've been back to work for three days now, but I'm still dreaming about the holidays and the Christmas Break. I really had a great time! Thanks to some cancelled got some relaxing in (thanks to a pesky cold that had me on the couch a few days!), spent time with family and friends, and had a ton of fun!<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Oh and I'm still relishing in the fact that all my nieces and nephews loved my gift and are still talking about it! I gave hem all cash...but I "made it rain" singles all over the living room and they had to find the ones with their initials on them! It was entertaining!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">I</span>'m just always a little sad when it all comes to a close! But bring on my winter hibernation!<br />
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Have you heard what <a href="http://www.grumblinggrace.com/2018/12/the-2019-sister-clothing-challenge-new.html" target="_blank">Abbie's</a> doing this year? She has a Sister Clothing Challenge for 2019 that pledges to buy ANY CLOTHES ALL YEAR!! Read all about it<a href="http://www.grumblinggrace.com/2018/12/the-2019-sister-clothing-challenge-new.html" target="_blank">{here}</a><br />
EKKKKKKKK....I probably could do it, seeing as my closets are busting at the seams and I *may* have taken full advantage of the after Chrsitmas sales, but man that's hard! LOL I am sure that I NEED to SAVE money this year, so I'm going to not buy any thing for three months, and if I make it three, extend it to 6 and so on! That actually brings me to the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale! HA!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I've made the switch...to The Happy Planner!! I decided to save some money and after realizing I didn't really even look at my planner as much I had in the past, I thought a Happy Planner was the right fit for me. I am loving planning with it. I love all the stickers available and have really customized it for me. The pages can come out which is a really fun feature for a lefty like me! There are less "notes" pages in the back than my EC planner had, but I can purchase add-on pages and I really like that at the beginning of each month is a "CURRENTLY" page. I may take that outta the planner and transfer it to the blog!</span><br />
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What are you loving as we begin the new year? I love to hear all about them in the comments below! Have a great weekend friends...and thanks for stopping by!!</div>
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Linking up with the girls of <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">The Blended Blog today</a>! And don't forget to join us for TBB Asks on Monday! Grab the graphic and play along!!<br />
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Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-89453929312841420482019-01-02T17:11:00.002-05:002019-01-04T10:05:45.811-05:00Leaving Negativity Behind....<div style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The One Word movement is essential choosing one word to guide you through the year rather than a whole list of resolutions that never really get tackled! It's a way to live with more intention rather then with a timeline. (this is my own takeaway and interpretation!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A lot of people would already say I'm a pretty positive, upbeat person...which as a whole is probably true.</span></div>
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Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-90932888040263739042018-12-17T15:27:00.001-05:002018-12-17T15:57:22.593-05:00All Things Christmas!Happy Monday Friends!!<br />
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I can't really take for serious that Christmas will actually be here next week!! Eeeeekkk...I'm so excited!!! Not that I'm not ready, I totally am, it's just crazy how fast this year has gone!!<br />
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Since I'm in full on Christmas mode, I'm joining <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">The Blended Blog</a> for the All Things Christmas Link-up. Later this week I'll be sharing my Christmas Decor, so today it's all about the Christmas Entertainment...movies, music and books! (I think I added the books but I'm a fan of Christmas books sooo....)<br />
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I am totally THAT GIRL that's been watching ALL THE HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIES since the day they began airing on October 26th!! It really has been that long!!<br />
I know they are super cheesy and uber predictable but I just can't help myself!! This year there are more than ever!! My all-time favorite Hallmark Christmas movie they never replay enough. It was called <a href="http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/finding-christmas" target="_blank">Finding Christmas</a> and the leading man, JT Hodges, is a country music singer in the movie and in real life!!<br />
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Also, something of note....not only is there one Channel for Christmas Movies, there's two!! Hallmark Movies and Mysteries has some great movies, too! Check out <a href="http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/hearts-of-christmas" target="_blank">Hearts of Christmas</a>....it's my fave HMM movie!!<br />
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Finding Christmas is very much like one of my most favorite Christmas movies, The Holiday. I just love Jack Black and Jude Law in that one!! And how cute is Arthur?!? I've seen The Holiday so many times and I could never tire of it.<br />
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Another favorite Christmas movie is Love Actually. Actually, it's one of my all-time top 5 favorite movies! I have a Christmas morning tradition of wrapping all my gifts while watching Love Actually and drinking mimosas! <i>#solitarylifeatitsfinest</i><br />
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As you can probably tell, I'm more of a TV watcher this time of year! So in my house it's more TV then music during the holidays, but I do have a bunch of Christmas songs I love. When I was a classroom teacher, every year for Christmas, I'd give my class a homemade Christmas CD of songs that I burned as a gift. It was always a hit with my students and their families. I like mixing the traditional with the more modern. To hear some of my favorites and ones I included on my CD, head to my Christmas Playlist on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCkFzWJuQlY&list=PL38fS9urRukmm3WPUeZI65rAx3TeUGMrV" target="_blank">You Tube here</a>!!<br />
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Over the years, I've gotten into reading Christmas books. A co-worker gave me a Christmas book as a gift one year and I've loved it so much, I started reading that author's books. Anything by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_11?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=richard+paul+evans+books&sprefix=richard+pau%2Caps%2C140&crid=2FKWM13Y5RCAJ" target="_blank">Richard Paul Evans</a> reads like a favorite Hallmark movie. One of my favorite Christmas books ever is entitled <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/13th-Gift-Story-Christmas-Miracle/dp/0553418556/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1545078237&sr=8-1&keywords=the+13th+gift" target="_blank">The 13th Gift</a></i>. I read it years ago as an Advanced Readers Copy and just saw it on a fellow bloggers list, so I'm thinking I'll pull it our again this year myself. It's based on a true story!<br />
I blogged a little bit about it <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2014/11/vacation-reads.html" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
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Over the weekend I finished reading <a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Day-December-Josie-Silver/dp/0525574689/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1545078028&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=one+day+in+december+a+novel&psc=1" target="_blank"><i>One Day in December </i></a>by Josie Silver. I really enjoyed it. It was maybe a bit longer than it needed to be but overall a good read! Recommend!!<br />
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What are you reading, listening to or watching that I may be missing?? Let me know in the comments below!!<br />
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Have a great week! See you back here for a Christmas Home Tour Tomorrow!!<br />
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<br />Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-58228379780245039852018-12-12T11:51:00.000-05:002018-12-12T11:53:50.291-05:00Merry and Bright!Wednesday!! Whoop! Whoop!! Luckily this week seems to be flying by! With so many holiday things on the horizon, it's all coming quick! Decided to jump on with my <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">TBB Besties</a> today and share a fashion post. Today's prompt is all things Merry and Bright- to share an outfit that makes you happy and brings you joy! Do pajamas count? Just kidding! I'll be sharing those next week!<br />
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Today's look has been on repeat ever since I got this hat. I get lots of reactions to this hat and got the biggest reaction to this outfit as a whole, not too long ago! And that just made me really giddy (and still does!) so this outfit just makes me happy. It's not holiday-ish but that's ok!</div>
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I was hesitant about this hat at first, but now I wear it all the time and love it...haters be damned!!<br />
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Sharing this sweater too, just because...my students really liked it! HA! I've totally become that teacher that dresses for the holidays! Eeeekkkk!! But the kids love it and notice!! This look was a hit with them. And that made me happy. These days it's been increasingly hard to find the happy in what I do quite honestly...so I'm gonna take it and run with it! I have a holiday gingerbread making event to go to on Thursday and I think I may wear this!! And this sweater was like a $3.99 bargain at LOFT after Christmas last year!! So if that isn't a testament to save some of your money for those after Christmas sales...I don't know what is!!<br />
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1. Candy Canes? I can take 'em or leave 'em really!!<br />
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2. Christmas Morning early riser or sleep in? I am old...I no longer sleep in, EVER!!<br />
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3. Black Friday Shopping? YES...but only online. I am not a fan or crowds. My sister and I shopped in our pjs all day, drinking persecco and eating leftovers!<br />
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4. Christmas tree up in November? YES! My mom and I have our tradition of putting up my tree together. For the past few years we've done it the Sunday after Thanksgiving.<br />
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5. A Pinterest Christmas? NAH!<br />
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6. Christmas Glam or Ugly Sweater? There is a time and place for it ALL!!<br />
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7. Stucking Stuffers...Wrapped or Unwrapped? Well my mama's the only one who still gives me stocking stuffers these days and for as long as I've lived, she been wrapping them! I like it!<br />
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8. Traditional or Modern Christmas Songs? I like a mix of both! Love Frank Sinatra singing about those <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDG1yy9CuIY" target="_blank">J-I-N-G-L-E Bells</a>?? My FAVE! And who doesn't love a lil *NSYNC <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeLfuIzF6v8" target="_blank">Merry Christmas Happy Holidays</a> or Britney's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw5Tyq05OWY" target="_blank">My Only Wish this Year</a>?!? LOL<br />
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9. Fruitcake? Actually I've never had it...and don't ever intend to.<br />
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10. Is your Christmas Shopping done? For the most part, YES. The only gift I have to get is my Secret Santa. But we haven't put together our lists yet. I do a Secret Santa with my sisters and brother-in-laws. We pick names then put together a list with three gifts we want and send it to everyone. Then our secret santa can choose what to get us. So it's something we want but still a surprise because we don't know what they'll choose!<br />
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11. Snow in December? There can be. We've actually had our first heavy snowfall on November 15th, so I'm fairly certain that there will be more snow this month.<br />
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12. Classic Show: Charlie Brown or Rudolph? As a child we watched all the Christmas Shows. These days, give me ALL THE HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIES!! (I'm actually really liking the ones on Lifetime too this year...LOL)<br />
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Heading over to <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">The Blended Blog</a> to link up my TBB Asks now, you should too!! Or let me know your answers to the questions in the comments below!!<br />
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Ho-Ho-Happy Holidays!!Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-20176824145636132922018-11-30T12:19:00.002-05:002018-11-30T12:30:41.089-05:00I'm over at The Blended Blog today!<div style="text-align: center;">
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I'm super excited I really got back to blogging this week. I linked up with The Blended Blogon <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2018/11/my-christmas-wish-list.html" target="_blank">Monday</a> and <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2018/11/holiday-looks.html" target="_blank">Wednesday</a> and even resurrected <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2018/11/bringing-back-throwbacksfor-holidays.html" target="_blank">Throwback Thursdays</a> for the holidays!</div>
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And today, you can find me over at <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/2018/11/friday-features-were-getting-in-holiday.html" target="_blank">TBB for our Friday Features Link up!</a> It's when we showcase some of our faves from the weekly linkups! <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/2018/11/friday-features-were-getting-in-holiday.html" target="_blank">Head on over there</a> to give it a read and link up your own faves posts as well!!</div>
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Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-1252614730976647792018-11-29T04:00:00.000-05:002018-11-29T07:59:54.714-05:00Bringing Back the Throwbacks...for the Holidays!I'm so excited for the holidays! I thought I'd resurrect the Throwback Thursday posts to share some of my favorite holiday posts. They might be new to some and a first time read for others. To me, there faves. I hope you enjoy!!<br />
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Usually I post something on the <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2014/08/what-year.html" target="_blank">blog on the anniversary of moving into my home</a>, but I didn't this year. This past August was actually my 5th year here!! Crazy scary how fast time flies!!<br />
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So in the spirit of the Holidays, this Throwback Thursday, I am sharing the first Christmas Home Tour I ever did on the blog. It's the first time readers got a peek inside my home at Christmas.<br />
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I am all decorated for Christmas already this year, but plan on posting this years home tour later on in December...stay tuned! For now, let's turn back time!<br />
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Today we are back with our final link up of the year. A tour of our homes at Christmas. This makes me so happy! I just love my little house and decorating it for my favorite holiday is so fun!! I'll be honest...this is the only holiday the house gets decked out! On other holidays I only have a few small things here and there! (The exception being <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2014/11/happy-friendsgiving.html" target="_blank">Friendsgiving</a> this year) But I love decorating for Christmas. I always decorate on Thanksgiving weekend and leave everything up until Little Christmas on January 6th.<br />
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Being a lower unit, I don't have any balcony or columns on which to put Christmas lights...so this wreath on my front door is the extent of my outside decorations (next year I'll have to get a Christmasy cushion for my rocking chair out front). The wreath was made by my teacher friend, Jamie. Every year she has a fundraiser called Crochet for a Cure in memory of her mom. I purchased this at the sale in 2012, the year I moved into my apartment and actually had a front door to put it on!! You can check out Jamie's blog <a href="http://lovingcraftingandcookinginthecountry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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My tree is the first thing you see when you walk in the front door. It's in the corner but still somewhat visible in the front window. It's an artificial and pretty small (I have taller ceilings now). When I first put it up this year, it looked so terrible, I was THIS CLOSE to chucking it and going to get a new one. But all it needed was a bit of TLC, a night to sretch and a bunch of ornaments! The more I look at it, the more I love my little guy!! I think I'll keep him!!<br />
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This tree skirt my mom made for me when I moved into my aprtment and had a tree of my own. Last year, she gave me the matching stocking, after moving into the house. I love them and keep the stocking under the tree with the skirt. My mom worked really hard on it and I am so appreciatative. I know I will have them forever! Just like my mom has her tree skirt from the year she was married- 1971.</div>
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Under my front window, right next to the tree I have my Advent Calendar. I received it as a gift from my Aunt Jean. For a number of years, I kept it in my classroom. Now that I don't have a homeroom class of my own, it's home with me. <br />
In each draw is a tiny little ornament. I decided to put the ornaments on this little tree me mom gave me. I went on a Christmas Cruise with my mom's sister, my Aunt Laurie, and her family, in 2008 and was away on Christmas for the first time ever. My mom hid a few gifts in my suitcase before I left, one of which was this tree. She wanted me to put it in my room on the ship. Because according to mom, Christmas just isn't Christmas without a tree! It's kind of a perfect match! Also on there is the Christmas card I sent out this year!!<br />
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This was the tree on the cruise!<br />
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My home has an open floor plan...next up is the Living room!<br />
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Love this Canvas above my couch! I scored it with a gift card from Home Goods I got as a housewarming present after I first moved into my apartment!</div>
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This tall shelf in the corner of the living room gets Christmafied ever year with Cherished Teddies I collected as a kid and other fun nick-nacks! The Christmas Box Sign I just got this year.</div>
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The Christmas stocking was a gift from my sister last year. Funny Story Actually! She is divorced and spent much of last year here with me. I was storing some of her Christmas boxes here and we found her Christmas stocking in one so she promptly put it up...HA! As a joke, she got me a simlar one so we'd have matching!<br />
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Decorations on top of the TV stand. The TV is on the wall...YAY!! I really like having this as a display place now .<br />
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It is an original Hummel set that was my Nana's. </div>
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My original Christmas stocking, circa 1980.</div>
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I display any picture cards I receive on ribbon on the pantry door.</div>
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Lastly, this is the door to my guest room! This is a little idea I got from my Nana. I remember her having this sign outside her guestroom when we were kids...because all our gifts were in there. So now that I have a guest room, I am doing the same.</div>
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Oh I'm not done yet! I'm including my bathroom because yesterday I didn't have anything Christmas in the bathroom! Now I do though, thanks to some sweet students! Love when kids think of their Librarian/Tech teacher at Christmas!! My tree also has a few new ornaments on it thanks to them!</div>
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WHEW!! There you have it... Thanks for sticking with me!! </div>
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Merry Christmas! Happy Hoidays!</div>
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This year's card is a little bit different than <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2013/12/christmastime.html" target="_blank">last year's</a> (LOL)...but along the same lines.</div>
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The original post first appeared on the blog on <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2014/12/my-home-at-christmastime.html" target="_blank">Friday, December 19, 2014</a>. It was part of a link up with The Style Me Bloggers, some of whom would later officially become <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">The Blended Blog</a>! I'm so glad our TBB Tribe is still going strong after all these years. I count my TBB girls as one of my blessings!!</div>
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Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-58447359676514687352018-11-28T04:00:00.000-05:002018-11-28T16:21:41.602-05:00Holiday Looks!Wednesday! Woo Hoo!! This week has seemed like the longest, huh? Or maybe that's just me!! Ugh!<br />
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It's been forever and a day since I've posted anything fashion related to the blog, but today I'm giving it another shot!!<br />
As I sit down to write this post, I'm realizing Holiday Looks probably means Christmas. But Me being Me is going to save all those for the December Prompts! So today I'm showing showing my love for Small Business and sharing my Friendsgiving and Thanksgiving looks that show off tops I purchased at a local boutique.<br />
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This Saturday I was on the couch sick with a sore throat and cold, so I unfortunately I didn't shop Small Business Saturday like I usually do. Then my mom reminded me of something, I very rarely leave my town so...I Shop Small all the Time!! I gathered she was right, so I felt a bit better!<br />
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I love this little shop in town called <a href="https://www.saymoreboutique.com/" target="_blank">Say More Boutique</a>, and when they recently had a Sip and Shop Sale event at the store, I attended.<br />
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If you read <a href="https://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2018/11/my-christmas-wish-list.html" target="_blank">my post yesterday</a> you may remember that I don't really shop without a purpose. If I get something, I have a specific place or event I'm going to wear it too. I went shopping that night wanting to find something to wear for both my Friendsgiving celebration and Thanksgiving day with my family. I succeeded!<br />
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I shopped and shopped...and shopped some more! I may have shopped way more than I thought I was going to, but the store has such cute stuff and who doesn't like snacks and drinks while you shop!?!? I've gotten pretty friendly with the owner too, so I like supporting her and women in business doing great things in my town! You can shop her boutique online too, <a href="https://www.saymoreboutique.com/" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
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This first look I wore for the Friendsgiving that I hosted here at my house! Loved the colors of this easy, breezy top and thought it was really a different spin on the animal print top. While it's not really heavy or wintery at all, it worked because with the turkey baking for hours in my small house, I was still comfy. And to be honest, I'm thinking this could really be an "every season" kinda top!<br />
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Here I paired the top with the <a href="https://www.express.com/clothing/women/faux-leather-leggings/pro/9165997/color/PITCH%20BLACK/?mrkgcl=638&mrkgadid=3252592202&CID=SEM_Goo-PLA-N-Top_Convert-Retail-00-000-All-US-Product-NA&SearchID=Goo-PLA-N-Top_Convert-Retail-00-000-All-US-Product-NA&product_id=85423686&adpos=1o3&creative=230919197967&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&programId=101475153&merchantId=41548191&affiliateid=101184100&gclid=Cj0KCQiA8_PfBRC3ARIsAOzJ2uqbTQawzN-fY3NkPV6KSqTTTPO6lUziH7XcpEHWKIImL54bBFmDdXQaAsCLEALw_wcB" target="_blank">Express Faux Leather Leggings</a>!</div>
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Since I really wasn't the one cooking or hosting for Thanksgiving, I went bold with this top. It's huge sleeves were super fun and I loved the high neck of it. I have a lot of mock neck tops these days. The Fall color was perfect too. I thought this whole look was very Thanksgiving worthy actually!! (Even though our temps were in the low 20's and I could've been wearing a winter parka!!) We just did not get enough of a Fall in my opinion, so I'll squeak out every last bit of it, even if it's in my outfits...lol<br />
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<br />Katie {The Mishaps and Mayhem of a Solitary Life}http://www.blogger.com/profile/05209305532462225447noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021914163462070346.post-67300502266659921062018-11-26T18:45:00.001-05:002018-11-26T19:00:30.349-05:00My Christmas Wish ListJumping on the bandwagon a little late today but I had so much fun reading everyone's post from the Link up at <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/" target="_blank">The Blended Blog</a> today, that I've decided to write my own Christmas Wish List. Now that Thanksgiving And I really liked the way <a href="http://www.torontosam.ca/2018/11/christmas-wish-list.html?m=1" target="_blank">Toronto SAM</a> put hers together so I'm modeling my own after it!<br />
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I really NEED a new watch! Mine broke, going on years now to be honest, and I just haven't replaced it. Do I have a bunch of watches that just need new batteries? Sure! But what fun is that? LOL I've been loyal to Fossil for years and years and years, so I'm going to stick with fossil. I really like<a href="https://www.fossil.com/us/en/products/jacqueline-three-hand-date-sand-leather-watch-sku-es4292p.html" target="_blank"> this one!!</a> It's only $57 today! I may have to buy it and give it to mom to give me!! HA!!<br />
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If I'm honest, I'm the kind of person that doesn't really want anything, until I see it...if that makes any sense! <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2018/10/friday-5fave-purchases.html" target="_blank">The TBB Ladies of Hilton Head</a> can tell you that every store we went into I said I didn't need or want anything, but then I came out of the store toting bags on bags on bags! Did I take advantage of Black Friday Sales...definitely! Am I thinking that for Cyber Monday next year I wanna take a sick day?? YUP! I buy lots of what I want, buy if I buy something like clothes, I won't buy it if I don't have an idea of wear I'll wear it. I guess that's rationalizing it, but..hey!! I took full advantage of those Black Friday Sales!!<br />
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I'm totally that girl that sports the <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2017/12/festive-christmas-sweatershelp-me-choose.html" target="_blank">Ugly Christmas Sweater</a>! My teacher friends and I wear them on the last day of school before break every year. Last year my friend and I hosted an Ugly Sweater Party and last year was also the first year I instituted ugly sweaters at my family's annual <a href="http://themishapsandmayhemofsolitarylife.blogspot.com/2014/12/cookies-and-cocktails.html" target="_blank">Cookies and Cocktails</a> celebration. This year I gave my friend the idea to have an ugly sweater party at her Cheese Shoppe/Wine Bar in town!! I was so excited when she told me she was having it and calling it Chedders and Sweaters!! How fun and cheesy is that??? <a href="https://www.macys.com/shop/product/hooked-up-by-iot-juniors-embellished-llama-tunic-sweater?ID=6772069&CategoryID=20853" target="_blank">This</a> is the Ugly Sweater I'll be wearing that night!<br />
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My family really brought it for Cookies and Cocktails!! And I may have outfitted all my sisters with their Ugly Sweaters!!</div>
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A book is forever part of my Christmas Wish List because over the Christmas Break I actually have the time to read again. Last year mom gave me <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sisters-First-Stories-Wild-Wonderful/dp/1538711419/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543273699&sr=1-1&keywords=sisters+first+by+jenna+and+barbara+bush" target="_blank">Sisters First</a></i>, which I read in two days and really LOVED!! Lots of times she'll give me a Christmas book. The year before last she gave me Debbie Macomber's <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Days-Christmas-Novel/dp/0553391755/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=B80FSK18MASN3N4YE3K7" target="_blank">Twelve Days of Christmas</a>.</i> It's about a blogger!! I can't wait to see what book mom gifts me this year.<br />
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<b><i>What's on your Christmas Wish List? Let me know in the comments below! And if you have your own wishes, link them up with The Blended Blog too, <a href="http://www.theblendedblog.com/2018/11/tbb-wish-list_26.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>!! </i></b></div>
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