Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween!!  When I was little, I was all about Halloween.  I rocked some super cute costumes too!  I was a clown (my first costume ever, I think!),  Rose Petal (a fave), a Care Bear, a witch, and countless other things over the years.

These days I'm content just watching the kiddos have fun!  So I'll just be handing out the candy and admiring the costumes today...wishing this was acceptable!

If you are headed out with your kids, have a great day and be safe!  Or if you're dressing up and headed to a party tonight, I want to know what you're going as!!  Let me know in the comments below!

A Friday Five that came up quick!

Did this week just fly right on by for anyone else??  For me it went super fast, which I guess is a good thing!  It was a quick week...here's a lil recap of some faves!

Happy Birthday Bestie!  

Saturday night I went out to dinner to with my bestie and her family to celebrate her turning 35.  It was a great time!  Originally, I wasn't going to be able to go but I switched thing around so I could make it.  So glad I did!

My new kitchen table! 

Bright and early Sunday morning my brother-in-law's and I went and picked up my new kitchen table.  It fit's six...so it's bigger than the one I had.  Can't wait to have Friendsgiving dinner around it!  And bonus: my old table is now a desk in my guest room!!

Meeting Miss Kacey! 

Monday some teacher friends and I went an met Kacey!  She is the brand new daughter of another teacher friend of ours and fellow blogger friend, Jamie.  I have mentioned Jamie a few times on here.  She blogs over at Living, Loving and Crafting in the Country.  Go check her out to hear about the birth of sweet Kacey...it was wild for poor Jamie.

Trunk-or-Treating 

Last night at school we had our first annual Trunk-or-Treating and school dance.  Has anyone ever heard of this??  It was really cute!!  All the families decorated their trunks and the kids went around and trick-or-treated.  I don't have any pictures, but can I just tell you...the families went all out!!  Those trunks were decked!! It was a safe way to trick or treat and fun for all the kids.  Lucky for the kids, they don't have school tomorrow!  We teachers have a PD Day....#thumbsdown

Speaking of Halloween....

I got a sweet Halloween surprise in the mail from one of my favorite blog friends, Deena!!  She sent me sweet treats from her home in Canada!!  Including these KETCHUP chips!  What?!?  They are so good...why don't we have them here in the states.  The closest thing I compare them to is our Barbeque chips!  And they pair perfectly with wine!!  :)

Who's looking forward to Halloween??  I'm not all that into Halloween.  I enjoy seeing my nieces and nephews and the students in costume, but I think I could do without it.  Usually, I don't have many trick-or-treaters (actually, last year I think I had none!) but this year with the holiday being on a Saturday, I'm not so sure.  I better get some candy!!  This is the extent of my Halloween decorating and my thoughts on the subject...

Have a fun one and a great weekend!!  Don't forget....we get an extra hour this weekend!  WooHoo!!

Katie

Linking up this Friday with:

Erika, Andrea, and Narci for Friday Favorites 
Jennie  for Friday Favorites

What I Wore this October...

Now that it's the end of the month, I can say I officially failed at the Create 28. I have also been a blog fail! I have had issues with my computer and internet...a great source of aggravation. I upgraded my laptop to Windows 10 thinking this might help but, of course it has not! I have resorted to writing my posts in Word and copy and pasting them in. Adding pictures when I can, with the super spotty wi-fi! I think it's getting to the point where I need to call someone! I used to be able to post sometimes from school (which I know I shouldn't do), but ever since we upgraded our school's server this summer, everything's is blocked...LOL

But anyway, back to what I've been wearing! I did well following along with the Create 28 Challenge with Carrie, Casey, and Whitney, the first few days, but then my participation fell flat. I mentioned here, that I've been in a Fall Funk lately and this is still in full effect! HA. There were often days I wore the prompts but never took pictures....long cardigan, jewel tones, moto look, patterned bottoms, flares (which I wear every other day!)...again, blogger fail! Other times I did the prompts, just on the days of my choosing. So for the handful of days I participated, here are the looks I came up with!

Starting with a question for you, my readers though!  One day was a look with moccasins. I skipped this day, but ended up finding these in my closet later. Thoughts....do these count as moccasins??

Another day was a blanket scarf look. Since my go-to fall look featured the blanket scarf, I went with a blankety infinity instead. I actually really loved this look. I wore it for my town's Fall Festival a few weekends ago. Day 27 was a vest look!  This was my scarf AND vest look...

And speaking of blanket scarves, I was so excited to find out this week that I WON one from a Giveaway I entered on Facebook sponsored by Screaming Owl!! Woo Hoo...I am so excited to get it in the mail soon!!

You might remember that I declared October my own #shopsmall month. I am doing well with that. I purchased this dress from Posh My Gosh, a shop I found on Instagram and it fit perfectly for the Fall dresses prompt. I LOVE THIS DRESS!! I've worn it with leggings and riding boot and just with OTK boots too!! I am also planning to wear it on Thanksgiving. It's light, easy and nonrestrictive...perfect for turkey day!!!

This past Saturday called for a camo look. I went with my camo jacket. I've been wearing it daily since the weather has been perfect for it!!

Sunday's prompt called for an aztec print look...I went with this sweater I bought a year or so ago at Piper Street.  (They have lots of updated aztec sweaters for this season too!) This outfit was the perfect look for going to pick up my new kitchen table on a rainy Sunday morning!  Haha

Well there ya have it....or my attempt at least!  Anything you liked? Let me know in the comments below!  

Next go around I'll do better!

Linking up today!

Carrie @ A Lovely Little Wardrobe

Carrie for Thursday Fashion Files

The Pleated Poppy

Alice @ Happiness at Mid Life

Fabulous Friday on A Pocketful of Polka Dots

Sing Along Saturday

This past summer on the day of the Kenny Concert, I did a Six on Saturday post with all my favorite Kenny songs!  Since I'm obsessed with my Google Chromecast lately and have been casting music ever since I got it, I thought I'd do another Sing Along!

You know I'm a country girl at heart, but I've been switching it up lately.  I can cast You Tube videos to my TV and when I just wanna listen uninterrupted for a while (save for those pesky ads!), I've been searching new music mixes!  People put together playlists of hours of music!  Here's some new music I'm loving lately....

This just came out this week!  I first heard it on You Tube and now have been reading everywhere that people are in tears over it.  I wasn't...but it's a great song!!  (I could have done without the F bomb thrown in there but...)  I've been a fan of Adele since the beginning!

I *might* have cried during this one!! Not really sure why...because oddly enough, it makes me wanna dance!  I really like Gwen!

In my Currently post earlier this week, I talked about the band Explosions in the Sky!  I've been listening to this song on repeat all week.  This music is great to have on when working on lesson plans, doing the dishes or blogging!

Please don't unfollow me or never read the blog, based on this next song!!  LOL  If I'm being honest, when I first heard it, I didn't know it was One Direction.  I was cooking dinner and just listening!  C'mon...It's a catchy little tune!

I'll leave you with two cool duets.  This song is not new but listening to country 99% of the time, I'm not up with the music in other genres!  This acoustic version of Shawn Mendes' Stitches is super cool!!  I just love acoustic!!

This next duo, Rad and Kell, you might not have heard about.  I know their music thanks to my cousin who is a close friend of theirs!!  They uploaded an awesome version of  this John Legend/Meghan Trainor song!  They write and sing their own music as well! They have a second EP coming out Tuesday. Really talented!!  Enjoy!!

Hope you found something you can Sing along to this Saturday!!  Have a fabulous day...make it a great one!

Katie

A Fall Five

It was another quiet week for me...saw no one but my co-workers!  HA!!  But there's always something to reflect on.  And this week's five have a pretty fall-y theme!!  So here goes...

First things first!  My very favorite thing this week...

My very first post over at The Blended Blog!  Woo hoo!!  Check it out here! 

A few posts ago, I declared October my very own #ShopSmall month.  I've been doing well with that.  I've bought a few things from small online boutiques and this past Saturday purchased a custom sign from a cute little shop on Main Street in town that's being made as I type...I see it being a Friday fave next week!  HA!  This dress I got from @poshmygosh is definitely a new fall fave!

Speaking of my Main Steet, this past week on Main Street in my town was the annual Fall Festival.  Fun for the whole family...or a party of one such as myself!  One fun thing they have there is a chowder and chili contest amongst all the restaurants/establishments on Main Street.  For $5, you got 15 tickets to try the 15 different chilis and chowders in the contest.  Last year I went to the festival and was told about the contest too late, so when I went to some, I missed out.  This year I was prepared!!  I went right at noon, got myself some tickets and started sampling.  One thing I will say...15 is a lot!!  I think I made it through 9 or ten (and offered  the rest of my tickets to other people I met along the way)  Still a pretty great feat!!  All in all, it was a great day!  I did end up seeing a lot of school parents, but that's inevitable!  And I got a hug from a Super Hott Dad, so my day was made! LOL...Solitary Life People...Solitary Life!!  This was my ballot!

Another fun thing I got in the mail this week was my very first Pop Sugar Must have Box.  it's one of those monthly subscription boxes.  I saw it advertised on my FB page and saw that the new Mindy Kaling book was in it, so I thought I'd try it.  Super fun things in it.  Loved these Slipper Socks and the Belgian Boys StroopWaffel!

The other night I got cozy in my slipper socks and with my cup of coffee and read!  I'm loving the book...she's so funny!!  I need to get her first book!

Another fun fall thing I received in the mail this week was this!

Super Cute right?!? It's from Barn Owl Primitives.  I've bought a number of signs from them in the past and alway love what I receive!  Highly recommend!!

I suppose it was a really great mail week, huh?!?!  Have a fabulous fall weekend!!  And thanks for being a friend to the blog!!  It is so appreciated!!

Katie

Linking up this Friday with:

Erika, Andrea, and Narci for Friday Favorites 
September Farm and The Farmer's Wife for Oh Hey, Friday!

April and the girls for Five on Friday

Jennie for Friday Favorites

Exciting Day!!

It's an exciting day for me today! Head on over to The Blended Blog to read my first contributing post!! I'm mixing up some yummy fall cocktails...So much fun!

Have a great day!! 

Katie

Currently...

It's been a while since I blogged!!  Some weeks just get away from me. But I've missed the blog so...

I figured even though it's a Sunday night, I'd blog a bit.  I'm joining the Currently link up at Oh Boy Fourth Grade. I've read so many Currently posts, but haven't joined in.  Today I thought I would! And maybe, just maybe...I finally figured out how to get my answers on the picture prompts HA!  And any day's a good day for a currently!

Listening: To Explosions in the Sky.  We have a new teacher at school who plays music everyday.  One night after school I heard this song playing and asked him what it was.  I told him it sounded like Saturday Night Lights.  He told me the band was Explosions in the Sky and the song was Your Hand in Mine.  So naturally I came and You Tube'd it (YES that's a thing!!) and guess what the band did the entire movie soundtrack to Friday Night Lights and they've also been on the TV show (aka- one of the best TV series EVER!) So needless to say, I've been listening to them nonstop!!

Loving: My New Marc Jacobs Sunglasses.  I treated myself!!  After seeing how awful and scratched all my sunglasses were after summer, I figured I should now get myself a good pair!  I love them so much, I take selfies in them...LOL!

Thinking: SNOW today....for Serious!  There were snow showers this morning!  That's just CRAZYTOWN!!  Totally NOT ready for that!!  

Wanting: to get motivated!  Every weekend I have all intentions of doing work... getting lessons organized, getting blog post ready for the week, etc.  But I just can't get motivated.  I'm loving fall but think I'm in a Fall Funk!!  Hoping I snap out  of it soon!!  And the weekends just go by too fast!!

Needing: to get my first post for The Blended Blog finished!  I'm really excited for my very first post as contributor of The Blended Blog.  I'll be posting Tuesday!  I have been working on it this weekend and need to get it finished!

Boo-tiful: With the exception of today, these Fall days have been awesome!  When I've been able to I've been sitting out in my rocking chair, just enjoying it!  The sun is still warm and the breeze is perfect toward the end of the day!

That was super fun!  Hope you've had a great Sunday!  It's gonna be a week of blogging, so come on back!  Thanks, as always, for reading ,listening, and indulging me, sweet readers!!