Happy Friday, friends! This week totally flew by with sickness and snow! The kids in our city have been out of school since last Friday and I’m just over here wondering why couldn’t anything like that happen when I was in school?! It’s even harder than normal to drag a toddler around in the snow to do errands so here’s hoping the weather warms up soon so it will melt!
1. NYC TRIP BOOKED
This week, Nathan and I booked a long-weekend trip to NYC in April as an early 30th birthday celebration for me (my birthday is in May)! NYC has been on our travel bucket list for forever and I’m glad we are pulling the trigger this year! Now, I need allll the recommendations. I’ve read just about every post I could find on Pinterest but please share your’s below! So far I know we want to do touristy stuff (9/11 Memorial, Empire State Building, The Met), a few places to eat (Black Tap, Sarabeth’s, Serendipity), and we will likely see a couple of shows (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and My Fair Lady being my top two but tickets aren’t on sale for either yet – whomp whomp).
2. BATHROOM REFRESH
Excuse the truly terrible bathroom lighting, ugh. We have had that chevron curtain hanging in our bathroom since we moved in almost five years ago (I’m sorry, WHAT?!) when chevron was still a thing. Every time I’ve looked at it lately I’ve thought about how much I don’t like it so when I saw this one go on sale for just $20 I snatched it up! I love the brightness it brings into out artificially lit bathroom. If you like it hurry over to Target’s website and get it here because it’s on sale for just over $17 today and tomorrow!
3. MEXICAN CAULIFLOWER RICE
Oh my Whole30 goodness. I made this “rice” the other night as a side to some leftover carnitas and wow it was good! I don’t have a food processor so I just took hunks of cauliflower to the larger side of my cheese grater to make the “rice.” You can buy cauliflower crumbles in the frozen or fresh section of your grocery store too if you want to skip that step! They just don’t have that at Aldi 
4. ONE SECOND APP
I heard about this app last year but when Lisa post about it earlier this month she totally reminded me and convinced me that I could do it! You upload a video or picture for every day (you can do multiple days at a time) then at the end of the year it complies them all together. I’ve been so bad at taking pictures lately but have been sharing so much on Insta Stories that I have tons of videos. I’m really loving it and can’t wait to see what the end result is! You can find the app (or at least what the icon looks like) here.
5. GALENTINE’S GIVEAWAY
I’m post a little Valentine’s themed giveaway over on my Instagram this morning here. Just a few fun goodies to help brighten someone’s day. Head over there to check it out if you are interested. Comment on the photo over on Intsa with your favorite emoji to let me know you came from the blog to earn an additional entry!
Have a great weekend friends!
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