Hellooooo Friday! What do you all have planned for the weekend? I’m going to see Mamma Mia 2 tonight with some friends but we really don’t have anything else on the agenda! It’s supposed to rain all weekend so I’m thinking it might be time to do the whole “stay home all weekend and keep your kid naked” potty training method. I feel like we might be at that point but if you know me at all you know the thought of staying home for one day, let alone two, makes my chest tighten. We don’t have to get into all of that right now though. Let’s get into these Friday Five!
1. Aldi Finds
You all know my love for Aldi runs deep and thanks to pregnancy and a lack of self-control I’ve tried a lot of new stuff lately! Pictured are a few of my favorite recent finds.
I’ve been a huge sparkling water drinker for many years and for some reason had in my head that I hated Aldi’s version. WRONG. I’m going to say it, I like these better than any other sparkling water I’ve tried…and that’s pretty much them all. The carbonation isn’t as intense (but also enough) and the flavors are just better. You could not pay me to drink the cherry-lime flavored La Croix (aka SOAP) but this Aldi version is AMAZING.
I regularly bought and ate Aldi’s mint chocolate protein bars but as soon as I got pregnant they started to really hurt my stomach. Which was such a bummer because they were delicious. Anyhoo, I picked up these chocolate chip energy bars (who’s ingredients are much better anyways) and the are deeelish. Add these to your list! (See our weekly Aldi shopping list and a week’s worth of dinner ideas in this post.)
2. Twenty Weeks Pregnant
On Wednesday I hit the halfway point in this pregnancy! The bump definitely took a turn for the LARGE this week and that’s what I was attempting to document with this photo but turns out…all black everything isn’t great for that. But I swear it’s there!
Thank you so much for the sweet encouragement on my Instagram post about how crazy hard this week was. The extreme anxiety I have felt with both our pregnancies has taken me completely off guard – each time! I feel like a crazy person the majority of the time and you all make me feel a little more normal with your comments and messages sharing your experiences. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support and friendship!
3. The Crown Jewels Series
Big shout out to Karli for recommending this series over on her blog because I’m obsessed! It’s free if you have Amazon Kindle Unlimited (I do not) and the e-book version is super cheap on Amazon as well but I actually found it on audio-book through Hoopla (a program my library uses) for free.99! I flew through the first book, The Royal Treatment, and am currently listening to the second book, The Royal Wedding. Can not recommend these fun books enough if you are into royal stuff and light reads!
DRESSES: BLACK T-SHIRT DRESS | BLUSH MAXI | NAVY SWING DRESS | STRIPED MAXI
OTHER: SIPPY CUPS | BLUETOOTH HEADPHONES | SUNGLASSES | FIRE 7 KIDS TABLET
4. Amazon Prime Day Haul
I scored several good deals on Prime Day (after missing a few I wanted when the site was down, eye roll) including some amazing deals on these dresses! I actually tried them all on last night over on Instagram Stories if you are curious to see what they look like on a 5 months along pregnant girl, lol. The blush maxi and striped maxi dresses are staying with me for sure but I think I’m going to return the other two. The black t-shirt dress and navy swing dress are both adorable and great quality, just not super flattering on my body right now because they don’t fit correctly.
The best sippy cups ever (also known as our dog’s favorite snack/chew toy) were just $6 so I grabbed a few of those to replenish our stash. I’ve been on the hunt for some blue tooth headphones and plan on testing these out tomorrow morning on a run so I’ll report back if they actually stayed in my ears or not. These sunglasses were less than $10 and my current pair are all scratched up so I went ahead and ordered. Imagine my surprise when Nathan returned from his latest trip with a pair of RayBan aviators for me though so I’m going to send these back! Lastly, we finally pulled the trigger on a Kids Fire Tablet for Camden. He’s currently using my 100 year old iPad to watch the odd show or play a game and that ancient thing is causing me more headaches than it’s worth. I haven’t set anything up on it yet so send me all your recs for two-year-old activities. He pretty much exclusively (and happily) plays Starfall ABCs but surely there’s other good stuff out there!
I realize that’s only four things but I think that’s all I’ve got today, friends! Make sure you check out my other posts from this week: Life Lately and Target Treasures Vol. 2!
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