Life Lately
what I've been up to...
Starting today we are taking the week off to celebrate the birth of Jesus with our family! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday. Remember the real reason for the season. Merry Christmas, everyone! See you next week.
I am so honored to have been chosen for a social feature through LTK! I appreciate all your love + support on this post!
On the bookshelf this week! The Winners… still lol!
There’s no better feeling than getting your hair done. My hair gal killed it as always!
My sisters & I got to go see the Nutcracker with our grandma, aunt & cousin last weekend. So cool to see people with amazing talents!
The best kind of Sunday afternoon treat!
Piper & I had our first of ten supervised visits on Tuesday night with Love On A Leash! This is the next step to becoming officially certified as a Therapy Team. It went so well! All of the residents at the senior living center (& those who brought their grandchildren) were just smitten with her. I already can’t wait to go back next month!
I’d say she was pretty tuckered out after loving on the elderly & their grandkids.
I had a couple errands to run in my hometown so my sister & I decided to get a late afternoon coffee. Mine is on the left & I got an andes mint chocolate latte. It was as good as it sounds!
We survived the week leading up to Christmas… barely.
On Friday morning I hosted a cozy little Christmas party! We sipped on hot chocolate, listened to Christmas music & worked on the cutest custom coloring pages from The Letter Vee! Click here to see the short Instagram reel I made about the party.
outfits of the week...
For the past few months or so I’ve started *trying* to consistently share my OOTD (outfit of the day) just for fun! I’m typically able to link most pieces, but I also just share it to hopefully give a bit of inspiration & show you that you can recreate my outfits by just using pieces from your own closet.
Sunday…
Monday...
candy cane day (wear red & white)!
Tuesday...
ugly sweater day!
Wednesday...
cozy Christmas day (wear fuzzy socks)!
Thursday...
santa vs grinch day (wear red or green)!
Friday…
’twas the night before Christmas (wear Christmas pajamas)!
Saturday…
bonus! here’s an outfit my sister wore this week as a massage therapist!
Below are pics of my bedroom with codes below! Several of you have asked for links for my old bedding + my new one! :)
new bedding:
old bedding:
what Bethany is learning...
My sister, Bethany, is currently doing the It is Well - Anxiety Bible Study with a group of friends. She is really learning a lot & is going to share a few things each week that really stood out to her!
in case you missed it...
Here is the post of all the stuff my family bought from Amazon during the month of November. Yes, we keep the UPS & amazon delivery folks very busy! All of us prefer shopping online over in person.
As you may have seen, I started a new weekly post where I share my Weekly Sale Finds! I’ve been sharing them daily on my Instagram stories & I figured I could compile all of them from the week into one post so that y’all can see them, too! You can click here to read that post.
If you follow me on Instagram or LTK, then you’ve probably noticed that I have really stepped up my game when it comes to collages of sales, outfit inspos & new items. Well, that is all thanks to my younger sisters, Bethany & Avery. They’re “poor college students” & my mom & I were looking for some extra help on the blog, so it just made sense to bring them on board! We’ll be compiling all of the collages into one post each week so that they’re all in one place & to give those who don’t use social media a place to find them! Check out their post by clicking here!
Next up is my Friday fashion favs post!! Click here to read that one. It’s a goodie if I do say so myself. ;)
I created a super simple Christmas-themed appreciation goodie for my coworkers for one of our weekly faculty meetings. Check out this short post to see how I assembled this cute little gift!
Many of you have said you miss seeing sales in Instagram stories, but unfortunately, Instagram doesn’t love them as much as we do! The more I share, the less it shows. So I’ve created a private facebook group that will ONLY have sales! Join us & grab all the DEALS on all the things! You’ll find deals in fashion, beauty, home, & school items! Facebook group is linked here.
Follow me on Instagram (@simplysmalltowncounselor) or on LTK (simplysmalltowncounselor) for more outfit inspiration!
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