Life Lately

what I've been up to...

I recently purged my closets & posted about it on Instagram. I had a bunch of people asking if I’d be selling those clothes, so I created a private facebook group to share them! If you’d like to be added to the group, please send your name & email & I’ll get the link sent to ya! You can either comment below if you feel comfortable, or send me an email at simplysmalltownblog@gmail.com

I fell in love with cucumber sandwiches on the cruise! Not quite as tastey not on a boat & without endless pina coladas, but it’ll do! ;)

Reading + supervising the neighborhoood evening happenings.

On the bookshelf this week!

I took all of my holy grail face products with me on the cruise, but didn’t use them a single day because it was SO HOT! The locals told us it was 10-20 degrees hotter than normal because they were in a heat wave + drought, & burning the sugar cane fields so it created a greenhouse effect. So all I wore on my face all week long was sunscreen & sweat! Now that I’ve been home a couple of weeks & have been using all of my products consistently again, my face feels SO GOOD! Every product is super affordable. My mom got some of them & really likes them which goes to show they work for any age!

Two sleepy girls watching the afternoon summer storm roll in.

You’ll find me here all summer long!!!

Piper’s favorite outdoor activity includes sunbathing. A girl after her mama’s own heart! I used to have mulch against the house & that was her favorite place to lay, & as I’m sure you can imagine, she would come inside absolutely filthy. When I replaced the mulch with rock, she had nowhere to lay, hence the outdoor bed. These are actually the beds we use to practice certain skills at class such as “place” or even “sit, stay” for an extended period of time. We have lots of different sizes & heights at class & Piper has done well with all of them, so I figured this would be a great option for her in my backyard. & I was right! She loves it!
Also, click here to read my post including the before & after of my mulch-to-rock project!

Trader Joe’s is my FAV!

Piper knows how to spend a summer morning!

I haven’t done a DIY gel mani at home that turned out this good in a hot minute. I love this bright orange for summer!

Piper got her summer haircut & girl is lookin’ FRESH! They cut her pretty short so they could blend in where she was shaved from her surgery. I think she looks great!

Picking up more swedish ivy for my backyard pots.

I got a little box of goodies from liquidIV this week! It always comes at the best time. My fav flavor is still pina colada, but these are great, too! My code SIMPLYSMALLTOWNBLOG for 20% off + free shipping is always active & I’ll link it here!

I went up to Manhattan to visit my sister & see her new college house. We got dinner & drinks at one of our favorite places: Taco Lucha!

These are the DAYS!

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.

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in case you missed it...

I love the kind of tired that comes from a lot of fresh air + a little too much sun. A week-long cruise with my family was the perfect start to summer! Click here to read my full recap post!

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!