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Dave is forever catching me in the act of snapping Instagram photos on my phone! I was looking back at our travel photos from our March trip to New Orleans (the last vacation we’ve been on — I’m itching for something soon!) and laughed at the “behind the scenes” look at this Instagram. We found cheap tickets this fall to NOLA, but it’d be too soon to go back, right? In any case, daydreaming about another adventure is a nice escape from the crazy busy days I’ll have over the next week. Expect me to be just as quiet for another week, but then I’m anxious to start posting again. I have a lot of ideas in the works!

Weekend Reading:

• It’s Kate Spade Friends & Family time! Take 30% off your purchase with code FRIEND through Sunday, Oct. 15. I usually use this as an opportunity to buy my annual day planner (very old fashioned of me).  I’m also crazy about these boots. They’d be so good with black tights and a short wool dress. These striped loafers are also pretty great, as is this striped peacoat.
• Processed food gets an unfair bad rap.
• The Erdem x H&M collaboration looks dreamy!
• I came across Lauren Williams’ work last week and I just love her bohemian-inspired wall hangings. I’m also all about the velvet lumbar pillow. What a great way to add texture to your bedroom.
• The holidays are going to sneak up on us this year like they always do! I’ve been doing some early planning by picking cookie recipes (chocolate peppermint crinkle cookies are always a hit), and thinking about decorating our house (love these modern glass trees!).
• Seven ways to add hygge to your home this fall.
• How cute are these bow-topped kitten heels? (The black pair is the best.)
• A museum dedicated to the art of forgery.
• How Jennifer Fisher packs her jewelry when she travels.
• Have you seen this awful hack for making peanut butter sandwiches? It has to be a joke, right?
• I’m not one to wear high heels very often, which you know. But these? I want to wear them with opaque tights and all of my fall/winter dresses! (I keep opening a tab to stare dreamily at them, which means they’ll be on their way to me shortly to at least try in person.)

Five Under $50

• A sleek shoulder bag. I love the plum option.
• I can’t get over how much I love the colors and print of this silk scarf.
• Graphic gold earrings are a statement you can wear with just about everything this season.
• This smocked halter top is perfect to dress up for the holidays with cigarette pants or wear tucked into bell bottom jeans.
• I’m not really a sneaker girl, but I’m loving this velvet slip-on pair!

Earlier This Week:

• Missed out on under $400 tickets to Iceland, since I had to ask permission for PTO. Hoping the low price comes back soon!
• National Handbag Day is a thing.
• What we’ve been up to lately. (Spoiler: buying a lot of things for the house.)

Nope, not sick of this bag yet!

What a week! On Tuesday, we closed on our house. It was actually kind of anticlimactic to receive the keys after signing off on all of the paperwork. I think I was expecting to feel intensely elated and while I was certainly happy, I was mostly just ready to move on with it and start working! We’ve made some pretty impressive progress for the first week (after we were able to actually get into the house — some of our keys don’t work and there’s a trick to opening the front door). We removed the kitchen cabinets in the upstairs bedroom from when the house was converted into two apartments, pulled out remaining carpet, removed carpet finishing staples in the staircase, primed and painted the wood part on the front of the house (scroll over to see the original), and primed the railing and column on the front porch. We’ve been working for a few hours on the house after work every day and would like to finish those outside projects today so that we can start painting inside before our floors are refinished in two weeks. And I wish I could say that the walls and floors were all we needed to do in this house. There are a lot of projects that I’ll be documenting over on Curated Couple (and the blog once I have time to sit down, pretty it up, and add content). It won’t be the most glamorous Instagram feed, but I really wanted it as a way to document our progress and our mini successes. In more exciting house news, I ordered this jewelry cabinet for my closet. ::heart-eyes:: It arrives on Tuesday and while it’ll sit in its box in the kitchen until the floors are done, I can’t wait to start seeing the place come together.

WEEKEND READING:

• We’re a long way off from hosting parties at our house, but I just love this flamingo ring toss game! I’d love to spray  paint them gold instead.
• Why has the statement earring grown in popularity?
• Take an extra 30% off sale items at Tory Burch with code EXTRA30. Obviously I have no money now, but if I did, I’d spring for these shoulder-dusting earrings.
• Start planning your Fourth of July menu. I’m all about corn salad.
• Photography tips for shooting in crowded places.
• Skittles gave up their rainbow colors for a limited time.
• It’s not often I fall in love with something from LOFT, but this has captured my fancy (and soon, my money).
• The story behind the world’s largest watercolor painting.
• The best U.S. cities for an affordable getaway.
• Disney has the best paint color for camouflaging unsightly things on their properties.

FIVE UNDER $50:

• An unexpected bow detail in back makes this striped tank a favorite of the summer.
• How great are these raffia tassel earrings? They’re a steal at just $10.
• I love the look of this dress, but Old Navy is always hit or miss for me (and usually a miss). Has anyone tried it?
• This vintage-inspired bag is too cute.
• Update your pajama drawer with this charming set.

ICYMI:

• We bought a house!
• I finally wore the jumpsuit I bought last November.
• Rounding up the best woven bags under $100.