So Much To Share

I really did plan on having a weekend recap yesterday, especially since I actually did stuff this weekend!  However, then I just didn't...  I also then realized that I missed TBB Asks by not posting yesterday so today you get a 3-for-1.  My weekend in pictures with Biana, the Holiday Edition of TBB Asks with Andrea, & my final recap of my fall goals!

My Weekend
Friday

Saturday

Sunday

TBB Asks: Holiday Edition

1. Candy Canes? Yes or No - In my hot chocolate

2. Christmas morning early riser or sleep in? - But that's how I am every day ha

3. Did you shop on Black Friday? Yes or No - For one thing from the comfort of my hotel room via Amazon

4. Christmas Tree up in November? Yes or No - I don't put a tree up at my apartment at all, my parents' tree goes up in December

5. Do you get Holiday ideas from Pinterest? Yes or No - I get food ideas from Pinterest

6. Christmas Glam or Ugly Sweater? - Neither?  I keep it pretty casual.  Although I did buy this shirt for a holiday party this year.

7. Stocking Stuffers: Wrapped or Unwrapped?

8. Traditional or Modern Christmas Songs?

9. Fruitcake? Yes or No

10. Is your Christmas Shopping Finished? Yes or No?

11. Is there Snow in December where you live? - Where I live, no.  Where my parents live & I spend Christmas, yes.

12. Classic Show: A Charlie Brown Christmas or Rudolph? 

Fall Goals Recap

1. Have 4300 followers on Instagram (4342/4300)

a. Sep 30: 3765
b. Oct 31: 4064
Nov 30: 4342

2. Blog 50 times (54/50)

a. Sep: 20
b. Oct: 22

c. Nov: 12

3. Write a letter to 20 & 40 year old me

4. Go to 10 new bars/restaurants (10/10)
a. Oak Cliff Brewing Co
b. Chelles
c. Miller Tavern & Beer Garden
d. Clockwork Coffee
e. Unos
f. Ampersand
g. World of Beer
h. Buen Giornio
i. All About Cha
j. Brind

5. Do 5 Dallas Bucket List items (1/5)
a. Dallas Farmer's Market

6. Make 10 Pinterest food recipes (10/10)
a. Jalapeno Popper Chicken Casserole
b. Creamy Avocado Pasta
c. Breakfast Pizza
d. Low-Sodium Cheesy Potato Soup
e. Healthy Burrito Pie Casserole
f. Bacon & Cheese Deviled Eggs
g. Super Simple Amazing Queso
h. 21 Day Fix Garlic Chicken
i. Make-Ahead Sausage & Egg Bake
j. Cheddar-Cauliflower Soup

7. Celebrate 30th birthday

8. Have a treat yoself day

9. Finish 10 101 in 1001 items (4/10)
a. #28 Track food for a month
b. #34 Write a letter to 20 year old me
c. #35 Write a letter to 40 year old me
d. #78 Celebrate 30th birthday

10. Have September lesson plans done by 9/9, October by 10/7, & November by 11/11

Fall Goals Check In #2

1. Have 4300 followers on Instagram (4064/4300)

a. Sep 30: 3765
b. Oct 31: 4064

2. Blog 50 times (42/50)

a. Sep: 20
b. Oct: 22

3. Write a letter to 20 & 40 year old me

4. Go to 10 new bars/restaurants (10/10)
a. Oak Cliff Brewing Co
b. Chelles
c. Miller Tavern & Beer Garden
d. Clockwork Coffee
e. Unos
f. Ampersand
g. World of Beer
h. Buen Giornio
i. All About Cha
j. Brind

5. Do 5 Dallas Bucket List items (1/5)
a. Dallas Farmer's Market

6. Make 10 Pinterest food recipes (9/10)
a. Jalapeno Popper Chicken Casserole
b. Creamy Avocado Pasta
c. Breakfast Pizza
d. Low-Sodium Cheesy Potato Soup
e. Healthy Burrito Pie Casserole
f. Bacon & Cheese Deviled Eggs
g. Super Simple Amazing Queso
h. 21 Day Fix Garlic Chicken
i. Make-Ahead Sausage & Egg Bake

7. Celebrate 30th birthday

8. Have a treat yoself day

9. Finish 10 101 in 1001 items (4/10)
a. #28 Track food for a month
b. #34 Write a letter to 20 year old me
c. #35 Write a letter to 40 year old me
d. #78 Celebrate 30th birthday

10. Have September lesson plans done by 9/9, October by 10/7, & November by 11/11

I Run On Coffee, Chaos, & Cuss Words

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I'm linking up for another round of TBB Fall Fashion Frenzy with Andrea & The Blended Blog.

This week's theme is Graphic Tees & the super sweet Andrea sent me a birthday gift that was perfect for the occasion!

The accuracy of this shirt is dead on!  Now if only I could wear it to work so my students know what's up...  It'll definitely be coming with me on my birthday trip this weekend!

I would live in jeans & tees if I could.  Here are some other graphic tees I'm loving!

Good Boots Take You Good Places

It's Wednesday!  Not only does that mean we're halfway through the work week, it also means it's time for another round of TBB Fall Fashion Frenzy.  This week: Booties!

Linking up with Andrea!

I don't own booties.  I think they look super cute, & have been thinking about biting the bullet & looking at different pairs over the past couple of weeks.  I don't own any because I don't know how to wear them.  I don't own skinny jeans & I don't wear leggings as pants.  So I hopped on Pinterest for a little inspiration & here are some outfits I love that incorporate booties without having to wear skinny jeans or leggings!

How do you like to wear your booties?  Where do you like to buy yours?

Fall Goals Check In #1

1. Have 4300 followers on Instagram (3765/4200)

a. Sep 30: 3765

2. Blog 50 times (20/50)

a. Sep: 20

3. Write a letter to 20 & 40 year old me

4. Go to 10 new bars/restaurants (9/10)
a. Oak Cliff Brewing Co
b. Chelles
c. Miller Tavern & Beer Garden
d. Clockwork Coffee
e. Unos
f. Ampersand
g. World of Beer
h. Buen Giornio
i. All About Cha

5. Do 5 Dallas Bucket List items (1/5)
a. Dallas Farmer's Market

6. Make 10 Pinterest food recipes (6/10)
a. Jalapeno Popper Chicken Casserole
b. Creamy Avocado Pasta
c. Breakfast Pizza
d. Low-Sodium Cheesy Potato Soup
e. Healthy Burrito Pie Casserole
f. Bacon & Cheese Deviled Eggs

7. Celebrate 30th birthday

8. Have a treat yoself day

9. Finish 10 101 in 1001 items (1/10)
a. #28 Track food for a month

10. Have September lesson plans done by 9/9, October by 10/7, & November by 11/11

What's Up Wednesday

Linking up with Mel @ The Larson Lingo for What's Up Wednesday & Andrea for TBB Fall Fashion Frenzy!

What I'm eating this week...

I'm finishing up my remaining Burrito Pie Casserole leftovers as well as cooking up some meals from Home Chef.  I don't regularly subscribe to any meal subscription boxes, but when I see a good deal I try them out.  If you click the link above we will each get $30 credit.  Getting 3 meals for 2 people is normally $60, which is the option I chose.  I live alone so 6 meals for $25 was a great deal to me.  I did the same thing with Hello Fresh back in March.  The 3 Home Chef Meals I chose were:

-Pork Chops w/Pine Nut & Parmesan Butter w/Garlic Swiss Chard

-Barbacoa Steak Tacos w/Queso Fresco & Pickled Vegetables

-One Sheet Pretzel Crusted Chicken w/Roasted Broccoli & Honey Mustard

What I'm reminiscing about...

The freedom of summer.  The kids have been back for 6 weeks, I've been back since the end of July, & I'm still not completely over the loss of my freedom.

What I'm loving...

That highs are no longer in the 90s or above on a regular basis.

What I've been up to...

September could pretty much be summed up as: at work, with Nash, or with The Boyfriend.

What I'm dreading...

I honestly can't think of anything.  This month, which has been less than stellar, is almost over, birthday month is coming, then it's short work months because of Thanksgiving & Christmas which also mean family.

What I'm working on...

I am forever lesson planning & grading.

What I'm excited about...

Two weekends away in October.  One to a fancy resort & one to a cabin for my birthday!

What I'm watching/reading...

I'm binge watching Heartland on Netflix.

What I'm listening to...

Spotify always

What I'm wearing...

Fall means plain/flannel & I am all about that!

More flannel/plaid inspiration:

What I'm doing this weekend...

I'm not doing a whole lot.  I'm hoping to go to a pumpkin patch on Sunday but that's about it.

What I'm looking forward to next month...

My birthday month!!

I'll be turning 30 at the end of next month & because it's a milestone birthday a few of my friends are coming along to help me celebrate.  Rather than do something really big, I oped to do a weekend at a cabin in Arkansas.  Paperless Post has some really cute invitations for just the occasion!

They have really fun invitations for all types of events as well as cards to send to your loved ones!

What else is new...

For those of you who have missed the very casual mention in my posts recently, I started seeing a guy at the beginning of this month.  AKA The Boyfriend, who someday may or may not get a more creative nickname for the blog.

10 Fall Recipes I Love

When fall rolls around I am all about comfort food!  And while what I would consider to be fall weather won't happen around here until November, I can at least pretend it's fall with my cooking right?  I mean I've already got the candy corn & the fall scents out!

Mississippi Pot Roast

Wisconsin Beer Cheese Soup

Crock Pot Sausage & Tortellini

Beefy Nacho Soup

Slow Cooker Chicken Parmesan Casserole

Crockpot Cheddar Bacon Ranch Potato Soup

One Pot Chili Mac & Cheese

White Chicken Chili

Chicken & Dumpling Casserole

Taco Soup

Fall Bucket List

Linking up with Sierra to share my fall bucket list for Girl Chat.

Earlier this month I shared my goals for this fall.  I decided to expand on some of those goals in order to create some of my fall bucket list.

1. Dallas Arboretum
2. Dallas Zoo
3. Fort Worth Zoo
4. Reunion Tower
5. Carve pumpkins
6. Take pictures of fall leaves
7. Have a bonfire
8. Toast pumpkin seeds
9. Make a fall wreath
10. Watch Hocus Pocus
11. Texas State Fair
12. Bake a pie
13. Make smores
14. Go to a haunted house/hayride
15. Drive in movie

Fall Kimono Fashion

Happy Wednesday!  Linking up with Andrea & The Blended Blog for the Fall Fashion Frenzy.

This week's prompt is Fall Kimono.  While kimonos have been in style for quite some time, it's a trend that I'm late to the party on.  I've always thought they were cute on other people, but I haven't always been the layering type.  As a matter of fact I'm still not most times.  Call it lazy or call it simple.  Whichever you so choose.  Depending on my mood I might call it either one.

I own exactly one kimono.  I got it a few years ago at the San Antonio Rodeo & wore it for the first time at the beginning of this month.

While I got mine at a shop at the San Antonio Rodeo, you can get both this one, & ones really similar lots of other places such as Amazon.  I even saw it at the Dallas Farmer's Market.

I really do like the look of kimonos, especially paired with boots & jeans.  Perhaps I'll fully jump on the bandwagon & start wearing them more often.

Here are some other outfit ideas that I love:

Three On Thursday

The highs here are still in the 80s & 90s here most days but I am so ready for fall.  It's my absolute favorite.  And while it may not feel like fall outside, that doesn't mean I can't start pretending like it is inside with soups, hot dishes (or casseroles if you must...), & fall scents.  Here are 3 of my favorites from Glade.

Nutcracker Delight

Cashmere Woods

Warm Flannel Embrace

Calling All Camo

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I'm back at it for another week of the Fall Fashion Frenzy with Andrea & the Blended Blog.  This week: camo!

It's not exactly what I would call fashion camo but it's definitely my style!

Shirt: Gander Mountain (no longer exists)

Jacket: Cabela's - Similar

Hat 1: Justin Boots

Hate 2: Tractor Supply

Hoodie: Gander Mountain (no longer exists

Other camo outfits I love: