Friday 12/16

Lately: December

Listening:

My Spotify Top Songs of 2016 playlist.
Be sure to check out your playlist by simply heading to the Browse page and clicking on "2016 Wrapped" under Genres & Moods!

Reading:
31 Prayers for My Future Husband- Jennifer and Aaron Smith
"This book has been written to be a starting place and/or guide to help you begin your lifelong journey of praying for your future husband and marriage. "

Before you jump to conclusions... no, I am not praying for God to send me a boyfriend or a husband.
But rather praying for guidance for whoever my person is in their journey on their way to me, whenever that may be.

Running:
Our LAST 5K of 2016. We officially did it, 12Ks in 12 months!
Now, what goal to set for next year?

Watching:
Westworld.
Yes, finally. and I am hooked.
The first episode is bizarre but stick with it!

Loving:
Everything on the My Kind of Lovely gift guide.
Be sure to sign up for emails on the website so you can get the latest gift guide in your inbox. New ones are being released every day!

Wearing:

OPI's Black Cherry Chutney
It's no secret I love dark nails, black being my go-to. However, it's not very Christmas-y so I switched to this darker but festive hue for the holidays.
After all, there's plenty of time for back to black for NYE.

Sharing:
My Instagram Best Nine of 2016!

Celebrating:

This weekend is full of Christmas cheer, Sunshine Santa 5K Saturday morning and then media girl shenanigans Saturday night! 

[and then naps and football on Sunday]

Five on Friday

1.

There's new Taylor Swift. I repeat, there's new Taylor Swift.

Before it even finished downloading, I texted Sara and sure enough she had already listened. 

Check out the new teaser trailer with the track below.

2.

If you didn't have plans for this weekend, now you do... Season 2 of Fuller House is now streaming on Netflix! Should have this finished before the Steeler game Sunday.

3.

Keeping on theme with "New Arrivals" My Kind of Lovely has a ton of new arrivals going live on the website and in store today! MuMu, sweaters, Christmas tees. Hurry and get 'em while they're hot! [and still in stock]

4.

Can you tell it's the holiday season? 

Lilly rolled out new arrivals this morning too. 

I spy one of my all time favorite prints Southern Charm hidden in accessories. 

5.

If you're looking for [inexpensive] gift ideas for your girlfriends, or for yourself, use my code for a free first month of Rocksbox. Think Rent the Runway but all jewelry and no timeline on your rental. I requested my first box using a code like this last year and now count down for my next box to arrive! You won't regret it.

Friday 12/9

Five on [the first] Friday [of December]

Here are five ways you can help Gatlinburg and victims of the wildfires this week.

Some are strictly donation based while some are merchandise benefitting the relief fund.

Every little bit helps!

1.

Project 615 is donating100% of the profit from the "Heart for the Smokies" tshirt towards the Gatlinburg Relief Fund. 

2.

Text PFG to 91999

or online at https://app.mobilecause.com/f/150t/n

3.

Starting this weekend, if you shop at any Food City you can donate any dollar amount at the register. If you don't live in East TN, don't worry Publix is offering the same opportunity.

4.

If you'd like to donate directly to the relief fund, you can mail checks to:

Gatlinburg Relief Fund

SmartBank

P.O. Box 1910

Pigeon Forge, TN 37868

SmartBank locations will also be accepting donations.

5.

Donation centers have been overflowing with supplies, so much so that they've asked for people to stop dropping off. Therefore monetary donations are best right now. However there is the one thing we can all do, that there will never be enough of, and that is prayers.

Friday 12/2

Five on Friday

1. 

"It's a Friday, we finally made it."

The new John Mayer is seriously so good. 

A love song for all those long distance kids out there!

2.
Molly and I are heading out for 5K #11 of the year this weekend.
I cannot believe this year is almost over or that we've actually pulled this resolution off!

3.
Speaking of 2016 coming to a close, I made sure to order my Sweet Caroline Designs desk calendar early this year! Last year I waited too long and they were gone. Hurry up and order one soon!

4.

This week the media team traveled to Atlanta for the NCC Upfront Fest.

Needless to say, the photo booth was our favorite part of the night [well and my hat]!

5.
We are less than a week until Thanksgiving and football and dad's fires and mom's sweet potatoes!!

Friday 11/18

#NCCupfrontfest

Wednesday night, the media team headed down to Atlanta for the NCC Upfront Fest. 

Upfronts are a huge perk of the job but this is the first year I've gotten to travel for them!

The theme was "We're Psyched" and festival dress was encouraged. Anyone who knows me, knows I love a good theme party! The food was amazing, there were light up drink cups, cotton candy,  teasers for new show, and a photo booth! 

Check out some of our favorite shoots below..

Five on Friday

1.

Thanksgiving is only two weeks away!

Packed Party released two adorable turkey day themed free downloads this week. 

I'm personally loving the pies!

2.

Speaking of Packed Party, My Kind of Lovely got an awesome shout out from them with an Instagram repost yesterday!! We got our disco drink on in our holiday shoot last weekend!

3.

Wednesday night after a long day at work I headed to Target to grab basics like q-tips and dry shampoo but took a detour and found the ELF $3 matte lipsticks! After our shoot Sunday I was really wanting a deep lip for a concert this weekend and after testing basically every color they had, finally landed on Scarlet Night. I'm really loving the dark lip look!

4.

This weekend is My Kind of Lovely's Mingle & Jingle!!

Come hang out with us and get an early start on your Christmas cheer!

5.

I am heading to Nashville tomorrow morning for what should be an amazing night seeing The Fray downtown! They have been one of my favorite bands since high school and cannot wait to finally check them off my concert bucket list!

Friday 11/11

My Kind of Lovely Mingle & Jingle

This weekend is the 3rd Annual My Kind of Lovely Mingle and Jingle open house!

There will be tons of new arrivals, stocking stuffers, and awesome deals. And if you're wanting to get your hands on these goodies first the Preview Party is Friday night starting at 6pm. Tickets are $10 and 100% of that will go towards My Kind of Lovely sponsoring an angel from a local Angel Tree! Hurry, there are only 20 tickets up for grabs!!

Hope to see you there!

#shoplovely

Five [Dresses] on Friday

Wednesday night was the CMA Awards and while the performances were great my favorite part was the Red Carpet, no surprise there. 

Here are my top 5 looks of the night:

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5.

And my usual wild card "I weirdly love that" winner:

Friday 11/4

Season of Thanks

Today is November 3rd. Which means....Thanksgiving is only three weeks from today. And with the way this year has flown by I'm sure I'll be watching the parade at home in the blink of an eye. 

Next week I'll start my She Reads Truth Beatitudes two week study but as something to do the entire month I have Emily Ley's Month of Gratitude on my fridge. Every night while making dinner or before bed I write down I'm thankful for that day. This is a great way to challenge yourself and dig deeper and appreciate all the people and things in your life. 

Join me!

We gotta carry on darling

When the rain came

It washed us out to sea,

I'm holding what I love,

And she's holding on to me,

It's no surprise,

It brought me to my knees,

You're never really ready,

You're ready as can be, 

The sun was coming up

We were sifting through the sand,

Looking for the pieces 

Of our broken plans

It's gonna take a while,

We're gonna get it back,

We gotta carry on darling

We were built to last.

Changing tides,

Baby thats the hardesr part of life,

Hold me tight

And we will move as one in the changing tides.

There's no doubt the beauty that we see,

Following the path, so much older than we.

Lovers built it with their hands, walked it with their feet,

Above the raging waters and the darkness underneath. 

Changing tides,

Baby thats the hardesr part of life,

Hold me tight

And we will move as one in the changing tides.

And we will move as one in the changing tides.

When the rain came

It washed us out to sea,

I'm holding what I love,

And she's holding on to me,

It's gonna take a while.

It's gonna come back,

We gotta carry on darling,

We were built to last.

Changing tides,

Baby thats the hardesr part of life,

Hold me tight

And we will move as one in the changing tides.

Changing tides,

And we will move as one in the changing tides

And we will move as one in the changing tides.

Cannot wait to finally see them live next weekend in Nashville!

Five on Friday

1.

Today is my ONE YEAR work-iversary at Tombras! Whew that flew by!

Today is also agency cookout party, go you grill!

2.

Thomas Rhett released Tangled Up Deluxe Edition today and I have had it on all day. 

I am really loving one of his newest tracks. American Spirit.

3.

The Vols take on South Carolina this weekend.

This game kicks off our road to the Georgia Dome and the SEC Championship game.

4.

Next week is November!!

Yes, NOVEMBER!!

Be sure to download your Evelyn Henson calendar this weekend!

5.

For all you Bravo ladies out there, Vanderpump Rules is back Nov 7.

Cue the girls night watch party!

Friday 10/28

#tbt

Cheers to year one Knoxville!

"I wanted to watch with my dad"

This week's episode of This Is Us was all about Steeler football. 

I always tend to geek out when the Steelers are on any show I watch, but this Steeler reference had me in tears, happy tears, but tears. This might be because it had been a rough day when I watched it. But most likely because last weekend was my dad's birthday and he is the man who taught me to love football and the Steelers. 

Football is our thing. 

We are constantly talking sports, that's mostly what we talk about actually. 

We talk shit, we talk injuries, we talk trades, we talk about how much we hate Mike Tomlin.

It's our love language you could say.

In this episode the dad, Jack, is wearing an identical hat to my dad's Steelers ski cap. The whole family is watching the game together waving their Terrible Towels and when they score Jack puts his hat on the daughter, Kate. And that's when I lost it. 

There's a picture of me that hangs on my fridge of me in my dad's hat. 

I am extremely blessed to have such an incredible father. I don't tell him that enough. And I realize it's sad that it took an episode of a sitcom to make me realize that but such is real life. 

There's a framed picture on my desk of dad and I at my first Steeler game at Heinz Field that I look to whenever I'm missing him. I can't wait to take another when we go again in December or to tell him just how much I love him when we talk sports tonight. 

#blackandyellow

Lately: October

Listening:

The new One Republic on repeat, at work, at home, in the car, cannot get enough.

I might have already looked up tour dates for this album [don't get too excited, only LA and NYC have been announced.] I am a lyric geek and this album kills it.

My Top 5: Choke, Fingertips, Heaven, Let's Hurt Tonight, Human.

Watching:
Where do I begin? Fall TV is back and it is glorious.
Here's my current Hulu watchlist: American Housewife, Chicago Fire, Notorious, This is Us, Lucifer, Timeless, Scream Queens, Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After?, Designated Survivor.

Reading:

Big Little Lies- Liane Moriarty
Sara read Liane's library of books last year and loved them.
Reese Witherspoon is producing the HBO miniseries version of Big Little Lies set to premiere next year and I am pumped.

Wearing:
If you know me at all, you know I'm a mascara junkie. I am that girl that at times has had three mascaras in her makeup bag to get the perfect lashes. My current tube dried out right before a client meeting last week so it was an emergency run to Target. The makeup gods were on my side because I found the greatest mascara ever:  L'Oreal Voluminous Extra-Volume Collagen Mascara.
[all the praise hands]

Loving:
Last week She Reads Truth announced the Advent 2016 study and I absolutely cannot wait for mine to arrive. The girls then one-up'd themselves by releasing The Beatitudes study leading up to Thanksgiving! Right now if you order both you get 20%.
These are studies you'll use over and over!

Celebrating:

Dad's birthday is this weekend!!!
Joe and I might have a surprise up our sleeves [or should I say jerseys.]

Traveling:

Tuesday-Thursday the Sun Tan City team road tripped to Louisville for planning meetings and some fun downtown. You know the client dinner was a success when dessert's a cotton candy horse mane. Only in Kentucky...

Friday 10/20

You just roll with the punches

The separation was symmetrical

They both retreated to their sides

Drawing lists of demands

And muddy lines in the sand

Trying out their separate lives

Most of the damage was collateral

But still inspired some debate

All the principles of why all the people we love

Are the same as we also can hate

You just roll with the punches

Until you can't feel a thing

You just roll with the punches

Aww yeah

The separation was logistical

Deciding what belongs to whom

How dying love manifests

In a rug or a chest

The decorations of a room

Every promise was negotiable

Most of all the ones they made alone

When she finally forgave

What he'll take to his grave

Learning not to pick up the phone

You just roll with the punches

Until you can't feel a thing

You just roll with the punches

Aww yeah

He starts existing as a miracle

A man of static right behind your eyes

That you filter everything through

Without knowing you do

A past and future synthesized

You just roll with the punches

Until you can't feel a thing

You just roll with the punches

Aww yeah

You just roll with the punches

Until you can't feel a thing

You just roll with the punches

Aww yeah

Five on [New Music] Friday

I am a loyal follower of the Spotify New Music Friday playlist, first thing I check from bed on Friday morning. Today's was on a whole new level, so many new songs from so many good artists. 

Here are the Top 5 tracks I'm adding to my "Songs" today:

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5.

Friday 10/14