FRIDAY FAVORITES...ALL THE FEELS

Wow! I’m not a fan of the holidays flying fast but I am a fan of Friday’s and sharing with you some of our family fun and favorites during the blessed season. Hoping 2023 brings joy, happiness, and good health to you all my friends!

1. Family

May have been some of my favorite family time yet despite one gathering postponed due to weather being -40 below! BUT spent all day Christmas with these darlings. Just missing our Pharmacy resident in Baltimore (but she’s off next year!) And the postponed night at moms was wonderful.

This girl was ready for Christmas!

My Red Sweater HERE

Ruth's Chris on the 26th to celebrate Birthdays, College Graduation and an engagement (the other engagement had not happened yet)

Family Recreates

Oh my, were these ever fun! I came across some of these photos as it was getting closer to Christmas, and I knew it was time to re-create this family goodness. I don’t know why I didn’t think of getting one of the five of us, but I did get the three boys reenacting the year that our youngest still believed in Santa. And because it’s a rarity to have all three boys when we see the cousins, I had to do Mr. Nine’s sister’s family with a couple re-creates too.

Hilarious these 3 trying to re-create it!!

With the Cuz's

Love this fam.

2. 2nd Son ENGAGED

Eek, when our son got back to Baltimore, he proposed! That’s right friends; 2 sons engaged within 2 weeks of each other! Exciting times!

3. What I Wore

Didn’t take many pictures of what I wore at all, but the hot pink blazer was a favorite as well as this dress that I wore to a holiday dinner.

Blazer HERE // Black Silky Camisole HERE // Faux Leather Leggings HERE // Booties HERE

Dress HERE

4. Charcuterie Wreath

I actually had someone on TikTok that did not believe that I made this. She obviously has not followed me very long, lol. Look how amazing the Christmas wreath charcuterie turned out. Mr. Nine told me I should start my own seasonal business for these. You know I love my Charcuterie friend, but I think there might be a market for the wreath idea. Anyway, I plan on sharing the whole thing and how I did it on the blog next Christmas season.

Awesome Wood Tray for this found HERE

5. Misc. Fun

POSTS LATELY

Since a lot of you were not around like for Christmas, linking the posts around the holiday too.

 Monday ~ Festive Fruit Wreath

Wednesday ~ WUW Holiday Edition

Monday ~ Amazon in January...Get Organized

EARRINGS OF THE MONTH

from Nickel & Suede

I just ordered these earrings of the month. I love the neutral aspect and style. Nickel and Suede are my most worn earrings, and the earring of the month is always a good one at a great price.

MEMES

Have a great weekend 

my sweet friends.

Linking up with  Friday Favorites  // Metamorphosis Monday

xoxo 

FRIDAY FAVORITES....NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE

But we ARE in Kansas, lol! Lots of time on the road this week. Tagged along on a road trip with Mr. Nine for business in Salina Kansas! No commercial flying for us with Covid. I do have lots of Friday favorites for you this week.

1. Road Trip

I’ll have much more on this next Friday and catch glimpses on my Insta stories! Not the most exciting place to tagalong to but at least I’m with my man and at least it’s getting out of the house and on an adventure! We’ve actually had a great time so far despite forgetting ALL my makeup and having to buy replacements after 12 hours in the car, lol! 

I shopped til I dropped yesterday! Just one of the cute tops jeans I got

2. Cute Earrings

Pineapples From My Pal

I think many of you know that Laura Horton is one of my best girls! I adore this girl more than words can say and she always knows the exact right time to bring a smile to people’s faces! She sure brought one to mine last week when she sent me these adorable pineapple earrings! She knows My love of pineapples; she knows my taste and she knows my heart and that I adore her with all of it!

BUY Similar Earrings HERE & HERE

Nickel and Suede Brights

Speaking of earrings, I also ordered a couple more statement ones from Nickel & Suede. I just love Nickel and Suede earrings and the quality, and I truly love the orchid color and tangerine color!

BUY Orchid Pair HERE // Tangerine HERE

3. Week's Attire

BUY Similar Tees HERE & HERE // Shorts HERE // Earrings HERE // Shoes HERE

 BUY Top HERE // Shorts HERE // Earrings HERE //  Lock Necklace HERE //Headband HERE // Shoes HERE

And on our trip, I'm bringing this tee and can't wait to show you how I style it!

4. Cozy Earth PJ's

Cozy Earth now has my heart. And To think I was going to order similar pajamas from the Nordstrom sale or Target but when I received these from cozy earth, I knew the search was over! These pajamas are made out of bamboo and they are so so soft!

BUY PJ's HERE

5. Misc Fun

Post of the Week ~ Wild Days Ahead

FLOWERS

A few more of my flowers but a story behind this first picture of the Iced Cherry Verbena... two hours after I took this picture, rabbit had eaten all of the blooms off! Little sucker! Thank goodness these grow back pretty fast and had several buds getting ready to bloom.

BOOK

28 Summers

I had been waiting to read this awhile and my mom bought it. I plan on finishing in Kansas. It’s so cool because it references the area where I live. 

BUY BOOK HERE

MEMES

So many funny ones 

Hope it's a Sweet and BEAUTIFUL weekend!!

Linking up with  Friday Favorites // 
#DreamTeam Linky // Metamorphosis Monday

FRIDAY FAVORITES.....HASTA LA VISTA JANUARY

Happy Friday. I am not sad at all to be heading into the last week of January. You know I love the snow and unfortunately, we did not get quite as much as I had hoped, but unfortunately the bitter bitter cold came with it. AND an ice storm. We couldn’t even get out of our steep driveway. So, even this cold and snow loving girl is kind a ready for January to be done. And on Wednesday, I fell down the inside stairs and am one sore pup this week. Lesson learned..hold onto rail! January is just such a sad month isn’t it. Your posts on goals, word of the year and positive outlook ‘s have been so inspiring and helps this positive girl stay afloat! But I’m definitely ready for fresh February because that gets us closer to pool season. And I have this to look forward to:

1. Grand Cayman

Ever since we took the whole family to Seven-mile Beach in Grand Cayman four years ago, Mr. Nine and I have been itching to get back there. Of course, the boys have too, but they’ve got their own spring breaks to look forward to this spring. Mr. Nine recently booked us a week stay in April kind of celebrating my birthday which is the first part of April and our anniversary which is in May at a brand-new resort they had just started building when we were there. It’s called the Kimpton Seafire Resort & Spa if you want to check it out and I am overjoyed to go there and be pampered because of how amazing all the reviews are. I told Mr. Nine I was perfectly fine with staying in a little condo on the beach but he insists that we be taken care of and no grocery shopping or cooking necessary, LOL! Here are a few shots from our last trip there, which literally was the best vacation we’ve ever taken in our lives. Cheers to this one being just as wonderful.

Couldn't beat our view

2. This Sweatshirt & a whole 
Bevy of Great Graphics!!
Let’s talk about a boss babe! Colette from Canada, started her own graphic apparel company 2 years ago called Brand Squawk and not only does she work outside of the home, she slays this business right from her residence all by herself. She is giving all my lovely followers 20% off any of her items with the code cloudnine20. Go check out her cuteness including the super soft sweatshirt for lounge around the house, my favorite place to be!

Sweatshirt HERE // Headband HERE // Silver Pumps HERE // Similar Jeans HERE & HERE // Earrings HERE

3. Week's Attire

American Eagle flannel HERE, Ugg Boots HERE

Leggings by Kyodan, Old Navy sweatshirt HERE, Adidas shoes HERE

Target cardigan, Target jeans and Hunter Boots HERE

4. Leopard Vest again..Tunic Style

A few weeks ago, I showed you this soft, amazing pockets on the side, Leopard Vest that I wore with a hunter green swing dress. I love show him more than one way to wear a piece so here I styled it with leggings and a cream tunic top.

VEST HERE // TUNIC HERE // LEGGINGS HERE 
// BOOTS HERE

More Inspo

5. Misc. Fun
Posts of the Week

This week I had some very special posts! Monday, I shared a post that took me a year to decide to publish. It was called Grieving The Living in case you missed it. Tuesday, for all you bacon appetizer lovers, I shared my Bacon Wrapped Dates with Goat Cheese.. Wednesday was extra fun because some of my bloggy friends joined together in showcasing the fabulous color HOT PINK!

New Nickel & Suede Earrings
The minute I saw the new arrivals by Nickel and Suede from the Lovely Lisa, I knew these babies would be mine and I love them so much! 
BEST EARRINGS!!
BUY HERE

Target Feature

I was so excited when I found myself on Target’s webpage for the Instagram post about my cute JoyLab Jacket. This is the second time I’ve been on there but there’s just something so exciting about seeing yourself on a major webpage. See it HERE

Upcoming Recipes

With the bitter cold all around us, I have been trying some yummy and warming new recipes. This week I tried Zuppa Toscana for the first time but made it a healthy version (soooo delicious) and also concocted up a turkey and sweet potato skillet. Today I’m going to make a healthy treat for the weekend. Can’t wait to share all these on some upcoming tasty Tuesdays.

Hope your weekend keeps you Warm and Happy!

Linking up with  Amanda // Friday Favorites  // High 5 For Friday  // Fashion Friday

xoxo