Things I’m Loving Friday: #466

Hey friends! How are you? How was your week? This week was very, very full as all weeks seem to be toward the end of the school year. Any other parents out there feel me with 1,001 activities right now? And when you factor in multiple children it feels like there are school-related commitments non-stop this time of year. Thankfully most of them are really fun and involve things like strawberry picking field trips and school plays.

Can you tell Rhett ate his bodyweight in strawberries during his preschool field trip to Patterson Farms this week?

On a very bright note, my parents arrived in town yesterday! My mom, dad, Ryan, the boys, Pepper and I are renting a house together in Raleigh for the weekend because we’ll all be attending my cousin’s wedding! (My sister and her crew unfortunately could not make it and we will miss them!) My mom and dad figured they’d break up the drive from Florida with a pit-stop by our place in Charlotte and we’re so glad they’re here. My mom arrived with red velvet cupcakes with buttercream frosting in hand so we did a little belated birthday celebration for me last night as well which was very sweet.

I’ll do my best to share highlights from our weekend on the blog next week but until then, let’s dive into this week’s roundup of favorites, Things I’m Loving Friday style. I loved hearing from so many of you last week so I also wanted to say thank you to you for sharing a little more about what’s going on in your world with me. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Things I’m Loving Friday

• Target $8 Ribbed Tanks (Currently $6.40!)

Target’s $8 ribbed tank tops are an internet obsession for good reason. After I purchased my first one, I had to get more because they’re fantastic. The cut is flattering and the fit perfect for everything from layering to wearing them alone with jeans, skirts, overalls, shorts… you name it! The tanks are also currently an additional 20% off making them only $6.40. I have it in gray and white a few of their new spring colors!

• Light Installation

We’re four months into living in our new house and there are still a handful of projects and odds and ends we’re tying up. One of them made me awfully happy when it was completed this week — light installations! One of the very first light fixtures I purchased for our home more than a year ago was this chandelier from Anthropologie. I fell in love with the interest the capiz shells added to the pendant and Ryan and I were thrilled with how it looked once our electrician got it installed on Wednesday. I think it adds so much to the space!

Another smaller fixture that went it was a small picture light in our home office. I found the picture light on Amazon when I was looking for one with a circular backing to help break up some of the lines in our built ins. The price point was fabulous and the reviews are great and I love it so far! I’m hoping to hang some art below the picture light (very open to suggestions here if you have them!) and feel like the office is coming close to being complete which feels great.

• Wedding Guest Dress Options

Long-sleeve asymmetrical dress: WeWoreWhat / Green dress: Amazon / Red slip dress: Anthropologie 

I used my latest Nuuly rental to add a few dress options for Saturday’s wedding to my delivery and it was so, so awesome to have a few selections to choose from arrive at my front door earlier this week. I put a poll out on Instagram and clearly the bright red/orange slip dress was the winner so assuming the fashion tape I also ordered helps the top stay in place for dancing, that will be the one I wear tomorrow night! We’ll also be attending the rehearsal dinner this evening so I packed the two other dresses as well and will make a game-time decision there. This was only my second Nuuly delivery but having it arrive before a wedding weekend was awesome and I know I’ll be scheduling additional deliveries to coincide with special events, vacations, etc. FYI, my affiliate link gives you $10 off your first Nuuly delivery if you want to try it out!

• Tarte Opening Act Lash Primer

This lash primer deserves a shout out. I’ve been using it for years but ran out of my most recent tube a month or so ago. I found myself wondering if I really needed it in my makeup routine but every time I’d apply mascara without it, I found myself missing the volume and length it seems to add to my lashes when applied before pretty much any mascara. It’s clearly a makeup must for me and I’m glad it’s back!

Also worth noting: L’Oreal’s Voluminous Lash Primer is also fantastic and less expensive. I use both interchangeably and just picked up a tube of this primer at Target yesterday as well to have both on hand again!

• ACOTAR Book #4: A Court of Frost and Starlight

Ahhh you guys! After raving about the ACOTAR series in a previous TILF post, I read book four. Womp, womp. This book felt like such a filler book to me! It wasn’t awful to read or anything and still held my interest but compared to books two and three this one was very anticlimactic. I’ll once again refrain from posting a plot summary to avoid spoilers to anyone new to the series but this was probably my least favorite of the four novels. But did I already start reading book number 5? Why yes, yes I did.

Also, I’m semi-embarrassed to admit this but fellow ACOTAR fans may find this amusing. A few nights ago I could not sleep and I began creating an ACOTAR alphabet in my mind with something from the series representing each letter. A- Amarantha, B- Bone Carver, C- Cassian, D- Daemati , E- Elain, F- Feyre, G- Graysen, H- Hybern, etc. And I wonder why I’m awake for hours in the middle of the night sometimes…

• Friday Flashbacks

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Overnight Oats (Forever a recipe classic for me.)

Crockpot Chicken Corn Chili (Our dinner last night!)

Question of the Day

What is one thing making you smile today? 

For those with kids, do you have any end-of-the-school-year commitments coming up? Anything particularly fun?