The high of my week was the beautiful weather we’ve been having. You guys, we’re seeing temperatures in the mid-70s during the day. That is unheard of for this time of year! We’re usually still in the 90s. Every time I walk outside and I’m not immediately hit by a wall of humidity, I can’t help but smile. I love this time of year, and I’m so happy that we’re experiencing a small dose of fall here in Florida.
The low of my week was feeling unmotivated to work out. My last workout was on Saturday and I have no good excuse for why I haven’t worked out since then. My week has been busier than normal, but that’s really not a good excuse for why I haven’t exercised. I’ve had the time; I’ve just chosen to let laziness take over. I just feel like I can’t get back into my workout groove (it feels like the hurricane shook things up and it’s been hard to settle back down), but the only way to do something is to do it, right? I need to just get my butt over to the gym, even when I don’t feel like it.
I’m currently reading Never Judge a Lady By Her Cover by Sarah MacLean. I’m so glad I found this romance author last year. Her historical romances are my favorite and it doesn’t hurt that her titles are so clever!
A blog post I loved was Why Is It So Hard To Talk To White Folks About Racism? on Scary Mommy. San posted the link to this article on her most recent Link Love post and I can’t get over how incredible it is. Every white person needs to read this. Like, right now. Even if you think you are a “good white person” (whatever that means). This paragraph, in particular, stood out to me and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it:
Most whites live, grow, play, learn, love, work and die primarily in social and geographic racial segregation. Yet, our society does not teach us to see this as a loss. Pause for a moment and consider the magnitude of this message: We lose nothing of value by having no cross-racial relationships. In fact, the whiter our schools and neighborhoods are, the more likely they are to be seen as “good.” The implicit message is that there is no inherent value in the presence or perspectives of people of color. This is an example of the relentless messages of white superiority that circulate all around us, shaping our identities and worldviews.
The best money I spent was $5 to participate in a pumpkin bake-off at work. I’ll admit that I’m not the biggest pumpkin lover. I don’t like pumpkin spice lattes or pumpkin pie but give me a hunk of pumpkin bread or a pumpkin cookie and you’re my best friend. Thankfully, most of our “chefs” made sweet treats for the bake-off (there was only one pumpkin chili, which I couldn’t eat due to my weird texture issues) and they put me in a food coma. Between the pumpkin cheesecake, the pumpkin fudge, the pumpkin baklava, the pumpkin-nutella bread… y’all, my coworkers are some incredible bakers. It was so hard to vote for my favorite!
My plans this weekend include a writing date on Saturday morning and football with the family on Sunday. I also just made a decision on my Halloween costume (my goal is to never spend more than $10 on any Halloween costume, so I always opt for something “punny”), so I might see if I can get the pieces I need at Target this weekend. But other than that, it’ll be super low-key! Lots of napping, reading, and coloring while watching Grace and Frankie is on the agenda. 🙂
What was the best thing you spent money on this week?
I’m glad you are experiencing fall weather! I bet it feels glorious to get a break from the wall of humidity!
The best money we spent this week was hiring a painter to paint some of the rooms in our house! I am not great at painting and I don’t enjoy it at all. We are getting our house ready for listing photos. We won’t list our house until we find a house to buy but we want to be ready to put the house on the market RIGHT AWAY when we find our next home. I am glad we are doing it now before we start to accumulate baby stuff. 🙂 The painters came on Tuesday morning and were done when we got home. They painted our entry way, 2 bathrooms, our dining room, and they painted a couple of other walls that had marks on them. I can’t believe how much they got done in a day!
That’s such a sensible purchase! I think I would totally want to hire painters rather than doing it myself because I just don’t enjoy projects like that. Yay for pretty walls in your home!
Well, now I want to know what your costume is going to be !!!!
Best money I spent this week… that’s a great question. We bought groceries this week but that’s about it. Nothing very exciting, I have to say. I guess that’s a good thing? But incredibly boring.
Haha – I will reveal it on Halloween. I promise it’s nothing exciting, but it will be cheap! 😉
The best thing I spent money on is, uh, the oil change I just got after a looooong time without one. Boring but necessary!
Ah, oil changes. Such a necessary evil. Mine is coming up soon, and I need to combine it with a vehicle check, so I’m super looking forward to learning all the repairs my car may need. Ugh.
Dutch in a costume is LIFE! Oh my word.
The best money I spent was on my first laser hair treatment today. Hooray for no more waxing! Can’t wait to get through the rest of my sessions and be done.
I’ve always wanted to get laser hair treatment! I’m the worst at shaving, haha, and thankfully I have blonde hair so it’s not very noticeable, but it’s one of my least favorite things to do.
The best thing I spent money on last week was on some gifts for J’s birthday. I love buying gifts for people 🙂
And regarding the workouts: yes, I try not to even THINK about it, but just do it on a set schedule. So easy to find excuses otherwise 😉