Weekly Reads and Finds

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It is Tom’s birthday today and every year he gets to request a cake that I make. For the last 3 years he has chosen the same cake. It is a cheesecake that I tweaked the recipe for since we aren’t huge white chocolate fans.

I am absolutely not a baker, but I substitute semi-sweet for the white chocolate and it is one of the best cheesecakes that I have had.

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Weekly Reads and Finds

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I treated myself this week and bought a pair of boots that I have been stalking since summer. By stalking, I mean keeping the tab open and checking to make sure that they still have my size every single day.

This may also have involved adding it to my cart and almost checking out too.

Does it count as treating yourself if you sell things to buy it though?

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Weekly Reads and Finds

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I am not super big on doing gift guides because I feel that most people keep sharing the same things. I do them occasionally but I prefer to share when I buy something super cool to give as a gift like this book that came for Merle for Christmas. (Canadian Link here)

It came in the mail today and I couldn’t be more pleased. I actually bought her the first book last Christmas so I knew it was going to be good. It seems like they are putting out one book per year and they come out late October/early November.

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Weekly Reads and Finds

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Yesterday I finished the second out of five posts on how to dress the different body shapes. I hope you guys are enjoying the new series.

We are still undecided about Halloween for this year. Merle wants to give it a shot and see if there are many houses to go to, but she wants us to have some backup candy just in case.

Tom is far more optimistic about people participating than I am. He wanted to go to the Haunting at Canada’s Wonderland but I can’t do scary with zombies walking around.

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Weekly Reads and Finds

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Welcome to Friday in a week that felt like I accomplished absolutely nothing but the minimum. Although I did manage to get proselytized by someone in the arts and crafts section in Walmart while I was trying to buy a paintbrush.

So that was fun.

I started a new blog series that I am scared might be more than I can handle. It’s about dressing the different body shapes.

It begins with the rectangle body shape because that is the one that I have the most experience with, but I will move on to the other main shapes weekly (hopefully). It depends on how they come together for me, so be on the lookout for them.

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Weekly Reads and Finds

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The girls and I were supposed to go get our flu shots today but Roo woke with a headache. I’m not sure if she actually had one or if she was trying to get out of getting her shot because she is terrified of needles.

It’s always a huge ordeal and I wasn’t dealing with that shit today on top of the headache. That’s way too much drama for my brain right now.

I gave up and ordered take out tonight because I am tired. I tried to keep mine healthier by getting a bowl from Freshii. It’s funny how eating food that is good for you can make you feel so much better just minutes after eating.

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