Happy October! I am leaning hard into fall seasonality this month, a month I have really come around to liking, especially before our recent turn in weather where we had 75° days and nights perfect for sleeping with the windows open. We made it a whole TWO WEEKS between the last time we turned on the AC and the first time we turned on the heat! That's almost a record!
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1) The Office Ladies pod Halloween mug
Here's the thing, I've been listening to The Office Ladies pod for 2 years and enjoy it. Last year they put a Halloween mug for sale in their merch shop and I debated buying it THE WHOLE MONTH OF OCTOBER. I had it open in a browser window on my phone. I never bought it and then regretted it once it was no longer listed. Well, I like having a bit of a mug schedule, certain ones I use certain months and I am ALL ABOUT changing things with the seasons (within reason) and therefore started checking their shop for the Halloween mug again about mid-September. It finally showed up and I ordered and it has delighted me every morning I have used it since it was delivered. I got the 15 ounce one and will be sad to put it away November 1st.
I think this came about because I needed something else to hit a spent $25 get $5 gift card deal or something (I clearly wasn't very close). I give myself a set of nail polishes to choose from for each season and my fall colors were 2 very close navy blues and this green. I obviously needed ANOTHER blue option (besides my spring and summer blue options). This is so fun and has been in heavy rotation. I really like having my nail painted, rarely going more than a few hours between taking off one color and putting on another.
3) Battery Organizer
Sherry from Young House Love talked about this for months and since batteries were one of those things I could never seem to get organized, I convinced Matt we needed one. You all, it might be the most grown-up thing to get excited about a BATTERY ORGANIZER but it really has been amazing. I still claim to my kids that I can't change batteries and we still use mostly rechargeable batteries (many of which are stored here too) but it made such a difference in our battery mess. And I really appreciate having a tester built right in, one of those things I could never seem to keep track of. It hangs in our basement and was definitely worth the less than $20 we paid.
Yes, two new nail polishes, I don't quite know how that happened. This one is much more grey and than blue so makes a better neutral than many of my blue-blues. This gives me 4 colors to rotate through in the fall, just enough for some variety without too many!
I don't know how I've had young kids for this many falls without ever mentioning "No Noggin'". Luke was just starting to grow out of watching this fall Curious George classic right as Sam was growing into it (Sam is literally watching it as I type, quiet time has been a bit of a disaster lately.). I try to limit screen time but am a little more lenient on seasonal things (how many times can I mention seasonal things in this post?) since we only watch them for a small window of time each year. We watch this via our DVR that we recorded off PBS 5 years ago but you can also get the DVD from Amazon, check your library or PBS listings. We even have a "No Noggin'" that Matt & the boys made that goes in front of our house every October. It's the perfect amount of "scary" for little ones.
What have YOU been liking?
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