I always enjoy hearing what works for other people and I like sharing things I like, it's part of the reason I have a blog. I've been doing these monthly posts for 10 years and they also provide a nice little snapshot in my life at a moment in time! See more here! Some affiliate links may be included!
1) Target Satchel Handbag
Did I just feature a different Target handbag in a similar color last month? Yes. I did. Did I need another purse? One could argue no, I don't (although I did recently get rid of one!). However. It's long been established that I am drawn to nearly everything in this shade of blue-green and want to buy it all. So when Target gave me a $10 off $60 purchase, I bought this purse (as well as #2 and a third item that I thought I wanted but have since returned!). In real life, this purse is darker than the picture above but still a beautiful color and it's just a perfect size. Easily holds my wallet, keys, phone, lip balm, etc. but can also fit in some books for church and such. I have other satchel purses that are a bit bigger (such as the green one here that I still own and use! Actually still own & wear #1 on that list and just found #5 today!) and this one is just the perfect size for holding some extras but still being not huge. And I am DELIGHTED that the two purses I rotate between right now (depending if I want hands free purse or not), are nearly perfect shades of teal.
This was the other item I had been sale stalking for awhile. It's super cute and now holds a whole bunch of extra lip balm (why do we have so much?? I don't know.) sitting on our buffet. I love sneaking hidden storage like that around the house (I also have a pineapple cookie jar in our front room that holds little lotions). It brings some nice texture to the space and is something different from all the ceramic we have around. There is also a larger size I like but I wish the blue went higher up like in the small one. I haven't bought the bigger one (yet).
3) Spirited
Yes, this is a Christmas movie. In late February. I forgot to mention it last month but I loved it so much that I don't want it to never be on here. We had another free trial of Apple TV for upgrading our phones which, luckily, was over Christmas and I talked Matt into watching this on Christmas evening with me, after the boys were in bed. I loved it so much I watched it again 5 days later when he went to his nephew's birthday party without me (We didn't have a sitter plus I dislike costume parties.) It was a DELIGHT of a movie. There was singing, dancing, a lovely moral, laughs. I was very impressed with how much work they put into the dance numbers. So many extras! It really was a spectacle. I bought the soundtrack and listened to it often until it was too far into January to be listening to Christmas music, even for me. Just a delight of a movie. (Matt didn't love it as much as me BUT he did laugh out loud, many times, when we watched it together.)
4) Everything is Made out of Magic puzzle
This was another puzzle I asked for for Christmas and received. I liked that it has a peacock and Sam liked the fox. Enough different colors that it was fairly easy to do even at 1000 pieces. I'll probably do it again this winter/spring before my puzzle table comes down in a few months. I really have liked the couple I have from this brand!
5) Glass Onion
This was the movie Matt & I watched on New Years Eve and it was just a delight, in a very different way from Spirited. Just a solid mystery movie where I certainly didn't figure out all of the twists ahead of time. I think it was better than Knives Out but it's been awhile since I saw that one. Maybe it was just that the tropical setting seemed pretty nice in the dead of winter!
My sister alerted me earlier this week that my favorite boots from Target are now on clearance (although still more money than I paid when I bought them on Cyber Monday sale). I bought a second pair. I've done that a few times before, bought a backup of a favorite item for when the first wears out and I've never once regretted it. I've only regretted the times I thought about doing this and then didn't. I love these boots and I am already a bit sad about soon packing then away for the year (even though that means warmer weather).
What have YOU been liking lately??
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