Thanksgiving Week brings us to Monday Musings – Vol 13 and that makes me extra thankful. It means that I’ve been consistent with blogging every Monday for over 3 months now! 🙂 Lets just glide right over the fact that this is coming on a Tuesday. Jet lag, people! Or ‘riding in a car for 10ish hours’ lag. Call it whatever you want. But it’s here sooo we can just be proud of that. Better late than never, right?!

Graphic Tee (size small) / Leggings (size 2) / Sneakers

What I’m wanting…

Everything in this collage! With my birthday just a few days away, I put together a collage of ‘splurge worthy’ pieces that I’d love to have. Clearly this is a frivolous list. A collection of completely unnecessary things. That being said, isn’t that what birthday gifts consist of when you’re turning 32? At this point I don’t need anything and even coming up with a want list proved difficult. But it’s me and I’m not terrible at finding things I don’t need… A few of these are either on their way to me or will be mine soon, others will need to wait a bit. Which of these items would be your top pick!?

Card Holder // Body Set // Crossbody Bag // Fur Sandals // Necklace // Sunglasses // Leather Jacket // Combat Boots // Distressed Denim // Nonstick Pan // Water Rower // Tower Fan // Tunic Sweater // Coffee Mug

What is finally happening…

The basement! We chose a framer and lumber is being dropped off next Monday. It’s possible the framing will be complete by the end of next week! Now that doesn’t mean our basement will be fully finished any time soon, but it means step 1 will be out of the way. Electrical is next on the list and our electrician is a popular guy, so it may be into the new year before he’s able to come take care of that. That’s ok though because it means the process is finally moving! I’m beyond excited to design & decorate what will be right around 1,400 square feet. Like building a mini house again! 🙂 It also means OPERATION HOME GYM is closer than ever.

This blueprint is about 80% accurate! We’ve reconfigured the bar area to make it quite a bit bigger and are shrinking the size of my storage room.

What I’m prepping for…

Black Friday Sales. One of the busiest days in the world of blogging. The sales are overwhelming for me, and I ‘shop’ daily. Every single large retailer is running crazy specials. My favorite small businesses are running amazing deals. It’s hard to know where to start! My plan for posting is similar to last year’s Black Friday Sales Post — simple, easy-to-navigate and a way for you to quickly glance and see what stores have what sales. Then you can decide if you want to dive into the black hole of everything on the retailer’s site! I’ll be doing a ‘Small Business Saturday’ post separately in support of my favorite small + local places too.

All on sale: Puffer Coat / Sunglasses / Flannel

Random Ramblings…

Being ‘home’ is fantastic. Not cooking for myself. Living out of 2 suitcases with clothes all over the floor of our bedroom. More than just Kyle to have conversations with. All of it. Texas is great and I’m so glad we were able to come down and that we’re able to be here all week.
Vegan Street Tacos. Newest obsession. Last night we went to Legacy Food Hall and got tacos from Velvet Taco. The Fried Paneer — OMGSH.

Back on the reading train! I just got 3 new (to me) books yesterday and I can’t wait to start them. Let me know if you’re interested in what I picked up & I will share.
Our family pictures from last month are finally edited & we are OBSESSED. I’ve spammed my social media with them but since I just love them so much, I figured I’d share 2 here too. My blog, my rules!

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