Friday Favorites

Happy Friday everyone!  I'm so happy the weekend is finally here, and life is slowly getting back to normal after all the storms.  Flooding will still be an issue around the rivers over the next week, though, as the tides stay high and all the water that flooded Columbia runs down the rivers into Charleston.

Today I thought I'd share a few things I'm loving.  Here's my favorite...

purchase.  I'm definitely sorry not sorry about this awesome Target find.  And bonus - it'll double as my Halloween costume!

book. I received this book from Blogging for Books, and it is the perfect coffee table addition.  I know it might sound weird to have a "cook book" as a coffee table book, but it's been such a conversation starter over the past couple of weeks when we have people over.  The photos of all of the dishes are beautiful, and I just love thumbing through the pages.  So far, I have made here mini crab cakes and cranberry sparklers.  Yes, there are even cocktails, and she tells you in which glass each drink should be served, too.  Even though I can't imagine throwing a whole party like Martha (the recipes seem to be very time and recipe intensive), I do love the idea of adding one or two of her recipes to my party plans.

night: poker night.  I finally learned how to play poker this week!  Somehow I made it through 26 full years without learning.  We ended up staying at Erika's until 12:30 on a work night... whoops!

manicure.  I finally purchased one of the Fall 2015 Essie colors  - In the Lobby.  Yes, I'm happy that I finally have something dark for fall, I thought that there would be more of a purple than red tint.  Do you think the website photo is deceiving?

animals.  Oh my gosh, I love "unlikely friends" photos and videos.  These photos were a very close second.

song. My "Taylor Swift Radio" Pandora station probably plays one T.Swift song an hour at this rate with how many Sara Bareilles songs I've thumbs up'd.  This is a close second.  Did anyone see she released a memoir?! So excited to read that!

look.  My boss bought me this awesome scarf and beautiful jewelry for my birthday.  She knows me so well and definitely bought them for me to wear with my most favorite pants ever... which I did.

pin.  My life goal is to combine different patterns with the right jewelry and have it look like this.  Any personal stylist takers?!

fall decor.  I finally took out everything pumpkin and lit my favorite cranberry orange candle.  We haven't added much from last year, but I really need to buy another bag of gourds this year.

• While I keep in search for my perfectly dark fall polish color, anyone have a good one for me?
• Any fun plans this weekend?

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