Happy Friday! How are you doing? I hope everyone in your home is staying safe. One of the fun things we did this week is throw a virtual Spanish tapas party for our friend’s 35th birthday.
As you’ve probably seen through the years, my high school friends and I take a girl’s trip every year together.
Since this is a big birthday year for us, we had planned to go to Mallorca, Spain this summer. And since that is not happening anymore, we decided to transport ourselves to Spanish shores Zoom-style.
Here’s what we made:
-classic Sangria
–Garlic Shrimp with Lemon and Parsley
–Patatas Bravas with Smokey Tomato Aioli
-Spanish cheese board: we had two different kinds of Manchego, Drunken Goat cheese, chorizo, grapes, truffled Marcona almonds, goat cheese with fig jam and local honey
And here’s our Spanish Tapas Party playlist…
Also head over to Instagram for our “virtual postcard game.” Send me your favorite travel photo without you in it, and I’ll share on Instagram stories, so we can travel the world together!
I’ll be sharing them all in next week’s weekend reads as well, so you can send me all week long.
Weekend Reads | 4-17
A round-up of the best coffee subscription services.
We made this Kale Caesar Salad this week, and it was sooo good. Def adding it to our recipe rotation.
Obsessed with these under $100 sandals.
Sometimes I’ve taken to walking around my apartment to get 10k steps each day…can walking in place help you lose weight?
This $25 tie dye set is Amazon’s best selling loungewear.
Very few ingredients in this veggie-forward pasta, and it looks delicious.
I have this very strong desire to make myself an ombre layer cake in quarantine.
I’m dying to read this new book on the inside story of Instagram’s start and rise.
Really loving the brightly-colored workout leggings I see on folks right now…considering this $68 pair.
This will brighten your day: a photo thread on convenience store cats.
Dole whip fans! Disney just shared the recipe and you only need three ingredients.
This piece has some great tips on drinking at home during these times like using overripe fruits to make syrups for cocktails.
The best sleep tee is marked way down this weekend.
Love the headline of this piece: The Humble Phone Call Has Made a Comeback
This article sums up so much of what I feel about my favorite album: “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.”
British blogger Rosie from The Londoner shares her scones recipe… yummm.
Where to buy pantry staples online.
Dream dress! Everything from this collection is a stunner, and so much of my inspiration for the store comes from this line.
Also… it’s Sephora’s spring sale!
I had this whole plan to use up all of my skincare samples before purchasing anything else, and then this sale had to come along.
From the samples I’ve been trying, things I really liked:
-my skin has been incredibly dry this spring and this moisturizer really felt refreshing on
-Charlotte Tilbury’s magic Cream is pretty thick, but I liked it on overnight. Plus, it comes in this mini size, so you can truly try it out before dishing out tons of money.
I really like buying value sets during this time because it’s an affordable way to try out a bunch of products before committing to a big size of them…if there’s a mini or travel size, I will always buy that first. More product favs below.
Weekend Sales | 4-17
Abercrombie: 60% off select styles (FRIDAY ONLY).
Aerie: 40-70% Aerie collection, underwear 6 for $25.
Backcountry: 20% off one item with code 20FULLPRICE.
Banana Republic: 50% off everything. Plus an additional 60% off sale styles.
Boohoo: Take 60% off everything.
Gap:Up to 60% off everything.
H&M: Members spend $60 and receive $10 to donate to a charity.
Loft: 70% off one full priced item plus 50% off almost everything else using code OMG
Madewell: 40% almost everything with code VERYRARE.
Old Navy: Everything is under $20 plus an extra 15% off!
Sephora: Spring Sale. Rouge: 20% off. VIB: 15% off. Beauty Insiders: 10% off. Free to sign up.
Recently on Haute Homebody:
–Target Spring Outfit Round-Up
–Coronavirus Quarantine Activities List
