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Weekend Reads | 10-11

by Amanda / Lifestyle

Welcome to another edition of weekend reads!

A tiny bit of good news this week that I wanted to share is that I finally reached 10K followers on Instagram!

The part I’m honestly most excited about is the ability for you all to swipe up directly to my links; that will simplify things so much for all you readers out there.

And I wanted to share this personal note to encourage everyone out there to keep pursuing what it is that’s important to you.  Never in a million years  did I think 10,000 people would want to see and hear anything about my life.Five Tips for Your Italian Honeymoon, Positano, Positano pier, Positano beach view, Show Me Your Mumu

I actually started this blog in 2014, but for several years, I didn’t even tell anyone but my mom, my husband, and a few close friends about it.  I felt oddly insecure and embarrassed that I was sharing outfit pictures and crafts that I was making in my apartment after work.  Here’s my very first post:  Panzanella.

I couldn’t shake those nagging and self-sabotaging feelings of “but who cares about this” and “why share, this is dumb.”

But about a year and a half ago, after being laid off from my dream job,” I decided to finally throw myself completely into trying to make the blog a success.  I had just 127 followers on IG, ALL of whom I knew, and I felt truly lost and that I had nothing going for me.  But… I just kept going.

I fought the feelings of what I was doing not being good enough and that no one but my mom cared about what I was posting by just continuing to put it out into the universe.

And here I am sitting at 10k followers less than two years later.  I truly want to thank you all for supporting me along this journey.  I can’t tell you how much I have grown into a happier, more positive person through this community.  You all make it worth it!

Now enough of the sappy stuff…onto this week’s weekend reads.

Weekend Reads | 10-11

Have you read about the “Wagatha Christie” British tabloid scandal??  It’s been my favorite thing of the week.  I love a good internet sleuthing and British soccer wag Coleen Rooney just showed she’s queen!

Like my sweater in pic above?  Find it here.

This $54 dress is perfect for a fall or winter wedding.

25 female entrepreneurs, celebrities, and authors share how they get their best ideas.

A cozy loungewear round-up; I’ll take one of each!

Planning on making this pumpkin cream cheese bread this weekend.

I’ve stumbled upon some GREAT Amazon designer dupes this week:

The best true-crime docs to watch on Netflix.  Naturally…I’ve seen all of these.

Want to host a wine and cheese party?  Here are Vogue’s most beautiful cheese plates and boards.

AND sommeliers share the best wine glasses at every price point.

Prepping for my #30daysofplaid in November.  Love these Old Navy plaid puffer jackets AND they’re size inclusive (up to 4X).

Heading to Atlanta this weekend for another buying trade show, and I always get a little intimidated by these things.  Here’s five confidence-boosting Instagram accounts to follow for a boost.  My personal favorite not on this list is Morgan Harper Nichols.  I needed this post this week:

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Some of the most beautiful things grow in seemingly unlikely places. Plants do not only grow in the fresh soil of rolling green fields that receive the right amount of sunshine and rain. They also grow underwater, in the dark, in the winter, in the desert. They grow in the places most would never think to look. Even here, in your uncertainty, there is room for growth. There is room for you to look at your failed dreams and figure out what it would mean to start dreaming again. And it’s true, it won’t be the same when you start again, because you are not the same. You have learned and grown so much since the time you originally began. Now is not the time not to merely pick apart the flaws of the original dream, but to look at why you started and began there. It’s time to take a closer look at the things that are still probing at your curiosity all these years later. Go back to the plants you put in the ground long ago. Go back and identify the withering branches that need to be cut off and the branches that are surprisingly still hanging on. Remember, pruning plants can actually help them thrive. Reevaluating this season of your life doesn’t automatically mean throwing everything away, even if you just want a clean slate. There are still lessons that you have gathered along the way that will prepare you for whatever plants you decide to plant or nurture today. Not everything has been wasted. You can learn from where you’ve been. Those earlier dreams are still a part of your story, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of it didn’t quite work out. You can still be proud of yourself for choosing to start something. You can still have grace for yourself for the year you took a break. You can still celebrate how far you have come even if it included treading through a valley of failures and disappointments. You are in a new season now, and no matter what it looks like, beautiful things can still come to life here. You have not missed out on your growth. You have not missed out on what was meant for you. – Morgan

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Decorating for fall on a budget at Target.  Plus more decor inspiration.

I’ve seen people hyping this Billie razor all over the place:  an honest review.

Weekend Sales

Abercrombie:   40-60% off items.

American Eagle: Take 30-60% off everything.

Aerie: 40% off tops and leggings.

Ann Taylor: 50% off your purchase with code DUO.

Anthropologie: Take an extra 40% off sale styles.

Banana Republic: Take 40% off your purchase.

Boohoo: Take 50% off everything plus $5.99 shipping.

Express: Take 40-50% off everything.

Gap: Take 40% off everything with code GOBIG, plus a 10% bonus with code WARMUP.

J. Crew: HUGE sale.  Take 40% off your purchase and 50% off sale styles with code GOBIG.

Coats and Jackets

Tops and Sweaters

Dresses and Skirts

Shoes, Bags, Accessories

Loft: Take 40% off your purchase with code FALLFEST.

Madewell: Take 20% off $100+, 30% off $200+ with code YOUCHOOSE.

Mango:  30% off using code COLUMBUS19.

Old Navy:   Check out my Old Navy fall favorites here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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