Friday Faves
Hi friends! How are you? Hope you’re having a wonderful Friday! Sorry I was MIA yesterday. I missed you all. <3 I hit up an early Orangetheory class and then we hit the road for a little weekend getaway. I’ll be back with a recap of our adventures on Monday!
What are you up to this weekend? Any fun plans or adventures on the horizon? Summer is officially here, and I find that the days are moving in slow motion. I absolutely love it, but it makes me wonder how the heck I got us dressed and Liv to preschool in the morning. We have been enjoying the relaxed schedule, and find it’s been a nice change of pace.
It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves party. It’s fun to share some of the things I’ve been enjoying over the week, and I love hearing about your faves, too, if you’d like to play along in the comments section. 🙂
P (and Liv!) smile of the week:
Toes in the sand with dad:
Tiny rock climber:
P saying, “Mama”
I posted this one on my Snapchat (username: fitnessista) last weekend, and it was kind of a hoot that it happened over Father’s Day. The Pilot and I have had this friendly competition with both kids to see if they’d say “Mama” or “Dada” first. P has been babbling like crazy and saying mamamamama for a while now, but now if you ask her to say it, she repeats it back to you, along with the biggest 4-toothed smile. (She has her two bottom teeth and both top “fangs.” #vampirebaby) It is the sweetest ever.
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So excited for this one. <3
New candles
I think I was kicked out of the NCH (National Candle Hoarders) club because I had zero candles in the house. I’m pretty sure this has never happened before. I love running the oil diffuser with lavender during the day, but there’s something so peaceful about having a few candles lightly glimmering throughout the house. P and I were at the mall, and I was so excited to see that Bath & Body Works brought back the Henri Bendel candles, which they’d stopped carrying for a while. I still like the Rewined candles the most, but love the fig and rose scents from this brand.
Hamilton soundtrack
My inner musical-obsessed self is a little sad that I’m so late on the bus, but better late than never, right? YOU GUYS. The hype is for a reason. I started listening to the soundtrack a couple of weeks ago, and it’s seriously incredible. It gets better every.time. I can’t wait until the next time I make it to NYC because this has to happen.
AHHHHH. It’s just so good. Has anyone seen it live? Please tell me everything.
A celebration purchase.
When I was through the depths of PPD, my own medical stuff, being worried sick about P and her reflux, and when a family member was out of the woods with her scary diagnosis (a portion of the year we can go ahead and erase), I decided to get myself a little something. I finally ordered a pair of Valentino rockstuds. I’d been wanting some for years, and figured it would be the perfect way to celebrate after making it through the challenges of the past 8 months.
Yesterday I had my last big doctor’s appointment to verify that everything is indeed ok after my repair surgery, and it’s also the day that these arrived. I had been scoping them out for a long time at Nordstrom, but they didn’t have many sizes left. Bergdorf Goodman has a ton of sizes.
I’ll definitely show them a lot of love. 🙂
Can’t wait to try this leg workout.
Cheeky sayings on the mirrors at Orangetheory:
“Hakuna Masquata. It means nice booty for the rest of your days.”
These cauliflower rice stuffed peppers look amazing.
Hope you have a very happy Friday and a wonderful weekend. What’s something you’re loving this week? Hands in the air if you’re excited for Summer Shape Up!
xoxo
Gina
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That is too cute about P saying mama! Both the girls are adorable as always. No plans this weekend except a ton of homework for my nutrition school & trying to stay cool. Hopefully it won’t be 120 in AZ like last weekend. 🙂
thank you, friend! ahhhhh when i hear about the temps it’s hard to believe that used to be NBD for me. now it’s SO HOT
Dang, nice celebration purchase! I’ve been wanting the pumps for basically forever. Have a nice getaway weekend, those girls are too cute!
thank you, friend! i LOVE the pumps, too, but figured i’d wear the sandals way more 🙂
xoxo
Those shoes <3 <3 <3 <3
<3! have a great weekend :)
Love those shoes!!!!! Have a great weekend!!
I feel a lot better about the $800 sectional I bought yesterday, if those are $900+ sandals! ; )
I’m DYING to see Hamilton!! And love the shoes. Enjoy your getaway, Gina! 🙂
HAMILTON!! I managed to snag tickets for December, and I’m so excited! Best of luck getting your hands on some — it’s already sold out till next May! 🙁
I can’t think of a better reason to celebrate! Cheers to amazing shoes and happy and healthy days ahead!
I think that Fig scented candle is calling me :O
Ahhh, Rockstuds are my dream shoe! I want the kitten heel. Congrats and show us what they look like on, please! I want to live vicariously through you. 🙂
Congrats on winning the mama/papa race! 😉 And many many congrats on making it through this challenging year!!
Hope you have a nice getaway weekend! And those shoes… Gorg! It’s great that you rewarded yourself after such a challenging time. We all need a pick me up sometimes ; )
Hakuna Masquata…
That is the cutest! Looking forward to a chill weekend enjoying the beautiful weather here, heading out to the beach and maybe doing some yoga videos 🙂
Love the shoes. Love the candles. So glad that everything is good with you.
Awesome shoe splurge!!! I would love the rock stud heels, however I don’t think my hobbit feet would fit. Lots of fun shoe photos please!!!
Can’t wait for summer shape up!! And awesome celebration purchase!! You deserve it after all that you’ve been thru! Have a great weekend!
I’m glad you’re back in the candle hoarders club so I’m not in it alone! I have WAY to many candles! I probably have 20 right now which is really out of hand but you never know when your favorite scent will go out of stock!
So excited for SSU!! Although I’m still 2 weeks away from being cleared to work out after baby! I’ll be hitting up the PBB first and then joining in on the SSU a little late, but I can’t wait!!
Love celebration presents! I also get a PCS present <—–just an idea for ya! =)
hahaha i told tom about that and he was like NO NO NO NO
😉
If anyone is looking for a similar (cheaper) pair of sandals, Rebecca Minkoff has a similar style at nordstrom http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/rebecca-minkoff-georgina-studded-leather-sandal-women/3954132?origin=keywordsearch-personalizedsort&fashioncolor=BUTTERSCOTCH%20LEATHER
HAMILTON. It was…ridiculous. I live in NY and was determined to see if before LMM leaves on July 9th. I entered the lottery every day (and had my husband and my grandmother and my mom, etc do it, too to increase my chances. I stalked StubHub daily. I called in every favor. I came up with nothing. My hopes were down, and I decided I would sell one of my nice bags to have a disposable 1,400.00 for a seat via a line sitter (you can hire – totally legit – a person to stay the 36 hours in the cancelation line for you to wait for a ticket). I almost did it…and chickened out bc I felt like first of all, I couldn’t spend the money without extreme guilt…and then…second of all, I felt weird paying someone to do something I wouldn’t/couldn’t (two toddlers at home who would not do well with a 36 hour street camp out) do. So I cancelled my spot, and had a broken heart. I called back to re-hire the company that does this and my spot had already been taken for the day. That day, my husband won the lottery (the Hamilton ticket lottery) at 4pm and we went that night and sat in the front row for 10.00 a person. My expectations were incredibly high (my family members are in the industry) and I have to say, the show exceeded anything I could have ever hoped for. My husband, who is a total skeptic and doesn’t want to love anything trendy or with hype (he is a super serious pediatric oncologist) was blown away, too. LMM and Leslie Odom’s sweat and spit fell on us (front row, lol) and it was breath-taking from beginning to end. I cannot come up with one single flaw. There are aspects of it, like…Stay Alive (the second one) which have a visceral feeling that doesn’t come through all the way on the CD. Same with Quiet Uptown. Neither of those were my favorites from the album, but they become something else in person. He truly does “save” something for you as a live theatergoer even with the full show sung through on the CD (minus one small scene not on the CD)…Every single part of this show is spectacular, from the aspects hidden throughout it from popular culture and history…to the thought he put into every part of how it weaves together (such as how Daveed Digs goes from a Frenchman having trouble mastering the English language to having the fastest raps by the end of his scenes, or to how Alexander’s part during the first song is so much more intense then the other men in order to allign the audience with Alexander’s genius from moment one…) He says it took him a full year to write MyShot and I believe it. Although, in person, it feels so natural like it just happened all in one breath. The theater is intimate and perfect for the show, we were lucky enough to get almost the entire full cast that night. The sound is beyond. Every single thing. I could go on and on…I will say this. If you have any way to get to NY before July 9th, do it. It will change your life. It certainly has made me re-evaluate every aspect of my own life (as a 35 year old married, Psychologist mom of two this was very unexpected). GO SEE IT.
Same goes with “Say no to this” which for me, was not something that drew me in. The drama of the moment on stage is something that you can’t pull yourself away from. So you end up at home with a whole new album to listen to…only this time you have all this imagery and emotion to go with it!
AHHHHH that’s why i love actually being able to see the shows. it makes the soundtracks so much more meaningful.
oh my gossshhhhh. reading your comments gave me serious chills. amazing. what an incredible experience, and DESTINY that you were able to go that very night (and sit in the front row, no less)! thank you for sharing with me, and making me even more excited! my chances of going before the 9th are basically nonexistent, but man. i want to see it SO BADLY.
I miss your snap stories! I think you blocked me after my 2 year old somehow sent you some gibberish snap chat messages 🙁
that’s so weird! usually i only block people if they constantly screen shot like my face haha or send me inappropriate stuff. what’s your snap name? i can add you!
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Good luck with the Hamilton tickets. You can probably purchase tickets now for next summer.
i saw that. totally burst my bubble hahah