Life Lately, According To My Phone

As you may have noticed (or maybe not!), I haven’t been posting quite as regularly the last few weeks. Not to sound like a broken record, but life has been pretty busy lately. I still want blogging to be FUN, so I decided that when I feel too tired to write a blog post, I’m just going to go to bed instead of staying up late and stressing about it. Let’s be honest, the posts I write when I’m halfway asleep *usually* aren’t my best anyways. I recently read an interesting article on the New York Times titled “When Blogging Becomes a Slog.” Have you guys read this? If you’re fellow bloggers, I’d love to hear your thoughts on the topic. I don’t blog full-time, so unless I work on the blog a lot over the weekend, I’m usually writing each day’s post the night before. Which I’m not complaining about--it’s something I really enjoy doing. But I have noticed that when I say “yes” to all the opportunities that come my way and try to do it all, everything becomes a lot less fun. So I’m trying to do a better job of saying “no” unless it’s something that I really want to do (and have the bandwidth for). And I’m trying to put my life first, so blogging stays fun and doesn’t become a “slog.” Speaking of my life, here are some of the things I did this past month, as captured by my iPhone.

We took a spontaneous trip to Kalaloch, on the Washington coast, to celebrate the end of summer.

I got those leopard print flats that I posted in this wish list (I actually got the wallet and the Anthropologie necklace too--except in pink).

I also got a pair of Frye boots that I had been coveting for a long time. I’ve been wearing them almost every day since fall started...

I’ve also been painting my nails a lot more than I used to…since I’m working at a nail polish company, I feel like it’s kind of necessary. It’s nice to have a reason to set aside some mani time!

I re-styled my hutch to incorporate these pink tumblers that I got from IKEA. They’re only $1.99 each, people. Get some!

I got some dahlias from the farmer’s market.

And on Sunday, I threw a “rain shower” themed baby shower for my sister-in-law Rebecca. I hung a clear umbrella over her chair and tied rain drops to it (cut out of cardboard and wrapped with tinfoil).

My other sister-in-law, Ellen, made a rainbow cake and sugar cookies shaped like clouds and umbrellas. And I busted out my cloud shaped serving board from Uncommon Goods.

Oh, and we made caramel apples (photo stolen from Ellen’s Instagram).

Last but not least, last night I fiiiiiiiiinally got my new phone in the mail! I’ve had an iPhone 4 for several years now. It has a cracked screen and the camera takes about a minute to “warm up” before it’ll let me take a picture…so needless to say, I’m ready for something new. And I’m really excited to be able to take better iPhone photos!

I did a lot of other things this month, but I didn’t take photos of them all. Cuz sometimes it’s better to DO things than to document them. Amiright?

How was your month?? Hope you all have been well.

P.S. Most of these photos are from my Instagram account. Follow along, if you’d like!

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