Hi hello! Happy Friday! Happy weekend to ya. What do you’ve occurring? We have a Christmas dinner at a buddy’s home, a squadron Christmas social gathering, a party, and two birthday brunches. So many enjoyable actions packed into the weekend! I’m hoping that in between the occasions, we will atone for some home stuff (and that I can lastly sort out the laundry mountain that’s taken over our mattress. I used to be doing a load every night time, and issues simply obtained out of hand in a short time…).
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It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves social gathering! This is the place I share a few of my favourite finds from the week and across the net. I at all times love to listen to about issues that you just’re loving, too, so please shout them out within the feedback part under.
Friday Faves
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One of my large objectives for 2023 is to determine TikTok. I fought it for SO lengthy, however the actuality is that’s the place individuals are hanging out proper now. And as a shopper of the platform, I like it. It took the algorithm a short while to get to *know* me, however it undoubtedly is aware of me now. (Bring on all the unbelievable choreography, chef life behind the scenes, singing movies, inside adorning, vogue suggestions, and fast recipe movies.) I actually need to begin creating content material on TikTok and offering worth in a brand new approach, however I really feel overwhelmed by the platform, particularly with the completely different modifying strategies and options.
Thankfully, my buddy Amber – we have been in Jill’s mastermind collectively – simply created a course ALL about TikTok, together with a masterclass, and I’m so pumped to do it. She’s been crushing it over there (274k followers!), and he or she’s going to share her suggestions and methods. I do know this may not be relevant to everybody, but additionally know that plenty of reader mates have on-line companies and are concerned in social media, so for those who’d like to affix me in her TikTok course, the hyperlink is right here!
It’s $200 off proper now and the worth jumps on Monday when the course begins.
(Amber is on the far proper of this pic from our Scottsdale journey a couple of month in the past)
We’ll be on Instagram reside at the moment speaking about TikTok if you wish to take part then, too – I’d like to see you there!
Read, watch, pay attention:
This Josh Groban video that popped up on my YouTube playlist whereas I used to be working. What a banger lol. But severely, this is among the songs that made me love him again in highschool. It’s so good!
Speaking of favourite songs, what was your most-played Spotify music in 2022? This is mine! I’ve listened to it SO many instances this yr:
Started this e book and whereas it took me a short while to get into it, I’m having fun with it to date.
Fashion + magnificence:
This sweater arrived and it’s even higher than I assumed it will be. The cloth is top of the range and I picked the heather camel colour.
Dark pic however you will get the thought:
LOVE this cheek palette.
I’ve been loopy about Vuori for on a regular basis informal apparel, and have been eyeing this half-zip. I believe I’ll go for it this weekend and pop it underneath the tree. 😉 If you’re nonetheless present procuring, I’ve tons of concepts right here:
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For the boys
For her
For the youngsters
Fitness + good eats:
A dessert board. We had some mates over for dinner final weekend, and I used this Ina Garten tip and made a dessert board for dessert. It made it really easy and everybody might have what they needed.
I made some chocolate peanut butter bars, after which added completely different cookies and chocolate pretzels from the Whole Foods cookie bar, together with some chocolate mousse bars from Trader Joe’s. The youngsters had sizzling cocoa, and the adults had tequila sangria.
For the meal, we had appetizers (an enormous attractive charcuterie board my buddy introduced over, sun-dried tomato dip and crackers), my fave fall salad, roast hen, potatoes, and contemporary sourdough.
I’m so grateful that our youngsters launched us to a few of our closest mates. Making mates as an grownup may be exhausting and awkward, and I really feel so grateful that our youngsters have the sweetest mates with wonderful mother and father. 😉 We’re having a household dinner tonight and a Secret Santa trade for the crew – it is going to be a blast.
Hope you’ve a contented Friday and I’ll see ya quickly with Favorite issues!
xo
Gina