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Come join us and let's grab drinks. Hi, friends. Welcome back to the podcast. I'm Haley. And I'm Bree. And today we are going to talk about things that we're loving lately. We have not done one of these episodes, since back in episode six, where we talked about a ton of things that we were loving. And today we're gonna talk about just a handful each and share all about that before we get started. Bree, what are you drinking today?
Cheers. I am drinking a latte. I've got some caramel syrup in it. But you know what I was thinking? We should, I guess record at night. But we should record one of these when we have like actual like Happy Hour drinks.
Yeah, it
could be like, the let's grab drinks after what is it is like after dark or something like that. Like the girls let loose.
Maybe our next episode, although the next one will record as a Gilmore Girls recap. And I worry that it'll be a live hours talking.
I mean, we were like, we were talking like Gilmore Girls in that last episode. So maybe the next next one, we'll do like a well evening, record it and have drinks. It has to be Yeah, we're at the end of January. So it's got to be recorded in February because I've been doing dry January. And I've stuck to it so far to the 23rd. I'm still going strong. So proud of you.
did not do dry January, which I'll actually talk a little bit about and one of my things that I'm loving lately.
Okay, cool. Well, you've got a longer list than me. So why don't you go first,
I feel like I always have a longer list than you. Okay, we'll start with a one that I was just referencing, and that is rum balls.
Y'all know what this is? Because I've never had one. Okay,
so they are so simple to make. I made them for the first time at Christmas. And I just Why have I never had one before. Basically, all it is is like walnuts or I you can actually replace a walnut with a different nut, vanilla wafer, cocoa powder, but I made a batch without them and they were just as good. And then powdered sugar, and rum. And so you basically take the two dry ingredients, so the nuts and the vanilla wafers. And you grind them up. So I just put them in a food processor to where they're really thin. And then you just roll it all together. And then you coat it in powdered sugar. And it's frickin delicious. Really? Yeah.
And then how much rum are we talking goes into these things? So as I mentioned, they probably get more delicious as
you eat them. Maybe I don't to be completely honest with you. It's like half a cup. And these things make like a huge batch. Like okay, yeah, but I could probably eat. I couldn't need an entire batch. I would get very sick. Just from how much sugar sweetness it is. But oh my gosh, or just i My mouth is watering. I have some in the fridge. I made them two nights ago. They're so good.
You didn't ice
I was I was at the store the other day and I was like, I have this wrong because I don't really drink rum. Now, it's spiced rum to that I got okay. Oh, and I don't be good. Yeah, I don't drink rum very often. So I was like, I need to use this. I should make some more they were so good and I haven't stopped thinking about them.
So one thing that I am obsessed with and this is not a loving lately, but it's just kind of an obsession is tiki drinks specifically tiki drinks when they're in like the really wonky kitschy Tiki cups like yeah, I want a full collection of tiki bar where like I got on a super kick with it a couple years ago I was playing with it I went to I've been to a couple of actually three now like Tiki bars they're so little fun. I don't the drinks and that but those use rum so that's where I was going with that but do
you remember that place we went in Arizona where we got tiki drinks but you were pregnant? So you got like a not a virgin whatever. I don't remember what they were called. Oh, we went to the speakeasy Yeah, the speakeasy but it was like underwater pirate thing. seemed, yes, yes. Yes. So I was just a very elaborate like,
they all went. They were so, so cool. And their drink menu is huge. They even had like a mocktail menu, which I appreciated mocktails a word I was trying to think that was a really interesting speakeasy place I've never been, I've only been to a couple of sweet other speakeasies. I've been to one in San Diego where you have to like, you have to somehow know somebody that knows how to get there, because it's literally like a back door somewhere in or was in Carlsbad. And there was like a password. You had to tell them when you knocked on the door. And I'm like, Where the heck are we going? It was really cool. But this one was neat. Because you you like major reservation. And then there was like three different options to choose from. It was interesting. Yeah.
Oh, like, yeah. Because I was gonna, you mentioned Tiki Bar. And I was actually thinking, the old neighborhood I used to live in, there was a guy that would post in our, like, neighborhood Facebook group, he had a thing called the tiki bar. And it was basically like a bar that he there were two levels, one he built in his basement. And then the other was, he had a pool with a tiki bar around it. And he would throw big parties all the time. And invite everyone even if you didn't know him to come over and meet the neighbors. I never went and I kind of regret not going. But like sounds amazing. It was a full bar. Like, every week. The rule was you bring a bottle of liquor to leave, like oh,
okay, I was like, how did he go about that? Because again, exactly charge. Secret Venmo
is cool. I like it's so fun. I dream of one day having something similar, but I probably would not invite my entire neighborhood over. No,
I don't. I am. I am tempted because I feel like we're locked into this house because of stupid interest rate. So I'm like, we're here forever. So I got on a kick, where I'm you started this kick, actually. You do. Okay. Okay, so you were like three? In my neighborhood. They're having a bourbon exchange. And I love bourbon. And I was like, okay, that's amazing. So next year, I totally want to do a bourbon exchange with our neighborhood. I'm like, built up the courage. I'm going for it now. And the other thing that I wanted to is so you know how, like some neighborhoods at Christmas time, the entire neighborhood will do like a theme or they're all do like a similar thing, or the same thing. Yeah, I am going to make that a reality. I don't care if only one other person joins me this year. I can't decide if like everybody buys the same blow up. Or if everybody does like this cut out. And I'm like, Okay, here's the cut out. And I give it out in like July so everybody can do it. During the summer. You've got, you know, six months to get it together.
That'd be cool. I like that. Especially I've seen I've seen where they do like a Taylor Swift thing was a big thing this year on tick tock, where it's like, the whole neighborhood, everyone was a different era. And I was like, Oh, you have to have like, solid neighbor friends to make that. Yeah,
there's no way my neighborhood has too many elderly people. They'd be like, Absolutely not. But I could probably get them on board with like, a Santa or a snowman. That was the other thing too. I was like, I probably want to go with a snowman that way. If there's like people with different religions. Yeah, they still feel like they can be involved.
So yes, yeah, I really love the ones that are like Grinch themed, but we just did regular lights this year. So we finally
put up Christmas lights this year. It was it was really cute. But now I'm like, I got the itch. Or you know what I really want. I really want a ginormous inflatable Santa Claus. You should I'm talking I want one that is like two storeys high that will look inside of our window
he's worried because he knows like I have this like, I want it.
So I think I told him like I'm just gonna start slow. I'm gonna start small. You should look now dances gonna get you know bigger and bigger every you shouldn't you should really look now because they're probably on sale if they haven't already stopped selling because that's we literally got all of our Christmas lights four days before Christmas. And Steven put them up before we hosted Christmas with the family like the day before. And stress but we got them 75% off. Like oh nine. Yeah.
Which of course you did. I feel like you just talked about the next thing on your list. Oh, I know. I wish or I know you went but I you like I said you've got more than me. So the other.
Yeah, I'll do this one and then you do and you do one. So the next thing that I've been obsessed with lately, is thrifting I feel like I've always kind of love thrifting But it's moved into clothing. used to it was like I would thrift for the studio that I had. And I was looking at furniture and like decor and now I'm like obsessed with finding good finds for clothing like high end pesos.
Where do you go? Because the only place I knew to go thrifting is like Goodwill, and I feel like they're freaking expensive.
Okay, so I have found a handful of things that goodwill, I will say their jeans are my best bet at Goodwill. I've not found I found like a handful of sweaters. But I've gone to a lot of resale shops, like consignment stores. So we have one called prior attire here. And I've actually gone to it since college, like I would sell my clothes to them get credit and buy. And I haven't really done it in a long time. And here lately, I'm like realizing, why am I buying full price items? Like, there are so many things that are really good deals like I got this sweater for $3. Which is so funny to think about because I probably would have paid 50 bucks for this sweater. It's 50 Yes,
I can't do it. Like I'll Okay. When I come to Chattanooga. I'll go with you. Yeah,
me there. And then you should also look you should look for what are they called? Like, we have a humane society here that has a resale shop. And so all donations like you donate your stuff, they price it sell it. It's kind of like a goodwill. But all the donations go to the animal shelter and all of the workers are volunteer. Like they're not even paid. Yeah. Okay.
See, I feel like I would go to look for like, old like home decor. Like I follow a couple people or I see random reels and stuff where I'm like, Ah, that is like so freakin cute. Like this old fashion, whatever, old picture frames, right? I just feel like I wouldn't be lucky. I
think it depends on the area you're in because I have seen some tic TOCs of thrift errs going to Goodwill showing showing like how overpriced things are. Yeah, and I don't have that experience at our goodwill. And I actually went to one in South Carolina and had like, I found picture frames. I found a few like more clothing items and I've ever found a goodwill. And yeah, yeah, I just that's
cool. No, I think that's why like, I went to a goodwill. Last time we went to Goodwill. And I was looking for picture frames in particular. And they were just like $30. And I'm like, I don't understand. I thought I was going to buy $2 $3 picture frames.
Yeah, yeah, you went to the wrong goodwill. Yeah,
like this is not no, this is not my jam.
Yeah. Okay, what's on your list? Okay. On my
list loving lately, my new iPad, I splurged ended up business expense at the end of last year to get myself a new iPad, because we use the outlet monitor for Parker. And so it has to we have to use some type of like app. And so we needed a device for our babysitter to use. Because we didn't want it just logged in on, you know, or other stuff where, you know, all of our messages are coming through or whatever. And so we could have just gotten like a super cheap, like Android tablet or something. But I'm using my iPad more for work now. And so I got a new one. And I'm really, really loving it. It's got like, a fancy new pencil and I I'm a part of a group called the social circle for work. And she gives out like, really fun workbooks every time we meet. And I'm like, I love it. It's so cool. And so like, I will download it over to my iPad and I'll write on the booklet there. And it's just like inspiring my creativity. And that's something like I really need to prioritize and so it's really helping with that. So
yeah, awesome. I like that. I didn't know she gave out workbooks every time she does every really fun. Like I need to step up my game.
I really enjoy it. I'm like, I feel like I need to do this for my group. So anyways, that's another business journal.
I like it. I like it. Alright, what's
next on your list?
Okay, next is the opposite of what I just said with thrifting is I got a pair. I saw him all over Tiktok and had to just I finally went for it. The doctor shows white sneakers. I I've wanted white sneakers for a long time. I literally am one of those people that I wear tennis shoes and like when I say tennis shoes, I mean like athletic shoes. They're not cute. Oh dear. because my feet like, every shoe just kills my feet. I've had, oh, I gotta be comfortable. Yeah, I
wear my night time. That's all I wear, like,
well, Sealy and you, you have cute Nike sneakers. I have like, yes. Athletic,
like I'm gonna go for a ride.
And so I was like, You know what, Haley on Black Friday, I went and I bought them on sale. I think we're like, $10 off. Not even a good sale. And I was like, if you hate them, you can send them back. I swear, I have worn these shoes nearly every single day since I got the probably need to buy other colors. I think I'm going to I think I think I have to, but I will say I met a girl this past week. And we she asked me like, Oh, are those the doctor shows? And I was like, Yeah. And she said, do you actually like them? Because I think my feet don't fit them. Right. They just don't work for me. So I think it's like for a specific foot. And they just work if you have a high arch. I think that's what it is because I do have a high arch. So I'm like hurting if I don't have the support and those shoes, man. And we're gonna have to link to those in our Facebook group. I will they are Yeah, phenomenal. I love it. Dr. Schultz. Okay, sponsor me.
Right, hey. Okay, next on my list is a TV show. So obsessed with the great British baking show. But we've watched all of them now. And so I was like, Oh, look, there's a juniors edition. Like, let's try it. I have to put this disclaimer out there. Because I don't think if we didn't have a daughter, I don't think we would like this show. I just feel like, I don't know. Maybe Maybe you would. I don't know.
But I loved kids versus chef. Okay, then maybe you would like it. Yeah, we
just got into it. Oh, okay. Well, then maybe it's just maybe I'm the weird one. Let's be real. And I'm like, oh, kids. Now I'm like, oh, kids. And so it's so freaking cute. Oh my god. We watched the latest season season seven. And now we're going backwards. And now we're on season six. And it's so fun. It's just so cute. And it's like I told Brandon last night. I'm like, it's like a little boost of serotonin when I watch the show. It's really adorable.
That's awesome. What is it? Like the exact same thing as the? Okay. Yeah, well,
I mean, they're, it's different judges. And they're so sweet with their critiques. Like they never say anything like harsh. It's very like, Yeah, we don't want to make the kids cry type of big. It's really precious.
Okay, I am actually going to switch out one of mine because you said TV show. And I immediately was like, I don't know how I didn't even think to add this. But I just watched Jane the Virgin, all all seasons. In the last two and a half, three weeks. I could not stop watching it. It might top my list of favorite TV shows. What Yes. It's like, I just loved real land. Every episode, all the drama, like the drama is out there and wild and you're like, this would never happen in real life. But that's kind of the purpose of it. Like her life becomes a telenovela. It's just so good. I yeah, I literally am ready to watch it again. So if you're
I told Brandon the other day that we needed to watch it so you have to start after we finish this season of tuner break off.
Yeah, it is one of my my favorite shows I think I've ever watched and like very easy to binge very easy. So good.
The there was a show and I know it's not nothing similar, but aka poco kappa aka poco on Apple TV. Oh my god. So cute. I don't know is Jane the Virgin version? James. Based in are they in Mexico? Or are they in the States?
They're in Miami?
Or they're in Miami?
Yes. Yeah. Cute.
Yeah, to remind Brandon. Okay, my next one is stickers. And I know a lot of people are obsessed with stickers. I'm so obsessed with stickers. I really want to like start making my own stickers. Like more of them. I have like one, but I want to figure out how to like get a shop set up and I'm like, do I buy them and then ship them? Do I want to spend that money or do I just like print on demand? I don't know. But it's just like stewing in the back of my brain. But I came up with a really cool idea. So now that I have a kid, I am doing a lot of truth telling here. So one of my other things is prior to having kids. Anytime I've been out, I am that judgmental person. I'm like, Oh my God, why is your child screaming? This is so annoying. Can you just like what's going on? And now I'm like, Oh my God, those poor parents, or family?
No, I mean, I think most of us relate to that. Because that is, every time we hear a kid screaming, I like I really am good at tuning it out. But every time we're in public and hear kids screaming, Stephen, and I look at each other, and one of us will go, you ready for a kid? Yes, it's like, no,
yeah, it's you know, and so, now I have a completely different mindset around it. And so I want to make these stickers that say, you're doing great. And I'm gonna make two versions. So one's gonna say you're doing great. And then the other sticker is you're doing great mama. And I want to make this a thing. I've only one other person. So I'm telling you guys on the podcast now. Where I mean, I guess, but buying from me because then they'll all match, thank you. I'm going to sell them, but you can buy them, you have to buy a pack, you can't just buy one, you have to buy at least a pack of five. And the idea is whether you buy the You're doing great, or you're doing the great mama like you can pick which pack you want. And that you keep them with you like in your purse. And just like as you're out and about, like, just pass one off to somebody that you feel like you need to give it to,
I think you need to do this one
of them. So it's like the Happiness Project or like yeah, like, back in the day, there used to be like, choose joy. And they used to do like bracelets and stuff for it. And I'm like, this is like, we're cheering each other on. You don't even have to really say anything. You can just like hand somebody a sticker and walk away or put it on their car or whatever. Like, yeah,
I really liked this, I think you should do I think you should buy in bulk. Because when you make it I'll
probably do like a pre order. That way I can kind of gauge because also I want to buy like different colors. So that way everybody can get like a different like a bunch of different colors in their pack. So it's my February project. I can't do it right this week, even though I want to that's my favorite subject. I'll post in the Facebook group. Yeah,
I think this episode will air like the first second week of February maybe Oh, perfect. So come back because she might have
been my goal will be by the time this is live. I need to look at the day that I've got pre orders open. So
this episode will air on the 12th. So make sure you come back and see if we have breeze link ready for preorder will be Yeah,
I will. I will. I will. I'm gonna net. You guys are holding me to it. I'm putting this on a post it note. It's going on my desk. Yeah,
excited. Speaking of stickers, do you have a sticker book yet? I feel like we talked about, maybe we didn't talk about it. They are selling these like sticker books on tick tock, where you can stick your sticker. And then it's like the sticker material, the backing of the material. So you can peel it off and re set it somewhere else in your sticker book. So like you're not committed to putting your sticker in the sticker book on one page. You can take it off and put it somewhere else later. But it's
got to be in the book. But it's in the book. Yeah. Sounds like something I would have obsessed over a junior high.
Yeah. But like, how many stickers Do you have that you don't have on anything?
I'm actually well okay, if you guys are watching the video, I have put them in the back of my iPad. There. You can tell this my poor little guy is upside down. But I've put them there. So that way at least I can see them. I'm getting a little bit better. And I do have new laptop take case. So I'm gonna put some there. I'm trying. See I get like sticker anxiety. Yeah,
if I stick on something, because Because okay, I mean, the only stickers I've ever collected, started about six years ago, I collected travel stickers of all the locations that I've ever been. I was like, I'm gonna put these on my suitcase, stuck them all to the back of my suitcase and on one of my trips in August, my suitcase broke. And now it's just sitting in a closet because I can't use it. Like it's not just a normal break. It's like the little handle doesn't once you pull it up it doesn't go back down unless you pop open the suitcase in finagling. Yeah, it happened on a plane.
Oh, cool. Ted. Love that for you.
So anyway, all my stickers are just like so. Sitting on a suitcase I don't use anymore. So
what I've started doing, so I got a new laptop cover, but I could not throw away my old laptop cover because it had all my stickers on it. So I have it filed away over by it's by my golden coils because they keep my golden coils. And so I just kept the top part of the case. And I'm like, You know what? For now I need to hold on to it. And one day I'll get rid of it because I'll be like, Oh my god, Bree, you can't keep all this clutter around here was going on? Yes. But for now it gives me some happiness and comfort. Well, I'll
add one more thing. I bought all those Taylor Swift and Gilmore Girls stickers back. Oh, I do Wow. Good jillion of those. And I have not placed a single one anywhere. The only one I have is on the back of my phone. And it's like it says meet me at midnight. It's not even I don't even have it stuck in there. Like it's just sitting on my phone case. Because I'm like,
Yeah, I didn't love I mean, the pack of stickers we got was so cheap for the Gilmore. Yeah, I do. There's some of them. I love and I'll probably put one of them on my laptop. And the other ones I've randomly using in my planner as like,
yeah. But they're not there to kind of lay my armor.
There was I feel like there was like five or six that I was like these ones are actually really cute. Yeah,
I think I gave a handful to actually I don't even know I set some aside to give away as a Christmas gift. And I don't know if I ever gave them away. Oh, well. The next thing I'm obsessing over is Miss sounds so basic when I say this, the little like Stanley purses that go around your thing. I got one for Christmas. And literally it was like, I would never buy this for myself. But I have wanted one and it came in so much use because you can no longer wear your cross bodies in the airport. Like what if they see it on you? You can wear them in the airport. You can't get on a plane if you have two other bags. So you have to put it in another bag here. Yes, yes. I have been asked to take mine off three times now. Oh, yes. So my my twitch? Yeah, they will not the if you're carrying your Stanley they won't say anything about the bag that's attached to your Stanley. So I had all my stuff in the Stanley pouch. When I traveled in they said nothing and no so great, but I made time for sorry.
That is small. I know. Okay, Stanley think it's cute, but I'm sorry.
I'm sure there's gonna be like
I want to say the F word. But are we cursing on the show? I don't even know. We have I'm gonna make you bleep it out. What the fuck? That is freaking ridiculous. It's so
yes. And they even have come over the like every time I've flown Lately, they've come over the intercom and they've said if you have a crossbody bag on, it needs to go in your other bag if you already have two other bags.
Yeah, it was hurting. It's literally stays on my body the entire flight. When
you can't wear it in your flight anymore. They come by and ask you take it off because I pulled mine out of the bag put it on so because I keep like my chest.
Exactly. That way don't have to get down in my bag.
Yep, nope. They asked you take it off. So you have to hide it if you don't why? Yeah, I don't know. So just like wear sweater throw it over. They won't say anything if they can't see it. Okay, yeah, I'll stop anyway.
I'm pretty mad about it. Okay, next on your list, your Stanley Persis to you.
Thank you. Okay, the
next thing on my list is candles. So I am loving lighting a candle when I go downstairs to work at my desk. I do it every time. And I don't know. It just like sets the mood. It puts me in a different mindset. I think it kind of relaxes me a little bit. Um, I really am loving it. And I'm really loving. I just got a new one from Target. And Opal house has a new candle line. That is they're like solid color. glass containers and then they have a little lid on them. But they're themed so the one that I got is Explorer, and it's notes of fresh air and sea salt because the world is your oyster. And then there's other ones like go getter and sassy, featuring zesty blend of spice and backtalk and these are fantastic. There's an introvert one champion won, featuring a bold blend of citrus and ice berry for inner strength like they're so cute.
I'm like, I didn't see this assay one at target when I was there, I would have gotten that one for sure. That is funny. I I'm very sensitive to candles, so I don't know that I'll try them. Like, I'm the person. My favorite candles are when I take the end of a candle like what's left and I melted into a new candle and put just like soy wax. That's unscented yeah with it, because then it's not as strong. And I don't strong. I love candles. Don't get me wrong, like I will sniff the crap out of them. But burning them gives me such a headache. Despite the fact that I love making them like, Yeah, I
know. I love the little ambiance it's giving. I do like the,
the like cutesy ness of those though, like, as cheesy as I could be pretty darn cute. It's frickin hilarious. It's like
it would be a great gift. Yeah, great. Good. Okay, what's next on your list? Okay, I
have Well, I only had one more thing and then you made me put another thing on there. But I bought these to have at a conference at my booth. These ilani New packets to like, have an afternoon pick me ups. And I think you made me put it on here because I said these ilani News hurts so good. Because like when you first They're strong. They're like, they hit you a flavor. Yeah, and if you don't mix it up, and you get the powder it's like your face or sours. My mouth is like watering thinking about it. But they are really they're pretty darn good. One of them tastes like a Jolly Rancher. I really like the peach one the peach one's my favorite but I love peach. So yeah, a lot of new things. I'm I'm carrying them around and drinking on one a day and not drinking like 15 cars
amusing and running laps around your house. Right. Okay, that was my the end of my list. So you have one more thing on your list you want to share? Yes, press
on nails. I am like loving them lately, because I am not someone that goes and gets my nails done very often. Mostly because I just don't like the maintenance of oh, I can't get these off. But I don't have time to go get them correct. Yeah, I didn't. And so I just am loving press on nails and I need to go get some before I go to another conference.
Yeah, no, I think they're awesome. I wish I could do them. I don't know. I feel like I can never get them. Right. I don't know. I'm like committed to my nails I've done and it's like a commitment to take them off to my nails are gonna be thin for a while and I'm like, oh, plus, like look at these neon cuties right now.
Your nails are very cute right now. I freaking love them. They're so like, bold and out there. I'm very generic with my nail colors like I stick and I saw
somebody on a pellet on one of the peloton. Instructors had neon yellow nails and I'm like, Don, I am doing that. That
is hilarious. I like don't think I could ever do neon.
Oh, I do color. I love it. Yeah. And I went in there with the neutral girly nails. And then we came up with that. And she was like, Are you going on vacation? And I'm like, No, I just need a little boost of serotonin. And my husband was like, oh, so I could find you in the snow. If you fall into a snowbank just raise your hand
it reminds me my mom during football season gets like bright orange Tennessee nails done. And I'm like, Oh, it is so ugly. But she's in every game so it makes sense for her. And I'm like, couldn't do it mom
just made me so happy. Like, like every time I see him I'm like, Yeah, I don't know their vibe right now. And see what I how I feel in a couple more weeks when I got
awesome. All right, friends. I guess that's the end of our list. These are just like random things we decided we wanted to share with y'all. If you have anything that you are loving right now that super random. Tell us we would love to know.
Yeah. What do we need to do? Yeah, we'll get your watch. We'll put a little thread in the Facebook group. All right, we'll see you guys next time. Bye, y'all.
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