5 Friday Favorites: May 13, 2022

 

 It's time for my Friday link up with  A Little Bit of Everything and Momfessionals. 

On Fridays I share things that made me happy from the week - a photo, a song, a quote, a beauty product, a recipe, a pair of cute shoes, etc. If it's a product, sometimes it's something I actually own and sometimes something I just saw online that gave me a smile. Sometimes it's serious and sometimes it's silly. I suppose I believe that God is in the simple details of life and yes, I can even find Him in a tube of lipstick.

Happy Friday! Goodness gracious, May. AMIRIGHT??!! We had approximately 7,000 innings of baseball this week and I'm slammed with writing and speaking projects and with some Park Lane stuff, so I gotta roll, but I'm glad you stopped by. Here are some favorite things from this week! Have a lovely weekend!

1. Hello, Molly: A Memoir

I love memoirs. I especially seem to love memoirs by funny women. Two of my favorite books ever were Tina Fey's memoir, Bossy Pants and Amy Poehler's memoir, Yes, Please. So when I heard that Molly Shannon had her own memoir out, I got it right away. I'm not far into it yet, but I am already stunned by the heartbreaking tragedy she endured as a child. People's stories are so important - whether they are famous comediennes or just regular ol' folks. I have always adored Molly Shannon, so I knew I didn't have to be far into this book to claim it as a favorite this week.

2. Floral Dresses

I wasn't sure I was down with all the floral dresses that are are literally everywhere because I usually don't wear many prints. But then my sister ordered a bunch for some events she has coming up and sent me pictures to get my opinion. Holy moly are these cute. They're so cute, in fact, that they make me sad because I literally have zero plans in the near or far future that would require me to wear a dress. (Yes, please do keep me in your prayers.) 

If you have something on the calendar besides a baseball game, please check them out. The one above is from Anthropologie and I think it is worth getting even though it looks like it will require a complicated bra situtation. Also, I think it looks much better in person (or maybe just on my sister than  this model), but she would never allow me to post pictures of her.

I also love this one from Nordstrom. The hemline is so pretty and the color is gorgeous. 

3. Target Platform Sandals

I remember years ago after I bought a pair of shoes from Target that were straight garbage, I told a friend that while Target was heaven on Earth in many ways, we were not allowed to buy shoes held together by one of those stretchy strings they use there again. This was a rash decision because I saw these sandals and decided rules were made broken. They are so comfortable and come in three different colors.

4. OTU Women's Rain Jacket

It rained all last weekend. It is going to rain for the next four days. 

It's annoying, but I think this rain jacket might help make it less so. It comes in a lot of great colors and I'll probably end up with black because I'm lame, but I'm thinking about this pretty blue color. Also, it's on sale for 20% off plus if you click the coupon box, it's an extra 5% off.

5. Take a Wild Guess

We had four baseball games this week. Some were kinda boring blow-outs. Some were close and exciting. I love all of them. And I love this boy o' mine and I love his team.  Play-offs start next week. And this is the final season for a few of my favorites that I've watched since they were seven years old. Those two jokers up in that picture gave their mamas about 8 minutes and 12 seconds of their time on Wednesday night at our local sports bar after a game this week. They graced us with their stinky, sweaty presence by sitting across the booth from us and making us laugh and roll our eyes at them a bit. I am kicking myself for not taking a picture of them. They would have acted like I was asking them to donate an organ if I'd ask them to smile for the camera, so I guess it's better that I didn't. Here's what they looked like 5 minutes ago.

What, I ask you, in the world am I supposed to do about this? I'm told that there is no crying in baseball, so please excuse me while I take to my bed and ignore this speeding train of time that keeps running me over again and again. While the game of baseball is one of my favorites every week, the boys who play it are my favorites forever.

Have a good one, friends!

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