Current Obsessions: Grove Collaborative-- Free Mrs. Meyer's Fall Gift Set

Good Morning! Today I am writing about one of my new recent favorite finds: Grove Collaborative. 

Current Obsessions: My Kindle Fire

Good Morning! I hope you are all having a great week so far :) This week I wanted to talk to you about one of my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE things-- especially when it comes to travel. I bought my Kindle Fire 7 last year on Prime Day for like $30 (if I remember correctly) and it has made my life significantly easier! 



Here I have it with me on our flight to Turks and Caicos. 

Current Obsessions: Tanning Towels

Good Morning! Today I am writing about something I wish I had known about back in my high school/college days of visiting tanning beds. Back then I was like every other girl at school who wanted to be tan in her Homecoming/Prom dress or tan for Spring Break or tan just because I felt like it. I'm embarrassed to admit I used to tan in tanning beds ALL THE TIME. I remember my mom telling me "Lauren, you're killing yourself every time you go" but being an arrogant teenager, I thought "Oh that won't happen to me." Ugh, what an idiot. 

Fast forward 10 years and I had my annual visit to the dermatologist to get my skin checked. One of the many moles I had removed came back as "severely abnormal" and I had to go back again to have more of it removed. This dermatologist FINALLY put the fear of God into me and I realized, as my mom had been telling me all those years, I was potentially going to give myself skin cancer and the worst could happen. 

So I finally started looking into other options to get a healthy sunkissed glow and after many trials and MANY errors (read: many days of being orange and hiding out at home until it went away), I have finally found my top 3 options that I think really work well. 

Current Obsessions: Cute Cheap Pajamas :)

Good Morning! I am linking up today for Friday Favorites and wanted to write about one of my new current obsessions: my cute pajamas. These suckers were only $20 and made me feel a little bit cuter when crawling into bed at night (hey-- it can never hurt to feel a little more confident in yourself, right??)

This all begins with a somewhat embarrassing story...

A couple months back I had some girlfriends over on a whim for some wine and girl chat. One of the girls that had come over was wearing a super cute dress but as the night wore on and we drank more wine, she wanted something cozier to change into.  I told her I would run and grab her some pajama pants and a shirt to change into real quick. I headed into my closet and realized "Holy s%*!, all of these pajama pants and t-shirts I have are like 10 years old, raggedy, and GROSS". I grabbed her a pair of Devin's cozy pajama pants and t-shirt instead and made a mental note to stop wearing those gross old things to bed STAT.

I started thinking about this and realized I buy myself cute clothes all the time, why in the heck am I still sleeping in the same few t-shirts from college that have 2+ holes in them?? I mean, yes, the shirts are super soft and cozy now because of how worn they are... but still, it's time for them to retire.

I was perusing a few different websites for some cute pajamas and found a few that I liked, but ended up buying the one listed above in multiple colors. I figured "why shouldn't my pajamas have a hint of sexiness to them too?" If my pajamas just so happen to make both me AND my husband happy, that's a win/win. Also, Dev loves to give me grief when I shop because he thinks I shop too much but I heard ZERO complaints from him about these pajamas :)

I bought them in the black color pictured above and also this heather gray:

I thought these were adorable from Old Navy but I didn't love the matching shirt as much, so I decided not to go with them:

They are only $15 and possibly even 30% more off of that! I loved this color too:

Am I the only person who was still sleeping in old t shirts that were falling apart?? What do you wear to sleep?

Current Obsession: Jack Rogers Knockoffs

Ladies. It dawned on me this week that I somehow have yet to post about one of my all time favorite finds... my knockoff Jack Rogers Sandals. 

Look, I love the look of the Jack Rogers Sandal to finish off a summer outfit. They always help to give it that final touch of class. It adds a hint of that preppy look to any outfit. I love that they seem to go with everything. I love that tiny hint of a heel in the back. I DONT love how uncomfortable they are. Anyone else own a pair of real Jacks? I made the mistake of wearing them to a tailgate and then a football game in college. Lots of walking, lots of standing, lots of wear during that time period and the next day my feet, legs and back were KILLING me. On top of all that, as a college student working part time, these shoes were at the top of my price range. I was paying a lot of money to be in pain. Those were the last pair of (real) Jacks I ever bought.