Good morning!
Mondays are my favorite. I’m crazy.
The weekend was fun! I did some new things…like making a wreath and eating gourmet tater tots.
I’ve been on a quest to be super cliche and “follow my bliss.” I don’t think I’m alone in that it’s much harder than it sounds. Most of us have spent our lives doing things in order to make others happy or to at least appease them. You say or don’t say this or that because of what someone thinks. You say “yes” to a party you desperately don’t want to go to just because you feel bad turning down the invite. Etcetera, Etcetera…
So, I’ve tried to pause and examine “why” I’m doing what I’m doing. Is it really going to make me happy?
Things that made me happy this weekend to follow.
My Charlotte Olympia knock-off cat flats and my pleather leggings. 😻
Holiday decorating! Before: It took me 20 minutes holding up flowers and accoutrements together in AC Moore for me to pick out the supplies. Next time I’m going for the bigger wreath.
After! It’s a little different for “fall” colors but that’s what I was going for. As much as I love oranges and leaf hues, this season I was ready for something new.
Saturday was an open house at Sorrelli to meet the founder, Lisa Oswald. The brand started in Kutztown in 1983 and is now sold internationally. I love that she went to KU too!
Sorrelli has a jewelry store in Kutztown that all about the glitz. There’s a reason their instagram handle is @sorrellisparkle. The whole store glitters and is full of pieces you want to try on and fantasize about wearing to a gala. There are cuter, more dainty collections too if you’re not all shine all the time. Everything has a unique shape and look that just screams Sorrelli. You can tell. 
I was enamored with the jewel tone collection. I usually don’t even like purple! But this caught my eye and needed to come home with me. The combination of purples and blues are magic. Plus, I can wear each piece separately if I’m not into the matching set.
There were snacks! Free food is always a draw for me. I had a baby biscotti and a kir Royale…totally never new what it was until I drank it. Now I think I love them! It’s champagne and Chambord. There’s something classy and magnificent about carrying around a champagne glass. 
If you bought something at the event, you got a signed tote or jewelry role from Lisa. Obviously, we bought things! I’m going to use the tote, I’m over that stuff you keep somewhere, because it’s special and then never enjoy. 
There just so happens to be a fabulous doughnut shop darn the block from Sorrelli. 
We split two so we could both try different flavors. They’re small but in a good way.
Blueberry Crumbcake!
French Toast!
Even a plain doughnut would be great because the dough is that flaky, and delightful. Mmmm.
I enjoyed some interesting “tater tots” with crab salad on top here. Hmm, would I order them again? Possibly. 
Sunday morning meal planning at Giant before shopping! I had an Americano and tiny hits of gluten for breakfast. Two French Toast Bantam bagels. They were delicious. If you look closely, you can see they’re about the size of a golf ball and are closed bagels filled with cream cheese. It’s a pretty genius idea. I had no clue they were actually backed by Shark Tank investors!
Sunday night meditations. I mentally prepped for getting back to my healthy status. It’s long overdue and I can trace it back to around January when I stopped being motivated to my natural level.
This candle smells heavenly.
Enjoy your Monday everyone!
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