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Weekly Meal Planning and a free printable!

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I’ve been meal planning now for…I’d say at least 3 or 4 years.

I’m a creature of habit. For a very long time I used the same pad of paper to write out our weekly meal plan, our grocery list as well as my weekend to-do list. Well, that pad of paper ran out a couple of months ago and since then I’ve been struggling with my weekend system. {see what I mean when I say I’m a creature of habit!?}

Sure, I’ve downloaded a couple of meal planning printables I’d found ala Pinterest but none of them really suited my needs. What’s that old saying? If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself? I’m guessing a fellow type-Aer like me made that up.

Anyway, my point is, I put my computer skills to work and created my own weekly meal planner! I used it for the first time this weekend and I love it. It’s got a section for a to-do list. A section for meal planning. And a section for a grocery list. And since I’m a sale shopper and almost never go to just one store I’ve got it broken up for two different lists.

See? Isn’t it pretty?

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Anyway, I kind of really love it. So much so, I thought I’d share it with you!

Weekly Menu Planner

Weekend Planner
 



Download it! Use it! Enjoy! Share with all your meal-planning friends!

If you use it, let me know what you think!

Happy Monday, Friends.

Working with Style – a thing

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{Said in the voice of the most interesting man in the world} I don’t always take pics for Working with Style, but when I do there’s skinny jeans, wedges and sock buns.

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Seriously…I think I may have a problem.

I love this look lately. I feel put together. Trendy. Not too casual. Win-win-win.

Working with Style {Tuesday Rocked}

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Ok…today is day 13, officially. Here’s last week’s outfits.

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While the challenge is a no outfit repeat, I’ve done well with not even repeating any tops…pants & shoes totally don’t count.

Friday I dubbed “hot mess Friday”…I think my face says it all. Even my top-knot was a mess…and I didn’t even know it was possible to screw one of those up. But, bonus points for wearing my hair down 3 of the 5 days last week.

Tuesday was definitely my favorite day out of the week…

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Blazer: LOFT / White top: Target / Skinnies: Target / Shoes: Blowfish / Earrings: Target

Fun story about my necklace…it used to be an earring. True story. The earrings actually came in a 2-pack along with the gold feather earrings I was actually wearing in my ears that day. But, I didn’t really like them as earrings. So that morning, I took off the earring hook and threaded it onto my gold chain. Win!

And I seriously, seriously love my new shoes from Blowfish…they’re the ones I won at the PNWBlogger Holiday party. Super comfy!

All in all, I’m pretty proud of myself for sticking with this challenge. I’m rediscovering & pulling pieces out of my closet that haven’t been worn in a very long time.

I’m linking up with Working with Style over at Liberating Working Moms!

Thoughts in my head…

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I’ve got about eleventy-billion one-quarter written blog posts swirling around in my head. Instead of either a) trying to find time to finish them all or 2) just flat out not even starting them, I figured I’d toss all these random thoughts into one blog post…like a goulash of sorts. {For the record? This will be the only kind of goulash allowed in my house.}

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We moved the changing table we had in the master bathroom out. It’s been in there since before Rylee was born. Not sure how I feel about this.

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This weekend I unpacked the 3-6 month clothes and officially put away the newborn clothes. I’m kind of sad about it. I did keep a few of my favorite pieces out to save…like what the girls wore home from the hospital…don’t tell Andy, he’ll totally make fun of me. Now we need to figure out what we’re going to do with all of the outgrown clothes. I’m going to look into donating it.

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Reese started rolling over last week. Now she’s rolling over and reaching for toys. Yesterday, Andy said she rolled halfway across the room just to get something. Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.

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Time really needs to stop. Or at least slow down. Because…just…yea…

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Don’t tell anyone, but I’m really looking forward to decorating for Christmas. I blame pinterest.

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Sometimes, when I have leftover homemade mexican food for lunch, I wait until really late to eat because I have this feeling that if I go into the lunch room to heat up my lunch the kitchen crew, who happens to be 90% Mexican-American, will totally judge me for my “not really authentic” enchiladas, empenadas, nachos, etc. Totally dumb. I know. {I KNOW!}

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I finally updated my “weekly dinners” tab up there. I promise I’ll be better about updating that {though not a hard thing to promise considering I hadn’t updated it since…oh…April.}

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I’m just over a week into my “no outfit repeat” challenge. I posted about it here. Ask me how I feel about it in another two weeks.

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Rylee is still struggling with me sometimes. I know it’s because she’s reaching out for my attention. I really need to be better about that.

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There has been some major construction going on in the office. It’s been really loud. And annoying. So things at the office are booming…both literally and figuratively.

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I’m wearing some new shoes today. I won a free pair of shoes at the PNWBlogger Holiday Party from Blowfish Shoes. I really needed a new pair of brown flats. I am in love. They are so comfy! And their customer service was fantastic to boot. {see what I did there!?}

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And last but certainly not least!? It’s Tuesday…you know what that means? NCIS & Tacos, suckas!!!

 

I just…yea…

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I don’t even know. I feel so out of it this week. Like…how is it already Friday but then again, holy crap, thank goodness it’s finally Friday.

Work has been kinda hectic, I guess, but really nothing out of the ordinary.

“home life” has been relatively easy this week…Andy had Monday off work. Tuesday he was home before the girls & I were. Wednesday was totally normal. And yesterday, while we didn’t get home until later than normal, it really was no big thing because we were just hanging out at my mom’s house after she cooked us a pre-Thanksgiving Turkey dinner.

So…what gives, right!?

I wish I knew.

I just want to take a nap. Or sleep in past 5:30 AM. Or both.

Yep, I’m hoping that both of those things happen tomorrow.

I’ve had a dull, achy headache for the last three days. I swear, I am physically incapable of getting to work on time on Fridays.

I feel like I’m in a haze today.

Basically? I’m a hot mess.

A hot mess that needs a nap.

BUT…I have two cute girls that are pretty good at putting a smile on my face. So I looked through the pictures on my phone…

Bathtime Reese. Her smile seriously makes me gush.

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Rylee is obsessed with her new pink, sparkly shoes. 100 Mommy points for me. {Thank you Zulily for the $7 shoes}

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Sister love.

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Ry is becoming quite the photographer on my phone. Naptime courtesy of last weekend. It’s a thing in my house.

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I mean…come.on.

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I created a monster with this…now she ALWAYS wants to be carried on my back.

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