How about a Friday Five?
(Annnnd crickets)
Somewhere, someone is doing jazz hands and giving me an imaginary high five because they are so excited. Hint: They are at my mom’s house.
1.Cotton Candy Grapes
We finally found some at Fresh Market. G calls grocery store samples “taste tests”… he slammed three of them before I could stop him. We both really liked them, but don’t let the name fool you. Yes, they do taste like cotton candy for a hot second. After that, they taste like grapes. If you are really jonesing for cotton candy, I’d suggest going to the fair. If you want weird grapes that momentarily taste like cotton candy, this strange fruit is for you. And yes, I checked it off the list even though it is practically Fall.
Practically Fall, if you consult the calendar. If you walk outside, it is a different story. Every year around this time, I seriously try to talk SK into moving. I can handle living in a sauna during July and August, but I can’t take feeling like I’m in the deep pits of Hell in September. So I try to trick myself into thinking the season has changed by surrounding myself with my favorite things about Fall…
Y’all. If I see one more picture of a pumpkin spice latte on Instagram, I’m going to break down and order one. Then I am going to submerge my iPhone in it so I don’t have to see one more picture of a pumpkin spice latte on Instagram.
If you are in the minority and can’t drink hot pumpkin flavored coffee when it is 110 degrees and 100% humidity, try one of these…
2. Coco Latte
So good. I usually don’t drink coffee after 10 am, but had to have a couple of these in the late afternoon this week. We need all the energy we can get to keep pretending it is Fall. And hello… coconut water. Healthy, healthy, healthy.
3. Candy Corn Trail Mix
As cousin Heather mentioned in a comment on the last post, it is time for candy corn trail mix. Holla. I just mixed up a batch. I can’t guarantee you will love this if you use any candy corn other than Brach’s. Brach’s rocks.
4. Animal prints
Animal prints can’t stop and won’t stop. I bought a pair of animal print pants in London in 1999. I wouldn’t have described them as timeless back then, but boy have they proved me wrong. I think that was the tip of my downward, animal print spiral. I also bought a black coat with a detachable fur collar and black knee boots that are still “in” today. Either styles haven’t changed much in the last 14 years, or everything has come back around. I feel ancient for typing that last sentence. We’ll move on if someone will bring me my walker.
These animal print, pointy toe flats from Gap are super cute and comfy. They are sold out online but this pair is cute too.
And I lurrrrrved this animal print sweater at Anthropologie but did not purchase it because I’m waiting for it to go on sale. Oh and it is 110 degrees and 100% humidity here.
But, I did get this cute cardi at Target because it was on sale, and they had the AC kickin.
5. Dark nails
In honor of fake Fall, I broke out the Lincoln Park After Dark. It is my all time favorite nail polish, but I only use it September-November. If it is “not cool” anymore, please don’t tell me. If it was “never cool,” don’t tell me that either. I am aware it extremely uncool to take a picture of your man hand in the mirror.
Speaking of cool, I’m burning up.
It ain’t Fall, y’all.
