Friday Favorites and Happenings

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Happy Friday all! Can you believe that Thanksgiving is less than a week away? I can't. We have a lot planned next week and the several weeks coming up. But first, this weekend we have our last Nevada football home game followed by High Tea with my mom, sister and some friends.

Onto Friday favorites and happenings.

ONE. So we all know that I love my Nespresso, but my office has a community Keurig machine. Well this week one of my co-workers brought in a box of apple cider and said to try one. So I did, and it was soooo good. I love apple cider and rarely have it, but I just purchased another box of these, so I can have them throughout the holidays.

If you have a Keurig, get yourself a box of these.

Apple Cider Keurig Pods 

TWO. It is time to change your sheets to your cozy Winter sheets. BUT my favorite Ugg sheets were thrown out earlier this year. They were the coziest flannel sheets. And now I can only find them at TJ Maxx and Homegood, but only in the size: king. I need California King sheets. 

That made me google best flannel sheets of 2021 and after reviewing three websites, they all agreed that LL Bean's Ultrasoft Comfort Flannel Sheet was the best. So I ordered them and they were right. Ha. Plus they were not as expensive as Boll & Branch or Coyuchi.

So if you are in the market for new Winter sheets, consider getting the LL Bean's Ultrasoft Comfort Flannel Sheet.

LL Bean's Ultrasoft Comfort Flannel Sheet

THREE. In my Halloween recap post, I mentioned that we dress up for Thanksgiving each year. Sometimes it is on Thanksgiving and other times it is the day after. This year it is the day after. And this year's theme is colors. Pick a color for each person or a color for the family and dress up. Example: Blue and dress up at the Blue Man Group.

Well after lots of going back and forth, we decided to go easy on ourselves. We originally wanted to all do a form of Ace Ventura, but that meant we had to buy the tutus for everyone, along with the button up shirt and possibly shorts in order to make them all the same color.

Then we thought about being nurses/doctors, but purchasing scrubs for each person was about $40 each. Ugh.

So we ended up picking bank robbers. I bought the kit (2 of them) below and we will wear black pants, black shirts, and black boots.

Robbers Mask and Bag Kit

FOUR. On Veteran's Day we headed over to our friends house for a painting day and dinner. Our friend set up the painting sets for the kids and instructed them on how to paint turkeys. She did step by step like you do at those paint and wine events except only the parents had wine. Ha. And she plans to do it again for a Christmas themed painting. 

How cute are these?

FIVE. Weekly funnies.

Have a great weekend. I am linking up with A Little Bit of Everything.