Hey Hey! It’s Friday!

Posted in It's Friday, Style & Beauty by Katie @ Cup of Tea Blog

Hello hello! Hope you all had a glorious week!

Onward!

1. Man… can these weeks please slow down? I seriously need to pull an all-nighter just to catch up. And it seems like it’s been that way for weeks! Mercy.

2. Elizabeth’s 1 year birthday is next week! I haven’t done A THING to plan for it, except discuss plans with my mom. Haven’t even ordered a cake yet. But, yesterday, I tried to take her final 1 year monthly picture. I put her in her little birthday outfit she’ll wear for the party. And this was basically how it all went. No sitting and smiling.

3. It was a crazy week with nothing done, but at least it was a good blog week! I got up my Fall Haul video and launched the 30 Outfits in 30 Days Challenge! I picked 30 items in my wardrobe and am committing to wearing only those items for the next 30 days. So excited! I’ll be posting daily OOTD pics on Instagram and Twitter starting today!

4. I also put up a vlog in anticipation of the challenge! It’s a behind the scenes look at me picking the items, purging out my closet, and wrangling Elizabeth. It was so fun to do!

5. Can we just talk about Fall again?? Even though I had a mountain of apples to eat here at home, I still bought 3 Honeycrisp apples. And they were delicious! Favorite apple of all time! Which, of course, means I have to go to Costco and see if they have their massive flats of Honeycrisps.

Let me know what you’ve been up to in the comments below! Have a great weekend!

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30Sep2014

Fall Haul | Clothes + Makeup + Tea

Posted in Style & Beauty by Katie @ Cup of Tea Blog

I’ve been buying a little bit here, a little bit there, in preparation for Fall weather and the return of the 30 Outfits in 30 Days Challenge!

30×30 kicks off on Thursday (excited squeel here!) but to give you a little peek into what will be included in the 30 items, I put together a little haul video of all my favorite new Fall items.

Items Mentioned:

Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Spice Rooibos Tea
J Crew Factory Gigi Pants in Black (on sale!)
J Crew Factory Grey Tee Peter Pan Collar (on Clearance! Or similar)
Boden Sparkle Collar Breton
Maison Jules Lace Stripped Tee (On clearance)
Old Navy Polka dot Shirt
Boden Olivia Top
Old Navy Utility Jacket
Purple Peridot Pearl Cluster Necklace
Revlon Color Stay Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Honey 001
Rimmel Lasting Finish Lipstick in 127

8Aug2014

Hey Hey! It’s Friday!

Posted in It's Friday by Katie @ Cup of Tea Blog

TGIF! This was one of those weeks where I had NO idea what day it actually was. I kept asking my husband “wait, is today Tuesday or Thursday?”. I was so off every day. But hey! It’s Friday now! And today I’m headed with a friend to a new home decor store that opened up here in Durham – At Home. Do you have one in your town??? Apparently, it’s like Home Goods, but bigger. Bigger!? Amazing!

Here’s what I was up to this week:

1. I’m getting back on track in the blogging groove. And it felt goooooooood!

2. Speaking of blogging grove, hey! Guess what?? My blog’s FB page cruised over 100 likes this week! A small number, but a number I certainly am grateful for! *cue happy dance

3. Elizabeth has had quite the week. She’s started cutting her first tooth. I just noticed a little white line on her gum line, and then the husband got bit by a little shark tooth. And we’ve had to start baby-proofing. Because she started rummaging in a kitchen cabinet. It has begun.

4. I went to the Dollar Tree for the first time in my adult life. I kept hearing that it was fun to snag bins, baskets, etc. I scored some fun storage and baby related items, and recorded a quick haul. I wish I could live my life in haul videos.

5. Progress has begun on converting our front room in to a play room! The rug arrived yesterday, and then next week I’m planning an Ikea trip. And we put up a gate, which took me about 30 minutes to figure out how to open it. And it only took me 30 minutes because I just gave up and looked up a video on YouTube.