FRIDAY FAVORITES

Happy happy Friday!  I hope you all have some fun weekend plans ahead of you.  For me, I’ve got the early work shift, but am headed straight to the airport and heading to DC/MD for the weekend!  I cannot wait for a little weekend getting away before my weekends are consumed with a Nurse Aid program I am starting in October. 
Let’s get on with the favorites, shall we?!

.25 cent Coffee from Whole Foods

The South Park Whole Foods is running a .25 cent coffee special until September 30! Lately after my Tues/Thurs morning class, I’ll run over there and grab a coffee.  I always love me some good, cheap coffee.  ALSO if you are in the Charlotte area, they are picking 1 winner a week until the end of October (?) and the prize is a $500 gift card!  Side story- I was in the line checking out when the guy at the next register won.  It was so exciting!

My Recent Vitacost and Amazon Prime Orders

Winston is not the only one who loves to get mail (especially in card board boxes…he goes NUTS).  Recently, I’ve been prepping and planning to get into the full swing of fall baking, cooking, and meal planning.  I recently bought a ton of stuff from Vitacost and, as always, I got SUCH a great deal.

If you’ve never heard of Vitacost, it’s a major online store that sells a wide variety of health products.  This is where I buy my protein powders, baking flours, bars, crackers, supplements…pretty much everything.  Very rarely will I actually buy these products from a Whole Foods or other health store.  My favorite part?  The standard shipping is crazy fast!  This week, I placed an order on Vitacost and through my Amazon Prime membership in the morning, and my Vitacost order arrived the next afternoon and well before my Prime order arrived.  It is efficient, cost-effective, and you can buy pretty much anything on it!

This week, Bob’s Red Mill products were 25% off, so I got quinoa flour for $8.69, tapioca flour for $2.62, oat flour for  $3.97.  I also order some melatonin from NOW Foods, Navitas Cacao powder for $11.99 (!!!), and a couple cans of pumpkin puree.  From Amazon, I order some new glass storage containers that you can bake too.  Goodbye plastic!

Bucket Purses for Fall

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I am in love with these bucket style bags.  I’ve had my eye on this bag for a while now and I am thinking I may need to purchase one for the fall.  Can’t decide which color though- I am thinking black? 

Link Love:

Learning to Cook Like a Pro with Salted via Peanut Butter Runner – this service looks AMAZING and I can’t wait to try it

Buffalo Cauliflower Bites via Whole Living Lauren – YUM!

Easy Baked Chicken Parmesan via Zen and Spice – holy moley. amazing

Apple Ribbons with Basil Walnut Pesto via Nutrition Stripped – looks so good!

5-Ingredient Vegan Pumpkin Pie Fudge via Running on Real Food – this is happening ASAP

Dirty Chai Muffins via Broma Bakery – these are calling my name

Questions for you!  What are some of your favorites this week?  What’s your favorite fall trend?  What are your plans for the weekend?