What I Want To Eat
Sharing what I usually buy at the grocery store and realizing how often I do eat like a bird got me thinking about cooking meals. I do love to cook, but the last recipe I really put a ton of effort into making went terribly so I've felt a bit uninspired. Not to mention I've accidentally cut my fingers on every knife and vegetable peeler I touch recently. Uninspired, accident prone, and terrible seem to be the adjectives that best define me lately.
What I Always Buy At the Grocery Store
Sharing what I buy at the grocery store feels a little strange, but I try to curate this blog as more of a magazine. There are tons of articles and pieces from celebrity nutritionists and dietitians sharing what they make sure they feed their famous clients. But alas I'm a normal person so what does anyone really care about what I purchase on a daily basis?
Spring Shopping List
There are three factors that contribute to me wanting to go shopping. Either I haven't bought clothes in a while ("a while" being relative), Zara is having a sale, or I have just cleaned out my closet of clothes I no longer wear. Fortunately for me, all three of these things are currently true so I've created a bit of a shopping list. This shopping list is a combination of spring trends and just a few other things I wish my closet currently had.
Springtime City Guide: Phoenix
Full disclosure: it's been incredibly nice here the past couple weeks. Unless you count yesterday being about 96 degrees which is more of an outlier. Regardless, that means we are spending a ton of time outdoors lately. Phoenix in the spring has an influx of snowbirds avoiding the frigid temperatures of their home state in favor of pool days, baseball games, and hiking. While it might be my biggest driving annoyance (just because it's sunny doesn't mean we drive differently!), I figured I would share more of my favorite places to visit in the Phoenix metro area.
My Weekday Morning Routine
I have a little nerdy interest in the morning routines of successful people. There's even an entire website dedicated to sharing the morning routines of successful people in all areas of life and different career fields. It's interesting to me the things successful people do whether they are or are not morning people. I am a morning person. I love getting everything out-of-the-way and I make better decisions. It's a fact morning people make better decisions in the morning rather than the afternoon or early evening. This is likely why going shopping at night is my absolute downfall.
Trend Report: Political Statement Tees
Political statement tees were all over the runway during fashion month. Considering this current political climate it's not hard to understand why. The slogan tee trend isn't exactly new.
Spring Cleaning or Time to Reset?
Spring cleaning might be one of my favorite times of the year. That sounds really dumb and painful, right? I clean a lot because I am really obsessive-compulsive about clean spaces, but even I look forward to the deep clean. I mean, how else am I going to discover the half eaten bag of Reese's pumpkins from Halloween hiding out in my pantry? But this post is about a different spring cleaning...more like hitting the reset button.
Mix 06: Spring Break
For the first time in a very long time I've actually embraced spring break. As an adult I find spring break a completely strange concept since I rarely go on vacation. Most of my school provided "spring breaks" are spent working or catching up on school work. This year I finally chose to do.....nothing. A bit scary but also a bit fun.
Life Lessons I've Learned from The Bachelor
Ah, Bachelor Nation. The nation I have recently joined purely by accident. My friends love The Bachelor family of products almost religiously, and I reluctantly joined their Bachelorette viewing party this last summer. I was likely invited to simply bring homemade guac, but I haven't been able to look away from this beautiful train wreck ever since.
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I’M NICOLE
Longtime blogger, creative, and curator of style, design, wellness, and culture. This space is a mix of inspiration and intention, sharing what’s catching my eye, fueling my routines, and shaping the way I live & work.