Hiiii! Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? We’re enjoying some pool time after lots of rain this week, the Pilot is home (wahoo!), and we have an NCL event. I hope that you have a fun and relaxing weekend ahead! When do your kiddos go back to school? We have a little over a week left and I can’t even believe it. Liv is going to be in HIGH SCHOOL. How?!

(this week’s gorgeous flowers from Trader Joe’s. The whole bouquet was only $15 to put together.)

It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves roundup! This is where I share some of my favorite finds from the week and around the web. I always love hearing about your faves, too, so please shout out something you’re loving in the comments section below.

7.24 Friday Faves

Fashion, beauty, random:

A trip to Orlando! We headed to Orlando last weekend to visit our friends who live in Sevilla. They’re in Florida for the month, so it was our only chance to meet up with them before school starts. The crazy thing about pilot family life is that you can decide to take a trip at the very last minute if there’s availability. We went back and forth on options and figured out we could make it happen maybe 36 hours before landing in Orlando.

(so grateful our kiddos picked each other as best buddy soulmates when they were 2 1/2 years old)

Whenever we see them, we pick up where we left off, and the girls had the BEST time together. We stayed at a hotel with an awesome pool and lazy river, did a day at Epcot, Disney Springs, dinner at Medieval Times, and just enjoyed hanging out together. It was a 5 day trip and we packed so much fun into that time; it was perfect.

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Sharing my top picks from the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. Affiliate links are included below – thank you so much for your support. 

Hi friends! How are you? I hope that you’re enjoying the week so far. We’re trying to squeeze out the last bit of summer fun. The kids start school in a couple of weeks and we’re NOT ready.

For today’s post, I wanted to share a roundup of picks from the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. I’ve shared this on the blog for so many years, but the last few years have kind of been duds and lots of repeats from previous years. Do we all need the Spanx faux leather leggings… the ones from 2018… again?? I think no.

But, while we were flying back from Orlando, I decided to just take a little peek, and was pleasantly surprised by *some* of the offerings this year.

I wanted to include them in today’s post if you’re shopping the sale, which ends on August 10. It’s always a great chance to stock up on back-to-school finds, things you love for fall before they hit full-price, and essentials, like bras, socks, and pajamas. The best of the best is linked below; as usual, I’m not wasting your time on things that I don’t think are worth it.

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Picks

For women:

These are a repeat from every year I’ve shared the sale, but I still get at least one or two new sets each year because it’s the best price.

Love these Zella leggings

If you have any fall weddings or events, this dress is GORGEOUS

Obsessed with these sweat sets.

Baggy jeans for $46.

These sneakers are adorable and great transition sneakers into fall

Always stock up on Bombas socks during the sale

Women’s shoes, beauty, and accessories:

Saw so many of this handbag style last summer in Spain.

Phlur is one of my clean frangrance faves.

These look so much more expensive than they are.

Classic curling iron.

Ordered these! This is my favorite flats brand – just size one full size up. (I’m always a 38 and wear a 39 in these)

Always st

Sharing the last of my Japan posts! We had the most magical time in Kyoto and I’m excited to share the details with you if you’re considering adding this to your travel list!

More posts from our incredible time in Seoul and Tokyo:

Seoul recap

Korean head spa experience

Tokyo recap and why I love Japan

and Tokyo eats + gf picks

Kyoto recap, bamboo forest, and monkey park

So many of our friends had told us to take a bullet train to explore nearby areas while we were in Tokyo. Okinawa, Nara, Kyoto, and Osaka were highly recommended. I think I mentioned in a previous post that I was intimiated by planning this trip, and adding another travel leg felt like a little too much for my brain. One of my friends told us that we’d regret going to Tokyo and not seeing Kyoto, so we decided to make it happen… and it ended up being my personal highlight of the trip.

While Tokyo is bustling with bright lights and tall buildings, Kyoto feels like more cinematic, serene Japan. Think lantern-lined streets, temples, and geishas.

The bullet train was SUCH a cool experience – we were going 200mph and it was so pleasant and way more enjoyable/hassle-free than air travel –

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Sharing some of the best things we ate in Tokyo and some gluten-free picks! 

Hi friends! How are you? I hope you had a wonderful weekend and hope that my US friends had a lovely 4th of July. We went to Mt. Lemmon with friends and it was perfection.

Before I head into today’s post, I wanted to share some amazing 4th of July deals that are still happening if you’re in the shopping mood. (TBR I’m always in the shopping mood)

Organifi- Hair Launch: Buy 3, Save 30% + 20% off with code FITNESSISTA here! I love their Gold, Green, Red, Shilajit gummies, and lately I’m obsessed with their hydrogen water tablets. Check it all out here.

EquiLife– up to 30% off sitewide, get a new tote on all orders over $149, and enjoy 25% off community favorites

My top choices:

Omega 3

Full-spectrum magnesium

Detox

Daily Detox Support

Adrenal Energy

Andrenal Soothe

Melatonin

Lumebox– 45% off through tonight! If you don’t have one yet, I LOVE ours and use it every single day. The kids use it, too. Here’s the link.

Oliveda – huge sitewide discounts and a free F59 (my FAVE!) on orders. Check everything out here! I use the Olive Peeling, F59, Corrective Face Cream, Mint Shower Gel, and Olive Rose Skin Tint.

Farm Rio!!! 4th of July sale ends toniiiiight. Extra 50% off sale styles with code SALE50. I LOVE this dress.

Real talk

TBH it’s been a bit hard for me to blog lately. The nutshell version is that the blog landscape has been extra rough… I’ll share more in an upcoming post. For now, I’m trying to just enjoy a 90s summer with the girls (swimming, roller skating, time with friends, going to the mall) and reminiscing on our AMAZING trip to Japan and Korea.

We ate SO much delicious food that I still think about daily, and I wanted to share some of the highlights in today’s post

Hi friends!

I have a brand new podcast episode live, and today we are talking all about mold and how it can silently be affecting your health.

I’m sitting down with Brian Karr, second generation indoor environmental consultant and co-founder of We Inspect and The Dust Test. Brian has helped thousands of people create healthier living environments and has become a go-to expert for medical professionals nationwide on mold and biotoxin issues.

If you’ve ever wondered whether your home could be affecting your health, or if you’ve been dealing with mystery symptoms that nobody can explain, then check out what we chat about:

• Why mold is not a new problem, but why we are only now starting to connect the dots between it and so many chronic health conditions
• The surprising reason why dried out mold colonies can actually be more dangerous than wet ones
• Why new builds are not automatically safe and the three ways mold can get into a brand new home before you even move in
• Why you do not have to gut your entire house, and how having the right data makes the process far less overwhelming and expensive
• The most common spots in your home where mold is hiding that you are probably not checking
• Why those little mold testing pucks from the store can give you both false positives and false negatives and what to do instead
• What The Dust Test is, how it works, and why it gives you a much more accurate picture of what is happening in your home
• How The Dust Test can actually cross-reference mold in your home with mycotoxins found in your body
• The free Mold Exposure Score tool Brian created and how to use it as your starting point

And so much more!!

It was so great getting to talk with Brian and I hope you love this episode!