Weekend recommendations.

1. My splurge is that I'm still drinking this stuff every day. Sometimes I make it at lunch at school. Sometimes I drink it in the car when running errands. Sometimes I drink it at night while I'm watching TV. 

2. It's insane that the best outside weather in the fall is in November in these parts. 

3. Flared leggings. I never thought I'd see the day. I stopped wearing these back in 2009, I thought, for good. Back in the olden times, we called them “yoga pants”. 

4. This episode was so eye-opening. I have Dr. Marty Makary’s new book in my library holds. 

5. I’ve been on a minimalist kick, as has been reflected in my listening (Minimalist Moms podcast, specifically) and reading the last two weeks. I spent last weekend cleaning out closets and this weekend I tackled a few boxes in the barn and garage. 

I mean, maybe instead of having a box labeled “party supplies”, I should just let them kids use these cups and plates up since I literally buy paper plates these days anyway. 

And maybe I should actually reuse the gift bags Wells got for his 2nd birthday(!) instead of keeping them in a plastic tub in the barn loft. Do you know how many gift bags I buy for kids’ birthdays? It’s not zero.