Friday Five: 5 Things I'm Loving This Week

Happy Friday! I'm actually kind of bummed it's already Friday because that means there is only 2 more Fridays before school starts! I am super excited to start working, though. This weekend I am going away with my family to camp at Knoebel's, an amusement park out in Pennsylvania. It should be a fun weekend as long as the heat calms down! And now onto this week's Friday Five....

1. How I Grocery Shop and Make 5 Dinners for $30 BuzzFeed Article
I stumbled upon this article earlier in the week during one of my BuzzFeed article reading binges. I was instantly hooked because 1. I love making meals for a cheap price and 2. I love new ideas on how to meal prep. This article definitely helped me out with #2 because it gave me the idea to use a rotisserie chicken for multiple meals throughout the week. Typically, I make one meal and eat it all week for my lunches. This article was a major game changer for me because now I want to get a rotisserie chicken and make DIFFERENT meals for my lunches. I sent John the article and he is totally on board. My meal prep has been kind of non-existent lately so I probably won't try this out until school starts back up.

These sandals come in clutch when Tommy wants multiple wagon rides!

2. Being Anti-Flip Flops
Before summer began, I told myself I wasn't going to torture myself this summer by wearing flip flops. While flip flops are super convenient to slip on and off throughout the summer, they end up making my feet hurt by the end of the day. Back in June I found the perfect sandals to wear all summer in place of flip flops. Well, I've been wearing them all summer and my feet are SO much happier! I've been able to walk long distances in them without pain AND my feet don't get hot in them like if I were to wear sneakers all day.

3. Unsweetened Iced Tea
As most of you know, I drink water all the time. Like, seriously. Earlier in the week I had a free beverage coupon from Dunkin that was about to expire. I had completely forgotten about it since I haven't been there in months (#stillcoffeefree). Typically I would get a hot vanilla chai but that was a no-no in this heat. Instead, I opted for a large unsweetened iced tea with lemon. I had forgotten how delicious iced tea was! Since getting this free beverage, I have gotten a few more using the Dunkin gift cards I had and also have been tapping into John's mom's homemade iced tea supply I usually never touch. Thank goodness she makes it so often! Oh, and don't worry, I'm still drinking all my water :)

4. Sidewalk Sales
I had been needing some new running shorts so when my local running store advertised their annual sidewalk sale, I made sure I stopped by! The first day (yes, I went twice...) I went I was overwhelmed with everything they had. It had already been going on for a few days by that point so I was shocked they still had a lot of stuff left. I didn't find any shoes that I wanted but I did walk out with a cute Run856 shirt and Under Armour shorts. When my brother found out about the sale, he asked if I'd go back with him the next day. Ummm... heck yes! He scored deals on his own Run856 shirt and sock while I got 2 more pairs of shorts. I made out like a bandit over a span of two days and now I have new running shorts to start replacing some old ones!

5. Fruit Stands
I'm not a huge fan of summer but there are a few things I do like about the season, one being fruit stands! I live near a lot of farms so you can always find a good fruit stand around me. After shopping my running store's sidewalk sale with my brother, we stumbled upon a pop-up farmer's market in the town. I got delicious peaches for a great price! Another day this week I went to the fruit stand up the street from John's house and walked away with a great variety of fruits and vegetables. Needless to say, I'm one happy girl!

Question of the Day: What are you loving this week?