My September 2019 Photo A Day Pictures

The prompts this month weren't too hard, although I got way behind with being gone for a week and moving, but I got back to it! It's a little weird to think I've been doing the photo a day for nine months now! That's 273 pictures!

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Currently

Hi! It's been a little while since I posted anything, but there has been a lot going on! Now that things have finally calmed down a bit I can get back into blogging. 

Back in September we went to Texas for my sister's graduation, and then after we came back we moved. The move was extremely stressful and crazy, but we are now in a much better house in a much better location!

So mostly our days have been spent unpacking and trying to figure out where all the nearest grocery stores and places we regularly shop are, and just settling into our new place/area. 

Watching - We've been watching Dateline, Shark Tank, Madam Secretary (anyone else wondering what is going on with this season? It's pretty confusing/terrible!), and The Voice. We are finally getting the ID channel again so we've been watching that as well.

I'm also watching The Rookie. I didn't seen any new shows that looked any good, but are you watching any new shows?

Trying - To find a church! We have been to two already and so far they have both been a major no. We have had a really hard time finding a church. We never did find one we really liked while we were in Idaho, and when we moved to Richmond we didn't find one there either. So now that we are in the Hampton/Norfolk/Virginia Beach area I'm hoping we can finally find one.

Reading - State of Lies by Siri Mitchell. I've never read anything by this author before so I wasn't sure what to expect, but I'm about 2/3 of the way through and I'm really enjoying it! I'm planning on writing a review in an upcoming post.

Eating - Even though we haven't really had fall weather yet (it's still been kind of warm, although it did rain all day yesterday. The leaves haven't even really changed color here yet.) I made some chili a couple of weeks ago and I made some beef stew last weekend.

I also made some pumpkin shaped sugar cookies which were good! 

Listening to - I haven't been listening to very much. I'm all caught up on podcasts (although Cold is the most recent one I've listened to, which I finished a couple of months ago.) I've been listening to Pandora a bit but that usually doesn't last long because I get annoyed at some of the songs they play so I run out of skips and then I end up turning it off.

Needing - I need to go grocery shopping and I also need to make a few changes to the blog layout. I've been trying to fix that little bio underneath my picture, it's been something I've wanted to do for a while but I can't get it just right. And I also need to update my About Me page. That's always hard! It's one thing to write about other topics, but trying to write about yourself is hard!

What have you been up to lately?

Some Scrapbooking

It's been over a year since I shared any scrapbooking pages, so I thought that since I just finished an album that I would share some of my pages!

I've added links to the corresponding blog posts so you can see more pictures/full size pictures!

 Washington DC Part 1

 Washington DC Part 2

 Lilacs

Alki Beach

Pike Place Market

 Visiting Berkeley Plantation

Backyard Birds

 Visiting the Outer Banks Part 1

Visiting the Outer Banks Part 2

Recent Purchases 5

Women's V Neck Button Down Skater Dress with Pockets: I had been looking for a dress like this for quite some time and was pretty happy to see it on Amazon! I've had not the greatest luck with ordering clothes from Amazon. I bought this polka dot dress a while back and I still really love it (I wear it quite often!) but besides that, I've ended up returning most of the clothes I've purchased from there. So I was cautiously optimistic about this dress. Luckily for me I ended up really liking it! It fits great, the fabric is stretchy and light (but not too thin), the length is great, and since the buttons are non-functioning, you don't have to worry about gaping! It also has pockets!

Paper-bag Skirt: I typically have trouble finding skirts I like. They are always too short or too long or the waist fits weird, but despite that, this paper-bag skirt fits great! I like the buttons and the tie waist. The top half of the buttons are non-functioning, but the bottom half of them can be unbuttoned. It's kind of a midi length, so from about the knee down the buttons can be unbuttoned. Anyways, I really like it!

Dress with Buttons: I really like this dress and how it fits, but unfortunately I haven't had a chance to wear it yet!

Juniors' SO Perfect Tee in Ditsy Red: I picked this top up while at Kohl's. I don't go into Kohl's very often, but I was there with my mom and happened to walk by this. I always like a good floral print, and while the material is pretty cheap, I paid less than $10 for this top so even though it isn't the greatest quality I like it.

Aerie Move High Waisted Moto 7/8 Legging: I've been eyeing these leggings for over a year but just couldn't justify the price. I'd even tried them on in store several times to make sure I really liked them. They'd go on sale from time to time but I just felt like the quality didn't justify the price. Finally, I saw these for 40% off, plus I had a $10 Aerie reward so I had to get them! 

Aerie Distressed Boyfriend T-Shirt in Royal Palm: I'm still a little unsure about this shirt. The color isn't too bad, but the fit is kind of not what I was expecting. I probably should have sized down on it, so the one I ordered is a bit too big. Otherwise, the material is SO soft!

Aerie Distressed V-Neck Boyfriend T-Shirt in Somber Navy: This t-shirt is a bit longer than it seems. It runs big, and I did order my normal size (only because I was hoping it would be long enough to wear with leggings.) otherwise ordering a size down worked too. I like the fit and the V-neck isn't too deep.

Have you ordered any new clothes lately?