November Five Things // From The Inspired Abode
We’re back with this month’s edition of Five Things. Can you believe it’s already November? Snow is falling all across the country, but Los Angeles still hasn’t gotten the hint that it’s fall. Mornings & nights are chilly (by LA standards), but some days are warmer than days we had this summer. One of our editors even went to the beach this weekend! Despite the odd weather here in Los Angeles, we absolutely love the vibe of November – Thanksgiving is approaching & the holiday season is upon us.
Take a look below to see what we’ve been loving this month – and share your own monthly musings with us!
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING…
Fall shows are back & there is so much content to watch these days! On network television, we love feel-good shows like This Is Us & A Million Little Things, as well as business shows like The Profit & Shark Tank. There are also so many good shows right now on the various streaming services. It truly is impossible to watch everything! Jack Ryan is back for season two on Amazon Prime & we highly recommend starting season one if you haven’t watched yet. John Krasinski is amazing in it! We’re always looking for new movies & show ideas, so please share your favorites in the comments section or DM us on Instagram!
WHAT WE’RE LISTENING TO & READING…
The Head and the Heart has been on repeat this month & we credit Ashley Kane of Brunch on Chestnut for introducing them to us!
We’re enjoying The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides from our summer thrillers book list. We are also eager to jump into our book club’s next choice: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb. We seem to have a therapist vibe going this month.
WHAT WE’RE EATING & DRINKING…
We pre-ordered Tieghan of Half Baked Harvest’s new cookbook Super Simple & were so excited when our copies arrived. We literally want to make every single recipe in the cookbook & have already tried and loved two. The best part? The recipes really are super simple, have a manageable ingredient list & take only around thirty minutes or less!
We’re also happy to report that we’re the proud new owners of the Instant Pot and MultiCookers! While we’ve only made a couple of meals in them, we love how easy they are for clean-up & also how fast they make meals that would take hours in a slow cooker. Plus we’ve been a little scared of slow cookers ever since that fire scene in This Is Us.
WHAT WE’RE EYEING…
We’re not even ashamed to admit how much we’ve been loving online shopping at Abercrombie lately. They have completely done a 180° from the Abercrombie we all knew years ago – you know, the one that you felt self-conscious walking into because there were models out front & it smelled like a cologne bomb went off. Anyway, now they have amazing sales, great quality jeans, and other really cute clothing items! We will warn you that their men’s shirts are still riddled with either Abercrombie written across the front or a moose logo, but you can still find some without. The women’s items are so cute, trendy & affordable (when on sale) though.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO…
We are going on a family trip to Kauai over Thanksgiving! It will be the first trip with our boyfriends & mom together, so we’re super excited! We’ve been to Kauai before, but it has been years! Plus, we’re doing something we’ve never done…a 7-hour boat excursion that includes viewing the Nā Pali coastline, seeing the forbidden island of Niihau, and snorkeling by an underwater crater & hopefully seeing sea turtles, dolphins, and whales, among many other creatures! We’ll do a whole blog post on our trip when we return, so stay tuned! And if you have any favorite restaurants or spots to visit on Kauai, please let us know in the comments!
We’d love to know what you’ve enjoyed watching, listening to, eating, drinking & what you’ve been eyeing and are looking forward to. Let us know in the comments section or send us a DM on Instagram! Don’t forget to follow us on Pinterest to see what inspires us daily!
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