Friday Five + Shopbop Sale Picks

Hi friends! Happy Friday! I thought I'd bring back the old Friday Five posts and share with you 5 things I am loving from this week. I also wanted to share my picks from the Shopbop sale (which ends tonight!) that I'm sure you've heard about at this point if you follow other fashion/style bloggers. For now, let's get right into my five things from this week:

1. So, I finally set up a Poshmark account/closet and I'm having so much fun posting some of my gently used (and some hardly worn) items from my closet. I actually made a handful of sales already! It's so easy because they email you the postage label, so you just pack up your items (I use old boxes from online shopping/amazon etc) and take it to your nearest post office drop off spot and you're done! Poshmark collects money from the buyer and you can easily deposit it into your bank account or use it as credit to shop on their app/site. And no, this is totally not sponsored, I just really love using it! (If you are on Poshmark, find my closet: @lindsllstyling)

2. I've been working on adding more protein to my diet and tracking my macros as a part of the fitness and diet plan that Abby from Mom With Muscles Blog made up for me. Since I've been tracking my carbs, fats and protein everyday, I'm realizing how hard it is to hit my protein goal for the day (I have no problem with the carbs and fats, go figure). So, I've been searching on Pinterest for easy, healthy, protein packed recipes and I came across this turkey stuffed peppers recipe and decided to tweak it a bit. Instead of brown rice, I used quinoa (extra protein!) and subbed the tomato sauce for some mild salsa. I also didn't use as much of the chicken broth as it calls for and grated fresh parmesan cheese instead of cheddar cheese. So, yea I didn't really stick to the recipe exactly, but they turned out SO good!! 

3. We have booked our anniversary/my birthday trip in November to.... CHARLESTON! I am SO excited because I've wanted to visit Charleston for a long time now! There are so many bloggers that rave about the city! Of course, I've been pinning all the Charleston travel guides, but if you've been or live there, please leave comments with your suggestions on places to eat/visit/etc. I can not wait!

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4. We are going to visit a local fire station with Camden tonight! It's kind of a long story, but basically my grandma won a 'dinner for four with the fire fighters' at a charity event last month. She knew that Camden is OBSESSED with fire trucks, fire fighters, etc (hint hint on his Halloween costume this year), so she knew she had to bid on it! Well, she won the prize and offered it to us! We are meeting at the fire station tonight and they are going to give us a tour of the fire station and Camden will get to sit in a real fire truck! I don't know if he will be excited or nervous?! Wish us luck! Of course, I will post pictures!

5. Ok, now for the shopbop sale! I'm sure you've heard about it if you follow other bloggers. The deal is you get 20% off all orders under $500 with code EOTS17, or you get 25% off your order over $500 with the same code! Shopbop is a great site to order your higher end, what I like to call, 'investment' pieces. So, if you've held off on buying one of your fall wardrobe investment pieces, now is your chance! Another great thing about Shopbop, is that you can use your Amazon Prime account to get free 2 day shipping! The sale ends tonight at midnight, so shop today!

Here are my picks from the sale:

Happy Shopping and TGIF!

Neutral Fall Decor + Our Home Update

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It's been a while since I published a home decor post. It's not that I don't love home decor or decorating (in fact I LOVE it!), it's just that it hasn't been a top priority in our lives for the past few years. I kind of felt like our last house in Illinois wasn't permanent so I never felt like truly decorating or making it feel more like our home. Now that we've been 'settled' in our new home here in Ohio, I feel like we are just about ready to really start making it our own.

We have some construction work scheduled to be done in our main living area/great room that will hopefully be completed by the end of October at the latest. Then, we will finally be able to paint over the ugly mustard yellow paint color that is all over the main floor (sorry if mustard yellow walls is your jam... it's just not mine!). However, we were able to paint a handful of rooms in our house including the kitchen, master bedroom/bathroom, Camden's room and the boys' shared bathroom upstairs a month after we moved in. This past weekend we (ok, Bill) painted our front door black and we replaced the hardware which was brass to brushed nickel. It's so rewarding to see the outcome of such a small project! I am so excited to finish some other home projects on our to do list in the near future! 

Since I wasn't really motivated to decorate in our mustard yellow room, I decided to go all out in our dining room and front porch/door for fall. I went to At Home and Target for my decorations and found a lot of cute, neutral fall decor. It's not that I don't love all the warm tones of fall, it's just that I'm not a yellow/orange/brown type of person. Does that make sense? I've always gravitated towards neutral or cool tones when decorating, so fall decor has been a challenge in the past. But, I'm loving the neutral fall decor trend right now! I'm a sucker for a white pumpkin and when I saw little white ceramic pumpkins in the Target dollar spot, you know I bought every. single. one! Target is currently killing it with the neutral fall decor! I have this pillow and a set of these pillows on my wish list. 

I love the black, white/cream and grey hues with touches of gold mixed in for some warmth. If I had my way and an endless bank account, I'd be buying all of the above items in the collage. In fact, I think I need a set of buffalo check pillows for fall! I don't care if my walls are still yellow for another month! I'm hoping to share some glimpses of my fall decor on the blog and on instgram over the next few weeks, so stay tuned! 

Do you love the neutral fall decor look? Or do you stick with the traditional fall colors?

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My New Favorite Diamond Stud Earrings

I've always been pretty simple when it comes to jewelry. I like and appreciate a classic design that is timeless and that will go with everything. Since I've had my boys, I have been sticking to wearing diamond stud earrings instead of anything too dangly or something that they could possibly get caught on or grab. 

I have been looking for a new pair of diamond stud earrings for a while and it was perfect timing when Anjolee jewelry reached out to me to write this post. When I visited their website, I was so happy to be able to design my own custom set of diamond stud earrings. 

When you arrive to the site, you can easily browse through their extensive collection of beautiful and unique designs. All of their pieces can be customized according to preference of metal type, diamond size, diamond/gemstone quality, and length/size. My eyes landed on the Circle Designer Diamond Stud Earrings. I just love the halo of pave diamonds around the sparkly solitaire. I went with the 1.58 ct. size. The design is so sophisticated and elegant! These earrings can be worn with a tee shirt and jeans (which is what I will be wearing them with most often, I'm sure) or with a beautiful ball gown!

Anjolee is offering all LLStyling readers 10% off their order (through Nov. 1, 2017)! Simply use the code Lindsay10 at checkout and your discount will be applied! 

*I was provided a pair of cubic zirconia stud earrings from Anjolee in exchange for writing this post. All the above views and opinions are my own!