Stained Couture’s weekly series, Link-End Round-Up, features interesting reads I read from around the internet this week.

Happy Friday! I hope you had a great week, I had another week that felt long. I’m starting to wonder if this is due to fall and the temperature starting to dip.

Speaking of temperatures dropping, I plan to spend part of my weekend getting my closet fall-ready. This involves me taking my denim jackets to the dry cleaner, moving my warmer clothes to the front of my closet, and moving my lightweight stuff to the back. I’ve been putting this on the back burner for weeks, because we were still having days in the 90s just this week. However, the forecast is showing no days over over 75 for the next week or so. Therefore, it’s time to get in fall formation, ladies.

Thankfully, work hasn’t felt overwhelming this week, which was great. One thing that I’ve been doing at work, which has helped my work days go by faster, is watching horror movies on Netflix while working. Sounds weird, but helped me worked better while not getting super scared while watching them. So, I’m planning to watch all the horror movies I can at work all month.

I hope you all have a chill and relaxing weekend. If you need something to do this weekend, it’s a great time to go to the pumpkin patch.

P.S. – Pray for those on the east coast dealing with hurricanes and tropical storms this weekend. Stay safe!

LINK-END ROUND-UP: October 12, 2018

• Best plants to keep in your kitchen – Domino
• Top Halloween candy in each U.S. state – Candy Store
• Simple ways to elevate at-home pizza – Cupcakes & Cashmere
• Everything you need to set up the perfect home bar – Coveteur
• How to fold clothes to make more space – Good Housekeeping
• Mental shifts for a happier, wealthier, and successful life – Entrepreneur
• The pursuit of excellence has infiltrated and corrupted the world of leisure – The New York Times

by

Stained Couture’s weekly series, Link-End Round-Up, features interesting reads I read from around the internet this week.

Happy Friday! Although it feels like Friday sneaked up on me, I feel like this week lasted forever. Days are longer in the summer and it’s fall, but these past couple of weeks have felt like almost a month. Now that I think about it, a lot changes are beginning to happen in my life. My nephew/ new “roomie” came 2 weeks ago today, which means I’ve been beefing up my plans to find a new place to move. I haven’t lived on my own in few years, but I’m so looking forward to it!

On the work front, a member of my work team is leaving and moving back home to Georgia. Thankfully, our our team is running pretty smoothly now and won’t need to hire a new replacement at the moment. So, her responsibilities are being shifted to another team member and myself. So, on Monday, there will be some training to get everything and everybody on a plan.

Another thing that the arrival of my nephew brought for me is more time. Since my sister used to work 12 hour shifts, I would take her to work after I got off work and pick her up in the morning before I went to work. I only did this 3-4 time a week, but now I don’t have to do that ever again. Now, I have all this extra time to sleep in the morning and also expand the steps in my nightly skincare routine. However, I’m thinking about looking for a seasonal job to help with moving expenses and to plump up my a couple of my savings accounts.

This weekend, I want to do absolutely nothing. Shoot, I might even put my phone on ‘Do Not Disturb’, because I need a mental break. Check back on Monday to see if that happened…or not.

LINK-END ROUND-UP: October 5, 2018

• The rules for drinking bourbon – Liquor
• Secrets to maintaining your focus – Evernote
• How to be more productive in 60 seconds – Coveteur
• Habits that may reduce your risk of breast cancer – TIME
• Tips for a career change after 40 from an expert – My Domaine
• Why are you so good at killing your house plants? – The New Yorker
• 5 psychological strategies to ease the stress of perfectionism – Tiny Buddha

by