Five Friday Faves

It's been a while for this type of post for me, but here are a few things I've enjoyed this month from different categories. Let me know a few things you've been enjoying in the comments, if you'd like!

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Collective Birthday Haul - Coach x Peanuts, Torrid, H&M, Old Navy, Shoppers, and Sephora

Hi there! Last week was my birthday and I splurged on a few things, because... hi, my name is Wendy and I can't say no to birthday discounts, apparently. I felt like the best way to share what I got would be to do a collective haul. Some of the things I've already shared on my Instagram. I'll share some of the beauty items in later posts, both on there and here. I purchased all of this within the last two weeks, I'd say, so most of it should still be available if you see something that interests you!

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H&M, Torrid, and Old Navy Collective Haul for Winter 2021

I did a little retail therapy over the past month. I had rewards at H&M and Torrid, and a gift card for Old Navy, so I put them to good use. I still have Super Cash for Old Navy that is good for the end of February that I'm already deciding on what to get. That'll probably be mostly for my husband, though. Long live the stores with points and rewards programs! I also took advantage of the after Christmas sales and clearance sections. I'm a "check the sales tab and click low-to-high prices" kind of gal. Can't relate to those that ain't! 😂

I thought about putting my "What I Got for Christmas" post up today, but I wanted to get this one up before it. A lot of these things are still available, if you see something you like! I'll try to get the Christmas post up next week along with my January favorites. I mean, it's already been over a month, so what's a few more days? Nice to see my procrastination on posts has carried over into 2021. I'll work on fixing that...tomorrow maybe. 

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Birthday Collective Haul - Reitmans, H&M, Torrid, Addition Elle, Taylor Swift

I had mentioned that I went a little ham in July for my birth month. Birthday money, sales, coupons, and discounts helped, for sure! This is the second part of my hauls, click here for the first part if you missed it. July is over now and I'm trying to reel in my spending habits. It was fun while it lasted! It wasn't that bad of a quarantine birthday for this introverted homebody who loves online shopping. Haha!

I'd say I was probably thinking of late summer and fall for this shopping batch, because my countdown has already started for autumn to get here.  Like if I just will for fall weather to be here enough, it'll come quicker.Cardigan weather is calling my name! Speaking of cardigans, I do have two of those featured in this collective haul. I'll link to what I can. Have you added anything to your closet for this fall?  Here's what I ordered!

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Birthday Fun - Gifts, Sales, and Clearance

My birthday was two weeks ago and I thought I'd share some of the things I got as gifts and just gifting myself - haha! I'd like to say my latest Addition Elle, H&M, Reitmans,Torrid, and Taylor Swift orders that aren't in this post fell under that category, but maybe I can get away with blaming it on "Christmas in July"? Yeah, let's go with that. Technically, Reitmans and Torrid fall under the birthday category because I used my birthday rewards. I just don't have them yet and want to make sure they arrive before I share what I got. Perhaps, I'll post a collective haul on those purchases - minus the Taylor Swift items, because they said it might be two months before they ship.

So in this post, we have Addition Elle, some of my gifts, H&M, Shoppers beauty haul, Juvia's Place, and a few birthday pictures! Just typing all of this out makes me realize just how done I am right now. Like DONE. July was a fun month with a little getaway, my birthday ,and some retail therapy but I'm good to get back to normal and reining back the spending again. Though points, rewards, and gift cards made this feel a little less daunting on the wallet. (Except for the Taylor Swift order mentioned above. That one hurt. Don't even get me started on the shipping to Canada, but darn it Folklore is amazing and I just wanted the album and some of the merch to go with it. Who knows when we're all going to get to experience live shows again?!)

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Five Friday Faves for May 2020

I'm here on the last Friday of this month to share some of my random favorites that have gotten me through this month. This past Sunday was my husband's birthday and I put him together a Google Slides show. I spent the month reaching out to many of our friends and loved ones to contribute whatever they wanted to be in the presentation and then editing and putting it all together. It was hard to keep my big mouth shut and even harder to edit it while he stays home. A few times he walked in on me editing and I had to quickly close the page. Haha! I took to editing before he woke up and after he went to bed after that. Good thing I'm a night owl...though the earlier mornings were brutal. He's worth it, though! Seeing his face when I hit play was all I could possibly want. It was so nice seeing what everyone sent in.

Being a quarantine birthday, I tried to make it as special for him as I could. His sister and BIL dropped off a birthday cake. He picked chicken wings and pizza for dinner and got to watch a James Bond movie of his choice (not a shocker, because that is his favorite franchise). And even getting to choose which film he wanted, he still chose my favorite (For Your Eyes Only) of the series over his own (The Man With the Golden Gun). What a fella. For gifts, he's got some new hockey books to enjoy and a new electric razor for when it comes time to shave the quarantine beard and go back to the office!

Have any of you celebrated a quarantine birthday? I'd love to know how you or your loved ones made the day special for you. I know about the birthday parades, but many of our friends and family are long-distance and I needed a way to include them!

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H&M Spring 2020 Haul - All the Loungewear!

If there is one thing about staying at home, it's that I want practically every piece of loungewear I come across. I've been like that for ages already, but I guess COVID-19 kind of pushed my obsession into a higher gear. I placed this order with H&M not long after we were all asked to stay home as much as possible, taking advantage of their 20% discount they were offering. It took a bit to get here, but I'm happy with everything I got and thought I would share my thoughts on it. Does staying at home do the same thing to you? Make you crave everything comfy and cozy? Cant' stop, won't stop.

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Recent Old Navy and H&M Hauls - Winter 2019

This is a collective haul post. I purchased the Old Navy items about two weeks ago, give or take. I actually went there again this past weekend to use a voucher (I'll touch on that below) and in the same trip to the mall, I went to H&M. Everything I got at both stores are below and I'll try to link to everything. As it is recent, most of it should be available in store, online, or both.

I had Super Cash for Old Navy and I hate for that to go to waste. You can use Super Cash on clearance, so I found great deals both in that section and a few of the sales that were going on at the time. And actually, some of the deals going on right now are even better and they are giving out Super Cash again to use in the future. If ordering online, don't forget to use eBates. If you haven't signed up yet and are interested, I'd truly appreciate you using my link in my sidebar to join as I earn $10 with every referral.

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