For What It's Worth


Friday, April 20, 2018

the friday 5



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My birthday finally rolled around this week and not a moment too soon. I used it as an excuse to buy a ton of things I don’t need. lol  Every time I saw something on sale my brain said….it’s on sale! AND my birthday = meant to be. Sound logic right?

I'm cut off now 😭

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My husband took the day off and we headed to Orlando for these beauties from Gideon’s Bakehouse.

How ridiculous are these cookies??!! They’re almost 1/2 pound each. I discovered this place last year but so hasn’t everyone else – so they’ve been starting to sell out every day. My favorite is the pistachio toffee dark chocolate but I’ve been wanting the to try the candied walnut chocolate chip since forever. They only have it on Wednesday’s but luckily the stars aligned and I finally got one! Totally worth the wait.

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I arrived home to this package from my friend Brooke. I always know when a box is from her because she covers it in fun things – either stickers, drawings or things like this…and of course there was a party on the inside as promised. I also got gifted Autoboyography from another friend and I may have squealed REALLY loud because I wanted that book SO bad.

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Non- birthday related…this judgey bunny was outside my front door yesterday. He seemed totally pissed that I was interrupting his morning munchies. Look at that glare lol

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Kevin also surprised me and came home early from work yesterday – announcing that we were going to go see A Quiet Place. He’s been working every single day for almost 2 weeks so we haven’t been able to go out at all.

download (9)It was really good! Not quite as scary tense as I was expecting – a lot more of them just going about their daily lives but that was interesting on it’s own. Because you see how hard it would be to keep quiet and still live a normal life for YEARS. Like…how do you keep a 4 year old from acting out? Or a teen from temper tantrum-ing. You can’t.

Two things though….where the hell did they get like 500 red lightbulbs and hang them all up without making any noise? And while at the pharmacy, maybe pick up some condoms/birth control? Having a crying baby isn’t the best plan during these times lol But props to Emily Blunt’s character who can give birth silently. I’d probably cry louder from getting a splinter removed.






How did your week go? Any plans for this weekend? I think I’m going to try watching the new Sandra Oh series – Killing Eve – that everyone is raving about. And I (hopefully) will have a post up Monday about my TBR reading progress. I’m killing it and  I AM EXCITED.

45 comments:

  1. Give birth silently....silently! HA.
    LOl

    Happy Birthday!!!!

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    1. SHE DID! Mostly anyway....lol

      Thank you :-)

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  2. Those cookies looks yum! And my, I want those shirt too!
    Happy Birthday Karen :)

    xx
    Vanessa @ Blushing Geek

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  3. I MISSED YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!!

    Happy birthday Karen, it looks like you did it right! Also those cookies are SOO ridiculous. Next time in at Disney World, please take me there.

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    1. There are so many amazing restaurants and bakeries int he Winter Garden/Winter Parka area. I just discovered them myself this past year.

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  4. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN!
    oh wow you had a great birthday! Great weather [at least that how it looks in the pissed bunny pic LOl] COOKIES! And 1/2 pound of pure happiness each one huh? OMG I want them! I want the purse too! very happy for you Karen!

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    1. I KNOW.

      Kevin bought 5 so I'm basically going to explode by the weekend lol

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  6. Happy Belated Birthday! Yay for treating yourself and getting some fun things, and that's too sweet you got some nice presents in the mail too.

    -Lauren
    www.shootingstarsmag.net

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  7. Happy Birthday Karen!

    My fave is My dog is my BFF shirt 👍🏼😁

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  8. LOL I think that's pretty awesome logic, really :) Happy little late birthday!

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    1. I'm sticking to it! I'm not a big shopper anyway so I can get away with it lol

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  9. You treated yourself, didn't you? 😉 Love the bag!

    I can't believe your friend gets away with writing crazy stuff on your packages LOL. Doesn't your mail service freak out? 😂

    I already said happy birthday on Twitter, so, well...I hope things stay as nice as they have been for the longest time!

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    1. You can write anything on there as long as the address is clear (and obviously nothing bad). I use stickers a lot when I send the nieces/nephews.

      Karen @ For What It's Worth

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  10. Happy Birthday! Yes, those cookies look incredible, and I hope you love Autoboyography. It's one of my top 2017 reads.

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  11. Happy birthday!! Hope you had fun! Those cookies look crazy good.

    That's a mean looking bunny lol!

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    1. SO BIG! But delicious. I don't have them often for obvious reasons lol

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  12. Birthday goodies!!! Those cookies are *insane.* I'm going to be in Orlando in a week or so. Hm... :) And you got Autoboyography! Hooray!! :)

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    1. Oh I hoe you get to try them! I finished Autoboyography last night and it was really good!

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  13. Happy Birthday! Those cookies look wonderful.

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  14. I need to come visit you so we can go snag some of those cookies!

    Also, that shirt you got is adorbs! Sound like you had a pretty good birthday week--I AM SO GLAD!

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    1. I did! And partly because of your box of awesome! xoxoxoxoxo

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  15. That bag is so cute! And I love those earrings! Those cookies do look interesting. Ha, love the message written on the box. And that bunny does not look happy with you :-P Happy birthday!

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    1. I hardly ever buy things like pocket books and earrings so b'day's are good excuse lol

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  16. I still cannot get over those cookies. They look so good! It sounds like you have an amazing birthday this week. :D

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    1. I know! They should be illegal lol And I did have a nice week :-)

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  17. I love the stuff you got, especially that shirt. And those cookies look delicious! I'm glad you had a good birthday.

    The bunnies at the last place I lived were really creepy. They had some scary glares too. I would come home from work late at night and they would all watch me from the darkness. It made me really uncomfortable lol

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  18. Happy B-day, Karen! Definitely a good excuse to buy too much. That is a very cute bunny even though it does look a little judgey, lol. I want to see A Quiet Place, but I don't think it's possible for kids to be quiet. I just got back home from being with my grandkids and it's impossible for my 2 1/2 yr old grandson to be silent for 2 seconds together let alone all the time, lol! He's very cute though. :)

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    1. Yeah - they couldn't lol And to have them understand and be that way for YEARS is kind of impossible.

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  19. Happy belated birthday Karen! My birthday is near Christmas, so November and December is always a great excuse for me to buy everything! And those cookies look amazing! I can totally see why there would be. bog line up and they sell out so quickly! I hope you have a great week :)

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    1. Oh yeah - you can buy EVERYTHING and no one can stop you lol

      Then again you get short changed with a B'day/Christmas gift rolled into one.

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  20. Happy belated birthday Karen! I hope you had a fabulous day with the hubby and furchildren. Those cookies look to die for, more chocolate chip than cookie, my kind of snack! That bunny is giving you filthy looks from his little patch of snacks, how dare you open your door! Super cute!

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    1. Thank you Kelly! I did.

      My bunny was out front again this morning - glaring as usual - but pulling up my weeds for me so we'll have to learn to get along. lol

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  21. Happy Birthday!!
    I love those heart earrings, they're beautiful :-)

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  22. Oh man, way to wave the cookie haul under my nose. Those look fab. Your birthday sounded like it was really special. As it should be.

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  23. Happy belated birthday, Karen! It sounds like it was a great one. And honestly, everyone should treat themselves to a few "from me" gifts on their bday...especially if they're on sale. ;)

    LOL re: The Quiet Place birth control and labour comments.

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  24. Oh bunnyy !!

    Of course on sale and "it's my birthday" are good reasons hehe ! Love the bag and the shirt - I bought one like that too "I work hard so my dogs can have a better life" I love it !! one of thoses short sleeve witha middle shoulder hole and another piece of sleeve .. hopefully you get what I mean xD

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