A Few Little Monday Pick-Me-Ups —

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01. Fancy snacks: my favorite microwave popcorn (butter, truffle) and Swedish candy. (This reminded me of my post from earlier this year on unfussy but elegant happy hour snacks.)

02. New pens, highlighters, or pencils.

03. Pouches to organize your children’s toys and other miscellany. I just reorganized a big tub of activities in my closet and used these to corral all stickers, sets of markers, little notepads, etc.

04. A restock of the best floss on the planet.

05. The best fashion item $15 can buy you. These are realllllly good — heavy weight cotton and look much more expensive than they are thanks to the wide collar.

06. This eye pencil is identical to the Anastasia one but $16. Its by a brand that basically produces the “generic version” of prestige beauty products — these are virtually indistinguishable from Bobbi Brown, and these are very similar to Rare Beauty.

07. Lots of other great beauty buys under $20 here.

08. Weighted sleep mask. Feels so incredible on.

09. Ice roller – I love this for headaches, bug bites, puffy eyes, etc. I actually use this a lot more than I thought I would. My kids love it when they injure themselves too.

10. A little spendier, but this dry shampoo is really as good as they say it is. I have found myself very sensitive to dry shampoo scents — they just make me feel gross / dirty?! This has a light, fresh, non-chemical scent, almost like a shampoo, and works kind of like the old baby powder trick (but actually invisible).

11. A new book (<< currently reading; a lot of you are listening to this on audiobook, and I just downloaded, too!)

12. Hand soap upgrade.

P.S. How do you fill your cup in under an hour?

P.P.S. Be on your own team.

P.P.P.S. How do you handle meal planning?