As you might know if you know me well, I enjoy a lot of New Year’s rituals. In the past, I’ve made a video capturing 1 second of each day of the year, and my goal setting date with Austin is an annual highlight. This year, I thought I’d do something fun in addition and share a list of my favorites of…well, anything I feel like sharing. No matter the category, these were my tippity-tops of 2023.
1. Book: Atomic Habits. So good! Planning a reread for January.
2. Household chore: Laundry
3. Hometown restaurant: Ariake. If you live it Springfield and haven’t been yet, I highly recommend it for a special occasion meal.
4. At-home recipe: Slow-Roasted Salmon with Green Olive Salsa Verde by Craving California.
5. Meal I ate out: Via Carota. Absolutely divine!
6. Concert: The Eras Tour. Probably will be my top concert of all time, tbh.
8. Budget Purchase/Deal: This Rag&Bone dress I got for, like, $15 in a sample sale.
9. Splurge Purchase: Our new Fellow kettle
10. Photo from my camera roll: This one
11: Something I thought was over that I returned to: My pumpkin spice tour with Stephanie! (Maybe also blogging in general?)
12. TV series: Ted Lasso
13. Movie: Barbie
14. Pet: Boris
15. Trip: NYC! Went 3 times this year, but it still wasn’t enough.
17. Workout: Barre high at The Studio
18. Routine: Skincare — also Sunday sheet washing
19. Nail Color: Essie’s ‘Wicked’ is the color I kept returning to
20. Drink: Oat milk latte (the year I fully converted to oat milk)
21. Home Scent: Aromatech Santal (Le Labo duuuuupe)
22: Personal Scent: I just can’t quit Glossier ‘You’
23. Gift I received: A Vogue coffee table book Austin got me for Christmas
24. Little luxury: Silk pillowcases
25. App: Lapse
26. Trend: Bows!
27. Word: Brave
Thanks for being here. Wishing you all the best and a year of ultimate favs for 2024. xx