happy October it's a really fun time of
year for me I love to decorate I love it
when the weather gets a little bit
colder I also love it when the heat
kicks on and just that smell comes back
and it just reminds me of the holidays
this last September was really fun to be
able to just have a few more autumnal
pieces and make those transitions from
like a summertime wardrobe into a more
autumnal one this video will have a lot
of different pieces in it that are kind
of for that season real quick though I
have a little giveaway for you guys this
is actually just something that was very
accidental how it all came about I've
been wearing this Kate Nelson watch for
like all month long I've been loving it
so much I actually talked about it in
last month's favorite video we got our
wires crossed between me and Kate Nelson
they actually sent me another one and I
was like what do I do with this extra
watch like do you guys want me to send
it back and they were like no it's fine
just keep it it's totally fine and so I
was like well to have one that's exactly
identical is kind of cool to have on
hand but I'm not really going to use it
anytime soon and so I just figured you
guys might want to have it so I'm going
to be giving away this extra one that I
have it's already still in its case it's
really great if you just want to give it
as a gift even so to win the watch all
you have to do is follow me on Instagram
I'll be giving it to one of my Instagram
followers actually if you could leave
your Instagram handle down in the
comments below that'll just allow me to
write you guys privately through DMS on
Instagram and tell you that you won as a
little bonus just tell me like what your
favorite thing was this past month and
something that made your life a lot
better also I can ship this thing
worldwide so no worries about that
moving right along I actually have this
beautiful sweater that I've been wearing
quite frequently like pretty much any
time that I just want to allow and drown
my house or run an errand and not really
get fully ready I like to wear just this
beautiful sweatshirt it's from the brand
cotton it's actually a cropped
sweatshirt I've actually been loving
wearing Terry sweatshirts
it's just something really light and
breathable while still keeping you warm
you know with wind from actually
penetrating make you cold so it's really
nice to wear a terry sweatshirt and I
just loved the color of this one it's
also incredibly soft because it's made
out of Egyptian cotton
and it's actually a hundred percent
cotton there's nothing else going on
here in a sweatshirt it's hard to find
sweatshirts that have this level of like
authentic fabrics you know what I mean
nothing like synthetic or anything and I
also really love what they wrote on the
tag here so just real quick it's made in
Egypt in partnership with local cotton
farmers and a portion of this garments
proceeds go toward subsidizing their
trade and providing scholarships to
their children I just think this thing
is absolutely amazing and I feel really
good about wearing it and I also love to
just wear it with athleisure but I also
like to dress it up with like skirts and
stuff so yeah this is definitely been on
my favorites list so as you might know I
live on the East Coast and we had a
little hurricane so the month of
September was very rainy just the whole
time we didn't get like the brunt of the
hurricane like so many other people did
on the mountain where we live like
there's really not a lot of danger here
actually my cousin lives on the coast
and she had to go through that so
definitely my heart is with people who
went through that but during all the
rain I actually had some pieces that I
wanted to share that just made my life
very livable during it one is the
stutter hime raincoat so they actually
have a bunch of different colors and
sizes they have tons of sizes to choose
from but this one is the one that I went
with I loved the fact that it was just
like a standard very traditional classic
raincoat I liked going with a black
version and I also liked getting one
that wasn't too shiny or anything their
sleeves are very very long so the model
that I got is actually one that doesn't
have sleeves that are extra long but it
still will cover my knuckles pretty much
that just keeps all the rain out like
that's really the goal is not to get
rain like up your sleeves or anything so
this has a really great hood it's got a
little drawstring which that actually I
don't use the drawstring a ton but it is
really nice to just have a look of one I
think it adds a little bit something to
the design of it these are handcrafted
actually so that's really cool as well
and the design is very Swedish it's very
beautifully made authentically from
there so overall I've been really
impressed with this I got it like last
spring actually but I've gotten the most
use out of it in September to match my
raincoat I actually got some rain boots
this past
I'm really happy with these ones these
are the Alice and whittles they're more
of a minimalistic black ankle boot and
so I really liked the way that this one
didn't come up really high my rain boots
that I had for maybe five years just
broke and so it was really nice to get a
replacement for those when replacing
them I actually was looking for ones
that were an ankle boot I think that
that looks a lot better when you're
petite to be able to have something that
doesn't hit you like mid me you know so
having something like this really works
I wanted to have again that like classic
black color to match my raincoat and to
not be too much because I could actually
wear these and I'm not look like rain
boots if I wear them with a different
outfit they make a lot of sense you know
to be able to wear something that could
pass for regular boots but they're so
practical as well I also liked that the
bottoms of them which are a little bit
worn and dirty and used right now have
these grooves in them and so that gives
you a little bit extra traction the old
ones that I had didn't have any traction
at all and that made a big difference so
yeah I was super happy with these got a
lot of use out of them next I've got a
couple of more athletic things I want to
share today so the first thing is I
looked high and low for a good pair of
like running slash training shoes these
are the ones I went with they are the
adidas pure boost goes I mean seriously
I looked for maybe five hours for the
right pair for the color that I wanted
also for the type of things that I'll be
doing in the shoes I actually use the
sweat app by Kayla I love that thing so
much but it's really hard to pick out
the right pair of shoes for it so I went
with these ones because they have a lot
of cushion to them you pretty much have
little trampolines in them and I also
was looking for something with the
white-on-white look so this is pretty
close to what I had in mind overall I've
been really impressed with just the
amount of support this one has also for
those of you who know that I love to go
trail running these babies are not going
outside I only wear these ones indoors
when I'm actually doing circuit training
but yeah you should see my trail running
shoes they are just completely covered
in mud next I tried out a new brand for
fitness is really hard to find like more
ethical fitness stuff in general and so
girlfriend collective has been my go-to
this month they
have amazing products the way that they
actually have ethical and sustainable
initiatives is really just empowering
and inspiring so I have a couple of
outfits from them that are full workout
outfits but they are pretty much exactly
the same just different colors and so
I've got the bra and the leggings and I
also have like this cute ballerina top
that I can wear to I talked through it a
little bit in a few videos past so you
might recognize it I also just was
really impressed that when it arrived it
came in this cute little bag so each
outfit came in a bag and it just says
girlfriend on it girlfriend collective
and it's got this beautiful color and so
that was just like a really fun
unexpected way anytime brands do that it
just feels really good you know also it
has this gold zipper on the top which
just seems so much more luxe than a
regular zipper so I'll put more details
about how they actually make their
products for girlfriend collective in
the description below but just really
briefly that the bra and the leggings
are actually made out of recycled water
bottles it doesn't feel like anything
that would be made out of that it's
really strong and durable and I've just
been really impressed by them overall so
I actually ran out of face moisturizer
this past month I was trying to just
find stuff I could use it that I had
like in my cabinet that would remotely
resemble moisturizer and that failed
miserably so I actually bought some and
I actually restocked so this is that
Kate Somerville exfoliate glow
moisturizer and I decided to buy this
because I tried a little tiny sample
bottle of it and I loved it I didn't
tell you guys that I was using it but I
actually got a lot of compliments saying
how good my skin was and what do I use
for my skin while I was using it so I
knew I was onto something so I went
ahead and got this one and I was
surprised to see how much bigger it was
in my sample version so overall I've
been really impressed I love Kate
Somerville it's one of my favorite
brands next something really festive
that I got are these little tiny
cinnamon broomsticks you know is one
thing to be able to burn candles I just
did a candle haul video but it's even
better if I can walk through my door and
just have my home smelling really good
and so I got a few of these anytime that
I like walk past wherever this is
smells so good to be able to have your
home smell like cinnamon and so I put a
few of these like on my door handles on
little like hooks and crannies hooks and
you guys get the point so I ended up
getting a few of these and I just really
loved it finally I just wanted to talk
through some of the things I've been
watching and reading that were really
good one is this book I've had it on my
bookshelf forever never read it and so
it's called the luminaries and I
actually got the audiobook too because I
just love the experience of reading and
listening at the same time I just really
like it this it's got a little bit of a
theme to it with astrology if you're
into astrology you might really like
this book and I'm really only about a
hundred pages into it so I don't know
which turns it's going to take but
that's what I've been reading and you
can always follow me on Goodreads if you
really want to talk about books that is
where to go for that so I'll leave a
link in the description where you guys
can find me bears but yeah overall it's
been really an interesting read it's a
bit of a crime mystery type of thing
also the cover is just really something
that I would love to display and have
out at any moment
you might already know this by now but I
absolutely love to watch PBS I'm really
sorry if that sounds ridiculously nerdy
but it's just the truth
but honestly their shows have been so
good lately especially anything by
masterpiece I actually got into this one
show called the miniaturist it's based
in Amsterdam around the 1600s where this
girl actually comes and she has just
newly married someone and she's having
lots of marital issues and she's trying
to adapt to this new upper scale
lifestyle she's given this little place
that's a replica of where she lives and
she has to actually hire someone to
build little tiny things for her those
little tiny things are something that
becomes really revealing to whatever's
gonna happen almost like a warning sign
and she tries to tell them don't send me
any more things it's really creeping me
out
they say that back in the 1600s but
honestly it was a really good show with
lots of twists and turns and I just
loved the aesthetics like the scenery
how they dealt with lighting and stuff
was very inspiring
real quick finally I have one more show
which is Lourdes and labels I found it
on Netflix it's like a mixed
Downton Abbey and Great British Bake Off
if you combine those two that's what
lords and ladles is it's basically just
a way where they go to these old houses
in Ireland you know buy houses I mean
giant castles and they do lots of
research on what they used to cook back
in the day and so they host this big
banquet and they create all the old
recipes revive these castles and it's
just really cool to watch so that's
pretty much all that happened in my
month and I hope that you guys had a
really good September and I'll see you
guys next time
bye