Lately

I do these “Lately” posts every once in a while.  Whenever I have to get some random stuff off of my chest, want to let you know things I’m doing, or just want to list some new products I’m using, I title the post Lately.  There’s been a few of these posts.

Read the other “Lately” Posts:

Lately 1

Lately 2

Lately 3

This time, since I didn’t do a Weekend Recap and I’m sick, I decided that a Lately post was necessary.  There’s a lot of random stuff floating around in my head so this post will bring it all together (so I hope). 

Lately…

I’ve furnished our deck.  It’s been empty since we moved in, aside from the L.L. Bean chairs we move from inside to outside every other day.  I’m so happy to have furniture out there.  Now to buy a Bug Off candle and some plants!  We ended up getting the chairs on sale at Lowe’s and the two tables 70% off at Target.  WAHOO.

Lately…

I’ve cooked meat.  Although I’m a vegetarian, I’m not going to shun Bryan for wanting to eat meat.  I firmly believe that food preference is a personal choice.  Yes, I cook meat in my house, sue me. 

Lately…

I went to the Dave Matthews Band concert.  It was OK.  I mean I enjoy his music, but not for 2+ hours.  There were also so many drunk annoying teenagers around, many of which spilled beer and bumped into me.  No good.  Overall it was a nice night. 

Lately…

I’ve been making more and more juices.  I’m hoping that all the vitamin C will help get rid of this cold faster.  On Monday night I plopped on the couch with my blanket, a box of tissues, my green juice, the recent issue of The Knot magazine and watched the Bachelorette for two hours.

Lately…

I heard about Peet’s Coffee’s Do You Give a Cup campaign.  Peet’s Coffee and Tea is celebrating their new single serve cups with a “social sampling experiment” this summer.  Each week, Peet’s will post new topics on DoYouGiveaCup.com for you to vote on.  The voting will determine where they host their next sampling event each week.  Click the image above to read more about it and to see whether a sampling event is coming to your town!

But other than that, I’m just trying to get through today.  I’m off from work Thursday and Friday so that’s nice.  I’m hoping this cold goes away before the holiday, but I really don’t think it will.  Doctors appointment tonight so maybe I’ll get some prescription medicine to help me sleep.  I’m running on very few hours of sleep these days.

FTC: Peet’s Coffee is compensating me with a gift card in exchange for promotion on Simply Nicole. As always, I only post about products I truly believe in and would purchase with my own money.  All opinions are my own. 

Talk to Me

• What have you been doing lately?
• What do you like to eat/drink when you have a fever/cold?
• If you’re a vegetarian, do you cook meat for your family?