Weekly Roundup

Hi friends! I hope you’ve had a wonderful week. I can’t believe it’s already Friday. The week flew by for me, I feel like we just had a weekly roundup, and here we are again. This is going to be a great weekend around the Richardson house. Katie has a bridal shower Saturday morning, and Kent is flying in Saturday night for a week, so yay for that. And of course Sunday is Father’s Day.

I’ve been moving some things around here in the townhouse since Katie moved out, and rearranging. I think that ‘s part of why the week has gone by so quickly. Now I’m in the market for some new pieces of furniture. I’ll share what I decide on…when I decided. I hate furniture shopping. HA!

NEW & NOTEWORTHY…

• Need to strain a can but don’t want to use a colander? Try this.
• Ever wonder what onion to use in a recipe? This article will tell which onions work best in different dishes.
• Non only is summer my favorite time of year, it’s also one of my favorite foods time to shine. It’s full on ice cream season. I have this ice cream maker and it is so fantastic. I 100% recommend it, and you should definitely try this recipe. It’s our families favorite.
• Colors cycle in and out of style. White cabinets. Wood cabinets. Neutral walls. Colorful walls. Here’s an article with the top 5 brands most popular colors.
• I received the cutest new dress this week. It’s perfect for the heat, and will work for so many occasions. I shared it in Wednesday’s newsletter, but thought it deserved a spot here on the blog. If you aren’t receiving my newsletters, you can scroll to the bottom of this post and drop your email. I send them out to notify and times there’s a new blog post, and sometimes a special edition gets sent with info that’s not seen anywhere else. Ooooo, if that doesn’t pique your curiosity, I don’t know what will. LOL

WHAT I DID THIS WEEK / YOU MAY HAVE MISSED…

• Did you see the Father’s Day gift ideas post from Wednesday? You can check it out here.
• This REEL has 5 super cute Chico’s dresses in it. You can shop them all here.
• I’ve talked about my favorite way to stay tan year round plenty of times, but I shared a REEL on that this week too. Loving Tan is my favorite sunless tanner and if you use the code LISAR to get a FREE tanning mitt with your purchase. This is my personal favorite.
• Monday’s blog post was all kinds of LOFT goodness, and I made a REEL to go with that too. You can watch it here and shop it here.
• I got these new pants and top from Cozy Earth. Y’all! They are sooo good. I’ve worn them two days this week. Once with the square neck tank, and one with the sweater from this Amazon set. You can use my code COAST40 for 40% off your purchase. I love EVERY SINGLE thing I’ve gotten from Cozy Earth. The sheets are the only ones we sleep on.

COZY EARTH (Bamboo Wide Leg Patch Pocket Pant (S) / Bamboo Square Neck Tank (XS) || SHOES || BAG on sale) || SWEATER (from 2 piece set) || BRACELET || EARRINGS

NOTEWORTHY SALES…

• ATHLETA up to 60% off a big selection of items. This jacket is super cute.
• BANANA REPUBLIC FACTORY 40-60% off everything + EXTRA 15% off purchase
• COLLEEN ROTHSCHILD Buy One, Get One 50% Off, Going on Now and you can use the code COASTTOCOAST20 at anytime to get 20% off.
• GAP FACTORY Extra 50% off clearance
• GIBSONLOOK always 10% off with code LISA10
• EXPRESS – 30% – 50% off everything
• J CREW Up to 50% off
• J CREW FACTORY  Up to 50% off everything, plus extra 25% off orders of $125+
• LOVING TAN use code LISAR to get a FREE tanning mitt with any purchase
• LIQUID IV my code is good for 20% off right now. They just released a new strawberry lemonade that’s delicious.
• LOFT 50% off EVERYTHING
• NORDSTROM new markdowns with 60% off
• SOMA 30% off swim and select bras buy one, get one 50% off $35, Vanishing Strapless Bra

The 4th of July is just around the corner and that means lots of cookouts and backyard BBQ’s. There are so many fun outdoor games for July 4th, and you can order them on Amazon to get them in time. These would be fun to have set up in stations around your yard, or some of them could easily be carried to a park if you’re gathering there.

I’ve seen several of these in use at the beach as well. Big kids/young adults and even older adults sometimes enjoy having something to do when spending an entire day on the beach.

GIANT WOODEN YARD DICE – You can play two games with these giant dice. Yardzee or Yardkle. HAHAHA!

YARD DARTS – Not only are these yard darts, they glow in the dark. Now personally, by the time it gets dark during the summer we’re already in our jammies, but if you like to walk on the wild side, these are for you. LOL

YARD CONNECT FOUR – Did you have Connect Four as a kid? I did, and I loved it. I think this would be fun, and even the littles could play.

BADMINTON – This looks like such an easy way to play Badminton. This game has been around forever. This net doesn’t require spikes, and I think that would keep it from sagging.

LADDER TOSS – We bought one of these years ago for Katie’s graduation party. I had played it somewhere and it was a lot of fun. We will be pulling this out the next time we have a gathering.

HORSESHOES – I haven’t played horseshoes in years, but I used to love it. Most kids these days have probably never heard of it. Let’s bring it back.

BOCCE BALL – The only time I’ve played this was at an Italian restaurant, but it was a lot of fun.

GIANT JENGA – Not gonna’ lie, this one scares me a little. We went to a party with a reallly giant one, and I was terrified it would fall on someone. I think this one is a slightly smaller scale, so probably a lot safer.

CORN HOLE – This is a crowd pleaser, and I see a lot of people who take them (in a wagon) out on the beach to play. Little kids love playing with the bean bags for this one.

Check out this post with red, white and blue looks to go with your new outdoor games for July 4th.

Or this post has more red, white and blue all American summer style that would be fantastic for the 4th.

Have you signed up for my newsletters yet? You can do it at the bottom of this page. On Monday’s I share last weeks top 6 sellers, and on Friday’s there is a complete list of sales. There are usually things included in the newsletter for subscribers that don’t appear on the blog.😉 It’s kind of like Instagram. I share things all week long in stories and on the grid that don’t necessarily make it here.

Have a wonderful Monday!!!!