Pumpkin Spice is back!

I really do enjoy my Pumpkin Spice. When it starts hitting the shelves, though it makes me a bit sad because summer is coming to and end. My daughters are grown, but being a teacher, I still have to go back to school every fall. It’s sad, but fun at the same time.  I love my summer.  I also love back to school and I love my Pumpkin Spice!

There are new Pumpkin Spice products every year, but my absolute favorite are the Pumpkin Spice K-cups. I bought the creamer a week ago and have been using it but I really don’t get any of that spice flavor from it.  More like regular creamer.  I also bought the Pumpkin Spice Milanos and Siggi’s Yogurt.  The Milanos are amazing!  I am going to have to stock up on them.  The yogurt is yummy and I will be stocking up on that as well. I like Siggi’s because it’s lower in sugar than other greek yogurts.

The Bare Apple Chips are labeled “Pie Spice” so I think they will be more like apple pie. I am saving those for my snacks at work.  One thing that my daughter has me scouting for is the Halo Top Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream. It’s been eluding me so far.

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It’s hard not to go overboard with this, but if I can find my K-cups, I will be happy with coffee, yogurt and cookies!

Streamlining the Closet

I have two situations working against each other. First, I have way too many clothes.  I know, I know, my fault, but I am trying to simplify. Second, my closet is far too small. Take your standard door and that is how wide and deep it is. My closet was stressing me out.

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So last week I took these issues on and started working on getting rid of clothes that I never wear or that don’t make me happy. I made two exit piles. One pile went in a bag to be donated, I am working on selling the other clothes in Facebook groups.

As I was assessing my clothes, I made sure that each item that went back into the closet worked with most of the other items.  Since we are at the end of summer, I also removed most of my warm weather and vacation clothes as well as winter clothes.  In essence, I created a fall wardrobe capsule of about 60 pieces, not including accessories and shoes.

 

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The last thing I did was to buy these hangers. They literally made all the difference in the world.  My clothes hang better and I have more space in my closet.  I still have my dresser to go through and my second closet (in another room) with all of my summer and winter clothes in it. But for the start of school next week (I’m a teacher), I will at least have peace of mind about my clothes!

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