Five Favorites For Friday

1.  Sweet, precious Stella!  - My best friend, Rachel's, Boston terrier pup.  She's probably about as insane as my kitty cat, Sylvia, but I love her just the same.  And I normally hate dogs, haha.  But she's too cute to resist.

2.  My July Birchbox! - This time, I got some prepping, protecting leave-in conditioner, some metallic pink nail polish, a facial peel, nail polish remover wipes, bright purple lip gloss pencil, and a really awesome tinted pore minimizing primer.

3.  This Malala mural - #wcw forever!  I admire and adore Malala so very much, and she's such an inspirational role model to young women and giving her the image of Rosie the Riveter brings the many roles of feminism full circle.  

via Huffington Post

4.  My (mostly) farmer's market salad I brought to work this week - spinach, kale, cherry tomatoes, red onions, black pepper, avocados, goat cheese, grilled chicken, turkey bacon, and lite honey mustard dressing

5.  My new luggage - from my sweet, sweet mama!  She volunteered to replace my old luggage that got damaged when I moved.  Now my new turquoise three-piece set is all ready to go to San Francisco with me!  And Sylvia approves.

Five Favorites For Friday YEAH

1. It's no coincidence that three of my five faves are food.  In my attempts to cut calories wherever possible, I've discovered Monk Fruit In The Raw.  

Let me just preface with this: I am totally against artificial sweeteners.  I think they're disgusting and carcinogenic, but this stuff is actually really dang great.  

No calories, and I put a packet into my tea or coffee daily and can't tell much of a difference in taste apart from real sugar.  Plus, it's natural.

I'm not a huge fan of sweets, so I don't use a lot, but it does the job nonetheless.

2. Macaroni + cheese grilled cheese plus a raspberry weiss brew from Trim Tab Brewing Co at Melt with my bff, Rachel

3. Black bean hummus and farmers market broccoli, plus not-farmer's market baby carrots for lunch at work 

4. My sweet boyfriend ordered some stuff from my Free People wishlist to be sent to my apartment! <3

5. AKA the best news of all, Hunter and I got our tickets to go to San Francisco next month.  As a person that rarely ever takes a vacation, I'm so excited.