Friday Favorites - October 2nd 2026

 

Today I'm linking up with Andrea & Erika for Friday Favorites! 

I cannot believe it's already October! Is it just me or is the fall flying by already? I'm in Massachusetts where the weather is cold in the morning, and WARM in the afternoon. Today is going to be 80 degrees this afternoon....so I never know how to dress because it's freezing when I leave for work but boiling hot when I get out, and then freezing again at night. 

I've been trying to find some transitional clothes, and this short sleeve sweater has been great. It's flowy, so it hides my mom-stomach and also works if I don't want to wear my prosthetics and just be flat that day. It's comfortable, and unlike a lot of amazon clothing, it fits true to size. I ordered a large and it's plenty roomy! 

I've been wearing this with my Gola's and jeans with a sweater over it more often than I should admit. It's good enough that I need to order a few more colors! 

Another favorite has been this couch. Ignore the undecorated room (a work in progress) but my son wanted to convert a guest room into a 'game room'. I didn't want to lose the sleeping area for when he has friends stay over, and this couch has been perfect. And it's COMFORTABLE, which seems wild because it doesn't look comfortable at all, but it is! And it separates easily into two solid twin mattresses, perfect for a tween boy sleepover! 

Did you see that a Dairy Queen blizzard is supposed to be better for muscle recovery after a workout than chicken and rice? I don't know how true it is, but we tested it out ;)  Alec got the 'enchanted blizzard', but it's made out of yams and he did not recommend it, lol. He said to get the regular blizzards. ;) 

Maybe this shouldn't be a favorite, because my poor dog, but our cat Cheese likes to wake up Mac (the dog) in the morning by smacking him in the face with his paw. Poor Mac tolerates it! 

Last weekend Alec asked for red velvet cake, but I didn't have time to cook it in the bundt pan so I made it into cupcakes and it was so good! I used Shay's recipe and then this frosting recipe from a carrot cake recipe I found a while ago. The frosting is the BEST and super easy to make because it doesn't need any liquid, so I feel like you can't mess it up (and I mess recipes up ALL the time!).  If you make it for a regular cake, do half the recipe or it makes too much. I also highly recommend that carrot cake recipe in the link for the frosting too, it's the absolute best ever. I make it for every Easter. It's delicious! 

I'm laughing at my blurry cupcake photo. I'm no food blogger, but really...do I need to be? Nope! The link to the recipe works even if the photo isn't fantastic. 

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Nikki