Friday, we made it! I hate to say it’s been a long week, especially when I spent the first half of it in bed trying to recover, but it’s felt that way nevertheless!
I’ve slowly been easing myself back into my workout routine and started with a hot power flow class at Studio Three Wednesday and then made it to a total body HIIT class at Sweat yesterday. It felt so good to move my body and my butt and legs are so sore! I’m about a week and a half in with no coffee and it wasn’t until I walked by La Colombe on my way home from the gym that I really craved it. The smell was….intoxicating.
Yesterday I got super lucky and won Alt-J tickets and it took my friend Monica all of two second to say she was in so we headed to Northerly Island last night for the show. I saw them play at Lolla last year and they were one of my favorites from the entire weekend and they did not disappoint this second time around!
Reading links are a little on the lighter side on account of the fact that I wasn’t on my computer (for fun) much (when I was, I was frantically trying to play catch up with work and the blog), but here’s a look at what I loved this week!
Song of the week: In Your Atmosphere – John Mayer. I forgot how much this song makes you feel (but then again, name a John Mayer song that doesn’t do that) and when I say it’s been on repeat…it’s been on repeat. Turn it up and listen as you browse this week’s links 🙂
AROUND THE WEB/WORLD:
- I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about how I can afford to make it to so many different fitness studios and the answer is sort of a mixed bag. Right now I pay for a membership at Sweat Fitness Studios (but that’s changing soon!), sometimes I’m offered free classes in exchange for coverage on social media, and the rest I purchase through ClassPass, which I love! If you haven’t used them before, you can use this ClassPass discount code to get $40 off your first package (full disclosure: it’s my referral link so I get a little something too 🙂 )
- I need these pineapple shot glasses (and they’re 30% off right now with code FRIENDS!)
- Never thought I’d be into the whole nude swimsuit look, but I’m obsessed with this bikini top and these bottoms *Add to cart*
- My Joie slides have been looking a little worse for wear (I’ve literally worn them into the ground over the past few seasons!) and I’ve been looking for something to replace them with. These knotted slides I saw on my friend Jessica are super cute!
- …also saw these white earrings on her and can’t get enough of them – especially for summer!
- Two striped totes under $60 – perfect for weekending! Blue or pink, take your pick.
- I’m normally not a huge fan of the color red, but Grace linked to this ruffled dress last week and it’s too good.
- I’m in the summer state of mind over here, clearly, and even shared my summer bucket list on the blog earlier this week. I also have two sets of Skydeck Chicago tickets to giveaway which is home to one of the best views of the city, in my opinion!
- RXBAR came out with three new flavors! The majority of their bars are almond based (and I’m allergic) and I was so excited to see that two of the three are made with ingredients I can have! Can’t wait to try their Peanut Butter & Berries and Chocolate Hazelnut. YUM.
- Weekend plans: Pop in the new Serena & Lily that just opened over on Armitage! Apartment inspo for dayssss.
- This looks like a solid read and I’m a sucker for a good cover.
SHOP THE POST:
I’m not entirely sure how my weekend is going to unfold, but I’m hoping to sneak into my friend Amanda’s boot camp class at Yoga Six tomorrow morning and I’m really looking forward to getting back on a bike with Hallie on Sunday – it’s been too long!
Whatever the weekend holds for you, I hope it’s the best! I’ll be sharing in real-time over on Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter.
See you back here next week, guys!