So…what is the Monday Poll?
Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007).
1. What’s something you’re looking forward to in October?
Visiting a pumpkin patch with Connor and El Hub. We go to the same one every year, and it’s always so much fun!
And honestly, I’m also looking forward to moving ahead with my life. I’ve been feeling stuck and sad lately, and I’m so tired of being in that space. I’m ready to change the vibe. I know it won’t happen overnight. This month I’m going to just keep treating myself with an abundance of love and allow the care and kindness sent from the universe to enter from all sides.
That’s my plan and I’m sticking to it. 🙂
2. Pick a nail polish color – bright cherry red or dark blood red?
Dark blood red, please, and the darker the better. I’d love a sturdy, shiny topcoat, too.
3. Your favorite snack lately?
Ooh, dried apricots and a handful of pistachios (gotta be pistachios in the shell, though)! I’ve been trying to balance out most meals and snacks with a combination of carbs, fiber and protein and this combo really hits the spot.
4. Something that decorated your childhood bedroom that you loved?
When I was a teenager, I used to have a poster that my granny got me. It was of a Nagel-inspired lady with a single tear rolling down her cheek and the word “memories” at the bottom of the poster. I loved it and thought it was so cool.
5. Updo or a blowout?
Blowout so I don’t have to deal with the headache I always get with an updo.
Happy Monday to you, my friend. Right now I’m enjoying my second cup of coffee and reveling in the simple pleasure of just how darn good it is! Like, do you ever just stop and smell your coffee? Holy crap, it’s amazing, right? Anyway, I’m just trying to stay fully present today, and apparently that involves swooning over the scent of a deliciously milky cup of coffee, ha ha ha.
What have you got going on this week? Whatever you’re up to, I hope love surrounds you from all sides!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Here are the questions to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. Talk to ya soon.
1. What’s something you’re looking forward to in October?
2. Pick a nail polish color – bright cherry red or dark blood red?
3. Your favorite snack lately?
4. Something that decorated your childhood bedroom that you loved?
5. Updo or a blowout?
1. What’s something you’re looking forward to in October?
Family pictures this Sunday, and I’m getting my hair done Saturday. Just a touch up of highlights and a trim, but I’m hoping she can style it in a way that it will still look good on Sunday!
2. Pick a nail polish color – bright cherry red or dark blood red?
Dark blood red is so perfect for fall!
3. Your favorite snack lately?
Cuties! Just had 2.
4. Something that decorated your childhood bedroom that you loved?
I had a wallpaper border in the middle of the wall in my room – thought it was so cool, until I didn’t!
5. Updo or a blowout?
Blowout!
I remember those wallpaper borders. I knew a girl who had Strawberry Shortcake wallpaper (complete with a border!), and I was wildly jealous of her decor, LOL!
Have so much fun doing family pictures on Sunday. 🙂
1. What’s something you’re looking forward to in October? Traveling with Dear Husband.
2. Pick a nail polish color – bright cherry red or dark blood red? Dark blood red please!
3. Your favorite snack lately? Fruit with cottage cheese or a HobNob.
4. Something that decorated your childhood bedroom that you loved? Two things both from my mom. One was a small bottle of L’Air du Temps. I loved the sculptural swirl of the bottle and winged stopper. The other was a hand loom woven, wool blanket my mom made. She loomed all these squares from wool yarn, crocheted them together and then embroidered them. It was weighty and warm.
5. Updo or a blowout? Does a French Chignon count as an updo? When I couldn’t get my hair cut during the lockdowns, my hair grew just long enough for me to do a chignon. I used the u-shaped open hair pins (don’t know what they’re called) to hold it in place and it never felt tight or heavy. Then again, I don’t have thick hair or a lot of it either.
I’m excited for you for your travels this month. Will you be going somewhere where you can buy great sunscreen? LOL
Before the pandemic we used to take a trip every October. Many times to Disneyland, once Portland, once Seattle, NYC often. So it feels good to start getting back into the swing of things.
We’re headed to Seoul this time. We’ll see what sunscreens and skincare I can score. Lol.
I just want to try all the food!
On a side note, Dear Husband has traveled so much for business this year he hit 100K miles at the beginning of September. He’s gone right now and I’m missing him.
My husband does a lot of international travel for work, too. His miles are over 100k and so far we’ve only used them on a family Disney World trip this summer. Seoul will be very exciting! Hope your husband isn’t away for too long.
1. What’s something you’re looking forward to in October? We are meeting up with 2 couples for lunch next Sunday The guys were my husband’s college roommates & the 4 of us have been friends for 30+ years. My husband & I met in college and his roommates met their wives after college. We try to meet up every 3-4 months now that their kids are all out of high school. They are the kind of friends that it’s like we just saw them last week whenever we get together
2. Pick a nail polish color – bright cherry red or dark blood red? Right now I’m rocking a deep shimmery burgundy which is my favorite fall color
3. Your favorite snack lately? Almonds with cheese although I need to eat less cheese these days
4. Something that decorated your childhood bedroom that you loved? I had glow in the dark stars on my ceiling
5. Updo or a blowout? I guess a blowout since I have a pixie cut
1. What’s something you’re looking forward to in October? I take a week of vacation in late October and just spend the days walking in the parks, enjoying the colors, making a spa trip for a massage then stop for the homemade apple cider donuts at a little little place in the Village.
2. Pick a nail polish color – bright cherry red or dark blood red? Dark blood red.
3. Your favorite snack lately? I’ve been munching on roasted unsalted cashews lately, just a small handful but I love them.
4. Something that decorated your childhood bedroom that you loved? I had this stuffed Lion named Larry that if you pulled a string it would talk. The recording was actually Mel Blanc who did Bugs Bunny. It still talks 50+ years later and I still have it.
5. Updo or a blowout? Blowout. The only updo I’ve ever had was when I got married.
1. What’s something you’re looking forward to in October? Fall Break – this year my husband and I are both off with the kids. We also have a rail explorers (https://www.railexplorers.net/) event at the end of October that my husband planned out and the kids are excited about. It looks like a fun experience.
2. Pick a nail polish color – bright cherry red or dark blood red? Bright cherry red
3. Your favorite snack lately? Dark chocolate
4. Something that decorated your childhood bedroom that you loved? Posters from magazines
5. Updo or a blowout? Blowout
1. What’s something you’re looking forward to in October? I’m in Northern Michigan, and the leaves are so beautiful, the Fall Color. I’m looking forward to more of that. Also, my neighborhood is THE neighborhood for trick or treating, so I’m looking forward to Halloween and seeing all the people dressed up.
2. Pick a nail polish color – bright cherry red or dark blood red? Ooh, I love both so much. But I love a dark nail, so dark blood red.
3. Your favorite snack lately? I like cranberries with almonds and a little square of dark chocolate. The flavors pair well together.
4. Something that decorated your childhood bedroom that you loved? I had a poster of Madonna from the “Vogue” video, and I loved it! She was so beautiful and powerful, loved it.
5. Updo or a blowout? Blowout, a big one with lots of volume.
Happy Monday n Tuesday!
1. What’s something you’re looking forward to in October? My 64th birthday, believe it tor not.
2. Pick a nail polish color – bright cherry red or dark blood red? I might go for cherry red, but on my toes.
3. Your favorite snack lately? Almonds. Can’t get enough of them.
4. Something that decorated your childhood bedroom that you loved? My Beatles posters.
5. Updo or a blowout? My hair is naturally curly so when I have a chance, I love to get my hair blown out straight.
So, I’ve been out of circuit for a bit. My 95 year old dad passed away two weeks ago and I am somewhat out of sorts. I am trying my best to get myself in the mood to enjoy October since September was not the best month. I hope all is well with you.
1. What’s something you’re looking forward to in October? Halloween decorations throughout the neighborhood
2. Pick a nail polish color – bright cherry red or dark blood red? dark blood red
3. Your favorite snack lately? Trader Joe’s white cheddar popcorn
4. Something that decorated your childhood bedroom that you loved? My mom let me paint my walls when I was in hs so I painted murals of my favorite album covers; I also loved the band posters over my bed
5. Updo or a blowout? An updo since I usually don’t like too much volume with my thick hair
1. What’s something you’re looking forward to in October?
New England foliage. Even after living my whole life in New England, it never gets old.
2. Pick a nail polish color – bright cherry red or dark blood red?
Dark blood red, like Chanel Vamp.
3. Your favorite snack lately?
Pumpkin Spice anything.
4. Something that decorated your childhood bedroom that you loved?
Stickers on the wall. My parents were the opposite of thrilled.
5. Updo or a blowout?
Blowout
1. What’s something you’re looking forward to in October? Cooler weather with less humidity. Summer is so unbearable here that I just about lose the will to live whenever I have to go outside (from May to mid-October).
2. Pick a nail polish color – bright cherry red or dark blood red? Bright red, like the “I’m Not Really a Waitress” or “Ruby Pumps” shades.
3. Your favorite snack lately? I’ve started making small, flower-shaped waffles again with my special waffle maker. Not really a snack, but I’ve been avoiding the usual potato chips and Cheetos for the last several months.
4. Something that decorated your childhood bedroom that you loved? I made a hooked rug with a horse on it. I still have it. It was my own design, not a kit. Also, I used to have curtains with a monarch butterfly print all over them. What happened to them? I guess my mother gave them away before one of our moves.
5. Updo or a blowout? Blowout. I don’t have the face for a fancy “updo.”