Fall Glorious Fall-A Positively Tuesday Post

      Fall n Minnesota is the stuff of  Hallmark movie legends. While the colors haven't been quite as stellar as we'd hope, who cares when you can be outside on a morning walk with just a light jacket and shed it entirely by noon. Unfortunately, I slept wrong, woke up with a headache and am downing coffee as fast as my Keurig, who is still working by the way, can keep me caffeinated. No lectures that coffee might be the culprit. It's the last vice I'll ever give up. To perk up my day, I like to start Tuesdays off capturing 10 things that made me smile, give me joy, or are a simple pleasure from the days leading up to Tuesday. 

1. I will start there, with coffee, specifically the Aldi Vanilla. At $3.99 for 12 ounces, it is a bargain to boot. Normally I'd be drinking form my Paris cup on Tuesday mornings but it is in the dishwasher that needs to be emptied. I'm not trying to rush the season, but my hand landed on a Happy Holidays mug that is not particuallry Christmasy.
2. While I took last night out, the spare room is returning to a useable space for sleeping. I have stacked clean bedding to go back on, and that is a simple pleasure. 
3. This will be in Thursday's post, but I cancelled the Fab, Fit, Fun subscription box. It served it's purpose for nearly five years, a fun gift ever quarter for my girls and  me. Instead, I'd like to put the same money towards a quarterly outing like a thrift challenge ( I still owe you all that recap), a pamper and movie night, or trying a new restaurant. I had way too many things left in the boxes that were not used and it seems just wasteful. I will add though, we found a few products that likely I would have never tried but now really like such as the Ouai leave in conditioner. I also got my favorite black and white plaid shawl in a box, and a light weight sweater that has been m go to for two years now. It felt good though to hit the cancel button and eliminate one more source of stuff coming in my house, even if they are consumables. 
4. My daughter has been on vacation this week and  staying at the family lake cabin. She has shared a few terrific photos. I'm borrowing today's-it made me smile. 
   
   
   
5. My coworker that had the baby last May so we have seen her grow before our eyes, started child care so no more waves on meetings. She had a gltich last Friday during one of our meetings and no child care. It was so sweet seeing her little hand waving to us all on the screen after not seeing her for several weeks. 
6. DH really wanted to see the latest James Bond movie. I am luke warm at best about these kind of movies, but give and take in a marriage right. I'll add Daniel Craig makes me smile though. As does Ralph Fiennes but he's always a prick in the Bond movies.  I won't give away spoilers, but it took me a moment to see the Bond girl in Cuba was the young actress that was so fabulous in Knives Out, Ana De Armos, and another new to me actress, Lashona Lynch. Both should have a lot of screen time in future movies. The "love interest" meh, kind of a vanilla role. 
7. I successfully completed my 3 Meals at $3.00 a piece challenge. I was quite pleased with myself. 
8. I bought myself a bag of Child's Play, which is basically a bag of tootsie brand candies. I can suck on a small Tootsie roll and get a chocolate fix, or such on a Tootsie pop for  nearly an hour with very few calories compared to other chocolate indulgences. 
9. While walking pup, I  stopped to talk with a neighbor and had a good long catch-up. She's trying to  get her step son and wife to look at the place next door to me, which had a For Sale sign on by walk time. I think they better hurry as houses are turning faster than a pancake on a hot griddle. I wouldn't mind having them as neighbors. It's always nice t get a catch-up with this neighbor. Her husbands and his first wife and three boys were neighbors when we moved in, but divorced 23 years ago and both remarried. He stayed in the house, and had another son, the same age as our youngest. The wife also had another son, about the same age. Apparently it was an amicable divorce as we've seen coming and goings, child care sharing with the 4th sons, and have been at grad parties at both houses as they've shared hosting.
10. Wow-I am overwhelmed with the motivating comments on my purging progress, and support while I commiserated about m stiff muscles. It is motivating and appreciate the cheers in the back ground. I'll get it done. Readers make me smile. 

     I seem to be doing little story telling, side bars, and perhaps gossiping in my 10 simple pleasures. I hope you don't mind. My work day is meeting on top of meeting and I have an HR kerfuffle to deal with, but it will be smooth sailing once Tuesday is done. I hope your day is a good one.