1 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 2: I'm Kelsey Nixon and this is Kitchen Prescription, the podcast 3 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 2: you listen to when you don't know what to make 4 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 2: for dinner. Today is episode ninety eight. Why you should 5 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 2: be making dinner earlier? How is everybody? If you have kids, 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 2: chances are you're through the back to school nights, the 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 2: initial first day of school, and that maybe even extra 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 2: curricular activities had started up again. In fact, our first 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 2: fall baseball game is tonight, in addition to tumbling and 10 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 2: cheerleading and. 11 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,639 Speaker 1: All of those other things. But I'm excited. 12 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 2: I'm actually really looking forward to Hopefully you are finding 13 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 2: a rhythm as you get back into some the routines 14 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 2: that you've put into place. My kids just started asking 15 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 2: about Halloween this week, and once our heat wave broke, 16 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 2: I like noticing that the evenings and the mornings are 17 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 2: starting to feel a bit more crisp. 18 00:00:59,120 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: So I feel it. 19 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,279 Speaker 2: I feel that the seasons are changing, and I hope 20 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 2: you're finding yourself in a good place. I spent this 21 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 2: past weekend out of my own regular rhythm celebrating my birthday, 22 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 2: which was so much fun, but it also reminded me 23 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:19,759 Speaker 2: that we have decided to extend my forty percent off 24 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 2: for my fortieth birthday sale through the end of this week. 25 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 2: So if you're interested in joining Recipe Club and getting 26 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 2: that annual membership forty percent off, which makes it like 27 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 2: a dollar and three cents a week, now is the 28 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 2: time to do it. Until September fifteenth, you can use 29 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 2: the code forty candles to get that incredible discount. It's 30 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 2: the best discount we've offered in twenty twenty four and 31 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,559 Speaker 2: might be the best discount we do all year long. 32 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: In fact, very well maybe so anyways, I wanted to 33 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: mention that. But regardless, as like my family's new fall 34 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 2: schedule kind of falls into place, I wanted to share 35 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 2: with you that we have returned to a habit that 36 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 2: is kind of a game changer for us, and that 37 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 2: is eating dinner earlier. With kids going different directions multiple 38 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 2: nights a week, we decided to have dinner earlier and 39 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: I can't wait to chat about how it's working for us. 40 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: But before we do. 41 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 2: That, let's discuss a few recipes you could throw on 42 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 2: your meal plan for the week to make dinner a 43 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: little bit easier to get on the table. The first 44 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 2: recipe is an oldie Budy Goody. It is my skillet 45 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 2: chicken pacata. This is a recipe that you would find 46 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 2: in my very first cookbook. This is a recipe I 47 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: have cooked on Guys Grocery Games. If you're a Food 48 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: Network fan, I have been making this recipe for a 49 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: long time. Came from my mom's original recipe and it 50 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 2: is basically a really quick pan fried chicken with the 51 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 2: most delicious lemon caper sauce. And if you don't like capers, 52 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 2: you could leave those out, but it's so simple, it's 53 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 2: so yummy. I use this chicken cutlets, which if you've 54 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 2: been following me on Instagram lately, I for some reason 55 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 2: keep talking about how I think the chicken cutlets are 56 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: to go when you're cooking with chicken breasts. But this 57 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 2: is a really quick, easy weeknight chicken dinner. You can 58 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 2: start with pasta or rice and steamed roasted vegetables and 59 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 2: it's just a nice, balanced dinner that's full of so 60 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 2: much flavor because of that sauce. The second recipe is 61 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 2: my Indian butter chicken. This is I'm just telling you 62 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 2: that this recipe is giving our baked zd a run 63 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 2: for its money. When it comes to grabbing the spot 64 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 2: of the most Popular recipe and Recipe Club. 65 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: So many of you love this recipe, and you do. 66 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,839 Speaker 2: For good reason, because it is so good. It's so delicious. 67 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 2: I had a friend who just took it to another 68 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 2: friend after having a baby this week, and she said 69 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 2: that they have already made it again and she's got 70 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 2: a brand new baby a home. They just thought it 71 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 2: was that delicious. So it's a really simple recipe full 72 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 2: of so much flavor, perfect chicken and rice meal. And 73 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 2: when my friend told me that, I was like, oh, yeah, 74 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 2: we better make that. I haven't made that in a minute. 75 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 2: So we're gonna be having it with peta bread and 76 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,120 Speaker 2: maybe like a dollop of Greek yogurt on top, and 77 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 2: it's gonna be delish. And then finally we are having 78 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 2: loaded sweet potatoes. So this is something that's been out 79 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 2: of my rotation, but I am bringing it back for 80 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 2: the fall. It's something I typically keep on hand for 81 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 2: busy nights in the fall and winter, but I basically 82 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 2: roast off a bunch of loaded sweet potatoes and or 83 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 2: sweet potatoes rather, and then I load them up with 84 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 2: I do some black beans. 85 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: If I've got a howlipanio. 86 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 2: I'll maybe do that for a little bit of heat 87 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 2: if and you know, even if it's just for my 88 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 2: husband and I and I pull off other black beans 89 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 2: for the kids. Although it's really not too much spice, 90 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 2: my kids don't mind it. I season those with a 91 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 2: little bit of cumin, and then I add those on 92 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 2: top of the roasted sweet potatoes. 93 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: I add a. 94 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 2: Dice to avocado with a bunch of lime, and then 95 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 2: I make a little sauce, a little Greek yogurt sauce 96 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,559 Speaker 2: that's got some cilantro and lime in it as well. 97 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 2: And man, those are delicious. If you're looking for something 98 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 2: a bit hardier, you can serve that alongside a sliced 99 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 2: rotisserie chicken, and you've got yourself a really good and 100 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 2: easy meal that's also pretty nutritious. 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That's where you'll get 107 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 2: a fresh batch of new recipes every month, along with 108 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,239 Speaker 2: suggested weekly meal plans that are really easy to customize. 109 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: When you become a. 110 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 2: Member, you also get access to our entire library of 111 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 2: hundreds of recipes, and you know all those recipes are 112 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 2: written and family tested specifically for overwhelmed people. There are 113 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 2: no banner ads, there are no lung blog posts or 114 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 2: drawn out stories, just the recipes you need to help 115 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 2: you get dinner on the table. 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It really helps you set up 125 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 2: that simple dinner system you can rely on to make 126 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 2: dinner feel a bit more manageable throughout the school year. 127 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 2: All right, let's jump into the back half of the 128 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 2: podcast and discuss why early dinner is working so well 129 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 2: for our family, and why I think you should maybe 130 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 2: give it a try. As you are all well aware, 131 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 2: dinner is one of those things that just keeps happening 132 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 2: no matter who you are, no matter how you live. 133 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 2: But the challenges of dinner change, and honestly, they change 134 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 2: really often, which is why I think cooking dinner can 135 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 2: feel so difficult for so many people. There's not like 136 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 2: a magic solution that works for everyone, because the dinner 137 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 2: needs of your house are going to look different from 138 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 2: your moms, or your sisters, or your neighbors from mine, 139 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 2: and they also change based on the season of life. 140 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 2: Here in your current dinner frustrations might surround feeding, picky tothers, 141 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 2: or maybe it might be the fact that you're raising 142 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 2: teenagers that are just like eating you out of house 143 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 2: and home, and you. 144 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: Can't keep enough food in the house. 145 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 2: Maybe you are empty nesters and you are going from 146 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 2: feeding a family of five to now two of you, 147 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 2: and you're trying to readjust back to that. The point is, 148 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 2: they change, and I want to encourage you to accept 149 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 2: that they change, and accept the fact that you are 150 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 2: going to have a relationship with making dinner for a 151 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 2: very long time. My best suggestion is to kind of 152 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 2: check in with dinner at least a few times a 153 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 2: year and ask yourself what is and what isn't working. 154 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 2: I just went through this exercise and had kind of 155 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 2: in a ha moment. I realized that we were eating 156 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 2: too late. The kids were coming home from school. After 157 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 2: the school you're just starting and I remembered, oh, yeah, 158 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 2: you guys are ravenous. When you get home, you are starving, 159 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 2: and it's like, I can't even stop. They come through 160 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 2: the door, they go straight to the pantry of the 161 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 2: fridge and they just start going and you know, shocker, 162 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 2: they want to reach for the things that aren't quite 163 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 2: as healthy. Even if I do have the bowl of 164 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 2: fruit out in the center of the island, they want 165 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 2: the goldfish and they want the fruit snacks, and you know, 166 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 2: it's it kind of driving me crazy because they would 167 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 2: like load up at three thirty, four o'clock, and then 168 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 2: I wasn't making dinner till six thirty, and so no 169 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 2: one was eating their dinner. So the other thing that 170 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 2: I also just felt like when we were trying to 171 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 2: do that is that between hours and four and six 172 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 2: or really seven, it just felt like the kitchen was 173 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 2: constantly being dirtied. There was like constantly motion in the 174 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 2: kitchen between the aggressive snack eating post school to me 175 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 2: trying to make dinner and then serve dinner and then 176 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 2: clean up dinner. It just felt like something was not working. 177 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 2: So I decided to implement something we've done earlier in 178 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 2: the year to help us solve this problem because I've 179 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 2: had this problem before, and that is simply to eat 180 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 2: dinner earlier. I know it's not groundbreaking, but the point 181 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 2: is it's not the tip that we're going to eat 182 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 2: dinner earlier. The point is that regularly reevaluating what is 183 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 2: and isn't working for you and your relationship with dinner, 184 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 2: that's what's most important to you finding success in the kitchen. 185 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 2: It could be that you have been making the same 186 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 2: recipes over and over again and everyone seems to be 187 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 2: sick of them. It could be just the opposite. It 188 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 2: could be that you're trying to make too many new 189 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 2: recipes and you feel overwhelmed. It could be that you 190 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 2: aren't in a good grocery ordering or going to the 191 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 2: grocery store habit and seem to have never have enough 192 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 2: food or the right food in the house. It might 193 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 2: be that you always feel like you have to cook 194 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 2: two dinners because of the picky eaters in your household. 195 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 2: Whatever it is, take some time this week to ask 196 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 2: yourself what is and what isn't working, and commit to 197 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 2: make a small change that might alleviate some of those 198 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 2: burdens that you're feeling surrounding dinner. So when I did this, 199 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:19,839 Speaker 2: when I did a check in saying wait a second, 200 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 2: this is feeling too hard, I was reminded of all 201 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 2: of these benefits to an earlier dinner time when we 202 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 2: did this way earlier in the year. We did this 203 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 2: like right after the new year. And that is the 204 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 2: first thing I said. That kids are starving when they 205 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 2: come home. So when I swap the after school snack 206 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,440 Speaker 2: with a meal when they're hungriest, and I implement a 207 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 2: nighttime snack before bedtime, we all seem to make better 208 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 2: food choices. Me myself included. 209 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: We're not reaching for. 210 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 2: As you know, as much of the chips and the 211 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 2: cookies and the granola bars and things like that. But 212 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 2: having like a solid meal at four point thirty it's 213 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 2: been awesome because there's super hungry when they come home. 214 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 2: My picky eaters in particular, are more willing to eat 215 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 2: what's on their plate, and that if you live with 216 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 2: picky eaters, you know you'll take any advantage you can get. 217 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 2: And that is huge, huge, huge, huge for me. I 218 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 2: find that it's easiest to make dinner when my kids 219 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 2: aren't home yet, and quite frankly, a lot more enjoyable. 220 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 2: So if I can have dinner ready by the time 221 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 2: they walk through the door, it's a win for everyone. Now, 222 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,199 Speaker 2: please know that as I'm making these suggestions, I know 223 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 2: that not everyone is going to have the work circumstances 224 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,439 Speaker 2: that afford you to do this. 225 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: I do feel like. 226 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 2: A lot more people are working from home now and 227 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 2: you may have some flexibility. But if you do have 228 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 2: the flexibility, this might be something to consider. Another thing 229 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 2: I like is that, because I have kids that are 230 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 2: participating in physically demanding activities, I like the idea of 231 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 2: getting some good fuel in them before they head. 232 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: Off to practice. And personally, I prefer. 233 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 2: Eating my bigger meal in the afternoon evening earlier rather 234 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 2: than later. So what do you think Whatever worked for 235 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 2: you and your family, I'm certainly excited to keep this 236 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 2: up until it no longer works for my family. Maybe 237 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 2: it would be a good fit for your family as well. 238 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 2: I wanted to offer it up as a suggestion. But regardless, 239 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 2: what everyone should do who's taken the time to listen 240 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 2: to this podcast is to just do a quick check 241 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 2: in with dinner. What's working, what's not working, and what 242 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 2: is maybe one small change that I could put in 243 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 2: place to improve our dinner situation. All right, finally, let's 244 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 2: finish with the weekly Gimme five. This is five things 245 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 2: that made my life easier or more enjoyable this week. 246 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 2: I did some birthday shopping this week, so you might 247 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,439 Speaker 2: see some of that reflected here. It's probably not nearly 248 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 2: as exciting as other people's birthday shopping, but I am 249 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 2: a newly minted forty year old. What can I say 250 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 2: that's going to be reflected in. 251 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 1: This number one? New Genes? New Genes. 252 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 2: I was like, you know, I think I'm just going 253 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 2: to start a tradition that I am going to buy 254 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 2: a new pair of jeans every year. 255 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: I think I deserve that. So I did that. 256 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 2: Thing where you go into the store and you try 257 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 2: on every pair of pants that they have that might 258 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 2: even remotely fit you. I took the huge stack into 259 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 2: the dressing room. I tried them all on, and I 260 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 2: was so surprised at the brand I walked away purchasing. 261 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,319 Speaker 2: So I am like five to one on a good day. So, guys, 262 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 2: I'm short, I'm a shorty, and so I always struggle 263 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 2: of you know, oftentimes I'm looking for petite jeans. If 264 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 2: I'm not looking for petite jeans, that I'm looking for 265 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 2: a crop that is a full length geen on me 266 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 2: and a crop on anybody else. But I totally fell 267 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 2: in love with this pair of jeans from Good American, 268 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 2: which is ironic because Good American, I think, is typically 269 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 2: suited for taller, curvier girls, and I'm just short, Like 270 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 2: I am so short, but these fit me awesome. So 271 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:02,719 Speaker 2: I wanted a more a wider leg gene. I did not, 272 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 2: despite whatever the trends are telling me to do. I 273 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 2: am most comfortable in a high wasted wide leg gene 274 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:13,640 Speaker 2: right now, but I didn't want to be two wide legs. Anyways, 275 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 2: I went with the Good American Palazzo crop, and I'm 276 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 2: so jazzed about it. 277 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: In fact, this is how excited I am. 278 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 2: I bought the genes at Anthropology because I had my 279 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 2: twenty percent off birthday discount, and they do carry a 280 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 2: lot of petite jeans in some stores, so that's why 281 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 2: I do a lot of gene shopping there. 282 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: I am also a big maide Well fan. 283 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 2: But let me tell you the difference between Madewell and 284 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 2: somewhere like Anthropology. Where an Anthropology you're going to get 285 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 2: some of the more designer brands like Mother or Citizens 286 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 2: or Page or whatever. It's that softer denim with a 287 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 2: lot more stretch in it, where Made Well is more 288 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 2: like a traditional like Levi's, where it's like there's a 289 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 2: little bit there's not as much give to it in 290 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 2: most of their styles. Well, I think I'd like to 291 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 2: be comfortable now that I'm forty, so I have decided 292 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 2: that this is going to be the year, and I 293 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 2: try out a pair of those stretchy soft gens and 294 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 2: these are real stretchy and real soft, and I'm so 295 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 2: happy with them. So I bought them with my twenty 296 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 2: percent off discount, and honestly, they were very middle of 297 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 2: the road price wise. They were not the most expensive, 298 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 2: they were not the cheapest, but they were very reasonable, 299 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 2: especially with my discount. And then I came home and 300 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 2: was like I might need another pair of those, and 301 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 2: I found them forty percent off at Dillard's. So an 302 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 2: email's going to go out tomorrow with all of the 303 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 2: links to this, and I also include them in my 304 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 2: stories in Instagram and then in my give Me five Highlights. 305 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 2: You can find the link there. But they are the 306 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 2: good American Palazzo crop Gene and I am thrilled. Okay, 307 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 2: when you're forty, you get a new pair of jeans, 308 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 2: and when you're forty you need a new white T shirt. 309 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 2: That's the other thing that I was on a mission 310 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 2: for is just give me a new pair of jeans 311 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 2: and a new white tea. And I also found this 312 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 2: at Anthropology. The brand is Pilcrow Pilcro, and I wanted 313 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 2: a ribbed tea that you could not see through, like 314 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 2: a really thick ribbed tea, and I found the Pilcrow 315 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 2: slim scoop neck tea. 316 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: Love it, love it, love it, love it. 317 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 2: In fact, I had bought another one at Madewell and 318 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 2: I took it back and got this instead because I 319 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 2: really liked the scoop neckline. It's not too scoopy, but 320 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 2: it's just enough to keep it interesting. We're just gonna 321 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 2: stick with the wardrobe because I got myself a new 322 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 2: pair jeans, I got myself a new T shirt, and 323 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 2: I got myself a new pair of fall sneakers. Now 324 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 2: some would say I'm about two years late to the 325 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 2: Adidas trend, but I needed some sneakers for, you know, 326 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 2: beat bopping around the neighborhood. I'm not looking for these 327 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 2: to work out in. I just wanted comfy shoes to 328 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 2: kind of wear out and about. And I know everybody's 329 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 2: been wearing Adidas, but I have felt overwhelmed by am 330 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 2: I supposed to get the Gazelles? Am I supposed to get? 331 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 2: You know, there's all the I don't know. In fact, 332 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 2: I have a sister in law who is as worked 333 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 2: professionally as a stylist before, and I called her and 334 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 2: I'm like, I don't want to look like I'm trying 335 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 2: to be a teenager, but I want to look like 336 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 2: I made a little bit of an effort in selecting 337 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 2: this shoe. So I went this with the Adidas Low Country. 338 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 2: Is that what it's called the Adidas Low Country? I 339 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 2: think that's what it's called, you guys. I got the 340 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 2: navy and kind of the creamy white ones and they're 341 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:21,360 Speaker 2: great under one hundred dollars, and I feel like I 342 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 2: am just hip enough without trying to be sixteen years old, 343 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 2: very comfortable, can wear them with a lot of things. Okay, 344 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 2: we're gonna leave the wardrobe and move into. 345 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,200 Speaker 1: Some two things I was gifted. 346 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 2: So my sister has been a huge fan of the 347 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 2: hydro drug versus the Stanley water bottle, and that is 348 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 2: mostly because of the flip top lid, which makes it 349 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 2: so it does not leak. Now, I am not often 350 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,679 Speaker 2: throwing my Stanley water bottle in a bag, and so 351 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,119 Speaker 2: I thought, oh, you know, it doesn't really make a 352 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 2: big difference to me. 353 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: But she gifted me a hydro dug for my birthday, 354 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: and I can see the appeal. I can see the 355 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: appeal a lot. 356 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 2: So I am in the process of I'm just like 357 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 2: one week indo using this hydro drug and I really 358 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 2: like it. But I have a lot of Stanley water bottles, 359 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:14,399 Speaker 2: so I went ahead and bought You may have seen it, 360 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 2: these kind of third party Stanley lids. They're not Stanley 361 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:24,919 Speaker 2: branded that have the flip top. It wasn't even the 362 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 2: leaking that was annoying to me. It was the cleaning. 363 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 2: The traditional Stanley lids are a pain to clean, like 364 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 2: so annoying, and so I bought some of these lids 365 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 2: they just got here. They fit my Stanley great because 366 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 2: I don't want those water bottles to go to waste, 367 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 2: like I not ready to donate those and I'm not 368 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 2: certainly not gonna throw them away. So I'm gonna try 369 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,080 Speaker 2: out these lids on the Stanley, see how I like them, 370 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 2: report back, and maybe I'll end up fully converting to 371 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 2: hydro drug, but we'll see, we'll see. I'm gonna keep 372 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 2: testing the two and then number five on my list 373 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 2: is my favorite fall time candle. Mom gave it to 374 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 2: me for my birthday. It is the Bathom Body Works 375 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 2: Leaves candle. It smells just like fall should smell. And 376 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 2: in case you're wondering, they do a candle sale once 377 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 2: a year where you can get those three with candles 378 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 2: for like ten bucks, and it is typically the first 379 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 2: Saturday in December. Now by then we're in winter, so 380 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 2: I need my leaves candle. So they are actually running 381 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 2: twenty five percent off if you purchase through their app 382 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 2: right now, which is still pretty good. So I got 383 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 2: myself two more to get me from now until December, 384 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 2: and then I'll stock up at the Candle Day Sale. 385 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 2: All right, that's it for today. 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