Manicure Monday - OPI Scorpio Seduction polish

Happy Manicure Monday - I hope you all had a great weekend! 

I purchased this polish

November nails for the #CBBxManiMonday group is going to be a little bit of a free for all (literally the theme of the month), since we are all inbetween a month of October Halloween nails and prepping for a month of holiday nails in December! 

Monthly Beauty Favourites ~ October 2023

Here's a look at what I was loving in October:

The Panoxyl, Biotherm and Veriphy were received as PR samples 

Last year I started just picking any number of products I'm loving, instead of trying to find 5 each month (which I did previously!) So, whatever number of products I'm loving, that's what I will be sharing. 

Monthly Reads ~ October 2023

I hope you all are enjoying all the book reviews, since it's just another hobby of mine, it's not going anywhere! I loved doing the Monthly Wrap-up last year to share mini reviews on all the books I've read each month! 

It could be a big range from 2 to 10 books depending on how much I read, but I figure I can share a little synopsis and quick thoughts on each book. I will still be doing more in depth reviews on books that really capture me! 

I purchased everything in this post

So, in October I read 12 books, with a mix of genres from Adult Memoir to Middle Grade Horroi. I love most genres, and I really want to keep my reads diversified this year - I think I have been doing a great job of that so far! Also, I've been trying to read a mix of old and new books, so I'm working on that and did well with that this month! I read 3 physical books, 1 ebook and 8 audiobooks! (Some of these books were smaller so 12 is pretty high for me!)

Five on Friday - November 3, 2023 ~ Halloween Costumes, Halloween Party, October Month of Vegetarian and Pescatarian Meals, Halloween Decor Finds and Fall SampleSource

Happy Friday everyone - can we believe this is already the first weekend in November?! I hope you all had a good week! 

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I purchased everything in this post

I love Halloween - so excited to show our costumes - Goomba Cat, Cat Princess Peach and Bowser! My mom made this amazing costume for Elliott when he had this request for his costume - it turned out amazing! So, since I was Princess Peach last year, I thought I'd be Cat Peach to match Elliott! 

Monthly Beauty and Book Haul ~ October 2023

Last year I set a monthly beauty and books budget at $200 per month and I really stuck to it! I am trying to be thoughtful in my purchases, so this has been holding me accountable for being reasonable with my spending. Since it worked so well last year, I'm really trying to do the same thing this year! 

I do always love my Monthly Haul posts - it's a good way to keep track of everything that I picked up each month. I don't always blog about everything I pick up (I try to), but if you ever spot anything in here that you really want me to talk about, let me know! 

I purchased everything in this post

Shoppers Drug Mart Haul ~ $10.25 CAN. I always love doing a big Shoppers Haul and using all my Optimum points (regular price of this was $124.05 CAN) - I heard great things about the Fructis watermelon line. I needed more NYX Banana Powder and the ELF Setting Spray is a good staple (although, I'm not sure the Blue Light thing is necessary). The Chanel lip and cheek balm is lovely - you can see it on me here! And, I picked up another Maybelline Vinyl Lipstick - can't wait to share it with you soon!