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Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered

Do you love Podcasts? True Crime? Then you will love Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark.

Stay sexy and dont get murdered book with a glass of red wine in front of a plant

Are you a murderino?

If you aren’t then this probably sounds weird to you. The community of people who follow Karen & Georgia’s Podcast: My Favorite Murder are called Murderinos. It’s basically a cult. But a good cult, not the creepy drink the kool-aid and die kind.

Genre: Non-fiction, Memoir, True Crime

At first glance it would be easy to assume this is a book about true crime, especially since that is what the podcast is about but this is a collection of stories from Georgia & Karen’s lives woven into tips about to stay sexy and not get murdered with a sprinkling of true crime stories.

The biggest takeaway?

In short? F**k Politeness.

“But for women, it’s so much more than that. The politeness that we’re raised to prioritize, first and foremost, against our better judgment and whether we feel like being polite or not, is the perfect systematically ingrained personality trait for manipulative, controlling people to exploit.”

Let that sink in. How many times in your life have you ended up in a situation that was not really the best for you because of politeness?

Short & Sweet Review

They are hilarious, sarcastic, foul mouthed and kind of ridiculous and I really want to to be their best friend. I actually both read and listened to it because as I was reading I realized I would probably love it more if I could hear their voices and I was right.

I laughed out loud and I cried. When they got deeply personal about their lives and touched on topics like anxiety, therapy, and drug abuse it made it easier to relate and hard not to feel for them.

Some things to think about

As mentioned above, they drop curse words like beats and they get real personal about their lives so it is something to keep in mind. You were warned.

Ooh and definitely don’t get into cars with relative strangers. Well…I guess we do this with Uber every time so maybe just be more aware!

Add Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered to your TBR list!

If you want to learn more about the authors, check out My Favorite Murder

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October Goals

On this first day of #Blogtober I decided to keep it simple by sharing my October goals!

October Goals

  • Make Coffee at home 5-6 days a week. You dont even want to know how much I spent at coffee shops last month. It hearts my heart.
  • Complete #Blogtober – I need to kick start my writing again and I am hoping this will inspire me! Its going to be hard!
  • Planning – I need to take advantage of my planner, be more thorough and try and stick to my plans
  • Get outside – Its finally under 3 digit temps so I want to be outside as much as I can even if its just to take a walk
  • Get flights for holidays booked already
  • Be Consistent – I have a terrible habit of not following through. I start and stop things all the time and Id really like to work on consistency.

I have so many things I want to do in October and when I looked at the calendar I realized I was going to overbook myself if I didn’t make more realistic plans so I said no/pushed back some things and now I am ready to take this month on!

What are your goals for this month?

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Fall Bucket List Ideas

Sharing some great Fall Bucket List ideas this week since Monday was the official first day of Autumn!

I have a confession….I love summer and heat. But I can appreciate the beauty of fall too. I also love doing all the cutesy seasonal things that are available to make up my fall bucket list while wear more comfy clothes and pretty scarves.

Happy Fall Ya’ll!

There is plenty of fall bucket list fun going on around this time of year that can be found wherever you live!

Visit a Pumpkin Patch

I love love Pumpkin Patches! Every year for what feels like forever my family has gone to Bengston’s Pumpkin Patch in the suburbs of Chicago. They have grown so much over the years that is has been cool to see. They have great Instaworthy areas for photos too!

Now that I am in Austin I am excited to check out the pumpkin patches they have here like Barton Hill Farms & Sweet Berry Farm to take all the coupled up pumpkin pictures with AJS.

If you aren’t in Chicago or Austin then you can check out this list of the Top 15 US Pumpkin Patches in the US!

Go to a State Fair

State fairs are a great way to bring in the Autumn season and enjoy a lot of local and even eclectic foods and music. I didn’t get to the Texas State Fair last year but I will make it happen this fall. It’s apparently very big, because of course, Everything is bigger in Texas!

Check out this list of 2019 State Fairs to see if there is to add to your Fall Bucket list near you!

Tailgate

Fall = Football, am I right? We are not big college football fans but when in Rome. With UT Being right here in Austin we think it would be a great time to take advantage of some tailgate fall fun! Don’t worry though, we are Chicago Bears fans till death!

If you love a good day of football you can add Tailgating to your Fall Bucket List by checking out your local team NFL or College team schedule!

Make Fall Foods

You know what goes great with a good tailgate on a crisp fall day?

Chili

Check out my very delicious and meaty 2 Bean Chili Recipe!

I love baking and this is a time of year to bake some delicious cinnamony (is this a word?) desserts! Some of my favorite kinds are:

Carve a Pumpkin

Are you one of those people who gets creative with your carving or are you like me and need a stencil because otherwise you will get a Pinterest fail? We love carving pumpkins so we make a night of it, cover everything in plastic, plan out our designs and try not to cut off any fingers in our attempts at beauty.

Here are some great tips to keep your carved pumpkin fresh for longer!

Oktoberfest

I love a good Ocktoberfest even though I don’t drink beer. If you are like me please know they can still be a lot of fun! I’m a fan of trying German foods and enjoying the music and atmosphere.

On this list of the 10 Best Oktoberfest in the US I found out there is a great one about an hour outside of Austin in Fredericksburg! We hope to check that one out.

Walk through the woods

After listing all the ways you can stuff your face and drink your way through Autumn I can’t fail to mention that a great item for your Fall Bucket List is to just take a walk and check out the leaves. The beautiful colors of the leaves changing is one of the best things about fall!

Scary Movie Marathon

Alright, here is the thing. I am a big baby I can’t handle super scary movies and absolutely nothing with ghosts. BUT I do love some of the old faithfuls like Halloween & Scream. But also I am happy to watch the cute “scary” movies like Casper and Adams Family! We also can’t forget Hocus Pocus!

If you aren’t sure where to start with your movie marathon, check out this list of of the 52 Best Halloween Movies!

Decorate Everything

One of the best Fall Bucket List items? Decorating! All the pretty oranges and reds and then you get to add some Halloween decor too! We love to decorate but I don’t like to have a lot of stuff that needs to be stored all year so we try to do the most with what we get. I have to ban myself from Target & Michael’s around this time of year.

Do you decorate?

If you love everything fall decor but prefer not to spend excess pennies check out these great posts on for fall decor on a budget!

and more….

I’d be remiss to not mention Pumpkin Spice right? I am not a PSL person but I look forward to the Salted Caramel Mocha coming out so much! There is just so much you can add to your fall bucket list that I could probably go on forever.

What are your Fall Bucket List Ideas? Comment and share!

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