Friday Favorites: August 8, 2025

 

Happy Friday, friends! I hope you've had a great week. I'll be so glad it's Friday when this post hits. I don't plan on wishing away my life, I promise, but I say that because I know I'll be tired. I anticipate sleeping in on Saturday this weekend, but on Sunday I'll have to be at church early for...praise team practice! I'm not complaining, because I've missed being on the praise team at church. I can't wait to be able to sing again! 

Speaking of that, here are some more moments from the week that were favorites.

I'm not necessarily looking for love, but this was a favorite thing I saw on socials this week. It's true! I do all of these things, and I appreciate life. How fortunate are we to be able to encourage each other and pray for one another? I was part of a Wednesday morning prayer time at work; it's called Legacy on the Loop, and we spent some time being encouraged and praying for the school year with other teachers, assistants, and all of the administrative staff. What a blessing this is! I love my job, friends. 

Getting dressed is still my favorite! Here are my outfits from this week, starting with Sunday. I'll share more about why I wore what I did under the pictures, but most of these were for work.

I had a date on Sunday; this is one of the new rompers I ordered recently from Amazon. I'll keep this one, but I got this one with fall in mind...I think it'll be cuter with my white sneakers, a jean jacket, and a hat. The date went well! He has young kids, though...I'm not sure I can do that. I'm not opposed to being friends, though! 

Monday was a very long day; it was registration day! I worked from 8-12, and from 3-6. I walked 15K steps! I was DEAD when I got home. 

Tuesday was the Back to School Dragon bash at our high school. We had school pictures taken, which is why I had to wear our school shirt for the second day.

And Wednesday I wore this red romper while I had the chance to wear shorts one last time without students in the building. 

This was a favorite, because I had another date this week, on Tuesday. (I told you I wanted to keep dating, but with a shift in perspective.) The date was the best I've had to date, and he made me laugh from start to finish. I appreciate someone who can do that to me; at one point, I almost spewed my drink out of my mouth, he was that funny. We have plans again Friday night since Mare is busy. 

Thursday was favorite outfit...I didn't anticipate liking this dress with sneakers, but I did. 

I bought three hats that are this style this week! I want to start wearing them more, but how cute is this one? We are the Collierville Dragons as a whole district, but my school's mascot is the Eagle. I anticipate going to some football games this fall and will wear this hat when I go. The other hats are pink (that says Dolly on the front), and olive green (that says sunkissed). 

Meeting sweet Becca at work this week was a favorite; she and my son Drew are good friends. She's a doll and confessed to doing a deep dive on social media stalking me. This made me laugh, because I always appreciate someone who can do that level of stalking! 

This very large pour of wine was a favorite on Monday night because of how tired I was.

Running into friends at the district event on Tuesday was a favorite! This is my friend Kendra; we trauma bonded over the man that we both dated. She was engaged to him, and I only dated him, but she opened my eyes about some things I needed to hear because of the power he had over me. 

It was fun seeing so many people there!

Sweet Baby Oak is my favorite, and my bed is hers. She likes sleeping with me at night! 

Chloe's favorite was me coming home for lunch everyday, but those days are over! 

Since I'm talking about dogs, I might as well mention Crash too. I love him being here with me again! 

I'll wrap this post up with these last two pictures; the Hershey candy bar was from my friend (the principal), and the flowers are from my co-worker Carla. I work with the sweetest people ever! A standout favorite from the week is that; everyone treats me so kindly. It really is the very best work environment! 

What was a favorite from your week? I'd love to hear from you! Thanks for reading my blog today, friends. Love to all!


Jenn ❤️