Happy #thinkingoutloud Thursday! No idea what I’m going on about? Click here!
1. You guyssssssss. I’m so, so sorry for being so MIA lately (especially with the recipes!!), but life has been kicking my butt in the best possible way. Between work, school, behind-the-scenes business planning, and a few too many bouts of sleeplessness, I’ve either lacked the time or mental energy required to post as much as I’d like to over the past couple of weeks. Thankfully, I think I’ve finally fallen into a good groove with the new schedule, and with things slowing down now that it’s the end of the month, I should be back to my regular posting schedule starting next week. That being said…
2. I seriously can’t believe it’s the end of October and that tomorrow is Halloween. Does it not feel like it to anyone else? I mean, I’ve been noticing a general decline in Halloweenie-ness over the past couple of years, but this year feels particularly bad… as in, it’s missing completely. I blame the stores for that one. There other day I saw Santas hanging out next to skeletons, and it’s hard to feel all creepy and ghoulish when you’re being bombarded by cute snowmen, reindeer, and penguins…
3. But I’m okay with this because I’m not really a huge Halloween person to begin with. I mean, I used to think it was fun to dress up and have an excuse to wear wild makeup without getting weird looks from people I passed in the streets, but it’s been a good handful of years since I’ve done anything like that, and I’m not really the kind of person who likes to stay in and watch scary movies, because — let’s face it — I’m a huge wimp. The last scary movie I watched was The Ring back in 2002, and after not being able to sleep normally for something like 2 weeks, I swore off the horror flicks for good. Heck, I can’t even watch scary movie previews 😯 I do, however, keep my yearly tradition of watching The Nightmare Before Christmas…
4. And I also seem to carry [mini] pumpkins around in my purse, if that counts…
5. Exciting news!! Love Grown Foods asked me to be one of their LOVE Bloggers (!!!), which I happily accepted because — hello — [peanut-free] oatmeal and cereal! I’d heard amazing things about the company before, and I’m happy to say that they’re all very much true. Not only are the products delicious, but the people behind the company are some of the nicest and most genuine that I’ve had the pleasure of working with. I can’t wait to share more of their products with you guys!
6. Also exciting? The fact that the red holiday cups are coming back to Starbucks starting November 1st! Nevermind that I stopped going to Starbucks regularly over a month ago… I’ll be going back for those. Well, those and the increased productivity that the caffeine-saturated air gives me #winning.
7. You guys will never believe what I found in an office supply store the other day…
Right?!?! Remember when I complained about the lack of minion plushies when I went to Universal Studios? Who would have thunk that I’d find one in Staples while picking up flash cards and highlighters. And yes… I did indeed take one home with me 
8. But at least I didn’t stoop too low and buy one of these…
[youtube=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXYJpntaHww&w=576&h=315″]
Although I’m not gonna lie… it’s tempting 😆 😆
9. I was going through the pictures I took on my last trip to the mountains, when I came across this one…
It was just some random rock formation I came across on our hike to Troll Falls, but tell me it doesn’t eerily look like a longhorn skull!!
10. Alright chums (what??), that’s it for me today! I hope you guys are having a fabulous Thursday, and I’ll [hopefully] see you tomorrow with some monthly favourites! If not, don’t forget we turn the clocks back an hour this weekend!
No questions… just tell me whatever comes to your mind! 😀
More places to find me!
E-mail — [email protected]
Twitter — runwithspoons
Facebook — runningwithspoons
Pinterest — runwithspoons
Instagram — runwithspoons
Bloglovin — runningwithspoons
I’m not really feeling Halloween this year either. I haven’t even bought candy corn yet! 😮
I’m glad I’m not the only one that uses her purse as a primary storage facility 🙂
I also can’t believe Halloween is tomorrow! I loooove Christmas more than anything, but I was like WOW when I saw Christmas stuff in stores already. Always so early!
let’s skip to christmas.. i’m over halloween already. LOL! and yay lovegrown!! Love you! get some rest. recipes will be there soon enough. xxoo
Congrats on becoming a LOVE blogger!!! Their products are the bomb, just like you.
But…what the heck are those flipeez hats? LOL. I can see that being cute and hilarious for 10 minutes, but then it’s just like, what are ya doing with your life?
I also have zero motivation to do anything big for Halloween. If it weren’t for planned parties by other people, I would not have any plans or any desire to dress up. Even dressing up, I’m looking for the cheapest, quickest thing I can throw together!
😆 Right?! I saw those and I’m just like…. WHY would anyone want one??
Yayyy for being a Love Grown Food blogger. Halloween isn’t my favorite holiday either. I’ll be going out tomorrow night and I still have no idea what I’m dressing up as. Oops!
It amazes me how a red cup makes us want to go to starbucks. They are seriously such genius marketers!
I’m not big on the whole Halloween thing either…it’s just not really my thing.
I’m not really into Halloween anymore but I used to love it when I was younger! I’m not quite ready for the Christmas stuff though. I think I go to Starbucks much more often in the winter. I recently cut back on my addiction too but I have a feeling I’ll be back there next week!
I’m not a big Halloween fan, but I’d at least appreciate it if the stores waited until closer to Thanksgiving before bombarding us with Christmas stuff! Although, I’m hoping to get a jump start on my shopping this year. I say that every year, then end up out shopping with all the desperate people on Christmas Eve.
Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my favorite movies eeeeeever!!!! I have it on DVD and watch it every year. 🙂 In fact, I’m working from home today, so I just might decide to pop it in while I get a few things done!! Woooo!!
That rock totally does look like a longhorn skull! At first I thought it looked like a Harry Potteresque cave, though. #horcrux
Confession: I’ve never seen any of the HP movies. I know 😯
I just died a little inside.
Well yay for the busy-ness!! I can totally relate, and actually took 2 weeks off of blogging earlier this month just to try and get use to it and find a routine. Still don’t exactly have one, but I’m making it work, so it’ll all come to you eventually :). And omg I know right?? I’m just shocked that Halloween is tomorrow, before we know it, Thanksgiving will be here, then Christmas!
I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THE STARBUCKS RED CUPS. Also, I’m not much of a fan of Halloween either – I’m just not creative enough for it! I really want to try Love Grown foods but haven’t had the opportunity (boo!).
The LoveGrown announcement is GREAT news! I’m going to eat all of your product samples when Sam & I crash your house. The most addictive things in life: cocaine, heroin, oxycontin & Love Grown Foods granola. Fact.
You know what I’ve been craving lately? Oats. I blame you guys. I made a bowl of overnight oats last night & I’m juuuuust about to dig into them.
Love the pumpkin in your purse! I often have random cars that make noise in my bag at the most inappropriate times! (Mom problems!) I am so excited for the red cups at Starbucks. I love the holidays and am all about it starting 11/1!!
We changed the clock in UK last week – so confusing… we have costa over here that do snow men and other cute cups so I will def know its the festive season once they come out. Also if there anywhere online to find out about your health coaching? Or is that just done locally?x
I haven’t introduced it online yet, but I’m planning to soon! I’ll be working with clients through Skype and e-mail, and I’ll be putting up a post to let everyone know when that’s available 🙂
I loveeeee Halloween! But I do like Thanksgiving better.. hello FOOD haha. Time seriously is flying though!
Halloween has never been a favorite of mine. I would always get stressed trying to find the perfect costume as a kid and now I don’t really like all of the scary stuff- ha!
Red cups!! You just got me so excited for Saturday, LOL. Everything from Starbs tastes better when it’s in a special cup 😉
Halloween really isn’t that big in the UK – I kinda wish it was as I read all these American blogs and it just looks like so much fun. Some even say it’s their favourite holiday! So it must be pretty darn awesome!
I will be following my yearly tradition of watching Hocus Pocus! Love that movie so much, it’s about as scary as I can go with movies!! Haha!
Nightmare before Christmas is another tradition of mine but as a Christmas movie – one of my must watches every year!
(Last year david and I went to see ‘The Music from Tim Burton’ orchestral concert in Glasgow, it was so amazing but the best part was when DANNY ELFMAN himself came on stage to sing the Oggie Boogie man and What’s this – oh my goodness I will never ever forget it! )
That sounds like such an amazing concert! And I can never decide if NBC is more Halloween or Christmas, so I just watch it on both holidays 🙂
Congrats on being a love blogger! I’ve never had any of their products. I hear great things about them, though! Love the pumpkin in your purse, haha. Oh I can’t do any scary movies either!! I hate them! Previews even scare me, too, haha.
What a rockin’ rock! (Oh I’m on fire today…) I must say this post has made me deliriously excited about the red cups coming – and santa of course. I normally don’t allow myself to get excited about Christmas till after Halloween… but one day won’t hurt 😉
I need an Olaf hat in my life! Seriously! And I would wear it 🙂
In your defense, The Ring is like the scariest movie ever. ….but I do remember watching it like 3 times so I wouldn’t think it was scary anymore so I could be considered cool in middle school. …eeesh.
The seasons are so rushed in the stores that I think we lose the enjoyment somehow. The Christmas stuff being out before Halloween even hits is just weird. Soon Valentines candy will be out before the Halloween clearance ends lol.
Lolling at the pumpkin in your purse, girl you are obsessed! x
Yeaaaaah I really have no explanation for that one 😆
I really cannot believe how fast the year has flown by. I cannot believe it. I honestly feel like this time of the year is busy for everyone. Family, friends, and life…I always say I’ll make time for blogging but haha…it gets really busy for all of that.
Yester. Um. November..Wow..where did you come from?!
That’s super cool that you are a Love Blogger 🙂 Major congrats, Amanda!
Also, I’m beginning to wake up “early” – 5:40 every weekday morning so I have time to blog and relax over a cup of coffee before school 🙂
Congrats on becoming a Love Grown Blogger! Their products are fantastic. And I was in Target yesterday and they have the Christmas stuff right next to the Halloween stuff. Buy your Halloween candy and then your ornament trees. Um, no? What if I want to buy a life sized turkey instead?
It is crazy that is already the end of October! Why do the best months of the year always have to go by so fast! SLOW DOWN! Congrats on being chosen as a Love Grown blogger!!!!
I’m more into decorating for Fall and Harvest time than I am for Halloween. I like a few scary things, but not too many. I love the rock formation. I thought it looked like a horse’s head. Have a great day, Amanda! What time does the link open? Guess I’m an early bird. Cheers!
Sorry about the linkup being closed this morning, Fran! Normally it’s open even before the post goes live, but I accidentally entered the wrong date and it was closed. D’oh! Should be back to normal next week 🙂
I’m not big on Halloween either, mainly because it now means chaos with the kids and lots of candy to fight over and then for me to get rid of. It get’s the kids crazy wild! Sadly it makes me feel old but I just want to get it over with.
Omg, “caffeine saturated air” at Starbucks is the perfect description! I’ve been on a serious ‘Bucks kick lately. Is it bad that my gold card is renewed within the first month of the year? I think I need an intervention.
Love Grown seems like the perfect pairing for you!! Yay! Also where did October go? September felt like it was 3 years long but October? 3 minutes. I am excited about DST though because it’ll be nice for it to be light early in the morning again (haha I don’t even care about the light at night, I’m such a nerd) 🙂 And yes- thats the coolest scull cave photo EVER!
Crack-ing it with Love Grown Foods [because granola = crack]?! Bring out the big spoons to celebrate! Congratulations!
Halloween has yet to turn into a real hype over here. I haven’t seen any decorations at all in stores and only heard a [lame] radio spot yesterday. Maybe Germany forgot about it this year? I’ll keep celebrating by eating all the pumpkin until I turn into one myself. No fancy costumes needed.
Also, thank you for the mail <3. I'll reply as soon as I have a minute. Really.
Haha! No worries — you know I’m -just- as bad with the e-mails 😛
WAHOO- congrats on becoming a Love Grown Food blogger….so proud of & excited for you! I remember like it was just a few months ago and we were emailing about you changing career paths- you are killing it, girl!
Agreed about not feeling the Halloween spirit but I think that’s more to being in Mumbai & it not being celebrated much here. I will however be sure to have an extra serving of chocolate- gotta get in the spirit somehow right hah!
Speaking of our e-mails… I miss them! 😥
Bloody daylight saving.
I honestly don’t know how that works, logistics wise. You do the maths.
I’m lol’ing that you have a pumpkin in your bag. Imagine what else is in there!
If you ask nice, maybe I’ll show you next week 😉