All Things October and Halloween

I know I am a couple of days early but I wanted to round up a ton of the things that I am loving for October! Most of them {about 99.99%} are Halloween things I think you are going to love them! There are a ton of cute sweatshirts from Etsy, decor from Target, hair accessories, and more! I am just going to put them into categories and add then put them in graphics for you guys to shop! Some of the things I have and some of them are on my wishlist! 

Other than that there isn’t a whole lot to tell you about these items, haha I really like subtle Halloween rather than oranges, greens, and purples… especially when it comes to home decor! YOu will see some color in the clothing and accessories but that’s about it! I like black and white and other neutrals for sure!

Etsy Finds

Let me just start by saying WOW, there are SO many creative people on Etsy! I kept finding such cute things!! And everything is just so different. I am always so impressed when I look at things on Etsy.

| Neutral Knit Yarn Pumpkins | Chunky Crochet Yarn Pumpkins | Blush Pink Velvet Pumpkins | Plaid Pumpkins | Assorted Colors Velvet Pumpkins | Skeleton Tea Towel | White Crewneck Sweatshirt with Pumpkin | Green Pumpkin Crewneck | Skeleton T-shirt | Grey Crewneck with Doodles |

Target Halloween Finds

| Spider Garland | Full Skeleton | Small Skulls | Large Skull | Hocus Pocus Shirt | Orange Pumpkin Shirt |

| Ghostbusters Long Sleeve | White Pumpkin | Short Wood Pumpkin | Tall Wood Pumpkin |

Amazon Halloween Finds

| Skeleton Pillow | Spiders and Web | Black Crows | Small White Pumpkins | Black Candlesticks | Apothecary Jars |

Main Street Tilly Ears

| Purple Pumpkin Mickey’s | Poison Apples | Hocus Pocus | Black w/ Ghosts and Pumpkins |

| Orange Bats | Jack Skellington’s Faces | Black and White Mickey’s |

| Orange Pumpkin Mickey’s |

Disney Halloween Finds

| Pumpkin Mickey Ears | Black Leather Ears | Saffron Yellow Ears | Halloween Tee | Pumpkin Spice Candle | Jack Skellington Pillow | Haunted Mansion Life Game | Nightmare Before Christmas Monopoly Game | Mickey Pumpkin Candy Dish |

I would love to know which category was your favorite?! I always like to add in a good mix of things because I know Disney is for some people and definitely not for others. But Target and Amazon really have some great things and I always love to support small businesses on Etsy! Let me know which was your favorite. You can comment below or send me an email at tarynintotravel@gmail.com!

Recent Amazon Finds

I figured that it had been a little while since I shared my recent Amazon finds and I think going forward I will do this like once a month because ..well.. I buy a lot of things from Amazon haha. I will break everything down below!

1. Mikes Hot Honey - This is something that I was totally influenced to buy and I am so glad that I did! I feel like I saw 100 people share this hot honey and I think it is amazing! We have used it once and we put it on our chicken and waffles that morning and DANG they were good! It has a serious kick! You can also put it on things like pizza, fried chicken, ice cream, desserts. It lists a ton of things to add it to!

2. Black Rimmed Sunglasses - I love these, they will be perfect for the beach! I wrote a whole post on all of my favorite sunglasses that you can read here!

3. Brown and Gold Sunglasses - Another inexpensive pair that I wear to the beach that I can take in the water and not be so sad if they get lost!

4. NorthFace Sweatshirt - This is nothing new but this sweatshirt is Dustins new favorite thing to wear! He has four and wears them basically in rotation lol they are very comfortable! You guy have probably even seen me wearing them in my stories!

5. Popcorn Butter and Salt - I saw this on DeDe’s stories from Dress Up Buttercup and pretty much instantly bought it! I loved really buttery and salty popcorn so this was perfect for me! If you’ve been around for a long time then you know that we love our popcorn! I buy it in bulk and often lol its the best snack!

6. Eye Brow Pencil - I have been testing a couple of new eye brow pencils over the last month or so and this one is my favorite so far. I love the shape of the spooly and the pencil! The spooly helps me to shape my eyebrows and I also really like the shape of the pencil. Plus its less than $6 and gets delivered to my door! I have the shade blonde!

7. Bio Oil - This is supposed to help with stretch-marks. I have them all over but more recently in my life I have them on my legs and I am trying to reduce the dark color. I have seen this a lot on instagram and I decided to give it a try. Along with like 4 other creams and oils. SO I will keep you guys posted on if I like it or not!

8. Clear Bags - So this was a small project that I decided to take on a few weeks back. I saw someone on Instagram that had taken all of her board games out of the box and put them each in one of these bags. I really liked the way that it looked so I decided that I was going to do it too! I really like how much space it saves and there aren’t a ton of bulky game boxes somewhere in our apartment!

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What is your latest Amazon find? I am always looking for new things to try/use! Let me know below what you have been loving!

Eco-Friendly Finds on Amazon

Without me even really realizing it, 2020 has already started to be the year of making some changes to our day to day lives that include more eco-friendly products! I don’t know if its because we live at the beach and see how much trash accumulates or what but I am suddenly more aware of all of the plastic we use and waste we produce! By no means has this been an over night change, I am not perfect and I still make mistakes and use things that I shouldn’t! But I am trying. There are six ways that I have changed already and feel really good about/am in the habit of doing. On the other hand, there about 10 more ways that I am moving in the direction of having these habits.

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I am going to bullet point the items that I am already using I’m my day to day life first and then I will talk about the things that I have ordered and are on the way to make the change with.

1. Erase Your Face washcloths - I have talked about these a couple of times before and I love them! Not only are they much easier to remove my makeup with… they are better for the environment than the one time use make up remover wipes! If I have a lot of make up on then I use the whole thing but if I just have my basic everyday makeup on, I can use the cloth twice! Once I am done with it I throw it in the dirty clothes and wash it with everything else!

2. Dryer balls - instead of buying dryer sheets we switched to dryer balls. This was the first switch we made and have used them for about a year and we love it. We save money on dryer sheets and these have lasted so long! Seriously, we have only bought them once and I believe it was right when we moved to Boston. They collect just as much fur and lint as dryer sheets and if you want an added smell you can use essential oils. We don’t though, our clothes keep the good smell from our fabric softener in the wash!

3. Saalt Cup - Now trust me when I say I never ever thought I would be talking about a period cup on my blog but here we are. I have saved so much money and waste from this cup! It costs less than $30 and it works so well! It doesn’t feel any different or uncomfortable {which is what I was worried about}. I am so glad I made this switch!

4. Stasher Bags - We have been plastic baggie free since we moved to Boston, we have just never bought them here. Instead of baggies we would just use our glass Tupperware containers. But that was getting frustrating to bring like a small snack to work with so we decided to look into reusable bags. We went with Stasher bags because they were dishwasher safe and from the theme of this post I like things that are easy. Now if I want to bring a snack to work with me I can just put it into a Stasher bag rather than lugging a huge Tupperware.

5. Reusable portable cutlery - This is a more recent find that my friend actually introduced me to! But wow this little pouch is filled with everything that I need! It comes with a few straws, a fork, knife and a spoon {oh and a straw cleaning tool} but its so helpful. I bring it with me when I go downtown to work and I can use the fork or spoon instead of grabbing one use plastic forks and spoons. I use the straws more than anything though, any coffee or drink that I get I can just use my own straw! I can wash/rinse them in the bathroom at the restaurant or I can just stick it back in the sleek pouch and wash it with my dishes at home! This is such an easy change when you keep it in your purse or work bag.

6. Reusable k-cup pods - This one is pretty self explanatory but lets be real… K-cups aren’t cheap and I think that the coffee grounds taste better and make the coffee stronger! We have had these since last Christmas {2018} and I use 1-2 every single day. Plus I am not throwing away a cup of plastic every time I would like to have a cup of coffee!

Here are some things that I have either just ordered or have my eye on and haven’t pulled the trigger on yet.

1. Beeswax wrapping - Dustin takes sandwhiches to work and we ordered these to make the switch from tin foil to beeswax wrap - I will keep you guys posted.

2. Reusable makeup pads - I know that I talked about the big clothes above but these are more for wiping off eye makeup residue with micelar water after a shower rather than using the big “erase your face cloths”. I ordered these and will follow up with what I think after a few uses!

3. Produce bags - I bought these to take with me to the grocery store when I buy produce. This one will probably be though for me to change but I think if I set my mind to do it I will! The main thing will be just to remember to bring them! Up until now I pretty much cringe every time we grab a plastic bag to get apples or avocados. Again, I will keep you posted!

I will say that once I started making these easy little changes at a time I started wanting to do more! I also know that I said this before but you DO NOT HAVE TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE. Sorry for the all caps words but its so true! Just try one thing, once that is manageable, try another! There is no reason to spend a ton of money all at once with these new changes. With that being said, one thing that I keep noticing myself saying a ton in this post is that each of these products have SAVED ME/US MONEY as well as helping the environment. It’s a win win. Just don’t feel rushed!

Latest Amazon Finds

Over the past couple of months I have found some pretty awesome stuff on amazon! This is probably the most random assortment of things but we’re just going to go with it. Lol

1. Necklace Holder - After working at Francescas Collections for two year I defiantly acquired some necklaces and I never had a place to put them! This is so cute and works perfectly in our bathroom. I like the tray at the bottom for earrings as well!

2. Foam Roller - I bought this after working out for a couple of weeks 😅, this thing saves my leg muscles! It lets me workout again the next day and not need to take breaks like I used to!

3. Fabric Defuzzer - This thing is magical and I have extended the life of so many things in our apartment! Our bar stools are fabric and they get so pilly {is that even a word?!} and I am able to basically shave the chairs and they look new again! It also works on sweaters!

4. Stasher Bags - I am a huge snacker, especially when I am in the zone working on something. But we don’t use plastic bags and our glass Tupperware gets really heavy in my bag so I wanted to find an alternative and I love these! I can even put them in the dishwasher!

5. Collagen for Her - I am still testing this out but I like that there is no taste. I can put it in my protein shake or in my coffee in the morning. I have also read some info on it helping to recover muscles quicker {I am not a doctor obviously lol} but I think it has been helping!

6. Corkcicle Water Bottle - I got this for Dustin for Christmas and he uses it every single day! He loves how much water it holds and he also likes that he can put his Mio in it and then the flavor doesn’t carry into the next drink. Like if he is drinking water next he doesn’t still taste the Mio flavor.

7. Rechargable Lighter - I LOVE this thing! I hate lighting a candle with a regular lighter because of the flame and my lack of coordination which usually leads to me burning the crap out of my finger. But this thing is a life changer! Super easy and the charge lasts a long time!

8. Defined Dish Cookbook - You guys. We have cooked from this cookbook 14 out of the 16 days that we have had it! Everything is so yummy and it makes dinner fun! We cook the meals together and we love the food! We aren’t doing Whole 30 but we love this book for the gluten free meals!

9. Erase Your Face - I was SO skeptical of these when I first saw them but they are AMAZING. They take ALL of my makeup off with just water, like insane how well it takes my makeup off. No more makeup remover wipes! I literally get it wet with just water, remove my make up and then throw it into the washing machine and it works the same after washing it.

10. Revlon Hair Dryer Brush - I got this for Christmas {Dustin and I celebrated a bit early this year} and I immediately turned around and Amazon Primed it to my mom as her Christmas gift! I love using it with my short hair, too!

10 Cozy Throw Blankets from Amazon

The other day I had a “This or That” image that I shared on Instagram stories and one of the options was cozy blankets or cozy sweaters and the majority actually said cozy blankets (so did I).. and it made me start looking on Amazon for alllll the cozy blankets to add to our apartments collection. Needless to say, it was hard to narrow it down to just 10, maybe a part 2 coming soon?

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I’ve always thought that Home Goods and Marshalls were the best places to get blankets but for the price and the size of the blankets I found on Amazon while writing this post, holy buckets! I will buy Amazon throws from now on! I also love reading the reviews to see if the blanket washes well, becuase hello… two pups! Which one is your favorite?! I ordered 2 of these and I will show you them when they come in the mail {YAS QUEEN for 2-day shipping}!