Findings during office break #3 - Autumn edition

Latest findings for a cozy fall...

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...this lovely jacket from Michael Kors, looks sooo cuddly warm...

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....this gorgeous antique pinboard....

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... flat black boots with so many nice details ...
I´m in a neverendning search for flat ones, but always end up with 4-inch-heels

very nice brand, unfortunately they only have a French online shop (out with the ol´ French knowledge *lol*) and a few stores in France, Luxembourg and Germany

What´s your favourite for this season?

Five Minute Friday - Laundry

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 Today I´m linkin up with Lisa-Jo again. It´s called 5 minute Friday and the rules are quite simple: Stop. Drop. Write for five minutes. Easy. 

Today´s topic: Laundy

Ummm, well... let´s see where this will take us in five minutes, because very honestly I´m not quite sure if I´m creative enough to spend five minutes thoughts to laundry. Why?

The obvious reasons - doing laundry is boring, always the same and nobody really likes it, right?

The hidden reasons - I live first floor in my parents house and we share a kitchen and the cellar (amongst other things). So, we also share the washer. Due to my mom´s unstoppable "I start doing laundry first thing Saturday morning"-schedule and my own "I prefer sleeping in, pouring myself a cup of tea, reading the newspaper, checking my mails, doing some other stuff... and at the very last position ... doing laundry and cleaning the bathroom"-schedule, my Mom´s already done before I even think about it.

Thanks Mom. Concerning laundry I´m the most spoilt 26-year-old woman in the world.

Not that I wouldn´t do it or offer it, but everyone who lives together with his/her parents after a certain point knows, that each one has a certain schedule and if this schedules don´t match you can either argue (a lot) or just let everyone do their own schedule. With all advantages and disadvantages.

Yup, five minutes. Have a nice Friday y´all, enjoy the sun - your washer won´t run away in the meantime.

72 days to Christmas...

No, I´m not the crazy type who needs to buy gingerbread as soon as it´s in the stores in early September. I will certainly not eat any before December. I don´t think Christmas songs have a right to exist out of advent, although I already heard some high-class interpretations of Jingle Bells in August. And "Last Christmas" should be especially and strictly reserved for the week before Christmas (only). I´d prefer not to be around though.

But - there are some very nice Christmas things that need some time for preparation and they are definitely entitled to cross this blog 72 days before Christmas Eve. It´s The 2013 Secret Santa Gift Exchange from  Kym over at Travel Babbles :)

 

 

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How This Will Work:

Bloggers will shop for Bloggers.
Instagram'ers will shop for Instagram'ers.
Tweeple will shop for Tweeple.
These picks are going to be completely random.
If you have a blog but want to only Instagram or Tweet, that's fine.
If you don't have a blog, Instagram or Twitter then you're SOL, sorry!

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This exchange is open internationally, however to keep postage costs down, you will be matched with someone from your own country.

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Sign Ups will be open until Wednesday, October 16th.
You will be notified of your gift recipient no later than Wednesday, October 23rd.
Follow your recipient for a couple of weeks to learn more about them / their favorite things, etc.
Please mail your gift by Wednesday, November 20th.

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On December 18th I will have a link-up here for you to share your blog post, Instagram post, or Twitter post to share your goodies, thank your Santa for being so awesome, and send some social media love their way.

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This is supposed to be an affordable holiday pick-me-up ... let's keep the value at/around $20.
Please only give something that you'd love to receive!
I strongly suggest purchasing tracking for your package.
Don't forget to include a card that reveals your name and all social media links!
I've debated writing this, but this probably won't be fun for you if your account is set to private.

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Sign up over at Kym´s blog, get creative, and have fun!

 Hurry up, the sign-up is only open until next Wednesday :)

Have a nice Sunday y´all, the autumn sun looks promising over here!

Friday's letters

Dear tax law studies, only two more exams (and 50 pages of master thesis) to go... I'm really at a stage where the monthly lessons start to seriously get on my nerves :/

Dear girls, can't wait to finally, finally see you again next weekend!! 

Dear Deutsche Bahn, you once more were what you are known best for: delayed. Nice you woke me up yesterday with a text that my train later that day was cancelled and I got three additional texts the following hours that two more trains are cancelled and three more are delayed. Based on this I was pretty impressed that I reached my final destination with only one hour delay. Anyway, 11 more train rides to/from Münster until I finished all lessons... I can't wait for the big graduation party in October next year, woohoo!!

Dear my lovely secretary girls, please get rid of all that colds & coughing soon, we urgently need you to get us out of this office chaos :)

Dear darling, it hit me hard that you might not come back to Germany next year. One year already seems to be overwhelming but another one? 

Dear ladies out there, check out Erin´s Pinktober-post over at TwoThirdsHazel, she set up a great Breast Cancer Awareness giveaway! I know everyone reads about breast cancer every now and then in the media or at your gynecologist, but this post is really worth reading. 

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Take care of you all,

               

I´m linkin up with Ashley today, visit her at

Hello October!

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My colleague wasn´t happy as she turned over the calender pages yesterday. I, however, simply love fall. I don´t mind that it´s getting colder (finally time to dig out all the wonderful, colourful and yea - plentiful scarves, ladies!) and I can´t get enough of that golden sunlight, red leaves, snuggling in with a cup of tea/ apple cider and a book or going for a walk. Not to mention that October starts with a holiday over here and who ever complained about an extra free day? I myself use this free day to visit a lovely friend I met when I was studying in Munich. Seems like it´s been ages since then, but we promised that we would see each other at least twice a year and I´m glad that we still stick to it, although we may not hear much from each other for weeks sometimes.

But before I leave I want to wish you a beautiful golden October...

... go for a walk in gold leaves...

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...prepare for winter time...

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... enjoy the taste of a pumpkin chai latte..you can find the recipe over here

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...decorate your house with all those wonderful leaves, branches, pumpkins and berries waiting for you outside and add a few (or more) candles...

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 so, get lost in autumn...

... cause all you need is a cup of tea and warm socks! Happy fall, y´all!