Happy Friday!
This week on Instagram, I shared a complete breakthrough I had while listening to one of the sessions on my Joy 101 app. I won’t bore you with the full recount here, but you can watch my full summary here!
It’s shaping up to be a slow, soft-focus weekend. Tonight, movies with friends to see The Odyssey. Saturday morning is reserved for a bit of home organization (long overdue). And then Saturday night, dinner with a dear friend to celebrate the life of her mom. I am so looking forward to asking her stories about her mother — what she would make of this year’s life events and pop culture nonsense, what she’d say, what she’d think — and, more than anything, to simply pouring into my friend and giving her the space to celebrate her mom’s memory exactly as she needs to.
Wishing you all a weekend full of good luck, good company, and a good drink if you can find it!
Until our next correspondence,
xx Lauren
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Wearing | Puff Sleeve Babydoll Dress
It's very short and very thin, but, at this price, it's the perfect throw-and-go cover-up — a touch more polished than an oversized tee, without requiring a single additional brain cell.
Eating | Starbucks Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade
My office building has a Starbucks in the lobby, and this has become my go-to mid-afternoon little treat. Perfectly sweet, perfectly refreshing!
Reading | The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand
Following a friend group in the wake of the untimely, accidental death of two of their own, this is quintessential Hilderbrand — drama, complicated relationships, and, of course, food descriptions so vivid you'll find yourself salivating mid-page. It also properly introduces Police Chief Ed Kapenash, who threads his way through nearly all of Elin's Nantucket novels.
Watching | The Righteous Gemstones
Carter and I just started this HBO series and are in absolute hysterics. It follows a wildly dysfunctional family of televangelists as they navigate power, money, and each other's worst impulses — crass, satirical, and endlessly entertaining. Not for the faint of heart, but exactly what we needed on the couch this week.
Listening | The Great Divide Tour Setlist
I cannot believe we're seeing Noah Kahan live in just a few days! This setlist will be on repeat all weekend long as I prepare to sing my heart out at Truist Park.
Trying | Homecourt Nourishing Body Butter in Cece
I am clinically obsessed with every Cece-scented piece from Courteney Cox's home line, so naturally I had to venture into their body products. I picked up the Nourishing Body Butter, and it is so luxurious — I love how the scent now lingers on my robe long after.
Champagne | Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum
My go-to fragrance, kept in both a regular bottle and a travel size at all times. It's pricy — admittedly my most expensive beauty investment, and one that feels a little overindulgent at times — but oh my goodness, is it good. I am complimented everywhere I go, including, memorably, the McDonald's drive-thru.
Frites | Homecourt Body Mist in Cece
A body mist you can build and refresh throughout the day in a similarly luxurious scent at a steal of a price point. Pro tip: build this upon the body butter for a longer-lasting fragrance.
1. CHORD Butter Yellow Organic Cotton Stretch Twill
2. Adidas Gazelle Indoor Sneakers
4. Estelle Colored Glass Wine Stemware
5. Celine Shiny Calfskin Mini Triomphe Pollen
6. BAUBLEBAR Joan Semi-Precious Necklace
7. GAP 100% Cotton Rollneck Sweater
9. La Ligne Colby Pant in Butter
@Mippapiddleton
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Loved the letter this week. And every week! 🥰🙌🏻