1. Early morning runs. Especially when it’s a perfectly cool & crisp 60 degrees, like it was this morning! After my Mom and I parted ways, I zipped off on a blissful 3 miler. No yapping dogs in sight. 
2. Edible bowls, like the one containing the fruit & yogurt parfait I had for breakfast!
Oh Raspberry Chobani, I love you so!!!
How can 14g of creamy, thick, sweet protein NOT be on your list of favorite things?!
In the mix:
- 1/2 cantaloupe
- 1 Raspberry Chobani Greek Yogurt
- 1 banana (1/2 mixed in with the yogurt, 1/2 on top)
- Raspberries
- Sliced almonds
MAN, I love this breakfast!
Cutting up cantaloupe is definitely NOT one of my favorite things, so being able to scoop it straight out of the rind with a spoon is perfect for me.
3. The combination of banana and raspberry. Honestly, this goes beyond favorite to LOVE.
4. Throwback lunches.
Such as one containing almond butter & homemade strawberry jam on 100% Whole Wheat EarthGrains bread,
crunchy baby carrots,
and a sweet & juicy peach!
I am still kicking myself for not buying a bushel from this one vendor at the Farmer’s Market two weeks ago, who had THE most ripe & luscious peaches I have ever tasted. They had arrived from Georgia a couple days prior to the market and for whatever reason, I didn’t buy any. The next week he was out of them, so I had to buy some from the store. Hopefully they’ll taste just as good!
All I’m missing is my Rainbow Brite lunch box. 
5. Girly Stuff.
Including Makeup Forever brand cosmetics. You guys actually turned me onto this brand when I asked for some foundation/powder recs and I just LOVE it! Actually I love it WITH the foundation brush. Without it, the makeup is just OK. With it, it’s unstoppable!
Aveeno Fig + Shea Butter body wash. If this was an ice cream, I’d swim in it – it smells sooo good! And it hydrates so well that I don’t need to panic about skipping my morning lotion if I’m in a rush.
Bath & Body Works Black Raspberry Vanilla Body Splash. I’ve been wearing this same scent since high school, and I adore it. Sweet & refreshing – I’ll never stray. 
Here are a few more of my favorite things!
The Iowa countryside
Getting the parking spot closest to the door
People that wave hello to strangers
Pepperidge Farms Frozen Vanilla Bean Cake
The sounds and smells of a summer morning
Boca Java Coffee
Starbucks lattes
New York City
Checking out and learning that the item you’re buying is on sale
Japan
Finding time to breathe on a busy day
Being married
Peanut Butter Cookie Ice Cream
These brownies + peanut butter cookie ice cream
Ann Taylor Loft
Pantene ProV Triple Action Mousse for fine hair
Ina Garten
California
Truly nice people
Locally made products (Gino’s, Graddy’s, Bisignano’s, Northern Prairie Goat Cheese)
All of you, for which this blog would not be possible without!
Ok, I guess that was more than a few things!!!
On that note, have a wonderful day, peeps!
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What are a few of YOUR favorite things? People, places, food, products, locations? I can feel this turning into a warm and fuzzy post.
That breakfast does look so good. I’m just afraid it would take me forever to eat an entire canteloupe half…LOL!
I love my family, my friends, my house, cheese, bacon, peanut butter, lifting weights, laying on the beach, swimming, and reading. To name a few.
I really need to try that breakfast sometime soon! Only a few of my favorite things might include my husband (& our families), sunshine, books, knowledge, classical music, tea, and of course food – local and sustainable!
What a great way to start the morning!! I love the edible bowl!
A few of my favorites are my kiddos and hubby, my sister, coffee, smoothies, watermelon, summer, reading, cooking, fall, football, and dessert! I could go on forever!!:)
My favorites-
My kitchen
Traveling
Magazines
Reading
A big glass of red wine
A comfy bed
Friends
My dog Clifford
Cheese
and my hubby
1. my car and the fact that i paid for it 100% by myself (why was this the first thing i thought of?? haha)
2. fruit salad
3. bright toenail polish colors
4. my family and my boyf
5. reading
6. blogging
7. baking/cooking
8. the flavor combo of blueberry and lemon
9. fro-yo with mochi
10. bath and body works warm vanilla sugar shampoo/conditioner
Oiaj, palmyra, body pump, friendly strangers, giving and getting compliments, your blog!
I could go on forever, but…
1) KETCHUP!
2) Beer
3) Exercising
4) Family/Friends/Boyfriend
5) Shoes!!!
6) The Fall
7) Sports
8) Makeup
9) Clothes – Particularly Express and Ann Taylor Loft
10) Music!
1. great books.
2. road trips
3. phone calls
4. snail mail
5. camping
6. yogurt
7. fresh berries
8. morning runs
9. northern MI
10. mountains and oceans
-Cooking (obviously)
-Non-Fiction Books
-The after-spin “burn”
-My boyfriend
-Our 2 precious dogs
-Date Nights
-Buffalo style ANYTHING
-Drinking wine with my girls
-Travelling
-Trying out new restaurants
-Fun blogs like yours
My niece
My boyfriend
My 2 lazy cats
Cooking
Reading
Food blogs – this is more of an obsession!-
Long bike rides on back roads
Farmer’s markets
Photography
Coupons – my other obsession
Vine ripened tomatoes
Trader Joe’s
FYI–since you clearly love Ann Taylor Loft as much as I do, I thought I’d let you know that they’re having a 40% off sale online today. Just enter FIX40 at checkout. So dangerous!
As for a few of my favorite things:
Brunch
Smell of laundry
Fresh tomatoes
Home-grown herbs
Swing sets
Walking barefoot at the beach
Tidal pools
Holding hands
Eskimo kisses
Cold lemonade
Crossword puzzles
Bonfires
Good morning! i have a restaurant to add to your list, have you ever ate at hu hot? Im in the DSM area as well and i have went to a few of the restaurants you have tried just because they looked so yummy!! if you have never had hu hot its a must!! have a great day
FIG body wash? I NEED that in my life immidiately!! Hmm .. a few of my favorite things (I was just thinking about doing a post on this!):
Morning runs
Greek yogurt
Blueberry pancakes
The beach
New nail polish
Sundresses
Going to the movies
Crossword puzzles
New friends!
1. My husband and three boys.
2. Summer’s off to spend with the boys, catch up on deep cleaning and scrapbooking.
3. Reading
4. Trying new recipes
5. Cedar Falls-Brown Bottle, especially when the meal is ended with a piece of brownie pie and nice glass of red wine.
6. Sales at Banana Republic-their dress pants are the best cut for me.
7. Fresh summer fruits and vegetables.
8. Afternoon naps.
9. Crossword puzzles.
10. Jogging, although I have yet to get back into this with three boys, one age 4 and twins age 1.
I love: being married, Ina Garten & California also! In fact, I’ll be moving to Cali in September – I grew up in Nebraska, so it will be a change!
One of my favs is your blog! I saw you and your hubs at the DM Arts Festival on Sunday and wanted to say hi, but I found myself to be suddenly bashful and worried about stalker-like tendencies!
A few of my favorite things: chunky peanut butter, homemade cookies, my hubby, my dog, Scottsdale, and the color pink!
Those quesadillas looks fabulous!
Oh, Kristin, you sure know how to brighten a girl’s day! You are always just so happy and full of life…definitely something I aspire to, hah!
A few of myyy favorite things….
Opening my blogroll to see that ALL of my favorite bloggers have posted since I last checked!
Oatmeal and ooey goeey melty nut butters (even in the summer).
The feeling you get right after an intense workout.
My doggies.
Buying new books….I could seriously spend hours in a bookstore, just looking.
And of course, my fam and friends :]
I share your love of girly stuff. I am a little obsessed with trying new skincare products and makeup. I’m going to have to check into Makeup Forever. Right now I really like Prairieland Herbs, a local business here in Iowa that makes perfumes, lotions, makeup, etc. and DHC skincare, a Japanese company. I have yet to find my PERFECT scent!
Well here are some of my favorite things:
1) CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE
2) Pet Project Midwest – a new charity in IA that is doing great things
3) My cat. She’s the sweetest.
4) Sleeping in. Who decided the normal workday should begin at 8am anyway? Ugh.
5) The west coast
6) Dole’s Fruit Bars (These are VERRRY tasty popsicles)
7) Chick flicks…. anything nice and sappy will do
8) Nonjudgmental people. A lot of people think they are nonjudgmental but are full of judgment deep down; nonjudgmental people are rare indeed.
9) Contemporary fiction. I read a lot, about a book every two weeks.
Oh gosh, I am loving your cantaloupe bowl! So adorable and so delicious!
Hahah we use the same Aveeno body wash! I agree, it is delicious and I want to eat it
aww it is warm and fuzzy. I loved reading your list.
People go without saying. I’d add all the ones I’m close to on this list. I’d give them a seperate list!
1) H&M
2) Greece
3) Avocados
4) Boston
5) Grilled Cheese
6) Paris
7) Urban Outfitters sale rack
8) Vermont
9) Sushi
10) Skiing
haha and the sunglasses infront of Vermont? That was supposed to be an 8.
chobani make the best yogurt ever. real talk.
i loooove…being catholic(i’d feel awful not putting that first!), my sister, my love <3, my dog, funny stories from work, soccer, warm weather, seltzer, payday!, the times sunday crossword/living so close to the city in general, sephora, and pineapples. mmm. <3
p.s. even though they’re up and down right now, i *cannot* forget my mets! love them!
LOVE that body splash, but MY fave is coconut lime verbana! Especially for summertime
1. vicky’s secret sweats
2. fresh cantaloupe & honeydew
3. j. crew clothing!
4. sugar free syrup
5. matthew mcconaughey
6. bright nail polish
7. naturally more peanut butter
8. the color green!
happy tuesday, kristin!
XO
Love your breakfast idea! Need to try that asap. My favorite thing is this weather we are having in Iowa right now! This morning was amazing and being able to sleep with the windows open last night – perfect!
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Wow, your breakfast looks amazing! A few of my favourite things are travelling, chocolate, cheese, being lazy and my adorable nieces!
In no particular order
My hubby
My beagle
My neices and nephew
My family
Putting on jeans you THOUGHT would be too tight
Iowa Hawkeye football and tailgating
Bath and Body Works: Butterfly flower and PS I love You
Cheese, cheese, and more cheese, any kinds
Bacon
Bud Light lime sitting poolside getting sunburned
White zinfandel in the winter
Children’s laughter and innocent ways of speaking
Sand volleyball
Ladies’ Monthly Wine Club
Farmer’s Markets
Dancing all night long to see how many calories I burnt
…I could go on and on…
oh and using google and seeing that someone else had your same ridiculous question
I love warm & fuzzy posts! Haha…My favorite things are:
- My family/friends
- Starbucks
- Afternoons spent playing beach volleyball
- Barbeques
- Strawberry pancakes
- J.Crew Outlets
- Thunder & Lightening storms!
- Dancing the night away
Bath & Body Works is like crack for me! Every time they have a good sale I go in & stock up. I seriously have like a 3-yr supply right now. I have vowed not to even look at the next several flyers they send me! I also had to smile at your comment about getting the closest parking spot. I am also a fitness nut, yet there is something thrilling about nabbing that front spot. It’s not about laziness – you feel you’ve accomplished a strategic goal!
Some of my faves (besides my daughter!) are Diet Dr. Pepper, my bike, spending time laughing w/ friends, Reese’s peanut butter Easter eggs (thank God they’re only available for a short time!).
Btw… I tried the bagel thins on your recommendation & love them!
Some of my favorite things are…
1. Family and friends
2. My 2 cats
3. pizza
4. ice cream (especially DQ and Culvers)
5. Victoria Secret’s “very sexy” scent
6. Summertime
7. traveling
8. Yoga
9. Pedicures
10. This blog, I read it everyday during my lunch break!
Kristin, how do you use the foundation brush? Do you just squirt some foundation on and swirl it around on your face? It looks so cool!
I love ethnic food, berries in summer, walking my dogs, running and so many other things. And Julie Andrews singing this song is running through my head right now
I use Forever Makeup too and I can’t seem to find a brush that I love to put it on so I went back to Bare Essentuals. What brush do you use and do you love it?
That cantalope fruit and yogurt bowl looks freakin awesome!
Some of my favorite things…
- my family, hubby and 2 boys
- that amazing feeling of accomplishment after a sweaty workout!
- clothes (esp. anything from anthropologie and express)
- iced nf sf white mochas from Joe Beans (a local coffee place)
- fall
- whole foods and trader joes
- summer bbq’s with lots of friends
- date night!
That is a beeeautiful edible bowl! Yummers.
Fav Things-
-Ketchikan Alaska
- My home in South Dakota
-my boys
-being married
-Red Vines candy at the movie theater
- cool sunny AZ mornings (which are non-existant right now)
-finishing a hard workout
-oatmeal cookie
-green monsters
-keepsake pictures
GA peaches are the best! I’m so glad that I live in the peach state
I still have to try yogurt in a cantaloupe – it sounds so refreshing and delicious!
My favorite things = books, peaches, watermelon, cantaloupe, coffee in the mornings, cute/quaint towns, nut butter, kittens/cats, the feeling of fall, fall leaves, christmas trees, family
Wow, love the lists, here’s mine:
My Daughter
Jack Johnson and John Mayor (listen to them every day)!
Oregon, Multnomah Falls
Mexican food (but never eat it)!
A productive day
My Cats Gracie and Misty
My Beta Fish named Sushi!
Oh.. this blog!
Love this post!
My favourite things are:
summer and sunshine
fresh veggies with a dip
ice cold drinks
snuggling with my boyfriend
reading all day long
travelling
Germany
San Francisco
my job
my ability to fall asleep everywhere, even in the movies!
new hairstyles
my adorable godchildren
speaking foreign languages
planning and organising
green salads
Bruce Willis movies
.. the list could go on and on…
OMG! how can I have forgot BLOGGING from my list!
this just made me so happy–thanks for sharing
loved this post! totally cheered me up. I want to try an edible bowl – never have! And I love how you called your lunch a “throwback lunch” – hehehe.
A few of my favorite things: getting a new magazine in the mail, Kombucha, baking bread, my dog, my husband (should I reverse that order??
, the blog world. 
1. The scent Love Spell from Victoria Secret.. I have been wearing it since high school! But yours sounds nice too, I just might have to try that one out!!
2. My family
3. My boyfriend
4. My cat Bailey
5. A clean soft bed after a long day
6. Sheets right out of the dryer on a cold day
7. Waking up too early and having a little more time to sleep in
8. Friendly people
9. Lemon Cake
10. Pumpkin Cheesecake (O M G)
11. The smell of fall
12. California
13. Laying on the beach with a good book
14. Listening to waves crash on the beach
15. Girls trips with my best friend
16. COFFEE
17. Good food and conversation
18. Going to the movies
19. Helping out a friend
20. The smell of chocolate chip cookies in the oven
1. Cashew butter
2. Ice cream
3. Seeing old friends
4. Kayaking
5. My fiance
6. Freshly baked bread
7. Walking the beach
8. Home made ice cream
9. Early morning runs (at the perfect temp!)
10. David Beckham
11. Orchids
12. Eggs Benedict
13. Italy
14. Sephora
15. Taking photos
16. Curling up with tea nad a good book
17. Sushi
18. Greek yogurt
19. My cat, Stella
20. Urban ouftitters
And I second Sami… J Crew clothing!!
I love the idea of the edible bowl – but sadly I do not like melon
A few of my favourite things:
My hubby, my family, travelling, baking, biking, lazy Saturday mornings, wine and cheese, triathons, running……
Some of my favorite things…
Family and friends
Iowa
Oregon
Singing
Spain
Tennis
ice cream
pesto!!
Reading
Vienna
My wedding set (pearl, not a diamond)
Johnson’s Bedtime Baby Lotion (for me – lovely scent)
Carrots
Pumpkin bread
Potluck dinners with friends
Some of my favorites:
My son
My husband
Bob Woodward (I’m slightly obsessed with Watergate)
Coffee
Surprise packages that come in the mail
Office supplies
Paper journals (they have to have lined pages, though)
Plaid
Shoes
Tiramisu
Bath & Body Works “Seaspray” (It’s one of their “Classics” now)
minnesota
my family
japan
australia
brats drowned is mustard
summer
running
lakes
peanut butter
this blog!!!
icecream
sunglasses
writing/blogging
coffee
lists
rollerblading
4th of july
driving
marathons
t.v. (bach/lette, entourage, greys, gossip girl, office, house, private practice, friends!!!…oh so many more. i’m addicted)
internet
mom walks
mmm – Chobani. I’ve got some free coupons up for grabs @ http://www.nutritionnutontherun.com!
Aw, cute list. I’d add Giada de Laurentiis to mine : )