Penny's Passion: Five on Friday - September 29, 2017

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Five on Friday - September 29, 2017

Happy Friday! Can you believe we are almost through September?!?  The temperatures have finally dipped below 90 in St. Louis and it has me excited for Fall. We've had the windows open the last two nights and I love feeling the chill in the air.

I'm also pretty excited to share my five with you today, so here goes ~

1.  National Coffee Day
For all you coffee lovers out there, Happy National Coffee Day!!  If you're looking for a free cup of joe, pop on over to Krispy Kreme.  Heck, Krispy Kreme is loving National Coffee Day so much they are celebrating the entire weekend!  From September 29 to October 1, you can score a hot coffee in any size as well as a small iced coffee (at participating locations, of course).  If you go to Starbuck, get out your wallet.  No freebies there, but they do have their new maple-pecan latte flavor available if you're looking for a twist to your coffee.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is partnering with Dunkin' Donuts in a contest to win a year's worth of free coffee.  How cool would that be!  You can enter by clicking HERE.

National Coffee Day September 29

2.  Sleeping Beauties
Stephen King's latest book hit the stands on Tuesday - Sleeping Beauties.  Here's what Goodreads has to say about it, "In this spectacular father-son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men?
In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent; and while they sleep they go to another place. The men of our world are abandoned, left to their increasingly primal devices. One woman, however, the mysterious Evie, is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease. Is Evie a medical anomaly to be studied, or is she a demon who must be slain? Set in a small Appalachian town whose primary employer is a women’s prison, Sleeping Beauties is wildly provocative and gloriously absorbing."  His books are just too weird for me, but I'm sure it will be a best seller.

Sleeping Beauties: A Novel by [King, Stephen, King, Owen]
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Now that it's officially pumpkin spice everything season, I thought I'd share this limited edition with you - Pumpkin Spice Cheerios.  Have you seen them?  I checked the availability in my area by putting my zip code in HERE and apparently Walmart has them on their shelves.  You can also get them through Amazon by clicking HERE.  These babies are made from real pumpkin puree and a "delicious blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove."  Sounds pretty good to me!

I participated in a mug exchange and received my package this week.  In case you missed my reveal, you can catch it HERE.  In my box, Johannah from over at The Sirois Family Blog sent me a package of these Lemon Honey Sticks and they are fantastic!  I've already made a dent in the package she sent and ordered more so I didn't run out.  They also come in just honey flavor and cinnamon.  So yummy!

Click HERE to purchase                                              
5.  This is so me....
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Now let's get this weekend started!  Eric and I are going to dinner with Ian and Kayla tonight to wish our favorite waitress at Cooper's Hawk good luck in her new job.  We have fallen in love with her and are happy she's moving on to a position in her major, but sad we won't be seeing her at the restaurant.  Then tomorrow morning bright and early I'm headed to a girls getaway with some friends from college.  Fun times ahead!  Hope you pop in next week to hear all about it.


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16 comments:

  1. LOL that quote at the end! I love it - sounds just like me as well ;)

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  2. Those honey sticks look great! I always put honey in my tea :)
    LOL at the quote.
    Have a great weekend.

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  3. The quote at the end is my life! I love that today is National Coffee Day. I plan to get a little extra treat on my lunch break to celebrate. I have had the Pumpkin Spice Cheerios, they are pretty good! I hope you have a great weekend!
    Beth
    The Beth Next Door

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  4. WE just tried those pumpkin spice cherios! Deeeeelicious!

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  5. Those honey-lemon sticks look great... I am a huge tea drinker (especially in the fall and winter) and I'd love to try those!

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  6. Glad the honey sticks were a hit! A girl's getaway sounds great. I hope you have fun.

    -Lauren
    www.shootingstarsmag.net

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  7. Everytime you post about Cooper's hawk I tell myself Keith and I need to join that club...then I forget about it! Have a great weekend!

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  8. I love how you're visiting your favorite waitress tonight...you're so sweet. Those lemon honey sticks sound amazing, and I'd love them in my tea. Stephen King is too weird and scary for me too. Have a wonderful weekend!

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  9. Sleeping Beauties sounds really interesting!

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  10. I was very happy about National Coffee Day today! And I agree - those cheerios sound pretty good! Have a fun girls trip!

    xo, Jessy | www.currentbliss.com

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  11. Sleeping Beauties is on my list of books to read. I thought I heard that there was a Pumpkin Spice Cheerios. I would probably try them. I found some limited edition Halloween Froot Loops and was so excited. I love when I find the limited edition flavors of cereals and other products.

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  12. Oh how I miss Krispy Kreme.....we no longer have one :(. Love the quote at the end, too. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

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  13. I need to get my hands on those cheerios! Yum! Have a great time with your friends.

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  14. I just bought pumpkin spice special K the other day, have yet to try it!

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  15. I am SO glad you enjoy the Honey Sticks!!! =)

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  16. I bet those lemon honey sticks are quite nice when you're sick and sipping on some tea or lemon and hot water.
    Hope your week has been good Penny. :)

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