My Top 10 of 2025: book, song, purchase, recipe, album, etc.

At the end of each year, I typically do a round up of my favorite clothing items, my top sellers, and things like that, but this year I also wanted to add my top 10 favorites in a new way—I wanted to share some of my favorites from the past year that include my favorite album, the best book I read, my most listened to song, the yummiest recipe we ate, and more.

I thought it was a good way for you to get some fun tried and true recommendations and for me to share a little bit more about what I enjoy.

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📖 book: “Say You’ll Remember Me” by Abby Jimenez. It felt very realistic, was an easy read,  and I loved how sweet it was. 

✨ accessory: my natural stone bobble necklace from Shapes Studio. I’m pretty sure I added this to almost ALL of my outfits this summer. 

😋 recipe: broccoli cheddar soup. I made it several times and my whole family loved it! I added potatoes to it as well, and every time it was so yummy.

🎵 song: according to Spotify my top song of the year is Taylor Swift’s “Guilty as Sin”. It’s a good one, but I was pretty surprised it was my top one. I did listen to The Tortured Poets Department on repeat this year! 

📍place: Montreal, Canada—we visited for the first time to celebrate our 10 year anniversary and it was so fun to explore. 

🏀 show: Running Point with Kate Hudson on Netflix. Cute, funny, and quick!

💰 purchase: little green machine. I bought a cream couch this summer and this is the ONLY way I was able to do that while also having two little boys (who are always barefoot😅)

💿 album: Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem”. When this came out I listened to it SO MUCH. We saw Morgan Wallen in concert in 2022 and it was SO fun (the picture I shared was from that concert)!

🤩 new piece of clothing: my black jeans from Quince. These are so versatile! The washed black color makes them work-appropriate but they’re such a soft and comfy denim that you’d never think you were wearing jeans!
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🎥 movie: Wicked 1 and 2. We didn’t jump on the Wicked bandwagon until this year (at Thanksgiving time) and we loved both of them. Fun fact: My husband and I both love musicals and the first time we held hands was at a high school musical.

Thanks so much for reading! Do we have any of the same favorites from this year?