Good Morning and Happy Friday! Despite the chilly weather we're having, I am so pumped for this weekend. My sister is on her way into the city as we speak, and we're going to spend the day shopping before dinner tonight at the Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare! My sister and I rarely get to spend one-on-one time together since we live so far away and she has 2 little guys, so I'm really excited to have some QT with her. As for the rest of the weekend, Raven and I are taking it easy and weather depending are headed for a hike with Charlie on Sunday (your recs are welcome!!).

This weekend's advice? Move. April has been a busy month for me and I've barely had time to exercise at all. Which is kind of just a way of saying I didn't make exercise a priority, but I'm feeling kind of gross about it. I am terrible at staying consistent with workouts, but doing them at all consistently makes an enormous difference in my mental and physical health. So with our hike on the horizon and a free weekend, I want to give myself a chance to workout. Yeah? Sound good? I hope your weekend is the BEST...here are my favorite links of the week:

Speaking of workouts, if you're bummed about the ClassPass price hike, here are some alternatives!

Loving little heels like this for Summer!

Watership Down is one of my favorite books of all time, so this news is so exciting!

This Instagram is adorable!

My favorite make and model of jeans on SUPER SALE!

This documentary looks gripping.

I think I'm addicted to sandals. These and these please.

Devouring this podcast, it's so good!

And lastly, my friends made a web series (and I did wardrobe!)! Check out the first episode of Let's See Hamilton here!

And that's all I've got for you today.

xoxo,

aok

The Nordstrom sale is happening. Well, early access if you have a Nordstrom card. Which you should / should not have. It is a useful tool when wielded correctly, but can be mighty dangerous. Beware. Let's talk about investments. A sale like this? Is the exact perfect time to invest in pieces that you've had your eye on for a while, but whose price tag makes you go:

You don't need clothes. You don't need to shop. Let's get those obvious statements out of the way. You don't need but you will do, so let's do it correctly. These are the pieces that are Allie approved for your consumption during this Nordstrom sale.

A great cardigan.

Something to take you from work to off days, and will transition beautifully from Summer to fall and then Winter to Spring. It can be a lightweight blazer or structured sweatshirt, too. Just let it be comfy and versatile.

A sexy yet functional rain coat.

This year, I've been kicking myself for not having a great shell with all this rain we've been having. It's not hard to do a raincoat really wrong (they can be boring or too sporty), so I love seeing this option at such a great price. Something to hand down to my niece or baller nephew one day.