{"id":6377,"date":"2014-05-02T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=6377"},"modified":"2014-05-01T21:29:20","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T02:29:20","slug":"this-and-that-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=6377","title":{"rendered":"This and That"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6376\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=6376\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6376\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6376\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6376 \" title=\"Walking with Cake: Bring me flowers\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: Bring me flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Bring-me-flowers.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Bring-me-flowers.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Bring-me-flowers-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Ryan took this photo as Rhys surprised me with flowers.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week was busy, as always, and I crossed a few big things off my list, including registering James for kindergarten next year (gasp!).\u00a0 The weather was beautiful and we got a short respite from the heat.\u00a0 Tonight is brew night and we&#8217;re planning a few fun things this weekend, too.\u00a0 Here are the things that caught my eye this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.relevantmagazine.com\/reject-apathy\/cost-spending-less\">&#8220;The Cost of Spending Less,&#8221;<\/a> a wonderful article by my blog friend <a href=\"http:\/\/stylewiseguide.com\/\">Leah from Style Wise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/consciousco.co\/\">A new site<\/a> co-founded by Olivia Wilde that offers responsible shopping options. 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