Sentimental Wear
I grew up with my mom owning a couple of fur coats as well as my grandmothers and a few aunts and distant aunts. I never thought it was weird, I even did my third grade report on animals on the mink...
View ArticleAhoy Matey
Ever since we started thinking about taking a trip to Scotland, I have been wanting to buy an authentic Scottish fisherman knit sweater. When I went with my family back in 2008, I really liked them,...
View ArticleClad in Plaid
I’ve been obsessed with this buffalo check shirt-jacket since last year and then, in true Spence fashion, I mulled over it for too long and it sold out {!!!!} I never used to mull over such a small...
View ArticleWinter Florals
Jackie’s post on her favorite workhorse dress inspired me to get a similar dress that has been a great addition to my closet. While I haven’t yet pulled the trigger on the boots of my dreams, my Frye...
View ArticleSlouchy Weekends
We spent the weekend getting caught up on some house stuff and for me catching up on sleep and kicking the remnants of my cold out the door. All of the paintings we picked up a few weekends ago are...
View ArticleSpring Fever
Hope everyone had a great weekend. The Hubs and I spent a bit of time on Saturday sprucing the yard up for Spring and yesterday I had my book club where we talked about this book. We had our weekly...
View ArticleSpring Stripes
Nothing gets me more in the mood for Spring than whipping out all of my dresses and stripping away the opaque tights. Hello skirts, light scarves and sandals! Not that I needed another stripe in my...
View ArticleDistressed
I have finally taken the plunge into seriously distressed jeans. Not sure if I’m totally on the bandwagon enough to wear these to work, but definitely for the weekend don’t you think? OLD NAVY...
View ArticleStyling Culottes for Petites
Over the weekend I had an amazing opportunity to go with a bunch of other bloggers and StyleWatch to Tanger Deer Park for a day of shopping. Armed with $250, they set us loose to construct outfits of...
View ArticleTied Up
How was everyone’s weekend? While we didn’t have as much downtime as I had wished, I did get two barre classes a book club meeting and a good start on packing for our upcoming trip. Packing for 10...
View ArticleDusty Rose
So I went on a kind of Old Navy kick last week, but let’s back up a little shall we? A few weeks ago, my friend KB and I went to Tanger Outlets Deer Park with StyleWatch and we saw another blogger...
View ArticleField Ready
Here with my absolute staples that got me through the cool temps in Scotland. This field jacket was clutch and kept me dry and warm, especially layered over my down bomber on the super cold days. I...
View ArticleSnapshots of Edinburgh Part 1
I hope you all had a wonderfully relaxing weekend. The Hubs and I caught up on all of our magazine reading, I edited more of our Scotland/London photos and got in two barre classes which I really...
View ArticleWhen You Can’t Afford Chloe
If you’re like me, you’ve been seeing this dress all over. And if you’re also like me, you can’t exactly afford the price tag. So color me super excited when I stumbled across this top and it had the...
View ArticleThe Importance of Disconnecting
I’m taking this week between jobs to really disconnect, clear out my head and take some quality “me” time. Everyone’s been asking what I’m doing with my time off and really it’s quite simple; working...
View ArticleFeeling Patriotic
Who else spent the weekend watching the Olympics? I’ll admit to bowing out of the opening ceremonies, but tearing up during videos of the refugee team and we watched a bit of the mens and women’s...
View ArticleShady Lady
After my other midi dress fiasco I really felt like I had to show you guys that I could sport a midi and not be all boob {!!!} I’ll be sharing more of those outfit pics that really demonstrate the...
View ArticleThe Long and the Short of it
Do you ever mull over an outfit and then finally pull the trigger because it went on sale and then regret it? Yup that’s right about where I am with this dress right now. I’ll admit that I thought...
View ArticleDune Jumping
Labor Day Weekend, the unofficial end to summer, has come and gone. Of course I had to be a moron and spend Sunday morning on the beach sans sunscreen and I got a touch burned. This of course comes...
View ArticleStep into Fall
I couldn’t be more excited that Fall weather has finally decided to step up and grace us with its presence. Out come the chunky knit sweaters, flannels and this suede dress! This little number, while...
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