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Pinterest Inspired + Finish This Link-Up

October 1, 2014

Today is a Pinterest Inspired link-up and it looks like so much fun. Well, we are big TCU fans in our house. Last week when I was at ShopRiffRaff I picked up a fun purple top with glittery details on the sleeves. So my Pin-Spired post today is all about PURPLE!

My top is on the left and it can be purchased from the ShopRiffRaff website and it comes in lots of other colors. I also love that warm fuzzy sweater on the top right and the “Fall in Love” purple top. Such cute inspiring outfits 🙂

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Connor is going to be Batman for Halloween (As if there is ANY other choice for this child???) Anyway, here he is in his costume in Gotham City ha ha!

Aaaaaaand IT’S WEEK 38 OF FINISH THIS …

Your co-hosts are LISA (COASTLINED), JEN (The Arizona Russums), BECKY (The Java Mama) and NICOLE (Three 31) and the instructions are simple: answer the prompts on your blog and add the post to the link up. Next week, we’ll do it all over again with a new set of prompts.

1. I’m most comfortable: When I’m around friends and family I know. When I’m with my best friends and we can talk about anything and I can just vent. I also am most comfortable after I’ve had my cup of coffee….go figure?

2. Diamonds are: I am a lover of all thing BLING. So obviously I LOVE diamonds. If I could choose a dream ring it would be rose gold with a pear shaped diamond.

I love this ring found HERE.

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3. I wish I could be more: Confident. It’s so easy in the world today to let someone steal your self-esteem or confidence level. I wish I could be about 40 lbs lighter. I wish I was more spontaneous. I wish I was a better wife and mom. Sometimes I feel like I’m constantly failing on so many levels. I wish my life were more romantic ( not like a fairy tale…but after you’ve been married 13 years that flame simmers down) I don’t think my husband thinks I need to feel loved anymore and I wish he realized I DO still like it. I wish money weren’t an issue because life is too short NOT. TO. LIVE. I wish I was closer to Jesus. I wish a lot of things….blah blah blah. That’s the thing about wishing 🙂

Now it’s your turn to go link up HERE!

Little Miss Matched + A Giveaway!

August 21, 2014

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A few weeks ago my co-worker told me about a fun company called Little Miss Matched. They have the cutest socks and accessories on their website. Most of the items are for little girls, but there are some fun things for boys and men too. Check out the deer socks for Dad.

I picked out the sprinkles socks and I just adore them, plus they smell YUMMY too! Connor is modeling a pair of camo socks.

Connor’s cool camo socks:

I’m so ready for fall y’all and fall calls for SOCK wearing!!! I am definitely going to be wearing the heck out of my sprinkle socks c/o.

Thank you Little Miss Matched for our new socks!

As a special treat I’m going to give away a pair to a reader to enjoy 🙂

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The Moo Moo: Not Just for Grandma

When I get home from work the first thing I usually do is run to my room and take off all my clothes and put on my “Moo Moo”.

For as long as I can remember my Grandma and my Mom have worn things like this:

This is usually referred to as a housecoat or “duster”.

Whelp. I’m slowly morphing into that….

I bought this swim cover at Lands End earlier this year and have never actually worn it AS a swim cover…but let me tell you it makes the perfect Moo Moo!

My child loves to be in every single photo 🙂 He’s legit. I love him. And that mirror is DIRTY! I posted my Moo Moo on Instagram last night and I loved hearing that I’m not the only one who is morphing into granny wear.

Give me my “duster” and my Moscato and I’m a happy girl!

Shopping & Sprinkles

My BFF Ellen drove from Arkansas to come visit ME this past weekend. I love her to pieces and I’m so thankful to have a friendship that has stood the test of time. We’ve been friends since middle school. No matter what happens in life we can just pick up like we never left. Ellen loves Dallas and she’s the best shopping partner too!

We kicked off the weekend Friday night by going to see a movie and dinner. Then Saturday we woke up, drove thru Starbucks (of course) and then headed to the Kendra Scott boutique.

We both came out empty-handed. Everything in there is so pretty! It’s pricey, but pretty! It was fun to look around and see all the jewels and the new line that just came out.

After Kendra Scott we at lunch at Taco Diner. It was delicious! I ordered nachos and a “mango” water to drink and it was SOOOOO good!

Of course no meal is complete without dessert. We walked across the street to the Sprinkles ice cream bar. If you’ve never been you are missing something incredible in life. Their flavors are so good and different from a normal ice cream place.

I love dark chocolate so I got a dark chocolate cupcake with a scoop of triple chocolate ice cream.

Ellen got a double scoop of caramel ice cream, red velvet ice cream, topped off with a giant marshmallow! droooooooool.

Once we were full of tacos and cupcakes we waddled over to North Park Mall. The Nordstrom sale was still going on. A lot of stuff was just GONE! I mean it’s still going on for a couple of weeks you would think they could re-stock some??? Oh well….

There was the cutest Pop-Up Shop called #Poketo. I didn’t know Nordstrom had pop-up shops, but apparently they do and the theme changes every season. Such a fun little spot!

Sunday it was time to say goodbye so we made one last trip to Starbucks and said our farewells before Ellen got back on the road. Thanks for coming to visit us me and come back SOON!!!

The Side Bun Fake Out

When I went home to AR I bought this $8 fake ponytail thingy….it has hair around it. At first I was like “that’s weird”. But…..I’m actually liking it!

Here is the natural length of my hair….

It’s sort of hard to take pictures using the mirror…but you get the point. It was SO easy and you can’t even tell it’s not my real hair!

It’s so funny looking…but it works for now 🙂 Best $8 I’ve spent this summer!

Also it’s great for those days you just don’t want to fix your hair!

Favorites+ Working Mom Wardrobe Series

A lot of times I find something and I can’t wait to share with people. Tarte is no longer selling my favorite lipstick, LipSurgence in “Buff”. So where do I look for advice…fellow bloggers. I read about Kate from The Small Things Blog loved BITE lipstick. Of course I didn’t create my own. But I found a color that is pretty similar to what I wanted in a neutral lip color. This is the “Nude Almond”. What I love most about it is the taste/flavor. It’s not overpowering and it doesn’t taste like wax like a lot of lipsticks.

Another item I picked up was Formula X nail polish from Sephora. I really like this neutral lavender for spring. This is my second week wearing it and I’m getting chips, but the first week it held up pretty well.

In my Birchbox for May I received this BB Golden Glow crème. I have very fair skin and actually looks really good on me. It doesn’t give me a streaky fake tan look. Just a nice golden accent to my skin.

Another favorite item is this “Time to Get Stuff Done!” mug from Click & Blossom. I also ordered a really cute t-shirt but it’s way too small…if I can’t return it I may just give it away to one of y’all 🙂 It’s too small for my boobage! Darn.

So, I know there are a lot of fashion bloggers out there and I love seeing how they style things. Honestly, my style is pretty simple & because I work full-time I have to find things I can work into my every day life AND the work week. So I’d love to see how you style your work wardrobe. Follow along on Instagram and TAG YOURSELF #workingwardrobe

Here’s my #workingwardrobe for today. Picture courtesy of Connor 🙂

For details on this outfit visit my Instagram and click on the picture:

Five on Friday

1. I know I’m a crazy person and keep changing my blog design. I am legit cray cray!

I bought this “FAMILY” sign while in Arkansas and just love it….hoping to find a place to put it soon!

2. I’ve been using the ItWorks! Hair, Skin, Nails vitamins for about a month and 3 weeks ago I had NO roots. Seriously this stuff works. My hair has grown at least a couple of inches. I’m trying to grow it out as much as I can before my sister’s wedding.

3. I’m seriously addicted to sno-cones right now. I don’t like syrup though….too much makes me gag. So I get mostly ice with a little bit of strawberry on top!

4. My favorite color is green. I found these cute flats that feel like slippers the other day at Steinmart. SO COMFY!

5. Today is my 33rd birthday (or I’m 30 again…ahem….) I am so blessed and thankful for another year of life. My sweet boys made my day and got me a pretty necklace and tonight we’re going out with friends. It’s gonna be a good year 🙂

HAPPY FRIDAY Y’ALL!!!

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