Days 26, 27 and Mother's Day Present Stress

Day 27 and today's challange was to wear a gingham shirt. I decided to wear an older one I hadn't used in awhile. I wore it open as a cardigan since it was a bit windy out. I'm feeling a slight western vibe with my open toe, suede and fringed ankle boots, my silver jewelry and white laced top. I can definitely see myself repeating this look but with some cutoff jean shorts, this summer. 

* See below for more pictures and for day 26's look*  

I'm sitting in the van right now while the baby sleeps and I'm trying to come up with something to give my grandmother for Mother's Day. I am completely drawing a blank. Ive been trying to come up with the "perfect" gift for weeks! As a formal preschool teacher I have tons of ideas of cute things that the kids could make but I wanted her to have "more". Nana has been there for me all my life and I love her so much. For everything she has done, for all the love she has shown....how do I repay that? How can I show her how special she is to me? To us? Nana has recently moved to PA from southern California so this will be my first Mother's day with her, in who knows how long so it has to be great. 

We'll after stressing all week and now sitting here in my van I think I've got the perfect idea. I have all three kids pictures that i can frame for her new house and I think the kids will make something. And you know what? Whatever they do make, THAT will be perfect. Nana's gift doesn't need to expensive. It doesn't need to be extravagant it just needs to show her how much we appreciate and love her. I usually call her a few times a week so hopefully that helps to let her know how much I love her.

 Besides I gave her three amazing and super cute great-grandchildren which is pretty much the most awesome gift ever soooo..... 😉

Day 26: Bright Color 

This is the brightest clothing item that I own! So it was the obvious choice for Sunday's look. To tone down the brightness and because it was cool out, I paired the top with black jeans and my favorite denim jacket. Looking forward to wearing this, as well, this summer with some white or black shorts. I love the diamond detail on the back of this top! So fun.

Palazzo Pants

Today is a lazy rainy Saturday. We've sat around the house all day eating and watching movies and I almost forgot to take pictures and write. If ever there was a day not to get dressed and sit around in pajamas it would be today. Luckily its day 25 and I have these comfortable palazzo pants for "Prints on the Bottom" day. I have dressed these pants up, I've dressed them down and I've even pushed it and worn them once as pajama pants. Which I'll admit wasn't the greatest idea I ever had and slightly messed up the tassle tie. What!
 These pants are so comfortable. I wish I had a few more pairs. I'm really feeling THESE palazzo pants from Charlotte Russe. The lightweight material and casual stripes would be perfect for the beach, going out for a bite to eat or even watching TV all day. I prefer to always pair any patterned bottom with a solid colored well fitting tank or tee. You don't want to get to crazy with this much going on. How do you wear yours?

 Me standing out in the rain being a weirdo.

A Little Cinco De Mayo Flare

I just couldn't resist raiding Asia's closet today for this gorgeous top with a little Spanish flare! Luckily I had a matching beaded necklace and bracelet already. I came thisclose to breaking my no shopping rule at Francesca's today! I am addicted to this store and to make things harder on me they opened a new location less than  four miles from me! I think if I ever go back to work I'll work there. I never imagined going back to retail but I wouldn't think twice about accepting a job there! Of course most of my paycheck would no doubt be spent on clothes and accessories so maybe that wouldn't be the brightest idea.

Why was I tempting the no spending streak you may be wondering. Well, Paul was home from work and I jumped at the opportunity to get a few hours to myself! Francesca's was top of my list of places to spend my "me time". Tassels, pompoms and Spanish inspired clothing are so on point right now I just had to see what they had. A little retail torture for sure so I made sure to only browse a little while so I wouldn't be too tempted. As always they made sure not to disappoint and had some wonderful items. These bright, fun, and irresistible accessories below are just a sample of what they had. Not only would they be perfect for today's Cinco De Mayo holiday but for the entire summer! What better way to spice up your everyday outfits but with a splash of color and a dash of fun?! When my 30 Day Fashion Challenge is up, I for sure will be picking up these beauties! That necklace alone is absolute perfection!

I made it out of the store without buying anything, which is a first for me, headed home to my wonderful hubby and insane children. So happy I got a little time on my own and even more happy that Paul made some amazing tacos for dinner. Now to just get through bath time with these little lunatics of mine. 

Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone!! ❤❤

May the Fourth Style

Got to wear my Star Wars shirt after all! Happy May the 4th be with you day! I layered my top over a shirt dress, added some silver bracelets, Converse and of course some Princess Leia inspired hair and there ya' go. Simple, yet super cute. I found THIS chic striped dress at Lulus for under $40! If I didn't already have one I'd jump to get this! knowing me, I'd probably get the blue one as well. I'm sure everyone already owns at least one Star Wars shirt....if not, oh the shame you must be feeling right now. It's okay, I won't tell anyone.  THIS Darth Vader shirt from Kohl's is cool or if you are feeling a bit rebellious you could get THIS shirt. No matter which side of the Force you want to represent there is a shirt out there for every style! Have fun and may the fourth always be with you!

May Flowers

Spring dress, flowers, a little breeze and so much sunshine! I started today in jeans and a long laced sleeved tee but quickly changed into this adorable dress! I'm literally sitting out back tanning today! Can this weather just stay please? It is absolutely perfect! Today's theme was bootleg jeans but since it's my list I can change it ;) So it's now May Flowers. I've seen so many style challenge lists on Instagram lately I almost wish I would have just copied a list. They all have such snazzy named themes for each day. When the challenge is over next week I'll post my list and try to snazzy up the list for you.

A little something about this dress and perhaps a little shopping problem of mine.... If I like something but can't decide which color I like more I have the tendency to just buy both options. I have this exact dress in dark blue but with yellow flowers. The long sleeved top I mentioned above...it's cream but I also have it in royal purple. Does anyone else do this? I think this started when I dragged my husband along shopping with me one time. I remember not being able to decide which boots I wanted more and he said "Just get both". What?!?! Ummmm okay! It's like opening Pandora's box in a way.

Olive You

Olive or Military green is my favorite shade of green to wear. I love it! Get it Olive it? Olive you? I'm a hoot! Anyways..... Instead of just wearing a graphic shirt and jeans I made sure to add a few accessories to take this outfit from boring to well....not so boring. A fun matching belt, black blazer instead of a cardigan, simple rings, necklace and my favorite pearl earrings. I love this combination and it really just bumps up a simple everyday outfit.

 I used to always wear belts and accessories with every outfit but once I started staying home with the kiddos, I stopped doing so unless I was going out. This 30 Day Fashion Challenge, day 21 if your wondering,  definitely has me dusting off some forgotten items! 

Makeup and hair by Miss Lily! :p

Nautical Hit or Miss?

 When you hear the words nautical inspired outfit, is it just me or do you automatically think stripes? Navy, red, green, maybe even bright yellow colors but stripes all the same. This may be a total miss on my end but here's today's nautical inspired outfit. White shorts from Old Navy, blue knitted sweater (also from Old Navy but from 3yrs ago), red Hunter boots and red bubble necklace. I have at least six blue and white stripped shirts alone that I could have worn but I really wanted to wear this sweater. Mostly because I forgot I had it. Now that I think of it, I actually have it in a stripped peach and white version as well.

Our precious girl Zelda

I mentioned yesterday that we had tons of work to do in our backyard. Well, yesterday hubby built a very large second garden for us! Love being able to grow our own vegetables! We are hoping to actually can some of our veggies for the winter this year! We wanted to do this last year but our garden was so small and I was so busy with Grayson being a new born we just ended up eating everything. Also, Lily has a habit of standing in the garden and just eating everything once it sprouts!

Picture of our new garden. We will be planting herbs to dehydrate, onions, red cabbage, kale, broccoli, beans and tomatoes! Depending on room we may also plant a few sweet pepper plants!

Our other garden will have squashes, zucchini and cucumbers! So excited to make some homemade pickles again!