A Little Love of Mine

Cat and I decided that an appearance from V on the blog trumps mine or hers any day.

It's Valentine's Eve and I have small plans for tomorrow. Hubs will be gone working all day, so it will be the children and me. I have a few activities in order for our day together. Chocolate chip pancakes, heart shaped cinnamon rolls, sugar cookies, chalk drawing... I'm excited for my love day with my littles!

Happy Valentines from my little loves to yours.

Sweater: H&M - $15 | Leggings: Target (bleached, then tie-dyed by me) - $5 | Shirt: H&M - $15 |  Shoes: Old Navy - $7 | Bow: Forever 21

♡ Casual Valentine ♡

I'm one of those.

A St. Valentine's Day hater. It's a silly holiday, and a silly commercialized concept. I do enjoy, however, the excuse it gives me to don frills and pastels. As well as neons, saturated girly colors, and the like.

I'm not at all opposed to wearing these red cords all year, but it's so beautifully cliche to pull them out for this winter holiday. Am I right, or am I right? The same goes for the Fourth of July. Aaahhhhh the Fourth of July...summer, heat, swimming, watermelon...oh crap, I can feel myself slipping into a coma...but it seems like an enjoyable one.

Button Up: Forever 21 - $23 | Cords: Gap - $35 | Loafers: Target - $20 | Necklace: Rue 21 - $11

Cozy Valentine

What a difference a day makes.

 

I was sitting at my computer this morning staring at the screen for a good 15 minutes, and couldn't think of a single word to put down.

On the way to Sundy dinner at my in-laws there was a storm a brewin' outside. Naturally, when we left the roads were getting pretty bad. They weren't icy yet, just slushy and wet. I was driving in the middle lane on a four lane freeway when suddenly the car next to me in the left lane started to swerve over into me, because of a car in front of it that was drastically slowing down. I had to swerve right so I we wouldn't collide. I started sliding right and over corrected left and just went spinning out of control. I was yelling, "No, no, noooooo!" while K was screaming in the back. We spun three times across traffic all the way into the very left lane just centimeters from the cement median. We were faced against traffic with oncoming cars heading our way. I panicked and whipped the car around as fast as I could to get my ass out of there.

I was holding back tears on the way home, and K kept asking, "Mommy what happened?"
I said, "The roads are slippery, and our tires started sliding." then for some reason he said, "Mommy, was that a skeleton that was spinning our car around?" I started laughing so hard! Thanks for lightening the mood little buddy, I'll love you forever for that.

How we made it out alive is nothing short of a miracle, and I'm feeling so blessed having been watched over by my Heavenly Father. I'm still shaking hours later, and cant stop kissing my babies. You really never know what's going to happen in life, and I'm glad we're still here.

Now it just seems terribly silly to post an outfit, but we must carry on.

 

 

Dress: Forever 21 - $20 | Coat: Guess (old) | Tights: Forever 21 - $3 | Boots: Hunter

Blazer & Sequins

If you can just completely ignore the weird pissed look on my face, I'd appreciate it. It was frigid outside, and difficult to smile. It happens, I swear.

With Valentine's just around the corner, I love pulling out my pastels, pinks, purples, etc. Brightening the hideous month of February with colors like this feels therapeutic. 

So, this dress...I came across it browsing Target's clearance months and months ago, and as it often is with clearance items, the price tag drew me in. Normally I wouldn't have even given it a second thought, but just noticing that it was originally $70 and then marked down to $9 grabbed my attention. Damn clearance always duping me. 

I threw it in my cart and figured I would probably end up ditching it before check out. Well I eventually threw it on in the dressing room and was surprised to see it wasn't hideous. The length was acceptable, and it had some serious potential. It wasn't until I tried it on months later that I was stumped as to how to wear it. It has a sweatheart neckline with spaghetti straps, so figuring out how to cover up the top part was difficult. 

Enter Meagan. If ever in a wardrobe crisis...this girl can rescue you, no problem! She told me to throw a sweater over top and wear it as a skirt, with a silent "duh" at the end. And as it always is with her fashion advice, we came out with a win! 

Sweater: Forever 21 - $23 | Blazer: Gap - $30 | Sequin Dress: Target - $9 | Tights: Forever 21 - $7 | Shoes: Forever 21 - $28 | Cuff: Forever 21 - $7

Valentine's Look

Can I just say it was fa-reezing out when we took these photos hence my locked jaw and scowl in each one. I'm still defrosting hours later.

I love Valentine's Day color palettes. Orange, red, pink, coral, and purple are my most favorite monochromatic colors to mix, and I love wearing these colors as much as possible this time of year. So get ready for a few V-Day posts with these colors ahead! Hope you don't get sick of them, I know I won't.

Dress: Zara - $50 | Coat: H&M - $40 | Tights: Forever 21 - $3 | Shoes: Forever 21 - $30

Glam New Year's Eve

Are you scouring your closets like I am trying to find the perfect New Year's Eve outfit, perfectly fit for a night out on the town? While doing so, I remembered this rad fur stuffed way back in my closet that I purchased from this beauty at the Soel Swap this spring knowing I'd someday have a use for it, AND it was five bucks, couldn't pass that up! Now seems like the perfect opportunity to pull it out!

Hope you find success in your ensemble you don to ring in the new year!

Have a safe and happy New Year's Eve,

thanks for reading, love you all!

See ya next year (wah wah wah)!

 Dress: Forever 21 - $30 | Fur: Soel Swap - $5 | Tights: Super Old | Shoes: Forever 21 - $7 | Gloves: H&M - $15 | Necklace: H&M

Cozy New Year's Eve

We're rounding the home stretch, folks. 2012 is just about over! I say it year after year, but when this time arrives I just can't believe how fast the year went by. Doesn't it feel like we JUST did all this holiday stuff? Wasn't I just putting away my Christmas from last year? But really, when will I stop being amazed at how fast time flies? I'm beginning to sound 85...no but seriously, the way time is flying I'll be 85 before I know it...

We've put together a couple New Year's Eve outfits, hoping to spark some inspiration for your own holiday evening. Mine is more of a casual take on the celebration of ringing in the new year, since we typically end up spending it at a family's house playing games, and much to my chagrin, watching stupid TV. Like those motocross dudes in Vegas. Can't they pull these stunts on any of the other 364 days of the year? Nope, just the one night that we could really go out and PARTY, ya know, all Mormon style with a two year old (who will be 18, like tomorrow! 85...), but I digress!

This outfit is super comfy, perfectly fit for splaying on the ground killing everyone in Mad Gab, but also really fun, so I wouldn't feel out of place hitting up a midnight party with friends. Which, I may force myself to do this year. Why is it that only on New Year's Eve am I completely wiped out by 11pm, and every other night I'm not falling asleep until at least 1am? ... It's because I'm turning 85, isn't it?

Husband, we're doin' it. Find us a sitter. Let's party.

Stay tuned for Meg's glamorous New Year's Ever attire post!

Shirt: Forever 21 - $20 | Jacket: Forever 21 - $35 | Velvet Leggings: Forever 21 - $15 | Striped Mesh Leggings: Forever 21 - $11 | Boots: Target - $9 | Accessories: Heirloom and Forever 21 - <$15 | Hat: Forever 21 - $9

Sequins & Polka Dots

While we surely didn't intend on taking pictures with the sun so low, they turned out so cool with the sun shining off my sequined tank. Meagan is a whiz behind the camera!

This is an outfit I wore to church on Sunday, but would definitely wear it again to a holiday party or special event. 

Speaking of church, yesterday's was a solo event. Since my husband was home sick, I came home after choir practice to pick up my two year old son, then head back. What should've been a morning of Sunday prep complete with bow tie tying, belt fastening, backpack readying, and the like, turned into a screeching, thrashing toddler refusing to get dressed, then me dropping S on his bed and storming out to attend church alone. I'm childish like that. But so is he. These tantrums have got to stop! From both of us...

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And since I'M in love with this booties and tights combo, I figured you'd want a close-up! You're welcome.

Cardigan (worn underneath): Nordstrom - $24 | Sequin Tank: Forever 21 - $25 | Skirt: Forever 21 - $16 | Tights: Free People via Soel Boutique - $20 | Booties: Target - $35

Holiday Sequins

I don't know what it is about sequins and this time of year, I guess it's just that adding a little sparkle to your wardrobe just makes the merriment a little...merrier!

Below are a few items we are drooling over, and would love to don over the holidays. Sadly, most of them are out of our price range, so we've been brainstorming some DIY's to add some sparkle to a few items in our closets.

We are launching a DIY Sparkle Series starting next week, so stay tuned for ideas and inspiration on how to jazz up your threads this season. We do hope you'll join in as well, and post some of your own!

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