Outfit: Modern Day Snow White

Top: American Eagle (similar) , Skirt: Hive & Honey via Piperlime, Shoes: C/O Just Fabulous, Ring: Modcloth, Bangle: Express, Gold Band: Kohls

I get dressed, come downstairs and my hubby says "hey there snow white". I was confused for a moment, I mean I am 1 of 2 princesses in our home but then I realized what he meant. Okay, I'm good with it. I didn't plan to dress like snow white, but I will embrace it! ;)

Now lets talk shoes. I am OBSESSED with these! I had an outfit in mind to wear them with, but I need warmer weather. (No worries, I will be wearing said outfit soon!)

 I was super excited when I walked by them with my yellow maxi and saw how pretty the 2 colors looked together. What do you think? Too Disney or nice color blocking?

The glass cuff from Express is currently for sale in the "shop my jewelry" section.

Outfit: Stay-Cation Night 1

Top: American Eagle, Cardigan Shrug: Gigi Bottega, Jean Leggings: Express (similar), Boots: Colin Stuart (similar)(similar), Clutch: Shoedazzle, Ring: C/O Sole Society, Necklace: Self Made

My in-laws were nice enough to take the kids for the weekend so myself and the hubs decided to call the weekend stay-cation 2012. It ended up being the type of weekend where everything goes wrong, but everything still falls into place. Here is the story of our first night.

We dropped off the kids and headed to go see a movie. It had sold out. We headed toward a second theater and called only to find, again sold out. Okay, back up plan. We wanted to grab dinner at PF Chang since we had a $50 gift card there only to find the wait was 2 hours long. So we went to a different restaurant where 2 of our friends work. We had so much fun! The plan was to see a movie and eat free, what we did was eat great food, get a little buzzed, and see some friends we haven't seen in what seems like a lifetime. I'd say this night turned around quite nicely.

After dinner we headed to a childless home and watched In Time with the volume up and the subwoofer on. ;) We are such rebels! lol All and all, stay-cation night 1=success!
**I'd like to wish my amazng hubby a very happy birthday today! I love you babe, you are my world! xo

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Outfit: Blue with Blue and Some More Blue

Tank: ASOS, Shirt: American Eagle, Jeans: Frankie B, Belt: Loft, Shoes: ShoeMint, Necklace: Shoedazzle, Quartz Ring: Free People, Gold band: Kohls

Is it winter here in the Chicago suburbs? We get snow for the first time, then it gets warm again. I'll take it, but it's still a bit weird not freezing outside with no coat on in mid January.

It was a day 3 hair for me (meaning I did not want to wash it! lol) so I braided a headband and put the rest into a bun at the nape of my neck. Super easy and I think super cute!

Now for the sad/great news. I LOVE this necklace. It goes with so many things and will be perfect for all the lighter colors that are in style this spring. Sadly since I have had 2 spinal fusions in the past 4 years I found that it was too heavy for me. ;( By hour 4 I was hurting. It's not crazy heavy, just too heavy for someone who's had 2 neck surgeries. So the great news is it's up for sale in my "shop my Jewelry" section and looking for a good home. ;)

Pumpkin Patch

Top American Eagle, Jeans Forever 21, Socks Modcloth, Boots UrbanOg, Earrings Jewelmint

Another Fall tradition of ours is to meet up with my sisters and brothers and their kids (we have made 7 grand kids for my parents...so far) and we go to the Bumpkin. There is a bouncy house, tractor rides, a petting zoo, pumpkin patch, and a hay maze. We had so much fun this year! (errrr, I mean, the kids did!) And let me say that I did not plan on going in the bouncy maze, my son got stuck and mom to the rescue! Let's all thank Ryan for laughing at me and taking pictures! Thanks babe!

I decided to wear a flannel I got last year around this time. I love the colors in it and it went perfectly with my black skinny jeans and black boots. For added warmth I went with a knee sock as well.

I will leave you now with a cute shot of my son running through the hay maze. We actually had to pull him out of there when we wanted to go! He loves a good fort/maze! lol

Wrigley post and giveway

I was contacted by Wrigley a couple of weeks ago and asked to participate in a fall challenge. There are 2 parts to this. I first received a bag of candy and gum to help inspire me.

This posed the question How do these Wrigley products "inspire" your look for fall? At first I was like, they don't! But then I started to think about it and where I pull my inspiration from when i usually get dressed. I generally get dressed to music or go for a look that I've seen in a magazine or other fashion blog and put my own spin on it.
I realized that after looking at all the colors, patterns, and textures of the items above, that I was very inspired!! Here are the candy's that got the wheels turning:

I loved the neon colors of the skittles blenders and the colors on the box of 5 swerve tropical flavor gum! Then tropical got me thinking about birds, then I started thinking about animals and animal print and that brought me to this skirt! I really enjoy the color and texture combo here!




Top: Victoria's Secret (2010)
Skirt: Victoria's Secret (2010)
Belt: Urban Outfitters (2009)
Tights: Modcloth
Shoes: Jessica Simpson (2009)
Silver Ring: Lia Sophia
Cream Ring: American Eagle (2007)
Earrings: Jewelmint

Now here's the super amazing 2nd part, for participating in the challenge I was also given a Rebecca Minkoff bag (the MAC bag valued at $295!!), filled with Wrigley products, for myself to keep or to giveaway. Of course I'm giving it to one of my loyal readers!!!


To enter:
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Leave a comment below for each that you do! Thanks and good luck. The winner will be announced Oct. 5th at 7:00am.

I would also like to disclose that the free product and Rebecca Minkoff bag were courtesy of Wrigley, but that it did not influence any opinions expressed in my post!

Therapies and play dates

Tank: Victoria's Secret
Under tank: Target
Jeans: American Eagle
Wedges: Forever 21
Necklace: Pree Brulee (style sold out)
wrap bracelets: Baublebar
Stackable ring: Baublebar
Heart ring: Jewelmint

I generally show you all of my "go out/event" outfits, here is an everyday one. On this day I walked and pushed the double stroller to my son's speech therapy (less then 1 mile away) and had a play date right after. I am in love with this necklace! It will for sure be seen on this blog quite a few times! ;)
Now lets talk jeans. I'm not bragging, okay maybe a little, but these are my skinny jeans and I'm back in them!! No not my between kids skinny jeans, the ones that I tucked away in a drawer hoping one day I'd fit into them again....yeah, THOSE! I actually saved 4 pair for college and now they all fit. I'd say those are bragging rights! lol I'm officially back to the size I was when I met my hubby. I would like to send a special shout out to Ryan for loving me just at much at 198 pounds that he does at 130! Love you Ryan!
Okay, now onto the hair. I want to thank Kim over at Eat Sleep Wear for inspiring me to try out her signature bun! What do you guys think? I love it! Super easy and super quick. What's not to like?

Another take on Lace and Floral

Dress: H&M
Lace top: LuLus
Shoes: Forever 21
Bracelet: Pree Brulee
Earrings: Pree Brulee
Silver Ring: Lia Sophia
Cream Ring: American Eagle

I love this little lace top! You can put it over anything and everything and make a new outfit! This day I wore it over a staple dress in my wardrobe and my hubby was all, I love this new dress! lol Same dress boo, new look!
I also am loving the jewelry. I can't believe how affordable Pree Brulee is! These earrings are $7.50 (I won mine, but yours would be super cheep! ;)!
Now onto my hair. I tried a new boho braid (Thursday's post!! Thanks Kaitlyn) and then turned the ends into a bun. Check back Thursday to see how it's done! xo

SWAGG + American Eagle

SWAGG is basically a free application that allows users to manage gift cards, reward cards, and offers on mobile phones. Well, they have teamed up with American Eagle to give away $100K in gift cards to more than 2,500 lucky winners. The gift cards can range between $25 and $1000.

Want to win one of these babies?
All you have to do is: Download the free SWAGG app from the App Store or Android market & enter the promo code: AEOSS. For those without a mobile phone, participants can create a free account at SWAGG & enter by following the instructions. The AEO Summer Styles Sweepstakes ends today -- July 10th! So hurry up and enter if you want to win :)

*I've received a gift card in exchange for this post.

Inspiration: Ballerina

Top: American Eagle
Skirt: BB Dakota from Tillys Boutique
Shoes: Jessica Simpson
Earrings: Kate Spade
Belt: Threadsence
Ring: Discovery

Is it just me, or does everyone wish they were a ballerina?! lol I took ballet as a little lady, but quickly switched over to gymnastics because I had way too much energy and needed to do more running! Ah, what can you do?!
This skirt is so beautiful and I decided it was channelling a ballerina look. I loved how it turned out. I wanted to twirl and spin all night long. In fact, I did!

In other news, it's official....I now weigh what I did before my second child! Woo hoo!!! I still have 8 more pounds until I'm the size I was before both kids, but I couldn't be more happy! The truth is I have not worked out once! Between my neck injury and life, who has the time?! Chasing 2 kids around and changing to a gluten free diet is workout enough I guess. Oh, and wearing between 3 and 6 in heels everywhere I go doesn't hurt either! ;)