Outfit: Date Day/Night

Top: Love Sam via Piperlime, Jeans: Level 99 via ThirtySomethingFashion Box Service, Shoes: Victoria's Secret, Wrist Wrap: C/O Kristin Hassan, Bracelet: C/O T plus J designs, Bag: Coach, Ring: C/O Sole Society, Sunnies: Michael Kors

Myself and the hubby had a date night planned, but then called our sitter and asked her to come over at 2:30 instead of 5:00pm. ;)
Date day/night, here we come! First stop, drinks and an appetizer. Second stop, movies to see the Avengers. (Great movie!!)
We walk in get a soda and small popcorn. They upgraded us to mediums which is, by the way, an absurd amount of liquid. I kid you not when I say it's 2 liters of cola. Ridiculous.
We sit down, I go to take a sip and the cap pops off and I now have a liter of brown soda on my white denim. My hubby's face was PRICELESS. He went silent and just waited for me to react. I quickly ran to the washroom and wet it good hoping that when it dried it was closer to cream then brown.
Forward to me sitting in a 2 and 1/2 hour movie in wet pants.
After, we went to dinner and I feel I was a great sport as I strut around in brownish spotted pants the rest of the night.
In 33 years I have NEVER spilled a drink on my lap. Leave it to me to have the first time be while wearing white pant! lol

WINGS Event: 1 of 2

I attended an event for the charity WINGS (women in need growing stronger) over the weekend and had an amazing time. It was called Tastes Take Flight: sip, sample, and shop and I did just that!
I decided to break it down into 2 posts. Today: Shopping and Sampling (food and wine), and tomorrow's post: meeting Katie Workman.

Here is what I wore to the event:

Dress: H&M, Lace Vest: Dots, Shoes: Shoemint, Ring: C/O Sole Society, Blue bracelet: Kristin Hassan, Watch: Fossil, Bag: Coach, Earrings: Erin Gallagher's Gem Bar

Outside the ballroom there was the WINGS resale shop, book signing (tomorrow's post), and 1 shopping vendor. Inside the ballroom was were all the other food and shopping vendor's were at. My aunt (Margaret McSweeney) also hosted the event and had cooking demos going on front stage while people were walking around sampling and shopping. So fun!

There was so much food to try (but I got it done! lol). Here are a few of my favorite treats:
Cheesey Bread from Wild Asparagus (Barrington, IL): This stuff way beyond amazing. Melted in my mouth! 

 Eggplant Bruschetta from Agio Italian Bistro (Palatine, IL): What a lovely twist on bruschetta! I've never thought to make it on top of fried/baked eggplant before, but I now NEED to try to recreate this! ;)

Ratatouille from L'Eiffel Bistro (South Barrington, IL): I loved this one! Perfect bitsized goodness.

 Chateau Ste Michelle Riesling: This was one of my favorite wines I sampled. It was sweet, crisp, and I actually bought myself a few bottles.

I did some resale shopping and found 2 great tops! The mint halter I found for $9 and the Talbots cardigan with tags on it (retail $89) I got for $25! AMAZING!
I also got this beautiful brown linen jacket (level 99) from a store called Grass Roots.

Here are some more photos of what they carry over at Grass Roots (205 South Cook St. Barrington, IL 60010). The owner Todd was so cool and he and his wife also supports a lot of local and US brands and vendors. I SUPER love the leather cuffs which are all made of vintage belts! They carry everything from Big Star to Free people and have rock & roll onsies and diaper bags too! I will for sure be hitting this shop up again. Really loved their style! 

All and all I had an amazing time. I hope WINGS raised a lot of money and I look forward to their next event!
Check back tomorrow to see my meet and great with Katie Workman! 

Outfit: Taking Care of Business

Blazer: Urban Outfitters (similar) , Tee: Stylemint, Jeans: Level 99 via ThritySomethingFashion Box Service, Boots: Dolce Vita, Necklace (similar) & Bag: Windsor, Watch: Fossil, Wrist Wrap: C/O Kristin Hassan, Red Bangle: C/O Baublebar

This is what I wore for our first (of many) business dinners for BISTM (you can follow us for updates on Twitter and FB).
 It was a very casual dinner so I wanted to put a cute twist on jeans with a tee.
I am in LOVE with my Dolce Vita boots. They are probably the lowest heel I own (I'm no kitten heel girl), but I am over the moon for them. I am also super digging my red denim. Great shade for summer for sure don't you think?
The meeting went amazing and we have lots to do in the next 2 months, but it's all very exciting! 

Outfit: Date Night

Crochet Tunic, Level 99 jeans, and cami: ThirtySomethingFashion Box Service, Watch wrap and Bracelet: C/O Kristin Hassan, Bow Ring: C/O Jewelmint, Shoes: C/O Sole Society, Sunnies: Loft

Me and the hubbs went out for dinner and a movie this night. We ate so much! Nachos, potato skins, spinach and artichoke dip, one of those appetizers for dinner kind of a nights. So fun! We saw 21 Jump Street, which was SO FUNNY, and had a wonderful time.

I am loving this look! The top, jeans, and cami are all from my box service with ThirtySomethingFashion. SWOON! I am so happy to own white denim. How have I gone all these years with out a great pair?! These will for sure be "repeat offenders" on this blog! ;)

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