Pint Sized Fall Fashion

The only way I can accept that fact that fall is creeping in is by doing some shopping! I recently did a little fall shopping, although it wasn't for myself. Lucy has been in need of some serious fall clothes since her current wardrobe consists of mainly rompers and sun dresses. Now that she's walking, I'm really excited to step up her wardrobe a bit. I'm over onesies and other 'baby' clothes and I'm ready to dress her in 'real' clothes. It helps that I'm fairly frugal and take advantage of sales, coupons and other discounts when I shop for her so I can dress her like me with out feeling like I'm paying an arm and a leg. I'm also trying to be smart about my choices and buy some staple pieces that can mix and match with each other. 

These are the great finds I picked up this past weekend.

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Everything above can be found at either Gap or Old Navy. Great, right? (Note: I don't have a link for the brown cord shorts. I had to take a picture of the ones I bought because they aren't on the website.) I've always been a loyal Baby Gap shopper, but was pleasantly surprised when I received a mailer the other day with a coupon and picture of the below bird print dress. I decided I needed to buy it for Lucy and made a trip to Old Navy that afternoon. That quick trip turned into a bit of a shopping spree.

For fall I'm excited for stripes, layers and lots of denim. Dresses and tights, jackets, belts and boots. Seriously, this is the only way I can accept that summer is ending. Lucy's skinny little butt still doesn't fit in a number of her 12 month shorts so I will be bringing them over to the fall and pairing them with knit tights and moccasins or booties. 

Have you started prepping for fall, yet?

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

I'm pretty sure I've used that title for a post before, but oh well.

I'm a little obsessed with the new mirror I hung in our master bedroom. (And yes, I hung it myself! Which was quite an accomplishment considering how darn heavy the thing was.) There used to be a smaller, more awkwardly sized mirror on the wall before. This simple, frameless mirror makes the space so much more open and refreshing. It's hard to believe it took me this long to realize we needed a different mirror. I bought the mirror online from Lowes and picked it up 20 minutes later on my lunch break. Best part, this mirror only cost me $48.99 (which is funny, considering the website claims it goes for $69.98.

Here's a quick look at how that space used to look with the old mirror.

Seriously, why did I wait so long to switch up the mirror? Such an inexpensive swap, especially considering many other places have the same or similar mirror for over twice the price. There's this $218 version from Bed, Bath and Beyond. Pottery Barn has a floor version a little bigger tan mine for $349.00. I think it's safe to say I won when it comes to price!

Friday "What I Wore" Roundup

Let me begin this post by saying I am by no means a fashion blogger. I would never claim to be. I think the fact that I don't own one piece of designer clothing disqualifies me from ever claiming to be one. I do own one Michael Kors watch that was given to me as a gift from Jordan, and one Coach clutch that was a gift by my friend Allison. That's it. The most expensive article of clothing I can think of that I own (wedding dress excluded) is probably a $90 pair of jeans. And the only reason I paid that is because I know I will wear my jeans until they are falling off my legs. Funny enough, my own husband pays more for his own clothes than I do. He usually ends up buying me the pricy things I won't buy for myself. I primarily shop at Urban Outfitters, H&M, Forever 21 and Gap. I occasionally thrift for clutches, skirts and blazers. I peruse sale racks at places like Nordstroms or little boutiques. I score some of my best finds on the clearance racks of places like Marshalls and TJMaxx.

Don't get me wrong, I have a sick love for clothing and go shopping way more than I should. I probably buy new clothes every other week. Nothing excites me more than getting home from shopping and taking my new finds out of the shopping bag and putting them on my pretty felt hangers and adding them to my ever-growing collection of clothes in a closet that is so full I can no longer share it with my husband. (Don't worry, he's cool with it. He has his own closet down the hall.) I have a decent collection of shoes, but am not crazy about shoes like most girls my age. I have more clutches than I use (90% of which are vintage thrift finds), tons of scarfs, and just a handful of hats. I have a decent collection of jewely, although I force myself not to stick with the same staple pieces as I often want to do.

If you want to take a peek inside my closet, check this post when I did a mini makeover last year and replaced my ugly dry-cleaner hangers (I loathe those bright colored, plastic hangers) with pretty felt ones from Marshalls.

I love Pinterest. I use it every day and pin tons of inspirational clothing. I actually use what I pinned and reference them when packing for a trip or getting dressed for an event or even an everyday outfit. Rather than doing a whole outfit of the day post each day to tell you what I wear, I thought it would be fun to do a weekly roundup on Friday of what I wore that week. Since I'm a full time working mom, I just don't have the time to get someone to take pictures of me strolling the streets of my neighborhood each day**. Even though Jordan would totally be my photographer if I asked him. Ok I did ask him. 

Part of doing this is that I'm hoping to motivate myself to step out of the box a bit when deciding what to wear each day. I want to take full advantage of the pieces in my closet and wear them in different ways and be more creative and have fun with my fashion choices.

So I made a point to snap a photo every day this week to document what I wore each day.

 

Sunday: bandeau, Urban Outfitters | tank, Forever21 | pants, H&M | watch, Michal Kors

 

Monday: tank, Urban Outfitters | skirt, Urban Outfitters | oxford, H&M | neckace, Urban Outfitters | shoes, Target

 

Tuesday: dress, H&M | denim vest, Forever21 | scarf, H&M

 

Wednesday: dress, H&M | blazer, Urban Outfitters | belt, came from another dress | watch, Michael Kors

 

Thursday: tank, Urban Outfitters | blazer, Forever21 | jeans, Abercrombie & Fitch | necklace, Ebay | watch, Michal Kors

 

Friday: Shirt, H&M | skirt, Urban Outfitters | chambray shirt, Urban Outfitters | bracelet, Forever21 | shoes, Jessica Simpson (from TJMaxx) | watch, Michael Kors

 

I'd love some feedback to see if this is something people would actually care to see. Again, I'm not fashion blogger, but I do want to have a few more fashion/lifestyle topics to my blog. If you're all yawning right now out of boredom or mentally teasing me for taking photos of myself in the mirror each day, just tell me to stop and I'll stick to my arts and crafts. :)

 

**Disclaimer: I am in no way poking fun at fashion bloggers. I love, love fashion bloggers and follow many of them on Instagram for inspiraton. A few of my favorites include Cupcakes & Cashmere, Leopard & Lavender, Style By Kling, and many many more.  

 

Happy Friday! Hope you all enjoy your loooong holiday weekend. :)

Boston Trip in Pictures

Get ready for a photo overload. This past weekend we took a somewhat impromptu trip to Boston after my mom was able to score us Red Sox tickets from an auction at her work. For those of you that don't know, Jordan is a huge Sox fan. We also love Boston and have made a point to go every summer for a number of years up until I got pregnant. 

We flew up Friday afternoon, squeezed in the game, a few great meals (including one of the best little Italian restaurants we've ever been to on the North End called Pomodoro), and a quick trip to the aquarium before flying home early Sunday morning. Here are a few highlights from our busy weekend.

Even with a Sox loss, had one of the best weekends in Boston. You really can't complain about third row field box seats! We couldn't wait to bring Lucy to Fenway and let her explore the aquarium (Although her favorite part of the entire aquarium was the mini bronze penguin statue in one of the pictures above. She was even hugging it). With two more flawless plane rides behind us, Lucy has proven to be an amazing traveler. We even received compliments from other passengers who didn't realize there was a baby in the seat in front of them because she slept the whole flight. This just means more family vacations are ahead of us.

New Buttons

I recently made new buttons for A Simple Kind of Life.

They can be found on the right side bar if you'd like to share some love.