Weekend Love

August 12, 2013

Happy Monday! Even though its a rainy dreary Monday, and I have sooo much work to do today, I am feeling refreshed and ready to get it going!  Things have been over the top stressed and busy behind the blog here lately, and my post have been sporadic to say the least and I am sorry!  I promise to get right back to my regular schedule!  Promise! 

My Mom and sis in law were in town for the weekend and it was a great visit.  My sister in law has been in the family for over thirty years so she really is just like a sister!  She stayed at my house and we had the best time. My mom brought my birthday present and I was super excited to open up  a new Bamboo capture!  Joe immediately asked if I wanted him to open it up and he would show me how to use it!  Nice try to get to be the first to play with it!  As soon as my guest go home today, I will be busting it out and playing all night!  Thanks Mom!  I love it! 

No visit with m sis in law is complete without good eating.  She too is eating very healthy and had a new recipe to try.  Now I know it doesn't look like much in this one pic, (I am not a food blogger) but let me tell you..... it was sooo good!  I will be posting the full recipe and pics later this week.  Because your curious, and it doesn't actually look like it, those are heirloom tomatoes! Yum!! 

Sunday was the annual Susan G. Komen 5K and my sister's team once again had a great turnout!  We gathered at out team tent, enjoyed some healthy snacks, laughter, and perfect race day weather!  My mother, who is WINNING her cancer battle, (she has one treatment left next week for uterine cancer) Yea for strong women in my family, was not strong enough to walk the race, so we pushed her instead!  She was so cute with her hat, and sunglasses, we even thought we caught her napping along the way!  




So whats been going on in your world?  I missed you guys! 

School starts this week too! Are you ready? 

Ann Taylor Fan

August 08, 2013








Completely forgot about these pictures that were from an event over a month ago!  Life has gotten way too busy apparently around my house.  If you haven't noticed by now, I am a huge Ann Taylor fan.  I have shopped Ann Taylor for many years and love the way everything fits. Very true to size, and so stylish for business wear.  This cute little skirt caught my eye with the peplum hem, well and the fact that its black and white and just the right amount of stretch!  Gotta love stretch!    

I am trying to mix and match from within my closet without adding anything new just yet.  I am hoping it will help me eliminate items that are not making rotation on a semi regular basis! This little short sleeve cardigan I have had for at least 5 years and is perfect for layering with tanks.  Its a keeper!! My blogger friend Jamie is doing a 30x30 remix on her blog and I think it may be helpful and maybe I can pick up a few ideas from her!!  

Do you shop within your own closet to see what maybe got lost?  I have stumbled upon several things I had forgotten about just by exploring my own closet!  Does that mean I have too many clothes!?!!


Skirt Ann Taylor ~ Tank Ann Taylor ~ Sweater WHBM (old) ~ Bracelet Fine and Funky c/o ~

Oh, and this is just me and Bill Self.  Head coach for Kansas University Basketball.   Yes he is that tall and I am that short!  Grainy instagram pic, yes. But none the less a pic of me and Bill!


Weekend Recap

August 06, 2013
Happy Tuesday!  I had a fantastic weekend celebrating my birthday with so many friends and family.  I am truly blessed to have such a great circle of people in my life.  There is so much to share from this past weekend, from the blogger conference I attended, to the fun outfit post taken downtown, and oh yeah, the birthday!  I am super tired still as I have only had 6 hours of sleep in the past two days!  Yeah, not sure how I am going to get through today with a major jolt of caffeine.  Here are a few snippets I am sharing and later this week I will share the full stories!!  


I told you it was a fun weekend!  Lets hope I have what it takes to edit photos tonight to get the full post ready!  How was your weekend?  Are you ready for school to start yet? 




Claudia Rowe /Easton Wrap

August 02, 2013


My Three favorite things!!  Pink, Bracelets, and Claudia Rowe Jewelry! I was so excited when Claudia sent me this pink leather braided wrap, and check out the darling charm!! 


I told you I had been working on some fabulous collaborations and you will want to win this beauty!  I posted about Claudia Rowe here, and if you follow me on instagram you know I love my skull bangle from her collection too! The possibilities are endless to add this to your stack, or wear alone.  Whatever your style, I know you will love this leather wrap.  

So here are all the deets!  Enter to win a pink and navy leather wrap with a tassel charm just like mine by following the instructions in the rafflecopter form below.  Super easy, and you know you want to win!     




Good Luck! 


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