Pin It & Spin It >> Round 5

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Aaaaand we're back!  I hope you all had a great holiday week!

We have reached week 5 of Pin it & Spin it, woo hoo!  

Here is this week's pin!

Make sure you stop over and check out Melissa's spin on this look!

Also, be sure to link up below!  Anything goes, we just ask that you follow the hosts and link back!

Here is my take:

I loved how simple this look was!  It took a bunch of basics and put them together in a new way!

Chambray // Walmart

Skirt // Thrift

Belt // Thrift

Heels // Ross

Watch // Target

Bracelet // F21

Earrings // Target

Something else we have decided to do is to let you all in on the fun!  

Here is next week's pinspiration

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So, make sure to link up your take on this outfit next Tuesday!  

Pin It & Spin It + Link up >> Round 4

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Here is this weeks inspiration pin

Melissa  and I took this in completely different ways again!  That's the beauty behind this little feature!

Also, don't forget to link up at the bottom and make some new friends!

Here is my take, hope you like:

(Whoa frizz, calm down!)

Dress // Ross

Booties // Target (similar)

Bracelet // F21

Sunnies // Target

Earrings // Target

Lipstick // Maybelline Vivids Neon Red 

I loved our inspiration pin for the mixture of the dainty lace top with the leather jacket and booties.  I learned my lesson last week with the blazer and decided not to go with leggings, but I added a black braided belt instead.

Linking up with  Get Your Pretty On, What We Wore, Whatcha Wearing Wednesday,Fashion Informant, The Pleated Poppy, and Shanna

Now it's your turn to link up, anything and everything goes!  

Pin It & Spin It >> Round 3

Week 3 of Pin It & Spin It and we are going strong!

Jenn will be gracing us with her (impeccably styled) presence for the remainder of June!

Here is our pin for the week.

I love the different directions we all took this look!

Make sure to check out Melissa and Jenn to see more on their spin!

Oh and don't forget to link up (anything will go) and make some new friends!

Now, on to my take:

Oh, and the next time I decide to wear a blazer in the middle of June, just go ahead and slap me will ya!

Ainsley was bombing the mess out of these pictures!  I had to include at least one!

Or maybe two!

Shirt // Target

Blazer // Thrift

Shorts // Walmart

Shoes/Sunnies/Watch/Earrings/Bracelets  // Target

 

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Linking up with The Pleated Poppy, Allison, Shanna, and Lauren

New (sort-of) Link Up

Ok, so Melissa and I actually started this link up this past Tuesday, but I did a horrible job promoting it! oops!  Also, I had a few emails and comments that weren't really clear on the "rules".  Well, there are no rules.  This blog hop is just a fun way to meet some new people. You can link up anything, it does not, I repeat does NOT have to be from Pinterest.  

Melissa and I are the ones choosing our inspiration from Pinterest, so do not feel like you can't link up because your post has nothing to do with Pinterest!

Sooo, with that said, I hope to see you all next week for round 3 of Pin It & Spin It.  

Pin It & Spin It >> Round 2

It's time for round 2 of Pin It and Spin It!  This week we are featuring the lovely Jenn from Jennifer Therese!  

This week we chose this pin as our inspiration!

Make sure to check out Melissa and Jenn to see their spin on this outfit!

Also new to the feature is the link up!  You can link up anything you have tried from Pinterest (an outfit, a craft, recipe, anything!) and link up your post at the bottom!

Now on to my take on the pin:

Shirt // Thrift

Dress // Walmart

Shoes and Belt // Ross

Watch, Earrings, and Ring // Target

 I had so much fun putting this outfit together, it really got me to look at my closet in a new way!  This is actually a dress that I put a shirt over!  To be completely honest, it was a few too many layers for NC this time of year, but would be perfect for early Spring!

I hope you liked our spins!

Now it's your turn to link up something you tried from Pinterest!

Nautical

Dress: Ross

Sandals: Target (last year)

Watch: Target

Necklace: Gift

Sunnies:Target

This was another dress that I bought when I was pregnant with Harper and I still love it!  You may notice that when it warms up, my spring/summer uniform is an easy dress and some sort of sandal.  It doesn't really get much easier than a dress (unless you are breastfeeding, which I currently am, and feedings can be a bit awkward if you have to basically pull your entire dress up to access the goods!).

Also, I am still finding silk worms on my body after taking these pictures!  They are EVERYWHERE!

In other random news:

I saw a man walking a pig this morning. Yep, you read that right, walking a pig. on a leash. a pig. Like full on Babe, not a little one!

Also, Ainsley has a loose tooth.  If you are basically anyone but me, this would be an exciting time! Her first loose tooth! For me, not so much!  I can take blood and guts and pretty much anything else, but put a child in front of me and wiggle their barely hanging on loose tooth and I will likely barf everywhere!

Linking up with Lindsey, Shanna, Lauren, Rachel, and Andrea

Fool me once!

If you were to look at these pictures you would probably assume a few things.  One, that it was pretty warm outside, I mean I am wearing a skirt, and two that I am wearing these sunglasses for the sole purpose that they were intended, to keep the sun out of my eyes.  Well you my friend would be wrong!  It is NOT warm outside!  See, I had the same assumption for the past two days, I woke up to a beautiful sunshine and just knew it was going to be warm.  I got up yesterday and put on some jeans and a short sleeve shirt (no jacket), got Ainsley ready for school, jacket and all (?), then stepped outside and froze my buns off!  Not today, I'm on to you weather, and your tomfoolery!  I may be wearing a skirt here but I am also wearing leggings underneath!  Fool me once, shame on you!

As for the sunglasses, well little miss Harper has started flipping from her back to her belly when she is going to sleep, yet she can't seem to get to sleep on her tummy.  This has lead to several night awakenings, just when I got used to sleeping through the night!  It's like her whole body is against me! I go in and flip her onto her back, insert paci and sneak away, only to have her immediately grab said paci pull it out of her mouth and flip back to her belly.  It's like her body has a mind of it's own because it is clear she does not like any of it!  This ends when I finally turn down the monitor and let her figure out how to sleep on her tummy.  Which she does, but only after putting up a pretty big fight!  So the glasses are not only for the sun (which is hopefully here to stay) but also to hide the ginormous bags under my eyes!

Sweet, sweet relief!

Linking up with Andrea, Lindsey, Elena, Shanna, and Lauren

I got a pocket, got a pocket full of sunshine

I'll be honest with you, I don't care for that song but it is stuck in my head so I thought I would invite you to silently(or loudly whatever floats your boat) sing along! The only reason I even listen to that song is because of Emma Stone in Easy A, hilarious!

This is what I wore this past Sunday.  Obviously, being St. Patrick's day I had to get my green on.  I love this shirt from Old Navy, it's so comfortable!

On another note, it's Spring!! Unfortunately, here in NC it doesn't really feel like Spring this week with highs in the 40's and 50's. BOO!

I decided to try something I saw on Pinterest.  The "pin" said that you can grow celery by simply placing a used stalk (just cut about two inches up from the bottom) in a little water and set it in the sunlight.  I was a bit skeptical but decided to try it anyway and holy crackerjacks it worked!  Ours has been growing for about two weeks so I moved it into some soil and hopefully in a few weeks we will be able to eat some!

Happy Spring!

I am linking up with Andrea for Real Mom Style, Lauren for Style Sessions, and The Pleated Poppy for WIWW

Spring Fever

Well things are finally starting to get back to normal around here!  Ainsley is slowly but surely starting to add normal food back to her diet and so far no one else has shown any signs of catching it! (and yes, you better believe I knocked on some wood before typing that!)

The past few days have been absolutely beautiful!  I'm talking upper 60's almost 70 degrees!  Before our lemon harvesting began, we got ourselves outside for some much needed play time.  It was oh so nice, full of trampoline jumping and dresses! Dresses I say! It felt so good to get out of pants for a few days and wear  spring clothes.  Since I knew it wasn't going to last very long I took full advantage!

I'm linking up with Andrea for Real Mom Style and The Pleated Poppy for WIWW

WIWW/Real Mom Style

Another outfit post! That's two weeks in a row, I'm on a roll!

I loved Andrea's post last week about 7 ways to wear Chambray.  I loved it so much that I was inspired to break out mine.

For whatever reason, I always seem to have a hard time making an outfit with my chambray shirt (it could be the constant "cowgirl" reference from my husband).

Cowgirl or not, I put this outfit together for a thrift outing we made this Sunday.

Another thing I have a hard time styling is this necklace.  It was a gift from my parents a few years ago and I love it, but I find it hard to wear.  I feel like with most things, adding the necklace dresses it up too much.  However, I think it is the perfect contrast to the laid back look of the chambray.  It adds interest and keeps the "cowgirl" notions at bay!

The biggest problem I am finding with the self timer on my camera is that my shoes get cut out of every picture.  I wore my trusty leopard flats, they are SO comfortable and go with basically anything, (or maybe they don't and I'm just trying to convince myself because they are so comfy)!

I'm linking up with Momma in Flipflops 2 for Real Mom Style and The Pleated Poppy for WIWW!

What did you wear?

What I Wore Wednesday/Real Mom Style

I'm linking up with The Pleated Poppy for WIWW and Momma In Flip Flops2 for Real Mom Style!

It snowed!  Living in the South, it is VERY rare that we ever get enough snow to actually play in, but we did!! It's been at least 2 years since our last decent snow fall!  This is the outfit (minus my coat) that I wore to keep me warm while Ainsley and I made our snowman!

While the snow was nice and all, I am SO ready for spring!  We keep getting these teaser days where it will be 60 and sunny followed by a week of highs in the 40's! Ugh!

Valentine's Day Link Up!

I decided to participate in the Valentine's Day link up with Melissa. 

 But first here are my sweets from Valentine's Day and the outfit I wore!  

      

       

How long have you been married?
Him: 5 1/2 years
Her: 5 almost 6 years
Where was your first date?
Him: A movie
Her: lunch date at O'Charleys
Where was your first kiss?
Him: Milanos
Her: Parking lot (of Milanos Pizza)
Who first said, "I love you"?
Him: you
Her: I did
What were your wedding colors?
Him: White/orange
Her: Brown and orange
What is her most commonly used phrase?
Him: IDK?!
Her: That's annoying (I only put this because I was certain it would be his answer!)
Who is her celebrity crush?
Him: Johnny Depp
Her: Justin Timberlake (They are both correct! This was hard, I had a few others I could have chosen too)
If she was ordering drinks for both of you what would you each get?
Him: Sam Adams for me, Wine for her
Her: Sam Adams for him, Blue Moon for me
What is the best meal she has ever cooked you?
Him: Chicken
Her: Lasagna
What is the worst meal she has ever cooked you?
Him: Chicken (He was really specific here!)
Her: Tilapia
What is the most-played song on her iPod?
Him: Phillip Phillips
Her: Anything Sam Cooke
What would she say is your most annoying habit?
Him: Groping
Her: Smacking while he is eating
What is the last thing she does before she goes to bed?
Him: Pray
Her: Kiss him goodnight (he is right, I kiss him then say my prayers!)
If you could throw out one item of her clothing what would it be?
Him: Smelly brown shoes (btw they aren't smelly, they just have really dirty soles and make my feet black! I guess that's not much better!)
Her: fur vest?
What would you say is your favorite thing about her?
Him: My sense of humor
Her: My butt
What's her go-to drink at Starbucks?
Him: anything pumpkin
Her: Mocha (he is right, unfortunately they don't have pumpkin all year!)
What's her blog's name?!
Him: My Silly Little Life
Her: My Silly Life