Well, I decided to dress up this year thanks to my friend, Hollie.
While at her place the other day, she pulled out a big box of costumes…
…this is what I chose…
Any questions?
I’m sure there are a gazillion more appropriate costumes, but I had fun with it and we had a blast trick-or-treating in a new neighborhood.
SO glad I was able to {escape} for the night!
More to come tomorrow, of course.
Hope your Halloween was spooktacular!
A friend of mine, Alex, from WAY back in elementary school is a talented children’s clothing designer and has a business called Lexi and Lala.
LexiandLala offers an amazing variety of boutique clothing and accessories for everyone in the family; from baby gift sets, to toddler and teen clothing!
Take a moment to browse through her shop for a one of a kind shopping experience!
CUSTOM ORDERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!
Here are just a couple of the darling personalized tees available for the holidays…
Please check out her handmade goodness on her FB page!
Also, she has loads of cuteness up for auction here.
You can also check out her adorable website: www.lexiandlala.com.
Thank you and Happy Shopping!
Every Fall while we lived in the Bay Area we’d go apple picking.
Elliott has been asking to continue this tradition so Jay did a little research and found Sky Meadow Farm which is about 45 minutes east of us.
They just started the u-pick for the apples and still have gorgeous peaches available for pickin’.
We stopped by Sonic on the way home for a couple corn dogs and some tots…
It finally felt like fall!
I had to bribe Elliott with donut holes to get her to wear her “Boo” shirt.
We loved it…the place was so cute and simple. All the signs were hand-painted or drawn. Dogs roaming around. Cows mooing. Old tractors with flat tires.
The perfect Saturday morning outing.
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Remember my boot dilemma?
Well, I decided to get these:
…and return the chocolate Bearpaws.
{Tear}
I just can’t justify keeping both…maybe if we lived somewhere other than So Cal!
but I LOVE them.
But they’re not Uggs.
I want a REAL pair of Uggs. My in-laws were soooo sweet to treat me to them for my birthday.
While I was out shopping around, I found these at TJ Maxx:
A style from last year’s Bearpaw line…
I really do love them ~ adore the buckles…but I am a snob and want the “real thing”.
Maybe I should just keep these and get the Uggs in the chestnut color….
These were only $40.
The cheap part of me says to return them and the shoe lover in me says “get both, duh!”.
Sshhhhh, don’t tell my Havs! 😉
What would you do?
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I’ll let you decide if our haunted gingerbread house was or was not built to code…
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While our house was a hot mess, my toes are just plain HAUTE!
Gramma treated to pedis this afternoon….I chose OPI’s “Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees”…
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I tend to be right in the middle of trendy and traditional, but had to go {almost black} for October’s Sin City trip, the “BIG” birthday and Halloween.
LOVE IT.
Thanks, Mom!
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Pumpkin Patch wrap-up mañana!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Today I wore pink to the pumpkin patch instead of my usual orange.
And I LOVE that the NFL is spreading awareness by sporting pink on the field.
So, check with your doctor and see if you’re in need of a baseline mammogram…and if you’ve already had one, be sure and make that appointment once a year.
So, please wear your {PINK} and go get those pumpkins smashed!
I love Facebook.
It TOTALLY came to my rescue today…
I’ve been on the lookout for a black strapless maxi dress for about 6 weeks now.
It’s part of my Vegas wardrobe I have planned in my head.
It had to be strapless and it had to be long.
I’ve looked EVERYWHERE in my ‘hood with absolutely no luck.
There are NO maxi dresses to be found in the SCV. It’s sweaters, leather leggings and boots already.
It’s still HOT people.
I’m not much of an online shopper when it comes to clothing. I like to try things on, feel it, yadda yadda.
Remember, though, I am a simple person when it comes to my clothing.
Target. Ross. Old Navy. Marshall’s. TJ Maxx.
Behold….the dress I was looking for:
Exactly.
I put out a plea on my FB status asking my girls if and where they’d seen a black, strapless, casual maxi dress.
My dear friend Deb {oh man, I could write a whole post about my days & nights with Deb! love that girl!} said she’d just put one aside to sell at a garage sale or donate.
Seriously.
What are the chances?
She’s a lot taller and thinner than me so I’m hoping that it fits. The name “maxi” has got to mean something, right?
I am SO excited! I was going to spend my 2.75 alone hours tomorrow scouring the mall for this dress.
So, I guess I can tell people I got my dress at the FB{outique}!
Thanks, Deb!
Love ya! Muah!
I owe ya one.
My garb du jour is the same Monday through Friday.
Sports bra, ribbed tank, yoga pants or if I’m “dressed up”, my favorite comfy jeans or black casual slacks and flip flops, of course.
Here’s a visual…
Exciting, huh?
I do love the layered tank look and stumbled across another super-duper clearance at Old Navy this weekend and decided I needed to spice up the “wardrobe” a bit.
For about $35 I got 9 new “fancy” tops. Here are just a few…
I ADORE the gray one with the rosettes…
Feelin’ like a whole new woman! {and all for just $35}
I LOVE the ribbed tanks from ON…they’re super long and perfect for layering with other tanks or under a long sleeved shirt on cooler days.
Speaking of cool days, today I have my “Baked Cookies” home fragrance going, chicken and dumplings in the crock pot and it’s a nice, crisp forecast of ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN!
Ugh!
As you can see, I am not letting these ridiculous temps get in the way of my comfort food cravings.
Tomorrow it’s supposed to be 103* and then “cool down” to 95* on Wednesday and then be back up to 99* on Thursday and Friday!
What the heck, Mother Nature!?!
See why I just went out and got some new tanks? Around these parts you never know when Fall may really get here.
Looks like we’ll most likely be having another snow cone while picking out our pumpkins again this year.
So Cal is nice, but I would like to trade in my tank tops and flip flops for sweaters and boots every once in awhile!
Maybe in January?
This is it readers…
My 300th post.
Unfortunately there’s no winning Lotto numbers, I didn’t lose 50 pounds in my sleep last night and my outfit du jour was still a colored wife beater, yoga pants and my Havs.
Nothing new or fancy to report on this “milestone” post.
I take that back…something NEW that happened today was that Elliott CRIED at kinder drop off.
The day started out flawlessly…
She woke up before 7:00, had breakfast, took less than 10 minutes to find a different outfit that suited her mood, brushed teeth and hair and we were out the door for another leisurely stroll to school. We were at the gate where we drop them off and…
The waterworks started.
Out of nowhere.
I was taken aback.
She was the only one crying.
“I don’t want to go to school.”
I am not a Mom that sugar coats stuff like this. School is not an option. It is something that she will be going to every weekday for many, many years and there are no if’s, and’s or but’s about it. Yes, she’s in kindergarten, but I believe in setting expectations early in life. It’s never too early, as far as I’m concerned, to let your child {my child in this case} know what is right and wrong. No, it’s not wrong that she cried. I was expecting a transition from her going 2 half days to 5 full days, but coddling isn’t going to help in the long run.
I got down to her level and told her that she will have fun and all her friends will miss her if she’s not there. Her teacher came out and looked surprised that my Elliott was in tears, but took her hand and whisked her off “kicking and screaming”. I waved and said “I love you! Have fun!”
And that was that.
I am OK with that.
Mama said there’d be days like this.
But it turned out that she stopped crying the minute they got into class.
And she took off her dress and was wearing the tank and her biker shorts {that were under the dress} when I picked her up, but all’s well that ends well, I guess.
Something tells me that Daisy Duke-esque biker shorts aren’t part of the dress code.
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Speaking of dress codes, we’re still having FUN with the kinder wardrobe.
Now, either I have too high of expectations when it comes to dressing her or I have a very head strong, fashion conscious five-year old.
Probably a little of both.
Remember “Fashion Plates”?
My younger sister got these for one of her birthdays back in the day and I’d get all Project Runway on them once in awhile.
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Each night when we lay out her outfit, I feel like I am taking out ALL possibilities, arranging them and waiting for her to find the combination that she wants to place a piece of paper over and make come to life with colored pencils!
Only to find out that by morning’s light, she wants to crumple it up, toss it in the trash and start laying the components out in the little contraption again until she finds another ensemble to bring to life.
Maybe I just need to give her free reign and step in when things get too Punky Brewster or otherwise inappropriate.
Good thing I kept all the receipts for the new school clothes.
For example, tomorrow she is wearing the tank top that she wore last year on the first day of preschool.
I guess familiar clothes are comforting in this new, unfamiliar time of her life.
And I can certainly see and understand that.
Tonight we read “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” by Dr. Seuss.
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So appropriate for today.
And EVERYDAY for that matter….
