Friday Favorites #3

 Hi Foxy Friends! Happy Friday! Hope you all had a good week. Let's get into my favorite things this week.

Mini Fox did her thing last Sunday, so happy we are able to do this for her. She has about 6 weeks more of lessons, so she's going to be soaking it all in.

Speaking of animals, Mini Fox's class hatched baby chicks, they are adorable. They are coming up with names this week. Two of the eggs hatched about the same time, so they are calling them the "twins", so Mini Fox's name suggestion was Pop and Corn..I thought that was cute.

I just got her those rainboots too, how cute are they for under $8, sizes are going fast, so go get your kids a pair!

Baby Fox starts baseball next week and we're so excited! Mr. is the coach, which he's never done before but he told me that a lot of the other parents are stepping up to help out, so that's good. Seems like we have a really good team.

Andrea was talking about going to Trader Joe's this week, so I figured I would share my recent discoveries at TJ's. I went on Monday, and picked up these goodies.

We'll start on the top left, that frozen gingers is great, I hate grating ginger, and these come all ready to go, and frozen for whenever you need them. And they seem/taste just like the fresh stuff.

Next is a Cauliflouwer rice stir fry, I have to tell you, we don't like cauliflower rice, by itself, but they flavors they used in this stirfry is great. You get a bunch of veggies and we've been pairing it with chicken for a light dinner with no carbs. 

The coconut shrimp we've never tried, but I figure with Lent here, we needed some Fish options for Friday, it looks good though.

The hash browns are a must, they are just like McDonald's hash browns! We cook them in the air fryer and they come out perfect and crunchy every time.

Can you tell I'm on a cauliflower kick, I picked up this Kung Pao Cauliflower, mostly because it just looked interesting, why not? 

These pizza's are great for Mini Fox. She eats one for dinner, with some veggie side and she's a happy camper. I like to have these on hand because when Mr. and I get pizza we don't want to pay $15 for a cheese pizza, haha! So we do the frozen kind for less money and she's just as happy.

The last thing we've never tried before but it sounded good, and I thought we could eat it with the Kung Pao Cauliflower.

I just got this stand this week, and I am already in love! So many times I've tried balancing my phone on the paper towel holder or the olive oil bottle, but the if I have to charge my phone, that doesn't work out...I don't know why I waited so long to get this. It's $10...add to cart!

Have a pop sockets? No problem, it still works with it on the back of the phone. I was worried about that, but not even a problem.  This is the case I have, and Otterbox works with Popsocket so you can get custom popsocket tops from Popsocket. It's great. I actually need to order a new one as the one I have is almost 2 years old and is starting to fade around the edges.

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I know another outfit post..who am I? But I've teamed up with some other ladies on IG to post outfits from #acrossthestates, it's fun to see how different parts of the country style their thing. This week we're doing Black Leggings. I went way out of my comfort zone for this one. But figured, I just got this top and really wanted to style it and thought this would be a fun going out outfit, when we could go out again.  It comes in 7 different colors and after I got this one I might have gone and about another color. It's going to be a great top for Summer. I probably would pair this outfit with this jacket or this jacket. 

Leggings / Shirt / Boots (similar) / Watch Band (similar) / Bracelets / Necklaces

That's all I have for now, what are you doing this weekend? It's Mr's birthday on Monday, and he's golfing on Sunday, so I think we'll deck the house out while he's gone. The kids are excited to go pick out decorations. And I finally got a good idea for a gift, so got that on order, phew!

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Perfect Valentine's Day Outfit

Hi Foxy Friends! What? Another outfit post. I actually ended up wearing this outfit for Christmas dinner, but I think it would also be the perfect Valentine's Day outfit. I love that you can either make this for warmer weather or add some tights and a jacket (see below) for colder weather. Granted it is about 52°F here at night, so not as cold as some of you out there, but it works perfect for here!

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Skirt (comes in 27 colors) / Tank (Similar) / Boots / Necklace (similar here and here)

I just love the way the polka dots look with the red skirt. You could also wear some strappy heels like these.

If you live in a climate that is cooler, then I would definitely add some tights and this fuzzy jacket. The most comfortable and warmest jacket. Although I'm speaking from a 52°F point...haha!

Seriously this jacket just feels like a warm hug, for about $100 I think it gives you a big bang for your buck. A great piece to add to your wardrobe. How many times have you been all dressed up with no nice jacket to wear with it. This is your answer!

Are you the type to go out for Valentine's Day or stay in? We're headed to Canada to visit some friends that weekend and we're so excited! So no dressing up for us, but we're going to have a ton of fun!

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Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery

Hi Foxy Friends! Today over on The Blended Blog we are sharing looks we saw someone else do. When I saw Andrea style her red pants and chambray shirt I knew I had to do it too. I thought, hey I have all of those things and have NEVER put it together before! So here it is:

Pants (similar) / Shirt (similar, but not really) / Heels (similar)

I even have the leopard heels on, you can barely see them though!

Here is my inspiration:

I should have paired it with a chunky necklace, that looks great too, I didn't because, it was raining really hard all day and I had about 2.5 seconds to run outside to take pictures. haha. #bloggerproblems

Definitely going to put this together again when it gets a bit warmer outside.

I really need to find my 50mm lens, it got swept up in the Christmas, we're having 25 people over for Christmas dinner sweep, and I haven't been able to locate it...wondering how long before I just buy a new one, cause this lens isn't cutting it.

Head on over to The Blended Blog or our host, Deena's, blog and link up your fashion inspirations.

Kellyann. Sarah. Andrea. Deena. Carrie

Lana. Vanessa. Whitney. Abbie. Shelly

Valentine's Day Look

Happy Wednesday Foxy Friends! Today I'm over at The Blended Blog sharing my Valentine's Day outfit...actually it was my Christmas outfit, but I never posted, so it turned into my Valentine's day outfit, if we were to go out on Valentine's day. 

If you are coming here from The Blended Blog, welcome! While the dress I am wearing isn't available any more, these are are are quite similar. I just love lace and how romantic it is.

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I put together a full look for you, and added the jacket for those that live in colder places than where I am. I love this whole look! And if you think you can't rock the red lipstick, you can! Just own it, and everyone will think you do it all the time, trust me.

Dress / Heels / Coat / Necklace / Lipstick / Make Up Palette 

Funny, I didn't even realize Mini Fox had tried to jump into this picture until I was going through them.

The lip color is Lipsense - Blue Red / Eye Shadow Palette / Eye Liner / Eye Lashes / Blush

I'm also linking up with Anne for her Currently post, this time we're talking finishing, subscribing, wishlisting, watching, and hearting.

Finishing - Okay this is really bad, but I'm still trying to finish taking down Christmas decorations! I know so bad! I just don't have any motivation to put all those small little ornaments back into their little boxes. And it's upstairs out of the way, where no one ever sees it...this weekend, I'm going to finish it...I will finish this. We CAN'T get into March and still have a Christmas tree up. haha! Don't judge.

Subscribing - I just started getting Boxy Charm, you guys if you haven't done it, you HAVE to. Here is one of my unboxings to get a sense of what comes in it.

Also FabFitFun, those are a seasonal subscription box and are super fun too! Here is an unboxing video of that.

Wishlisting - All the things, okay not really. But I really want these lipsticks, this jacket, and this dress, even though I have no reason to wear it...perhaps next New Years?.

Watching - This Is Us, isn't everyone?

 

Also Black Mirror on Netflix, we just finished season 4. So good.

Hearting -   Seeing my kids and my cousins kids grow up together and get along so well together. I love that we all live close enough to each other that we can do that!

And guess what? I'm going to be the guest host next month!  

The topics are going to be: planning, seeing, making, pretending, wearing

Style Perspectives: Bright Pants and Hair Challenge Week 13

Hello Foxy Fashion Friends! Another week with the Style Perspective with The Blended Blog. Today Shaunacey from Simply Shanacey is talking about her signature look of bright pants, go check out her post here.
When I first met Shaunacey back in our Style challenges she had these pair of red pants that I coveted. Every time she wore them I wanted a pair and then I spent the next 1.5 years trying to find a pair that was red and that was like hers...and I FINALLY found it...these are the exact pair. Worth the price, super comfortable and it comes in 12 colors! I might have to pick up another pair.

This was the very first thing I ever bought at a consignment shop. Mr. and I were in Santa Barbara on a weekend getaway and found it.

I just love the cute detailing on the sleeves.

Of course I tried something new with my hair. I did the triple French braid again, but instead of putting it up in a bun I did extra braids and then braided all of it together. If I were to do it again I would make the French braids go a little further back on my head so when I braided all of the braids together there aren't the large gaps between everything.

In case you missed it, last week all the ladies styled Abbie's choice of Patterned Shirt and Neutral! What I learned last week is I need some patterned shirts, mine was definitely the most tame of them all. Which one is your favorite?

Now onto the hair challenge, week 13! Holy cow the time is flying by and I almost feel like I am getting better at it.

Last Wednesday I tried this twist to a fish tail.

It's sort of hard to see it in this picture. I couldn't get a clear picture for whatever reason...

Thursday I used the same curls from the day before and did a simple twist.

 

 

Friday I want to the kids museum with a friend and wanted to try a new hair style out. Mr. woke up early so I figured I would do my hair. I did a did a stacked fish tail with a Dutch French braid. I think I need more hair to do this, but I think it turned out pretty good.

  

 

Saturday was a lazy day and I didn't even get dressed till I had to go to dinner at a friends, so I threw my hair up in this simple pony tail twist.

 

 

Sunday I did the coolest hair style ever. My mom said it was her favorite hair that I've done so far.

 

I'm going to go ahead and give Mr. partial credit for this one. He helped me do the loop part. I couldn't get the rubber band in the right spot to do the loop, so he put it in the spot that I needed it to be, I told him I was going to give him credit. It wouldn't have looked nearly as good without him.

Next time I think I'll take more hair from the sides so that there isn't that straight part there.

Confession, I knew I was going to workout on Monday so I didn't want to wash my hair, so it was super dirty with how much hair spray I used from the style above...don't worry I was clean, I took a body shower....that was probably TMI...oh well.

 

 

That's it for this week. Not sure if I'm going to be able to do as many this coming week, but I'll certainly try! Join us next week for Style Perspectives, the theme is: A Spring Sweater Jeans and Flats

Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After : Library-Lovin'-Lady

Daily Style Finds: The Personal Stylist

Foxy's Domestic Side: The Crafty Engineer

Grumbling Grace: Toddler Tamer & Teacher

Simply Shaunacey: Reformed Frumpy Mommy

Two Teens and Their Mama: Stylish Midlife Mama

RSquared: The Not So Nerdy Accountant

Shoes to Shiraz: The Shoe Hoarding French Teacher

Puppies and Pretties: Cube Dwelling Fashionista

Mishaps and Mayhem of Solitary Life:  Single Girl, Simple Style

A Lovely Little Wardrobe: A Casual Petite

Making the Most of Everyday Classic Yet Current Over Forty

NickandNik: Mama with Curves

Living on Cloud Nine: Blissful Fashionista

 

 

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