Fall Challenge - Week 2

Hello all! 2nd week of the Style Challenge*, and I'm back with 7 more outfits. Well 5 plus 2 outfits that I would have worn had I had the chance. So let's get to it. Here are the outfits at a glance.

Let's break it down:

Day 3

I'm absolutely loving this outfit, but it's just a bit too hot to wear right now, but hey a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do, outfits must be put together! I actually followed the outfit formula, unlike Day 1 and 2.  But I will definitely be pulling this one out come colder weather.

Day 4

Love this outfit too! Can we talk about these jeans? I got them during the Nordstrom Anniversary sale, so they are no longer available but these* and these* are very similar. They are the most comfortable jeans! They don't pinch at the waist and are the softest jean material ever! I would wear them everyday if that was socially acceptable. I would however, order a size down. I ordered my size and a few hours later I'm finding that I'm hiking up my jeans.

I only have two blazer, one is black and the other one is bright blue, but neither one really worked with this outfit, so I decided to switch it up to my pink leather jacket that I got from Wilson's Leather at the Camarillo Outlet Mall a few years ago. If you can go to a Wilson's Leather at an outlet great deals! I think I bought this jacket for $40!

This little lady wanted to jump in the picture...okay that's a lie she was trying to photo bomb and I scooped her up and tried to get her to take a picture with me. I have a feeling this is what our family photos are going to be like in a couple of weeks, lots of bribery!

Day 5

Loving this* white button down that I bought. Seriously if you have been looking for a white button down look no further! This shirt is worth every single penny, it's a little more than I would normally spend, but it's so soft and doesn't feel still like other buttons downs. I actually want to wear this, instead of just wearing something just to wear it.

I didn't follow the outfit formula again. I don't have a gray cable knit sweater yet, not sure if I am going to get one since I would probably rarely wear it over this white shirt, too hot! But that could be the 100° weather talking, come back in a few months.

So instead of adding the sweater over it, I just added this scarf. I really love the plaid in this scarf, and for the life of me can't remember where I got it.

Day 6

I ordered some olive jeans* (super comfy and on sale for $24.99! The olive color in person is much darker than online), but they hadn't come in the mail yet, so I subbed out for my Camo Jeans. Loving this outfit and will definitely repeat as it gets colder. If you don't have a pair of wedge booties, you have to get a pair! These were from Target a while back and were really reasonable. One day I'll buy the Toms version, but for now, my knockoffs will do.

Day 7

I absolutely love this plaid dress*. When Alison told us a plaid dress would be involved I wasn't sure if I was going to get one. I know that I'm not a red plaid dress girl, but found this black and white one and it's right up my ally.

Not totally sure if I can get away with the length, definitely not with the kids around, but for sure a great night out with the girls or the hubby.

Day 8

This is when I didn't have time to take pictures with the outfits on. So I put together a picture of what I would have worn. I'm actually surprised, I'm not sure I would have paired the olive jeans with that polka dot sweat, but I think it looks great! Apparently the olive jeans like to photograph a little lighter than they are in person, or maybe I need to get my eyes checked, either way this outfit looks great!

In case you were wondering, the outfit formula called for an orange sweater, which I don't have, I've been subbing in this polka dot one and it seems to be working with all of the outfit choices so far.

Day 9

Again I didn't have time to take a photo of this outfit, but I am LOVING my new burgundy jeans (which of course they don't have in stock any more), they are super soft and I can't wait to wear them.

I did sub out the riding boots for these flats, since most likely I wouldn't have worn my riding boots with them. I'm not sure why, but in my head it just didn't make sense. The outfit calls for the grey cable sweater over it, to me that makes more sense to wear the riding boots, but with just the button down, I didn't think so.

There you have it, 7 more outfits brought to you by Alison! Which was your favorite?

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20 Questions

Pinky from p!nkpers!stence has been all about the questions and answers thing lately, so I thought I would copy one, why because I'm sure you don't know enough about me and are dying to know...haha, not really. I just have nothing to write about and I had this in my back pocket. Speaking of which I was asking some friends the other night what I should write about today and you know what their answer was? Sex on a Tuesday...haha. #mindsingutter, #lasttimeIwilldohashtaglikethisever #promise #okaythisisthelastone

This picture has nothing to do with this post, but I just thought it was cute and what's a post with no pictures?

What is your road trip essential snack? You know since my food allergies, I don't really snack that much in the car. Mostly water and gum...how boring am I? But pre food allergies I would have probably said corn nuts (original flavor) and some sort of gummy snack, gummy works, bears, sour, you name it I liked it.

You've been handed two free round-trip tickets... who are you taking and where are you going? I'd take Mr. and we'd go...you know, I don't know where.  We want to go to so many places, but France and back to Europe sounds nice, maybe with a stop for a bit on the Amalfi Coast.

What was your High School Jam? Hmm...you know I didn't really listen to music that much in high school, weird right? But I was obsessed with My Heart Will Go On by Celion Dion (like you don't know who sings that)...such a great song.

Would you rather have a perfect bum, or flawless face? Flawless face. You can always get a booty shaper, nothing you can really do about a horrible face, besides a ton of make-up.

What shows are you ashamed to admit are on your DVR? I'd have to go with DCC: Making the Team. And probably Switched at Birth on ABC family.

What's your ringtone? Generic iPhone ringtone that came with the phone, I'm boring. I used to have Mr. have a different ring tone, but since my new phone got here, I've been too lazy to change it.

How old were you when you had your first kiss? Was it meh or toe-curling? 16, almost 17 (like a few weeks away), and it was definitely Meh. I actually laughed...I was just uncomfortable and he was jamming his tongue down my throat and I found the whole thing super funny.

Do you have any siblings, and if so, where are you in the birth order? I have a sister that is 5 years older than me, and a brother that is 9 months younger than me.

What physical quirk were you born with? umm...I'm not sure I have one? I have a birth mark on my stomach and when I got pregnant it moved up my belly so it was on top of my big belly, super weird and amazing to see how your body changes and stretches. I should have taken a picture.

What was your first car, and did you name it? It was a 1982 Pontiac Phoenix (hatch back which didn't stay open so I had to use a broom handle to keep it up) and I didn't, but I did name every car after that.

What would you request for your last supper? Hard question. I think pre allergies would be a different answer, but then again it's been 8 years and Mr. has introduced me to so many new foods that I can only eat a limited amount, so I'm going to answer as 8 years ago me - and this might be because I haven't eaten it in 8 years, but...

I'm going to go with Orange Chicken with mashed potatoes instead of rice from Cheesecake Factory followed by their Strawberry Short Cake...although Ruth's Chris's cheesecake could be a tie, so maybe I would get one of each. Yea one of each, yum!

Have you ever been hospitalized, and if so, what for? I've been twice and to have kids, other than that no other hospital stays, thankfully! I'd like to keep it that way.


 How tall are you? Do you wish you were taller, shorter...or are you just right? I'm 5' 3", most times I'm happy with that, except when trends happen like jumpsuits that are SUPER cute but just don't look good on someone that isn't 6 feet tall. Oh and when I want something from the top shelf and the grocery store and have to ask a tall person walking by for help so I don't look like a Kindergartener climbing the shelves (which I've done when no one is around, but it doesn't count if no one sees it right?)

Do you prefer to DIY or hire it out? If I have time I will DIY it for parties, but for our wedding, I totally hired out everything I could, even the addressing of the envelopes.

What do you eat for breakfast?  I just became a breakfast person in the last 5 ish  years, but I really like hash browns (not the shredded kind, I guess more like homefries) eggs over easy and bacon. Although this week I am having bacon fried rice, I figure I put a dozen eggs in it, and there is bacon so it counts as breakfast.

What would you do for a living if you didn't need money? I would quilt, make pretty things for people, or I would start some sort of scrapbooking company where people give me their photos and short stories and I put them into a scrapbook.

Finish this sentence: Every room needs...laughter, is that cheesy? I'm not really into trinkets and stuff, that's more my Mom's thing.

How frequently do you wash your hair? I actually have a schedule...mostly because I have to wash my hair after a workout, so I wash my hair on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Sometimes I use dry shampoo, still trying to find THE ONE, I'll let you know when I find one.

Will you leave the house without makeup? Yes. Mostly everyday for work, although lately I've been using just under eye concealer, some powder and blush. Mostly so I don't look like the living dead, my office mate thank me.

You just unloaded your Halloween haul...what candy do you go for first? Reece's Peant Butter Cups and Peanut M&M's. I guess that's two, but if there isn't one then the other will do.

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Hot, Hot, Hot

Friday was my off Friday, but I had a couple of appointments I had to go to, so my parents took the kids. I dropped them off and they decided to walk to CVS, this was them as I was driving away, so cute.

My mom sent me this picture and captioned it "Looking for Mommy"

This was the temp on the way home from picking up the kids so right after naps...

We did this. Well they did that while I cooked Angel Food Cake, Crème Brulee and some fried rice. All so yummy!

After dinner, the usual happened...sword fights.

Saturday was another hot day, and Baby Fox had soccer, we felt so bad for him, but he rocked it. She was occupied by my phone...taking photos.

like these:

She does the artsy stuff...haha.

This guy was HOT, on his nose is not the pixilation, but beads of sweat. Poor guy, but he did great, and ran up and down the field for most of the game.

Still smiling.

After soccer we were back to the house for some lunch, Mr. made the kids smiley face hotdogs with ketchup hair.

After naps we headed over to my aunt and uncle house for dinner. We used to eat dinner at their house every Wednesday when we first got married, so it was nice to see them.

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The kids got to sit at their special table, they always think sitting her is such a treat.

After dinner some music lessons...or wine rim glass music in our case. The kids thought it was the coolest thing ever.

 

He wanted to try.

It was great visiting with them, and we spent the night so we put the kids to bed and then got to chat like the good 'ol days for a few extra hours.

Sunday morning every slept in, and we had a lesure morning. Waiting for breakfast with my Uncle.

Ride time.

Breakfast time, and these two got the special cousin table.

After breakfast they got some really quality play time in. First some board game that Baby and Mini Fox got at Chick-Fil-A.

Followed by hide and seek, can you guess where all the kids are?

And then Daddy got some push-ups in...

Good-byes, it took at least 20 minutes for these two to say good-bye. I wish we could see them more often!

We drove the hour home and then this guy said he wasn't tired and was just going to play in his room.

It was still about 97° out, so everyone went swimming.

He's showing us his spin move.

And by everyone, I mean them, not me. Someone has to make dinner...or sit pool side and watch.

My parents come over for dinner, forgot to take any pictures of them while they were here. If there is no picture evidence did it really happen? I made pot roast for dinner. It's sort of like a foil dinner type thing... But it's super easy, put beef chuck, red onion and apple cider vinegar, fold up foil tight let cook for 3-4 hours, done. My mom brought over roasted potatoes so I didn't even have to make that, score! I used the juices from the meat for a gravy, made some broccoli, BAM the most awesome Sunday dinner.

Hope you guys had a great weekend! Do anything super fun that I should know about?

Linking up with Erin for Weekend Snapshot4, B Loved Boston and Champagne & Suburbs  for Weekending,  and Ashley at A Cute Angle for Monday Madness

Friday Favorites #46

Happy Friday! Today is my day off, have lots of errands to do. I was going to take the kids to Disneyland tonight to watch the parade (apparently it's a pretty awesome Ode to the Electrical Parade), but it's supposed to be over 100 degrees, and for some reason at Disneyland it's always 10 degrees hotter...so I think we'll have to wait.

 But speaking of Disneyland, this guy go to go this week, and it was reported back that on one of the rides, I can't remember which one, at the beginning he said, I'm not so sure about this, I want off, but he couldn't get off, for obvious reason and then at the end of the ride, he jumped off the ride and said, THIS WAS THE MOST AWESOME RIDE EEEVVVVEEEERRR!!!!!! Of course while jumping up and down. Then they were on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, and he was all good until the first drop, and said, I want off this thing, where is the ladder?!

A good friend gave us this high chair that she has as a little girl. She sanded and stained it that dark color. The kids absolutely LOVE it! We have such thoughtful friends.

She then asked Baby Fox if she could take his chair to stain it, this was the look he gave her, hilarious.

It's official, we're parents. No seriously, do you ever have those moments were you're like holy cow I'm a parents and making all these important decisions right now. Last night was one of those moments for us. We went to a school parent information meeting for one of the schools we're considering for Baby Fox come next Fall, say what? I can't believe he's going to be in Kindergarten next year!! Freaking out going on over here.

 Last night I went out with some friends, one of them had said hey there is this really good massage place, it's not fancy, but it's cheap. Hey we'd give it a try right? Holy cow when I showed up to this place I wanted to run. Yep no sign of what it's called, besides in tiny print on the a sign in the window. All of the other places in the plaza had the big lighted up signs on the building, nope not this one...but we knew people who had actually used them and braved it. It turned out to be really awesome, I mean it's no Burke Williams, but for $40 for a full body hot stone massage, I'm in!

 

Drinks with friends are always good, we talked about everything, caught up and just enjoyed being out without the littles around. Perfect evening.

 

Please excuse the no make-up I just got an hour massage thing

 

 

This reminds me of being a kid...now just the thought of it makes me itchy and my sinuses swell up...but oh to be a kid again! P.S. it's only 7 seconds, it will make you smile, I promise.

 

 

That's all I have for today. Doing anything fun this weekend? We're headed to my aunt and uncle's for dinner on Saturday, other than that soccer and trying to beat the heat. Please get cooler Mother Nature, we're ready for it, and I promise not to wish for warmer weather.

 

Linking up with Erika, Andrea, and Narci for Friday Favorites, September Farm and The Farmer's Wife for Oh Hey, Friday! April and the girls for Five on Friday, and Jennie for Friday Favorites