what i wore wednesday

linking up with lindsey at the pleated poppy and her what i wore wednesday groupies!

she started doing this as a way for her as a stay at home mom to get out of the "daily uniform" of yoga pants and give her motivation to put a little more effort into her outfit each day.

for me, i usually get dressed each day into something half-way cute, but i forget things i've put together. so i do this as a way to remember things i want to wear again and as a way to remember things i absolutely never want to put together again!

i call this my june cleaver look!

full gray skirt, tank and cardi: j crew outlet

necklace: goodwill

belt: target

 dress: downeast basics

necklace: goodwill

shoes: target

cute hubby: i'm pretty sure it's bachrach, head to toe!

tank and flips: old navy

skirt: kohls

(looking a little dumpy here--probably won't put that together again)

some goodies i picked up at h&m on our trip to chicago

wearing them on the way home

 evening of sightseeing in chicago

shorts: j crew

shirt: kohls

shoes: sanuk

skirt: from my sister

blouse: anthropologie via my sister

shoes: macy's

belt and flower: ??

as the summer wore on, my outfits got less and less creative!

shorts: my sister via j crew

shirt: j crew

shoes: target

shorts: old navy

shirt: jcp

shoes: sanuk

cute bracelet: sam moon

shorts and shirt: j crew

shoes: kohls

skirt: my sister via walmart (isn't that cute?)

shirt: h&m

shoes: dsw

necklace: walmart

those are my left over outfits from this summer.

come back next wednesday for my first installment of "1 item, 10 ways"

i know you're on pins and needles.

:)

summer 2012

so this summer has to have been the busiest one we've ever had...as evidenced by the fact that i have hardly blogged at all! i guess that's good--you know, living life instead of just recording it.

so here, in a very condensed version, is what we did this summer.

(if you follow me on instagram, sorry. you've probably seen all these pictures!)

*we went to a darling owl baby shower

 

*we went to waco several times. 

nana taught mckinlee to sew...

and we had a fun time with this girl.

*we went to the museum of art with a group of friends

*mckinlee had friends over to spend the night

*we went on vacation to a beautiful resort in san antonio with these guys.

*we went to sea world

(and let me say...we had fun, but third time to sea world and not much of anything has changed. this will be our last time there.)

*i planted flowers and almost all of them made it through this brutal summer!

*we went to the dallas aquarium where sadie met a new friend

and where we watched feeding time in the shark tank.

*we helped a friend prepare her classroom for her first teaching job

*our congregation finally split and this group of friends was divided.

(we went out for treats on the night of our last meeting together. hence the smiley/teary faces.)

*we watched cosmo find a new place to sleep every few days

*we were in the drama of this year's convention playing "the good parents" :)

(practice took over our lives from april to august! so much work, but lots of fun too.)

our "daughter" is the one on the left. the girl in pink was the other daughter.

*we went to the cleaning day before the start of all the conventions

*the girls were "reunited" at the convention

*mckinlee got her hair hi-lited for the first time,

 played in sadie's pool

and we went out for yummy lunches

*we got several treats like custard and freddie's fries

*we volunteered to work at two pioneer schools with these girls

*i read a lot

*we did some organizing

*chris and i went to chicago.

business for him, pleasure for me!
(a whole post coming about that.)

*i started collecting milk glass

*mom, danielle and sadie came to visit us.

sadie loved the bunnies on my back porch...

and uncle bruno!

*my hibiscus finally bloomed

(note to self: never buy a hibiscus at the same place you pick up bagels and bananas.)

 

*we went to the chiropractor a lot

(that should be a picture of me since i was there way more than mckinlee)

so that was our summer. now i see why i'm tired!

i hope to blog more regularly now that we are in more of a routine.

we made the decision to take mckinlee out of a brick & mortar school and enrolled her in k12. it's a public school, but she works from home.

she said the other day that she is liking it way more than she thought she would! and i am really enjoying it too.

happy monday everyone...have a good week!

what i wore wednesday

it has been a long time since i've done a wiww post. 

linking up with the pleated poppy.

here are some things i've been wearing this summer.

cute seersucker dress i was trying on at jcp. i got this and the one hanging up too--they are so cute and summery.

obviously this was before we started having 106 degree days!

jean, tee & flats: target

cardi: jcrew

flowers: michele busch 

target & old navy

blouse: kohls

jeans: target

necklace: lisa leonard

shoes: dsw

probably should have passed on this dress--it's just not me. but the friends i was with liked it and it was a $100 dress for $15. bad reason to buy a dress, i know.

dress: kohl's

cardi & my favorite flips (that i got years ago and were $1.97): old navy

shorts: jcrew

shirt: old navy

flips: target

same mint target skinnies

cardi: jcrew

necklace: michele busch

isn't school girl chic back in?

shirt & shorts: old navy

fossil belt: goodwill

oxfords: target

skirt: old navy

cute turquoise beaded bracelet: forever 21

i love a good white tee--i've worn this a lot this summer with so many things.

tee: target

shorts: old navy

shoes: shop in baltimore

necklace: michele busch

dress & shoes: macy's

printed tank with the cutest lace back: forever 21

sandals: old navy

thanks for stopping by!

i can't wait to lose the shorts and start dressing for fall. 

but that will be a LONG time away for this texas girl :(