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Casual Spring Outfit
Today, I am sharing another outfit I wore on our spring break trip to Nashville. I packed casual comfortable clothes and really enjoyed what I wore. My closet is a pretty good mix of thrifted and retail clothes and this outfit is a perfect example of that. Both my jeans and my sneakers were purchases inspired by blogging friends: I bought the Gap slim cropped pants after Kelly Ann from This Blonde Shopping Bag shared them last year and the sneakers are a pair very similar to Bo’s from Bo’s Bodacious Blog. More often than not, I replicate outfits with similar items found in my closet, but every so often,…
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A Visit to Franklin, TN
We stayed in a hotel in Cool Spring, TN for spring break which is just 10-15 minutes from Franklin, TN. What a cute little town! The area around Franklin is lush and green with beautiful pastures and fences and rolling hills. The town itself boasts a nice square and boutiques and several restaurants. We first found a place for coffee which led us to the Factory. The Factory used to be a furniture factory, but now houses trendy shops and restaurants. We stopped for coffee, but returned for lunch. The sculpture outside was really neat, so I had to share it here. We passed by that evening after dinner and…
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Petal Pink Shopped from my Closet
When I was brainstorming ideas for blog posts for the month of April, I googled spring trends and earmarked the ideas that fit my style and my closet. I didn’t want to buy anything new, but wanted to see what I had that would work: one of the colors that was trending was pistachio and I shared my outfits with Pops of Pistachio last week. Another color was Petal Pink so today, I am sharing a petal pink outfit and I really love what I came up with. I wore this on a busy day: errands, some chores, a dentist appointment, a windshield repair (just a chip) and some cooking.…
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Travel and Nashville Zoo Outfit
With the weather a little cool for April (low 50s), I packed a denim jacket and a couple sweatshirts for our little trip to Nashville. I also choose jeans and comfortable shoes as I knew our activities would include walking and time outdoors. I was pretty pleased with what I packed even though I did not wear the one dress and sandals I had brought along in case we went out to a fancy restaurant. As I mentioned in my first recap post about the trip here, we ate lunch at a vegan restaurant called the Sunflower cafe, and I just had to take a picture in front as I…
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Nashville Zoo
A couple of weeks ago, we took a little mini spring break trip to the Nashville area. It is only a 3 hour drive and the boys had never been. One of the things I knew we wanted to visit was the Nashville zoo. We first stopped for lunch at an all vegan restaurant called the Sunflower Cafe which was 12 minutes from the zoo. I enjoyed my selection (a “chicken Caesar” wrap) and took some pictures of my bright outfit in front (I will be sharing my outfit in a post on Friday). Of course, spring break was a cooler week than usual with our first day just around…
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Color Trend 2025: Pops of Pistachio
Knowing that my oldest was going to spend spring break at home and that he would be low on spending money, I decided to take as many blog post pictures as possible during that week. I found inspiration by searching spring trend for 2025 and came up with real outfits from my closet and earmarked the ones that appealed to me. My first memory of pistachio is eating and disliking pistachio ice cream in France. I remember visiting some friends who had a boy about my age and me eating a pistachio ice cream that I didn’t like so I could continue talking to him. I was probably 10 or…
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Graphic Tees with the Ageless Style Link Up
I love my graphic tees so when Leslie suggested graphic tees for our theme this month, I knew I could come up with a fun outfit to share on the blog. In the past year or two, I went through my collection and donated quiet a few that were not my style anymore and added a few new ones. Some of my favorites are my 2 French saying ones I thrifted this past fall and this newer Target one. I find black or white graphic tees to be more versatile, but I have a few more colorful ones, like a burgundy one and a burnt orange one. I wore this…
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Closet Refresh for Spring: Why I switch out my clothes twice a year
There is no right or wrong way to organize your closet, but there are ways to make it work for you. I have friends who keep all of their clothes out year round (you do have to have a large enough closet for that) so that they can wear items year round (think sweater over a summer dress in the cold months). Some people like to organize by color and/or type of clothes or like to create a capsule wardrobe, while others like to have a large variety of clothes to choose from. Some like to purge clothes every other season or year while others will try to make items…
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Coastal Cool or French Simplicity
Today, I am sharing 2 outfits that I think can either fit in a coastal or French aesthetic category. The materials (linen and cotton), the colors (white, tan and navy) and patterns (florals and stripes) lend themselves to either frame of mind. I wore one outfit one week then the other the following week, but photographed both the same day. I wasn’t super pleased with the pictures (I can be overly critical sometimes with my posture, hair, facial expression), but decided they would work! This is not a professional blog, but more like a letter of fashion inspiration for my friends!! White and Blue with Tan These Old Navy linen…
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Spring Additions: 2 Thrifted Trench Coats
Last month, my friend Rachel and I got together for some thrifting fun and lunch. While I had a list in mind and I was able to check off a couple of things on that list, I came across some fun finds I couldn’t pass up. The first thing I bought was a red trench coat, NWT from Express. Since I already had found this trench coat, did I really need the second one that was missing a belt? I did not, however the color was too good for me to leave it and I knew both would get worn in the spring and fall. Red Trench Coat Thrifting with…