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What is my signature style?
After I read a couple blog posts about signature styles, I decided to think about what constitute my personal or signature style. I asked myself a couple of questions: what items do I add no matter my outfit? Which pieces of clothing do I reach for? Which things to I feel tempted to buy? What do I like most in my outfits? Here are my conclusions: Statement Earrings It is rare that you will see be out and about without a pair of statement earrings and most often than not, it will be a pair of Nickel and Suede earrings. It used to be that I would only wear studs…
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2020 Budget Wins and Fails
Since we are 4 months into the year and I often try to share some of the budgeting tips that have worked for our family (search budget posts on the blog), I thought it would be helpful to share my budget wins and fails so far. It also helps me celebrate my wins or learn from my fails. January and February The first two months of the year would count as fails in my book even though I was still able to put money into savings. Of course having been able to save they are not total fails. However, my hope was to start the year with a small credit…
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March in Review
I usually like to dedicate my Wednesdays post to travel or fun outings we have made as a family but since those are not happening at this time, I thought I would look back at March since there were a few happenings. 1 Year Blogiversary First came my blog 1st year anniversary. I was quite happy that people still continue to read my blog and that I am still having fun writing it. You can read my blogiversary posts here, here and here. I share my 3 favorite fashion posts, my 3 favorite travel posts and my giveaway wins from Instagram and blogs. My oldest son’s school award I was…
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Green Maxi Skirt Outfits
I always find it interesting how you see a piece of clothing on a model, and you either like it or not, then you see in on a “real person” and you like it better and then you try it for yourself and you either do like it or not. It is definitely a hit and miss especially when you are shipping online and cannot try clothes till after you have paid for them. While I have not been successful much with finding dresses online that fit me well (I have had some good laughs with some things from Amazon), I was pretty successful with my skirts from SheIn (3…
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March Favorites
I had a hard time coming up with favorites for March at first. It is not that my life is that much different now than before apart from being stuck at home a little more than before. I have been quite a homebody the past year or two unless we are on vacation but I had started to meet different friends once a week. I think it is more the uncertainty of when this will be over that gets to me. The children are doing well with their home schooling lessons and we really have enjoyed the outside time (minus the pollen) with walks and bike rides as well as…
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Accessories are amazing!
If you are traveling or if you have a small wardrobe, accessories can be a game changer. They can transform an outfit by a switch of a shoe or an earring or by their addition such as a scarf or a necklace. They can be more economical than adding a blouse or a pair of pants to your closet and if you are traveling they do not take much space (apart from shoes). Now the earrings I am sharing are not economical as Nickel and Suede earrings run usually around $25 to $32 but I love them so much that I have collected a dozen pairs over the past few…
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March Outfits
Well, we are nearing the end of the month. March sure ended differently than it started. With at least another month of online learning ahead, I am hoping for temperate weather as it goes very quickly from spring to summer here in the South. My outfits haven’t really changed much in the past few weeks as my lifestyle hasn’t changed much. Of course, there is no weekly playdate and no fun trip to Target but mostly, I was a homebody taking care of my 2 year old and my blog while the oldest were in school. I have been wanting some graphic tees so you will see more of those…
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Baby room updates
Following with last Friday’s room update, today I am sharing a few things I did to my youngest’s bedroom. He is 2 and a half years old and thankfull still sleeps in his crib. The crib has made it through 4 children so we definitely got our money’s worth! It was purchased at Baby’s R Us 13 years ago! I like that it is a 4 in 1 crib so we can take the front off when he starts climbing out of it. We have one of the boy’s extra mattress and box spring for when he outgrows it. The main reason I wanted to make some updates to our…
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Family fun when quarantined
Today I wanted to share some of the things we have been doing to make our days a little more fun! We definitely have created a loose routine that works for us with school work being done usually between 9 and 12 and meals at our regular times. My teen is very happy not to have to wake up at 7:30 while his brothers wake up at their usual time (for my 9 year old, that is 6 am!!). Do not feel the pressure to entertain your kids all day long. We have electronics time during the 2 year old’s nap and we have some tv time during the day…
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My favorite spring shoes
Today, I wanted to share the shoes I reach for the most in the springtime. One of these is new while the others are a year old or so. I do not wear my sandals much until I get my nails painted sometime usually in April but with things the way they are now, I probably buy a bottle of nail polish (can you believe I don’t have any?) next week, and see how good of a job I can do on my own. Burgundy Shoreline Converse My favorite type of Converse is the Shoreline because I like not having to tie a shoe lace. Having a short shoe lace…