Outfits: A Girl and her Cupcake

OUTFIT DETAILS:

Sweater: Target 

Skirt: Gap

Blouse: UO

Hat, Bag & Boots: Thrifted, Vintage

Oh hello there darlings, 

Say hello to my autumn uniform... It seems that these fall days have brought overcast skies and buckets of rain my way so a cozy sweater, wool hat, and heavy tights are where it is at.   Rain or not, this cupcake sweater and the rest of the ensemble have made it's way into rotation at least once a week if not twice if I am being honest.  I just love sweaters and wooly hats this time of year...and cupcakes too.  Yep, I even wore it on an outing to the corn maze and pumpkin patch with my son's preschool class.    And yes, I am fully aware that this may not have been the most practical outfit to romp around the corn fields alongside of 4 year olds especially as the rest of the parents were perfectly comfy in their jeans and sweatshirts.  You know us bloggers though, we just love finding reasons to "dress up", so a corn maze sounded like a pretty swell reason to me.  Wouldn't you agree?

How about you?  What's your autumn uniform consist of?  

Until next time...love bunches, 

Daily Ritual

Hi darlings!

I'm popping in to say "hello!",  after a crazy couple of weeks - you know, those weeks where everyone is under the weather, under one roof and then you end up spending a couple nights in the hospital with your little one from a virus.  Yes, those kinds of weeks.  They can be a bit scary and a bit stressful, but I can gladly report that everyone is quite alright now and my little dude made it home in time to celebrate his first birthday!  So as you can tell, it's been very busy around these parts.

I'm making a couple of pit stops along the way before I'm back to my regularly scheduled postings.  Today you can find me over at Never Fully Dressed-Without A Style, contributing to Kristian's monthly Q&A - this month talking about daily rituals.  Any guesses what mine is?

If you are curious...pop on over this WAY to say Hello...

See ya soon!

Love Bunches,

Outfits: Bike Season / Boat Season

OUTFIT DETAILS:

Dress: Modcloth 

Hat: UO & Shoes

Brooch: vintage, antique mall

Bag: vintage, belonged to grandmother

Hello there, 

It's Tuesday and it's been dreary for a couple days now, but I don't mind too much.  As our wee family has been ever so busy as of late, it's nice to have a couple days to lounge about and do things at a slower pace.  For me that means, taking the time to cook a fancy dinner or two, get caught up on a couple DIYs around the house, and maybe even bake something delicious....and yes, have a Netflix marathon of PLL once the kiddos go to bed.    

Anyhow, despite the grey skies, this is my favorite time of year.  Once the weather warms, the boats are back out in the lake in my neighborhood, the bikers are out with their bikes cycling up the mountainous roads, and the walkers are out with their pups for some fresh air.  I for one love a sunny afternoon of kayaking or laying out by the lake with my two kiddos.  So please Mother Nature, bring on the sun once again!  Of course, in reality there are plenty of chores and work to be done before I live the life of leisure, hehe.

So with that, I wish you a terrific Tuesday.  Here's to taking a moment or two to do things at a slower pace.

Love Bunches, 

Outfits: Downtown Daisy

Outfit Details:

Sweater: c/o Chicnova

Hat, Blouse, Brooch, Skirt: Vintage, thrifted

Bag: Vintage, belonged to my Oma

Shoes: Modcloth (sale)

It's Monday and I've had one weekend chock full of gal palling around downtown, grabbing some yummy Indian food that I've had quite the hankering for lately, thrifting to my lil ol heart's content, and hockey-gaming the night away.  Now it's time for a little r&r!  

Though the closest downtown to where I live really isn't much of a city at all, it does boast some of the prettiest old buildings that are sadly falling apart or in the process of being knocked down.  I couldn't help but be smitten with this old Engel Building across the street from where we ate the other day.  Half of it was an old dress shop and the other half was completely demolished in the back.  Apparently the city is preserving the facade of this old gem.  Anyhoo, I'm just a tad obsessed with old forgotten places if you couldn't tell already, ha!  I would just adore seeing places like this completely restored back to their old beauty.  

So with that, I'm off to grab a second cup of joe.  I wish you a happy week ahead darlings!  

Love Bunches, 

Outfits: Jumper

 Outfit Details:

Sweater, Hat, Skirt: Thrifted, Vintage

Tights: Hue

Shoes: Clarks

I've had the best of luck this year with finding comfy cozy sweaters at the thrift store...so I guess you could say a chunky sweater over a dress or skirt has been my uniform all winter long.  It's funny because I was never much of a sweater kind of gal til I moved to the frozen tundra...er, to the mountains of Northeast, PA actually, but now that I am here, I want nothing more than for my arms and my nose to be warm and not all goose-bumpy and chilled as ice.  Move aside fussy dresses & high heels.  I'll get back to you once spring peeks her head out from behind the curtain once again.  

Oh and that bridge...isn't that a tad creepy?  Fact: when I was in 9th grade, all the melting ice and snow from the blizzard and flood of '96 made it collapse and off it went floating down the river never to be seen .... or fixed again. Wanna see for yourself?...Check out this video which is a tad frightening but also humorous at the same time:

See what I mean?  Anyhoo it's Friday and I'm so thrilled that the weekend is here!  Wishing you one cozy and relaxing weekend darlings!

Love Bunches,

Outfits: Zelda

Outfit Details:

Dress, Blouse, Hat, Bag: Vintage, thrifted

Belt: JCrew

Tights: Modcloth

Boots: Delia's

Hello there darlings, 

It's snowing.  Yes, nothing new here.  So naturally I gathered up a couple of my gal pals - who happen to be teens that are part of the youth group I help out with and we hit the road for some thrifting, some Panera, and some picture taking.  Girls just want to have fun, ya know?  

The night was filled up with bowls of piping hot soup, Vampire Weekend on the radio and snuggle-umptious sweaters that we each snagged up at Salvation Army.  Not bad for a frosty evening out, eh?  

Anyhow, this is what I wore.  The hubs said I looked like a character from Zelda.  (To him this was a good thing).  And just for the record...I'm totally wearing my dress backwards, if you haven't already noticed.  Sometimes a good "alteration" doesn't require a needle and thread.

So that's just about it.  I'm currently in the kitchen making funfetti cupcakes.  The snow brings out the baker in me.  How about you?

Love Bunches,