Side View

Shirt: Mossimo
Sweater: Charlie & Robin
Skirt: Anne Segal
Belt: Elegantly Waisted
Boots: Jeffrey Campbell
Necklace: Jane Basch

Apparently today was a side view kind of day. I don't know why but I just never seemed to turn straight toward or away from the camera. Not that it really matters because you can still see my outfit just fine. But still it was an interesting observation.

It has finally cooled off quite a bit here is the beautiful TX. So today, when dressing for my day off with RT (woohoo!), I wanted to be cute but also be warm and cozy. Enter thick knit sweater and long cotton skirt. 

I have been noticing more and more that I go into my closet in the morning looking for a skirt or a dress and not jeans. I have basically lived in denim for as long as I can remember. And it has served me very very well. But I am leaning toward other options as of late. Now don't get me wrong, a good pair of jeans will always be in my wardrobe rotation. It is just not a most days occurrence right now.

RT and I spent the morning and early afternoon working on Christmas shopping and we are almost finished! I love going out on the hunt for something I think the person will really really love. Each person in our lives is so different and we really have to get creative and work hard to find something out of the ordinary but still perfectly appropriate. We had such a fun day and I know everyone will love what we have selected for them.

Happy Wednesday!

Nostalgia

Shirt: Vintage Wrangler
Sweater: ARO
Pants: Joe's Jeans
Boots: Ralph Lauren

Today I am fashionably nostalgic...

This shirt was RT's grandfather's. I don't normally steal clothes from my husband but it is cold outside and I wanted to wear something big and cozy. Plus I think this shirt looks great under my oversized sweater. And ... he doesn't really wear it that much so I thought it might be feeling neglected (or something like that). You can't see the buttons but they are pearl snap which makes me love the shirt that much more. I don't know why. Maybe it's a southern thing but pearl snap is something I can really get into if it is worn a specific way.

These boots were my mom's in the 80s. I might have already told you guys this but a few years ago, before riding boots were really back "in", I noticed that my mom didn't wear these boots anymore. When I asked her why she still had them if she wasn't going to wear them she told me it was because they were really nice boots and that they were still in good condition. I asked if I could have them and told her I would wear them all the time and she said yes. Now she is trying to be an indian giver. I am sure she is laughing while she reads this but she keeps trying to get me to give them back. Sorry momma. Their mine now. Ha! And thank you, by the way, for giving them to me! I really love them! :)

Happy Monday!

Christmas Wishing

1. Anthropologie
2. Free People
3. House of Harlow
4. Urban Outfitters
5. Jeffrey Campbell

Cute outfit right?! The last two years when my mom starts asking for a Christmas list I just send her an email with links to all the stuff I am currently "online wishing" for and tell her to choose whatever. I am not a hard to please person. Ha!

These were a few of the things on my list this year. 

Happy Thursday!

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Top: Mink Pink
Dress: Lithe
Tights: ASOS
Shoes: Mossimo

I LOVE the holiday season. It is such a happy time of year. On thursday after RT and I got home from my parent's house I immediately decorated the inside of our house for Christmas. Then, on saturday he put the lights up on the house and put out all of our outside decorations. That is our standing agreement with the house ... I take care of the inside and he takes care of the outside. 

Except for the dishes. 

He does the dishes. 

I love him.

Anyway ....  I digress. 

Being that this is my most favorite time of year, I wore my velvet swing dress that screams holidays and we took pictures in front of our big light up presents. And how about these tights from ASOS?! Aren't they so cute! Opaque on the bottom and fishnet on top. No need for layering. Love. Love. Love. 

Happy Tuesday!

Zig Zag Nails

I saw this idea on Pinterest and I think it is really fun!

Let me show you how I did it ...

First I painted my nails with the first color. I chose "Little Brown Dress" by Essie.

I allowed my nails to dry completely and then I used pinking shears (you could use any kind of scissors that create a fun edge) to cut a regular piece of scotch tape in half. Next I stuck the tape over half of each nail.

After that, I painted the half next to the tape with the second color. I used "You Don't Know Jacques" by O.P.I. I had to use 2 coats to cover the dark brown.

Don't worry if it gets on your skin a little bit. You can always clean that up with a q-tip and some nail polish remover. 

Immediately after the second coat is applied, carefully remove the tape from the nail. It is important not to let the paint set at all because then the tape might take some of the paint with it. 

Cover with the clear coat of your choice. I usually use "Good to Go" by Essie because it is quick dry and I am normally doing my nails in a hurry.

This is the finished product. Cute no?!

Happy Monday!

P Dub Cinnamon Rolls

I have something very important to share with all of you today. Cinnamon rolls. Enough said?? Yes I think so.

At my family's Thanksgiving meal we have cinnamon rolls instead of a regular dinner roll. My Nana has always made them and her rolls are seriously ah-may-zing! But she has gotten to where she doesn't really like to cook much anymore and my sister has tried to replicate her recipe and it has never been quite the same. Not to mention the fact that they call for Crisco which for some reason just seems wrong to all of us.

So this year with my sister gone with her husband's family, I was in charge of the "dinner rolls."

I am an avid reader of the Pioneer Woman blog. She is hysterical and she is a yummy and very decadent cook. She (and everyone else) swears by her cinnamon rolls so that is the recipe I used. Oh! My! Goodness! They were so scrumptious! Everyone loved them. I made 15 disposable pie pans full of rolls and we has 3 left. All of my family was talking about how much they liked them and people kept going back for more and more. Such a success!

Here is the link to her recipe.
Here is the link to all of her extra notes about the rolls.

And here is a picture of what hers look like when they are all finished.
























You have to make these! You will be so glad you did.

Mine looked a little different because I cut them much smaller and cooked them on their side so that they looked like a traditional dinner roll. And I didn't frost them.

This is so much better than an outfit post today I assure you. Mainly because I spent all day yesterday chatting and eating and so I look very similar to Violet Beauregarde from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory after she chews the piece of gum and fills with blueberry juice.

Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving as much as I did.
I am so lucky to have so very much to be thankful for.

Happy Friday!

Turkey Day is on the Way

Top: BCBGeneration
Cardigan: Michael Stars
Jeans: Citizens of Humanity
Boots: Nine West

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! You guys ... this is excellent news!! Who doesn't love Thanksgiving. An entire day centered around hanging out with the people you love and gorging yourself do death on the best food in the world. Honestly. It could be the closest thing to heaven right here on earth.

I might be biased though. I am a holiday junkie. I love any reason to celebrate with loved ones. 

We have been crazy busy at the store where I work. We are moving locations at the first of the year and so we have started a moving sale! It is like door busters around here. Ok not really. People aren't waiting in line at the door or anything but still, we have been really busy. So, I am glad to have on this super comfy outfit. I can be cute and comfortable for a crazy day at work. It's great right?! 

Have a great Turkey Day everyone! I'll be back on Friday.