my outfit for a wedding {just for fun!}
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This is not a fashion blog. On a normal day {home with kids} I wear my Lands End sweats and a Gap v-neck tee shirt. Out and about, I will throw on a pair of my favorite Banana Republic jeans. After my big closet purge {see: Creating a Content Closet}, I now only own items I love and that actually fit. I love my closet now. I can wear everything in it. It is a good feeling.
But it’s fun to dress up every once in a while {besides an occasional, once every six months hot date with the hubby… we will try to do better now that our daughter is past one!} We only had one wedding to attend this year. Which is sad but good. Most friends and family are married or now having baby showers.
So for my one wedding, I wanted to wear something new and beautiful. I have been abiding by my {see: Be Healthy for You} health guidelines, which are mostly sleep, eat three meals, exercise three times weekly. So I am feeling pretty good about where I’m at, but I am still working on myself….
Anyways, I wanted to share my outfit with you! I went to Banana Republic {my favorite place to shop — I just wait for the great deals!} And I found this beautiful navy and bright blue Sloan colorblock dress. It fit me perfectly {with Spanx of course!} and I felt great in it!
I am so sad to say that I don’t have a picture of my husband and I at the wedding — mostly because he was looking smokin’, but I also felt very good too!! We were rushing out the door, spewing out babysitting directions for my mom — I had never left my daughter for bed time!! {And she went to sleep amazingly well! Just 25 minutes of snuggles on the floor bed — see: Our Montessori Baby Room.} So no pic to share :(
I didn’t know what shoes to wear with the dress, I was thinking of buying a neutral shoe to channel Kate Middleton, but as I was perusing the Banana Republic website, I saw these amazing Maisie Wedge suede heels in bright blue! They match perfectly, and I don’t think they are too matchy-matchy. I love that they are wedges = more comfy and they would go wonderfully well with a pair of black pants so I knew I’d wear them again :) {I’m sad to see that they don’t sell bright blue anymore, but maybe they’ll bring them back next spring?}
And next was a beautiful purse to wear. I only have one purse right now — my beautiful big slouchy black Coach purse that I found in pristine condition at a consignment shop for $60! And I have my black Coach wristlet / wallet — but this outfit needed a pop. Ha. I was so excited when one of my favorite bloggers, Elise Blaha, blogged about clutches! Perfect! I went to Etsy to find the perfect one. I loved the canary yellow and wanted it paired with real brown leather. I asked Tanya at Eleven Roosters to custom-make it for me — I adore it! And now I see that she is selling this color combo :) I love that it can hold a lot or a little, and even an iPad, which I don’t have, but it is so simple and yet so beautiful! I know will use it often, as it is my only brown/natural purse.
And the last piece — jewelry. I had this area covered, as a few of my friends have been selling Stella & Dot jewelry for a while now. I caved and had a party a while back and was so excited to buy some free and 50% off jewelry. I have way too much now, but it’s fun to add big earrings to an outfit to dress it up. I switch between gold and silver almost every day. I chose to wear the Millie necklace as a layered bracelet and the Limited Edition Rebel earrings. I thought it went well.
So at the end of the night, I wanted to still get a pic after we got home {we don’t have smart phones like normal people, see: Step Away from the Internet.} But my husband was not having it at all. Here is a self picture, minus my face because by the end of the night, as the dd, I had my glasses on and some very tired eyes. We stayed out way too late — which was my gift to my husband because I am not a night owl.
And now back to normalcy. Black pants and tshirts. And my kiddos. Fun to have a night out, but even better to kiss my precious ones in the morning. xo
Just what I needed to read today! What a great outfit to wear out. I would totally wear that too!
Thanks Sarah, you’re so sweet! :) It’s fun to talk about ourselves every once in a while :)