I might pull the trigger

This is probably an outfit I need this season. Found it at Old Navy. I am severely postpartum right now, and when I say severely, I just mean I have a long way to go before I'm in my pre baby size again. But I simply refuse to look like a frump wearing stretchy pants for much longer.
Sure, I'm limited right now. Can't wear a dress because I'm nursing. Can't wear anything that hugs my tummy or someone might ask when I'm due even though the baby is in fact here already.
I think I should just purchase some affordable things in my postpartum size so I can feel pretty this summer. Something for church and something for play maybe?
I just love this animal print old navy has (on the tank underneath in picture).

"shop by outfit"

Lately I love to go to one of my favorite clothing websites and click on "shop by outfit". It is so fun to see what they put together (and helpful too). I have this irrisistable desire to buy an entire outfit one day...It is getting stronger. It'll probably be soon, and I'll let you know when it all goes down.
Shopping by outfit at anthropologie or jcrew is fun for sure. Their clothes are beautiful, who can deny it? But shopping by outfit somewhere affordable, like Old Navy is just plain wonderful, bc I might could actually select all the pieces one day and throw 'um in my cart.oooh weeee. I'm excited just thinking about it!

sweet studs

I just loved these studs I saw at The Territory Ahead. They look sort of old and interesting.http://www.territoryahead.com/jump.jsp?itemID=9366&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1%2C2%2C6%2C180%2C486&iProductID=9366&sortBy=Sort by&page=1&onePage=1 Did the link work?

where shopping is a pleasure

Publix had all their Halloween stuff 50% on Monday after Halloween. My kids love to play dress up, and Olice especially LOVES masks! So I picked up a few of these at .70 cents a mask. I thought they were fun.

update

By the way, I did order one of the lightweight woven tunics at LLBean. I have really been enjoying it especially during this ambiguous weather we've been having. Lots of stores have this style of shirt this fall with the pintucks, and some have a bib front style which I also really like. The only problem is most of them cost $50-$60. LLBean's was the best price I saw at $39.

pretty skirt

I am going to attempt to put a link on this post to an adorable skirt I found tonight at The Territory Ahead. If it isn't timeless I don't know what is. I so want to buy in ivory for next summer, but we are sort of on a spending freeze. I thought maybe one of you could enjoy it.

Ok I tried and I tried, I learned some new things, and I got this close [ ] to putting a link on this post, but alas. It's like some people get it and some don't. Anyway the skirt is called the circle eyelet cotton skirt and I found it at territoryahead.com

Re-Purpose!

So this is the best I can do for a picture sisters! This is what you get. It's not like I was going to take a shower. I wanted you to notice the dress, not me! Shinny took this picture at her house this weekend while all the children were melting around us.

Just wanted to tell you about the dress I made this summer. The skirt was taken from a Tommy Hilfiger dress I'd had since 2004 which I had tired of, and the arms had yellowed. The top is the top half of an Old Navy maternity top I bought in 2007. Since I was going to send both this pieces to Salvation Army I figured I had nothing to lose by attempted to revitalize them. I definitely have to give most of the technical support thanks to my Mom! But I will take credit for the design.

And as for the trio of yellow roses, I had a sash-like belt that I had bought at Salvation Army a few years ago which I only bought bc of the fun color. I cut it into three pieces, got a book at the library to teach me how to make cloth roses, and sewed 'um up. That was the funnest part. Don't you love the flower details everywhere you look lately?!