Joyfully Weary

It's been forever since I've sat down and put together one of these posts. I'm still taking outfit pictures, though. My family is so sweet; they pose almost every Sunday for family outfit picture; I'm much better at posting those on Instagram . This outfit is two dresses layered on top of each other. Both of them where thrift finds. I love the pattern on the top dress, but it's a little too short for me to wear comfortably.  My mother-in-law works at Banana Republic  and she picked up this coat for me at a steal of a deal. I adore it; it's warm enough for hiking with the kids but also a bit dressy. These two dresses ↑↓ are both from Antropologie . The one above is several years old. The one below  I picked up last summer. You can probably tell that I'm a sucker for bright colors, flowers, and texture.  I always get complements on my gold shoes . They are actually a  DIY .  Almost eight years ago Jeremy and I where in Florence (he...

It's been forever since I've done one of these post, be prepared for a lot of outfits. I figure if I take the time to take the picture, not to mention convincing Jer or one of the kiddos to play photographer; I should complete the process by sharing. The first couple of outfits are from late October...if you scroll through them all, you can actually see the effect the cold weather has had on our yard. The above dress is an old favorite from Anthropologie . Green is my favorite color; I adore this piece so much that I have found countless ways to layer it so I can wear it all-year-round.  Playing around on Etsy one night I stumbled upon the shop Bumbleebuck Vintage  - it was such a happy find! She carries a lot of unique pieces at affordable prices. I picked up this dress and a 60's watercolor velvet dress. The shoulders on this dress are very 80's, but I loved the color and pattern so much that I was determined to make it work. This time I layered it with a l...

Little Lady and I were super excited when we saw that  Old Navy was selling women's and girls'  dresses in the same pattern. Or at least what we thought was the same pattern. Old Navy's online photos of the girl's dress showed the flowers as dark orange/red instead of the white you see on Little Lady's dress. I was prepared to return them, but Little Lady was with me when I opened the package and was excited to wear them even if they didn't truly match. She was happy that the patterns were the same even if the colors were not...I could learn a lot from her half-glass-full mentality.  She accessorized her outfit all on her own - the girl totally has more style than her mama. Since our dresses went together we decided to do our hair in the same style too. I've been on a bit of a dutch braid craze for the last year or so and I don't see it every stopping. You can also see in the picture below that my hair is starting to go grey. I haven't dye...

The weather this September has been so odd. We thought for awhile fall weather had arrived; Little Lady begged me to get her fall/winter clothes down for the attic and then all the sudden we had a couple weeks with 80°-90° days. I tend to enjoy all the seasons and the clothing it brings, but this unexpected hot weather in September has been a bit rough. It is very hard to teach school when I  keep thinking about how blissful the beach would be. I picked up the skirt below at a Goodwill. It was in rural southern IL and the prices were crazy cheap - $3 for skirts! I'm pretty sure it's a vintage homemade piece. I was drawn to because of the bright green color and the fun golf flag detail on the pocket.   I wore this on one of the rare cooler days we've had this month. This dress is from eShakti but I picked it up thrifting. I have a few eShakti dress and I'm always amazed at their quality, This is a  slightly bigger size then what I normally wear but f...