What I Wore Wednesday: Mexican Fiesta Couples Shower

This past weekend, we had another fun party which I promise to post about soon (I actually have to post about all 3 parties, so maybe that will be part of my weekend plans now that I have moved and things are settling together!)

It was a lovely party and I got to wear my favorite dress from my Trousseau  (JUST KIDDING, I don't actually have a Trousseau, but a friend of mine referred to her wedding shower attire as her trousseau so I thought I would try, but lets face it, I am not nearly fancy enough for such language!!)  For those of you who aren't southern, a Trousseau was a term to refer to the clothing, linens and accessories a bride's family provided her for her wedding and marriage. You're welcome for your history lesson.

Anyways, as I said, it was probably my favorite party dress I bought so it was fun to wear it --AND I love Lilly.... and despite the drop in temp, I was determined to wear it, so I dug deep, wore a bright pink cardigan and rocked my Lilly dress. (RIP Lilly) You can check out other bloggers' outfits here....

But, seriously, don't Lilly dresses make you feel like you should be walking barefoot on a beach or sipping margs on a deck? 

Here's a picture of me with my mom and one of the hostesses and family friend, Glynda.  I guess my mom was talking when this picture was taken.

Dress: Lilly Pulitzer (on sale at Ruelala, of course!)

Belt: On sale at Belks

Shoes: BCBG

Earrings: Simple Joys (seriously, do I ever wear any other earrings than these?)

Other small update: I am moved out of my house in Jackson and settling in to my new life of lifting weights (flabby wedding arms ughhh), thank you note writing and actually going to bed early (here's hoping!!)  And Dave has final juries on his thesis this weekend, so if you're feeling kind, please say a prayer. 

What I wore Wednesday: PARTIES

I have tons to share: 2 parties and engagement pics etc...and hopefully later this week I will, but things are kindof busy around here...3 parties in 6 days (it just worked out that most of our showers and parties ended up being all at once which is fun but crazy busy), an baby shower in Church Hill for Dave's sister, packing and moving out of my house by next week and Dave is still finishing up classes and thesis and looking for a job (I hardly see that lil boogar!)

So if updates are lacking, I am sorry :(  Here is a quick "What I Wore Wednesday" from this past weekend...)

Check out other outfits here.

(1) shower with friends

Dress: BB Dakota (from Zappos)

Neclace: The Blue Door Boutique

Belt: Banana Republic

Earrings: Simple Joys

Shoes (not picture): Madden Girl

Sweater: basic gap white cardigan!

(2) Engagement Party

Dress: Lilly Pulitzer (from Rue la la sale)

Shoes: hand me downs from mom (apparently they looked too young for her)

neclace: borrowed from mom

earrings: simple joys

Easter Sunday

I suppose this can be a What We Wore: Easter Edition....although really its just an Easter post...which is good b/c I feel torn on WIW wednesdays because its a bit self focused (although I like knowing that I can come up with atleast one post each week even while I am so busy!)

I spent Easter in Church Hill.  At the time we made plans, my parents were moving into a new condo in Jackson and I didn't know if they would be at the Brookhaven house or Jackson condo for the holiday and no one else was coming in town (that I knew of) - plus there was a baby shower and wedding in Church Hill/Natchez that evening so we decided to spend the whole weekend with Dave's family.  Last minute, my grandparents and aunt and uncle came to town but I still stayed in Church Hill because that was our original plan. And although I missed my family, I am glad I did.  It was so much more restful.  I am grateful that our families live a little over an hour apart because we can and will continue to be able to see both families every holiday, but travelling between houses for holidays is exhausting so its nice when we can have an entire weekend in one place. I can definitely see the plus of just alternating some holidays....maybe Easter will be one of those!  I think that figuring out holidays will be one of the most difficult things for Dave and me-- such a blessing to both come from closeknit families, but it does create problems when planning things out!

I realized on Good Friday that I had been so busy with wedding planning, work, etc that I had failed to get an Easter dress-- showers, engagement party, rehearsal dresses? YES.  Easter - not so much. In Jackson, I would have just worn an older dress, BUT Church Hill is old school and Easter Sunday gets your Sunday Best which includes a new dress.... I didn't want to wear a dress I was saving for another event so I quickly ran to LOFT because they were having a 40 percent off sale.  They were sold out of my size but called the other LOFT in town so I ran over there to pick up my dress from hold.  All that to say, Good Friday shopping is as awful as day before Christmas shopping (although not as bad as day after Christmas)  The roads were packed, the stores crowded, stressful.  But success, I was able to find a dress and still get packed and to Church Hill literally 2 minutes before Good Friday Service!  LESSON LEARNED: Easter shop ahead of time!

It was a fun weekend -- seeing Dave's family, celebrating a sweet baby on the way and attending a wedding, relaxing, and of course, a good SOUTHERN EASTER DINNER.

We attended a wedding at Longwood Plantation Saturday.  It is an old southern mansion that was never finished (on the inside).  In the middle of building it, the Civil War broke out and afterwards, and afterwards, the house was never finished.  The first floor is decorated but the second floor is not -- all that exists is the bricks-- which actually makes it look really neat (different from every other southern plantation you can tour).  Also, its an octagonal house.  The food was on the bottom level and the band and dancing and drinks were on the second floor.

Dress: from a store on the Square in Oxford, MS a few years ago

Shoes: Red wedges from Judy's

Sweater: Gap

Earrings: Simple Joys

Here is my sweet guy and me Easter Sunday...

Dress: LOFT (SALE!!)

Necklace: Blue Door Boutique

Belt: Banana Republic

Shoes: Madden Girl (you can see them in the next picture)

DAVE:

Suit, Shirt, Tie: BELK (sale)

***This is his interview suit we bought a few weeks ago. Seriously, doesn't he look adorable?  Usually he is in student attire, so I love when he dresses up!***

With Dave's Family on Easter (minus his brother in law Conor who could not come due to work on Saturday) on Easter Sunday..... (Clearly I look more like his sisters than my own, ha - atleast in coloring and hair color) 

Possibly the BEST part of the Weekend was Sunday afternoon in Jackson.  We left after Easter lunch and got back around 3/3:30...  I packed a few boxes, did some laundry, made soup and sandwiches for dinner and we watched TV on a rainy lazy afternoon.  SO RARE and MUCH NEEDED!

I hope everyone else had a wonderful Easter weekend full of friends and family.  Certainly Easter can be celebrated alone --- the empty tomb is just as amazing, with or without others -- but it is good to rejoice with other believers and enjoy the blessing of eachother!

What I wore Wedneaday: FREAKY weather and WEDDING attire

Well, like the rest of America-- Spring in the 'SIP is kindof freaky at the moment....as in, I scraped ice off my car this morning before work-- on MARCH 27-- and last week it hailed tennis balls.  At the same time, wearing very wintery outfits seems a little inappropriate, so I am trying to mix some BRIGHT colors into my winter wardrobe.  I hope that I am not wearing leggings with my EASTER dress this weekend.

Check out other outfits by other bloggers here

(1) A gold belt and springy jacket makes this look a little more MARCH-Y right?

Jacket: Very Jane

Shirt: Mom's

Pants: J Crew

Belt: Banana Republic

Shoes: Tory Burch

Earrings: Simple Joys

(2) Atleast this outfit has bright colored shoes

Sweater: Gap

Pants: J Crew

Shoes: ????

Neclace: The Blue Door Boutique



(3) ALSO I had my first shower (will blog about it later)  Luckily it was warm enough (with a cardigan) to wear the spring dress I purchased for it...  I wish I had taken a full body pic so you could see my cute red shoes

Dress: Anthropolie

Belt: Banana Republic

Pearls: The Blue Door Boutique

Earrings: Simple Joys

ADORABLE Red wedges which you can't see: TJ Maxx

(4) and MY FRIEND got married this weekend (blog post soon with pics of the lovely bride, promise!!)
---> I had to wear hose with my dress because it was chilly (ok and also because its got a slit in the back)

DRESS (which I love!!!): The Blue Door Boutique

Shoes: Madden Girl

PS The adorable redhead in the above pic got engaged a couple weeks ago (ahhh!) Yay for weddings.  I have a plan where my friends schedule their weddings every few months so that if dave and I move away, I have to come back atleast every few months.  So far, its going according to plan. :)

PSS I promise a more substantial post soon!!

What I wore Wednesday: Date Nights

So, confession: I thought I would hate 'What I wore Wednesdays" and I will admit that I am not crazy about taking selfies (a little narcissistic, plus they never turn out that great!) But, in a busy time, I love that I have a regularly scheduled post and I love that it motivates me to dress cute! (Check out the link above for other clothing ideas!)

This weekend, I actually failed to have a girls night (booo) but I don't feel too guilty because I tried to and several people were out of town.  Dave and I went shopping for his interview suit at Belks then had dinner at PanAsia which is a restaurant I feel like I should love, but I honestly don't.  However, it had been a few weeks since we actually went out to dinner so it was fun.  We were going to go see Oz at 9:50 but you know, I'm old and I was tired so I went home and went to bed at 9:30 (amazing)

For our date night, I pulled out one of my favorite jackets and tried the whole mixing patterns thing.  Stripes and Polka dots. I think that it worked.  I'm quite matchy-matchy so I am trying my hardest to break out of that.

Jacket: Boden

Shirt: Gap

Jewelry: Mistletoe Marketplace

Jeans: Loft

Boots: Christmas gift two years ago (??)

Saturday, we went out to dinner with Dave's best friend, Cole and Cole's wife, Whitney.  We had all been so excited about Crawfish all week long. Seriously, group texts back and forth and when we arrived, they were out.  They thought they would get some more so we waited around and had drinks, but they didn't so we went to Georgia Blue instead.  Sad day, now I am still craving those lil' mudbugs.  It's always fun to hang out with Cole and Whitney because they live in the suburbs and I feel we rarely see them (funny how 30-40 mins seems so long!) Dave took this picture (and laughed at me for wanting a pic of my outfit)  Excuse my unmade bed.  The best part of this top is the criss-crossed back which you can't see :(

Shirt: Mistletoe Marketplace (Christmas gift)

Scarf: Mistletoe Marketplace (ift)

Undersirt: Loft

Jeans: Loft

Boots: Christmas gift

On a really happy note (for me, atleast), those are my skinny jeans in both pics.  woohoo... down 7-8 pounds. Hopefully I can loose 8-10 more before the wedding!

Anyone else sporting fun trends this week???

"What I wore" Wednesday: a day of showers

Clearly, I am lacking inspiration and time to post often because my last post was WIWW as well (although I have some adorable pics from a jungle themed shower I hosted to post soon!)  Check out other people's outfits on this blog.

Saturday was a busy day.... I had my hair straightened (Brazillian blowout, love it!!!) and then attended 3 showers including one that I hosted.  I hadn't intended on 3 outfits (just 2), BUT I spilled something on my first outfit and had to change before shower number 2.  I literally did not stop between 7:30 am and 1 am but it was such a fun day celebrating babies and marriages!!!!

It is March so I was planning on wearing sundresses in that typical "in between" way -- IE, not too summery sundress, cardigan and flats not sandals....but in true MS fashion, it was freezing.   We have a history of things warming up some to trick you into believing winter is gone and then suddenly its freezing again! So I readjusted.

My first outfit (prehair being straightened obvi!)  Perfect for a Brunch at a local Bed and Breakfast/Old Southern Home to celebrate a sweet baby boy due in a few weeks!

Jacket: Very Jane

Dress: LOFT

Shoes: Madden Girl (from Judy's in Brookhaven)

Belt: Banana Republic

Then I changed (hair straightened now, see the difference?) and wore this orange skirt to a fun animal print shower for my friend Marianna who is getting married later this month.  I look very auburn themed which was not my plan, but luckilly Marianna is an Auburn fan so she didnt mind!

Shirt: Very Jane

Belt: Banana Republic

Skirt: Loft (it's the wrong size :( but I love the orange so I keep wearing it!)

Boots: Christmas gift last year (???)

Bracelets: 1 David Yurman mixed with 1 Yurman knockoff (???)

Cluster Pearl drop Earrings: Simple Joys by Ginny Misner

Scarf: Thimblepress "Katy" scarf (named for yours truly !!)

After scrambling to find a lingerie gift for Marianna's second shower (we struggled a lot to find something attractive!!) and going home to finish up decorations, we headed to Bravos for drinks and dinner (which was delicious but took forever) then back to the Peachtree house for the shower! The shower did not start until almost 11! We are so wild and young--- riiiiiiiggggghhhhtttt.  She got lots of good stuff.  It was a jungle themed lingerie shower (I will post on that soon) and Marianna LOVES animal print so many of us wore animal print clothing along with her to celebrate.  Technically I shouldn't be wearing a velvet skirt in March but it was for a good cause and it was freezing.  I have always been a big fashion rule follower (no white til after easter!!!) but even I am loosening up on SOME rules during my old age.

Sweater: Target

Tank top: Loft maybe?

Belt: Banana Republic (the the one thing that made it through the whole day ha!)

Skirt: Loft

Jewelry: from some store at Mistletoe Marketplace in November

Bracelet: Yurman

So there you have it, my wardrobe for a day full of showers!!  Can't wait to celebrate this baby boy and Marianna and Thomas's wedding, both occuring in a few weeks :) This stage of life -- tons of weddings and showers and engagement parties etc can be so exhausting but so fun.  It is especially fun to have several friends engaged or near engagement.  After years of singleness together, its fun to rejoice in God's provision and blessings!

My first "What I wore" Wednesday: Chambray Shirt edition

I probably won't always do this (but maybe I will if it motivates me to dress cuter). But I love seeing the outfits that several bloggers post on Wednesday

And I'm in love with my new chambray shirt. I asked for one for Christmas but didn't get one bc they sold out. I finally found one on sale at Very Jane and it came it and I was so eager to wear it that I had to create a way to wear it to work.  I actually love it.  One of my goals this year was to learn how not to be matchy-matchy (rememebr my 30 by 30 goal of wear black and brown together???)  I think the chambray makes the wintery wool skirt seem a little springier, perfect for these in between days in late feb/early march.

PS this was pre- hair and makwup so ignore me and notice my new shirt instead!

Top: Very Jane

Jacket: Ann Taylor Loft

Skirt: Ann Taylor

Wedge Heals: from Judy's shoes, can't remember the name!

Neclace: Target