No outfit for you...

I have not taken a single outfit picture in the last five days, because I've barely gotten dressed in the last five days. It was a slightly disturbing look at what my life would be like if my job didn't force me to put on my big-girl pants on a daily basis, actually.

I spent the weekend with my husband and daughter here...


...and I'm not going to lie, it was a much needed trip.

I think I was a beach bum born to the Midwest by mistake, and at the very least, at this point in my life, I've managed to move close enough to the ocean that a long weekend on the water is a legitimate possibility. I need to hear the waves and sit in the sand every so often, just to keep my sanity in tact.

Someday, I will live on a coast. Until then?

I can make do with what I've got, because what I've got is a husband who loves me enough to plan an impromptu mini vacation when I start to stress out and an 18-month old who is just so. much. fun. to hang out with that I want to take her on vacation all over again just to hear her crazy giggles when she's swimming.






And I wouldn't trade either one for the nicest beach house on the nicest coast in the nicest location.

Anywhere.

(Except maybe Italy...

Totally kidding!

Mostly...)

Time for a new skirt...

I absolutely love this skirt, but I've had it for probably seven years now, and it's starting to look a little worn. Plus, when I bought it back in the day, I think I bought it a little big because I liked my skirts to ride a little lower then, and now I think it's starting to look a little messy.

So, come Easter, one of the first items on my shopping list? A new pencil skirt.

And I'm open to suggestions, if you have the perfect one that I just have to get!

Cardigan: J Crew

Skirt: Banana Republic

Shoes: Nine West

Saturday Brunch

I guess it's not really brunch when you don't eat until 1pm, huh?

We met my husband's family for lunch on Saturday, so that his aunt and uncle who were visiting from Cincinnati could spend some time with Brigid, and the weather was absolutely perfect for eating outside. So we did. It was a little breezy, not too hot, not too cold, low humidity.

It was the perfect spring day!

And it's about time, too, because I am tired of being cold all of the time.

Next week, it will be 90, and I'll be complaining about how hot Atlanta summers are.

I mean, some people are just never satisfied...

Dress: Old Navy

Cardigan: Gap

Sandals: Steve Madden

Night Out

On Friday night, one of my favorite local bands was playing at a bar at (we thought) at around 10pm. So, I headed over to my sister-in-law's house around 7:30, we called for a cab around 8:30, and we got to the bar around 9.

And then some random group that I'd never heard of before started playing. And they were ok, but it was nothing super exciting.

And then when they were done, some other guy I'd never heard of got on stage. And he played the slowest music known to man for about an hour. Seriously. I don't think that poor guy has ever heard an upbeat song in his life. And while that isn't always a bad thing, it's also not really what I was looking for that night.

By the time the guy I'd actually come to see made it to the stage, it was after midnight, and everybody that I had gone out with was ready for bed (because that is really how slow the middle band was). So, a few songs into his set, we left.

Not the most successful event in my time, that's for sure. Ah well...what can you do?

T-Shirt: J Crew

Skirt: The Limited

Boots: DSW

Hey, I posted over at Style Lush yesterday, if you're interested in my take on the perfect summer make-up routine. And you know you are...

Spring is in the air...

...and I couldn't be happier!

I took Brigid to Target last Friday, when I was on a mission to find a hat for the weekend, and that kid is so much fun to hang out with, I wasn't ready to take her home when we were done shopping. So, we headed out for lunch at a Chick-Fil-A that was apparently celebrating a reopening. There were balloons and face painting and free milkshakes everywhere, plus a big cow wandering around.

Brigid was obsessed with the big cow.

Also? The big cow and I matched, so I'm pretty sure I scored major brownie points with her when all was said and done. Score!

 

T-Shirt: Gap

Sweater: Target

Shorts: Esprit (from years ago)

Shoes: Jessica Simpson