Hello friends!!
GEEZ, is it seriously {almost} March and did I seriously just drop off the face of the earth for three months?? I am so mad at myself, I was doing so good at blogging. BUT, I got busy around Christmas time with life {nothing in particular} and my laptop charger crapped out so I can only charge my laptop when hubby is home. I like to blog during nap time so it is uninterupted, relaxing time for Mommy but my laptop is kind of old and doesnt hold much of a charge. I keep intending to sit down at night after baby goat goes to bed but....well, that's enough with excuses. I am hitting the blog world hard again and have SO many great DIY ideas and outfit ideas. So to ease back in, I am going to do a list of a few recent purchases that I am loving, reviews on each and maybe even a polyvore outfit or 2!
American Eagle Maxi Dress - $44.50
So I have a problem....well, I have alot of problems but here is one....I CANNOT RESIST a black maxi dress. I freaking hope these things never go out of style because I REFUSE to stop wearing them. And I am going to say the following at the risk of sounding crazy, I think I made the maxi dress popular. HAHA! Not really, but I def was one of the early sporters of this look. Oh yes, like many trend setters I did get laughed at (I recall my at the time soon to be sis in law asking if I was wearing my wedding dress when I sported a floor length kimono style white maxi to one of my showers) but I didn't care. So I probably have a good 15 or so of these, and I would say at least 5 of them are black. I just LOVE them. What is easier than throwing one on, putting on some gold flip flops and tossing on pretty much any jewelry I own and heading out the door? Anything goes, you can wear it in any season (at least in Texas anyway) and they flatter all body types. So that being said, this is the newest black maxi dress in my closet. It fits well, the straps actually form a tie in the back so you can adjust it with the tie. It's a little long but that's good for me because I want to be able to wear it with wedges. It is made of a cotton fabric rather than jersey which is nice because it looks a little nicer. However, I did notice something funny, this being my first non jersey maxi dress. I take really long steps and since this fabric doesn't give at all sometimes it feels funny because both legs catch the full length of the skirt and I feel constricted....but I do have a 33 inch inseam which is def not the norm so I would venture to say no other person in this world that owns this dress will probably have this problem. So buy it, quickly. Oh and I ordered it online and got free shipping and 20% off for downloading the American Eagle app on my phone. Pretty awesome!
I like to call these my mom shorts. They really aren't that long but I love short shorts. That being said, being a mom now and recently fitting into all of my college clothes again (which have been hopefully stored away for 6+ years) I had to re-asses the appropriateness of some of those clothing. I will probably still rock my cut offs occasionally but I wanted something without holes and with an inseam longer than 2 1/2", haha! So these fit the bill. I really wanted the Madewell Midi Shorts but I was not willing to spend $60 on jean shorts, that's just dumb. So these are a great alternative. They were a little tight on the legs initially but after about 20 minutes of wearing them, I kind of wished I had gone down a size. So I love them but if you are debating between two sizes buy the smaller size. Again, I got these at American Eagle with free shipping and 20% off. Not a bad deal! Here are some outfit inspirations. Please excuse the retarded spacing, who am I to fight with blogger when it wants to put weird blank spots everywhere....
American Eagle Crochet Shirt - $39.50
Alright now let me just tell ya'll, I don't exclusively shop at American Eagle. In fact, I have probably only been in there like 4 times in the past five years. BUT it has become my hail mary store. When I really want something cute to wear out at the last minute and I have looked at all of my staple stores with no luck, some how American Eagle ALWAYS comes through. Case in point, our stock the bar party when we were getting married, 20 minutes before we were supposed to be picked up I found this super awesome black bubble hem tank with sequins all around the collar; last summer the day before we were supposed to go on a big couples date to Max's Wine Dive, Mr. Goat handed me $50 and said "go find something to wear tomorrow night, just because" and after walking around La Cantera forever (and little Goat being very cranky and mad) I stepped into AE, saw, tried on and bought a presh white eyelet dress. There are more, I will spare you. Anyway, I went in the other day to exchange my midi shorts that I ordered online because I wanted to try on another style and I saw this. It was instant attraction. I wanted to buy it a glass of wine {if I wasn't so scared of spilling some on it's beautiful whiteness} attraction. I am a sucker for white and crochet or eyelet detail, put them together and I don't stand a chance. Anywho, I went back later (with my still good 20% off coupon) and tried it on. It does run small, I usually wear a medium but chose to buy a large because the medium was really short and not quite as billowy as I had imagined. Def have to wear a stark white tank under it, but super cute and perfect for summer and fall. Outfits...
I actually bought this to wear for two occasions. I planned to wear it for Valentine's Day dinner and to wear for Mr. Goat's best friend's bday dinner. We haven't been back to San Antonio much since we moved to Austin (or at least I haven't, Mr. Goat has to go back pretty much every week for work, no fun for him) and I have lost quite a bit more weight since we moved so I was kind of excited to see lots of old friends and wanted to wear something super cute. I hadn't planned to buy anything as I have a million cute things in my closet that have only been worn once or maybe not even at all but I saw this while I was checking the kiddos clearance rack for little Goat clothes. It looked so expensive and out of place being on the rack at Old Navy. It doesn't look nearly as awesome online and I was shocked by the terrible reviews it got. I love it, it looks great with lots of color accents {I am a huge navy fan because of it's versatility} and it fits great! It does run big, I usually wear a medium and bought a small and it is a little short {which I don't mind} but I love it and look forward to wearing it again. And It has this great little snap so you can button it to avoid the twin showing. I used some hollywood tape just to keep everything in place so I didn't need the little button but it is a nice feature so you don't have to use a safety pin and try to hide it. We didn't end up going out for Vday and I couldn't justify wearing it to lounge on the couch with Mr. Goat and Mrs. Alva {my great friend who was single on Vday and came over to have wine with us} but I did get to wear it for our San Antonio night out! Oh and I used a 20% off coupon I found on the Old Navy facebook page. Here's an outfit**
Oh and obviously I do not own a pair of nude Christian Louboutin peep toes. However, if you would like to know how to make your own pair of knockoffs, see my tutorial
here.
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