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Sunday's outfit was inspired by the November 2013 issue of In Style Magazine:

I liked this combination of red white and blue but in different hues that flag colors. 

Leather Jacket - Vintage (my mom's)

Red Sweater - Express (part of an ancient twin set)

Blue french cuffed shirt - Victoria's Secret (again ridiculous old that it had dust on it)

Skirt - Newport News (part of a suit)

Necklace - Cookie Lee

Boots - Madden Girl

SUNDAY:
We skipped Turkish School so we can spend time with my in-laws and went out to breakfast in the morning. My kids had doughnuts to hold them over but of course that was not nearly enough for my son and he just couldn't wait until his full adult size breakfast arrived and to our astonishment he ate almost all of it. More than us. The kid is amazing I tell you.
Afterwards we went for a walk on the boardwalk to the pier which had a big Christmas tree at the end.
We hung out at the house for a while then my in-laws left and I did house chores than got my daughter ready for her final performance. While she was at the theater I met my friend for a lunch and a drink so it was a great use of the free time.
We then met at the house where the boys (son, husband and my dad) were watching football and we had dinner together…

House Call

 I had something else planned to wear today but woke up to rain and immediately wanted to wear a combo that involved my rain boots and of course from no other than Bee:

 It really was the perfect amount of layering I needed today. The skirt felt a tad too short for my daily life but the amount of layers and OTK socks and tall boots made up for it....

Trench - Guess

Denim shirt, belt, skirt, socks, necklace, scarf - Forever 21

Boots - Henri Bendel

TODAY:

Pre-school this morning which happens to be the last day of falls semester and wednesday the new semester will start. 

We had a dual purpose playdate afterwards. My daughters two close buddies came over to play while their mom checked out my clothing line and shopped the samples. It was fun playing dress=up. The girls were so cute trying on Juliet's shoes and night gowns while we were trying on outfits. 

I had picked out these cute skinny red jeans with this top for her but she went with leggings and a tutu instead and packed up more dress-up accessories in her little purse.

Time to Shine

 Wore my Kika jacket that I love so much to a stroll on candy cane lane with the kids and friends....

 Something about red color that no matter how much I focus all the details get erased some how. I used 'sepia' setting to show the details a bit....

Jacket/Coat - 'Khloe' in poppy by kikaPaprika

Beret - Forever 21

Jeans - H&M

Boots - Steve Madden

Posing with my little man:

TODAY:
Well we spent the major part of the day at home. My husband was busy for hours with my cousin and step dad trying to install this gigantic TV he got. As you know by know Electronics don't really excite me. I just like things to stay the same once I get used to them. My husband on the other hand loves to get his hands on everything cutting edge. Hence we have a new TV that is apparently with built in Apple TV and 3D and have this new ipad looking universal remote. This is all yet to work but he is working hard to make it happen.
Us on the other hand were busy making gingerbread cookies (my son has been badgering me to do this for days now) and of course he loved making them but didn't like their taste!
Then I had them paint the giant TV box.
During their painting set-up a folding table in the garage as my gift wrapping station and started wrapping. While doing laundry and cleaning up the house. Then got into this ridiculous organizing zone upstairs with my necklaces and nail polishes. Everything is now color coded. Will do photos tomorrow if I remember!

In the evening we met up with our friends at Krispy Kreme for a pre stroll sugar rush then drove in our 5 SUV/Minivan caravan to the candy cane lane area. The kids were a bit confused between Halloween and this event as they kept walking deep into people's yards and touching all the lights. We got so tired of telling them to stay off grass than just started ignoring them. :)

And I got to dress my daughter in this darling ruffle red coat I bought her from Target... Over the british pants/beret set my friend made for her last birthday!