Green Fur

Thought this would be a good outfit for today. Here is where the inspiration came from:

Nothing too special but just another combo to wear my faux fur vest. And I love finding inspiration outfits with flats! 

This sage/olive green silky shirt is a new purchase from H&M during our Vegas weekend. I didn't even have to come up with combos on the spot as I knew it would be a great base piece for many outfits and I already have a ton in both fall/winter and spring/summer lists with this shirt.

And these ballet flats with cuffs were a end of season purchase from Nordstrom's for $25! I just love shoes with ankle cuffs.

Added qute a bit of accessories today (for me at least anyway). I usually don't wear this many as they become too cumbersome with kids especially becaue there is just so much hand washing.

Amazingly today remained chilly the entire time we were out first part of the day and I kept this vest on. Did get a few looks from people probably cause a bit too dressy for Sea World.

I saw this look of wearing a same hue tank top over a blouse somewhere and decided to try it today since the shirt is not fitted and neither is the vest I needed something to not make me look too baggy.

Faux Fur Vest - Kenar

Silky Blouse - H&M

Tank - Eddie Bauer 

Denim Leggings - Guess

Shoes - Nordstrom's

Accessories - Forever 21, Charlotte Russe, Rack

Watch - Michael Kors

Purse - Banana Republic

Today's Activities: Was all lounging around this morning, really not in the mood to do anything but I knew after spending all afternoon at the house needed to get the kids out. So, slowly but surely got ready and packed lunches and headed to Sea World. Another cloudy and not so warm day so perfect day to go there as it is much less crowded. Hit the seal show, watched dolphins and otters than had the kids play at the seasame play area. They book took long naps at home and we tried to stay home this afternoon only to realize our kids do not do so well after an hour or so at the house. We managed though...

Was a bit tough getting my shots with kids getting into them...



Color Explosion

So, this looked a lot cooler when I looked in the mirror today but now browsing the photos it might have been a 'bit' too colorful. Obviously too late to do anything about it.

This was the debut of the new mustard cord skirt and the fuschia tights. I do like the schiffon top over the skirt actually. It was also the perfect lightness for me to run around today.

Added simpe accessories since I was hosting a big party didn't want heavy earings or jingly bracelets that will be difficult to do dishes in etc... The feather earings were perfect. Not only do they look great but they are also, well, 'feather' light! Just one simple cuff was good.

I tried on 3-4 different belts and this was the winner. Touch of brown to compliment the shoes but thin enough to not be too matchy...

My mom came a bit earlier to help out and when we felt we were making great progress we decided to take the photos before things got crazy. She noticed these pretty flower in our neighbor's front yard across the street. So, we actually crossed the street to take the photos. I am glad the neighbors did not come out and wonder what the heck we were doing in front of their home!

Schiffon top & Cord mini skirt  - Anthropologie (bought at totally different times)

Fuschia tights & Cuff bracelet - Charlotte Russe

Double belt - Forever 21

Feather earings - Thread Show

Mary Jane Shoes - Blowfish (from Zappos)

Since she took my photos I snapped a photo of my mom:

Today's Activities: So, today was the big day of us hosting a co-ed baby shower for my brother and sister-in-law. I have before this one had hosted 1 all female and 2 co-ed baby showers in the past so was no rookie. However, never before have I hosted a baby shower where the majority of attendees were single guys in their 20s! Among the 25+ attendees no one other than us (and my parents) had kids! Knowing this we had plenty of beer for the boys and I made my very popular mixed drinks for the ladies. Had to make 2 additional batches as they were very very popular. To keep things fun we only picked only 3 games to play. One was a simple one to break the ice where they had to guess what the baby of each animal was called. When they saw the winner got a prize of a flavored vodka bottle they got competitive. We played the poopy diaper game which was priceless. If you have not heard of this before you melt different kinds of choclate candy bars in baby diapers in the microwave and have guests guess what candy bar it is. The photos of these guys smelling and licking diapers was hilarious. They said they will never look at choclate the same way! Knowing the gift openning part could get boring even for women that have babies I had them open gifts while serving cake so they had something to eat/do while watching the gifts. Plus had them play gift bingo to keep it more interesting. Once this was all done some left and with the raminning we played rounds and rounds of catch phrase, my brother's favorite game. They and my dad stayed after everyone left and we played disney sing it with the kids and had pizza for dinner. Great party and now can't wait for my little nephew to arrive sometime mid to late March!

The Happy Parents-to-be:

Group shot with me and Jon: 

Last Minute Glam

As you all know by now I keep a very detailed spreadsheet for outfit ideas. That is mainly due to the fact that I rarely rarely have time to spend picking out an outfit in the morning. Which was why I had resorted back to yoga pants and sweatshirts and uggs for almost a year when I had my kids hence the whole point of me starting this blog. Anyway this was one of those rare occasions where I actually put together the outfit on the fly...

I am also half cheating. I wore this outfit yesterday afternoon for only couple hours and today. I knew I was going to wear a killer outfit at night so I didn't really care what I wore in the afternoon. I grabbed this tee which I got on clearance from JCrew for $6 (retailed at $45) then I added the animal print cardi I am barrowing from my mom and couldn't resist adding the necklace. Still wanted to be comfy and pulled on my boot cuts to give the skinnies a break.

For a bit difference wore my mary janes with glittler gold ankle socks!

 

Animal print cardigan - Forever 21

Sequined Tee - J Crew

Bootcut Jeans - Citizens of Humanity

Bib necklace - Forever 21

Mary Janes - Blowfish from Zappos

Glitter ankle socks - Forever 21

Today's Activities: It was a day of running errands to get ready for tomorrow. Ordered balloons for the shower and for my daughter's b-day which is the following week. Hit Target for some last minute stuff. My mom came with us to these stores to entertain the kids and realized how hard it is to shop with them. After naps I managed to keep the kids indoors as I cooked two salads, did laundry, ironning and wrapped gifts. During this time of course they demolished the house so then we spent time picking toys up. My dad came to take over and I got my nails done. Funny I used to get a mani/pedi every 2 weeks once upon a time. Nowadays it is a miracle if I can make it once a month. While we gave the kids a bath and put them to bed my dad prepared the shower favors then him and I put most of the decorations up so that is a relief to get all that done. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day and I still don't know what to wear. The weather which has been spring warm is forecasted to cool so may be can go back to a fall outfit. Have to wait and see. Forecasts in San Diego can't be trusted.

 Dressed my daughter preppy yesterday and of course she was posing for me: 

Here is the full image of the the top photo. Loving the kids getting in the mix... 

Look at her! This is in the afternoon before we went out yesterday. She picked her ariel sunglasses!