FEROCIOUS

 So, I will confess this is an early shoot of the outfit I am going to be wearing on Wednesday.

I try on all the outfits before I pack them for a trip so I decided to take photos of this one that way I won't worry about a photo shoot on our travel day. :)

The inspiration was Forever 31 look book:

I love this bold tee. It is silky and straight and pretty long so perfect to top these leather leggings...

Blazer - Part of  Tahari Suit

Tee - Forever 21

Leggings - Macy's

Booties - Steve Madden

Purse - Marc Jacobs 

Bracelets - Cookie Lee

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:
All day Tuesday was getting ready day for our trip and also taking care of bills and more identity theft documents and cleaning out the fridge etc…
Our plan is to go to bed at 9 (I should be in bed as it is 9:04 pm now) and then wake up at 3:30 AM and get on the road by 4 AM transferring the kids from their beds to the car with pillows and blankets.
The goal is to pass LA before rush hour traffic and then stop for breakfast and to change the kids and then keep on driving our final destination to a rental beach house in Pismo Beach. My in laws and sister in law's family will all meet us there to spend Thanksgiving.
The kids are beyond excited. I am scared of the long drive but will be fun once we get there. :)

Memories Shared

 Last night's outfit to go to dinner with  my dad and cousin was inspired by Bee from Atlantic Pacific:

I could have sworn I had a grey tweed skirt from my mom in my closet(s) but couldn't find it anywhere. May be I gave it back to Mom. So decided to go with my old suit skirt and therefore changed the color of the plaid shirt to go with a more red color scheme….

These boots are super super old. I probably wear them may be once a year but they are too cool to ever part from...

Denim Jacket - very old can't remember

Plaid shirt - Target (?)

Skirt - part of an Ann Taylor suit

Booties - Victoria's Secret

Purse - DKNY

Earrings - Cookie Lee

Joining Monday Mingle a day late…

Click HERE for all the link-ups….

MONDAY NIGHT:
After swimming we came home and washed all the wetsuit stuff then the kids stayed home with Daddy and my dad and cousin came over to pick me up and the three of us went to dinner at the fish market and had such a nice long leisurely dinner.

Garden Variety

Today's inspiration was from the Anthropologie magazine that just came in the mail this week!

 I loved this super cozy and casual combo but with the addition of scarf looked chic….

Leather Jacket - from Costco

Henley Top - Target

Scarf - Forever 21

Jeggings - Guess

Wedges - Victoria's Secret

Earrings, Bracelets - Cookie Lee

TODAY:
First day of thanksgiving break for the kids so we celebrated it by going on a play date with our non school mommy group friends. Then went to lunch nearby the playground and finally got to use our 'free messy sundae' coupon from summer reading program…

Then one of my friends had to run to a Dr appt the other had costco shopping so I kept her kids at my house while she shopped. We then had snacks and went to my son's swim team practice. Took the camera today to take some photos of the facility and him swimming although taking swimming photos are pretty hard…

The olympic size pool has so many lanes for team practices plus the end is used by the water polo team to practice. 

 Coaches stand on the side and yell out drills and when the kids finish the 50 yard drill they give feedback/corrections and send them off to the next drill. This goes on for 30 minutes for our group. They probably swim over 400 yards each practice. You loose count after a while….

And here is how we sit freezing our butts off. She insisted in coming in her 'brave' costume and went to the top bleacher so she can eat the whole package of seaweed without sharing with me!

He knew I was taking photos so smiled!

 And a very crowded Jacuzzi afterwards to warm up. Those very adult looking people are actually high school seniors! 

After we came back I continued packing this time the kitchen stuff I will need there to cook my side dishes and a huge bags of snacks for the kids. THen changed and went to dinner with my Dad and cousin which will be a post tomorrow! :)