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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…

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

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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.

7 year itch!

 This was my outfit last night to celebrate our 7 Year Wedding Anniversary!

The inspiration photo was super old. I think from Sept 2009!

 Remember this Juicy Ad way back when? I had always loved the idea of dressing down a suit with a print tee and adding punk accessories. I guess the issue with having soooo many inspirations and not enough days in a year to wear them all is that some don't get worn for a long time...

It is hard to believe this was one of the first two suits I bought when I moved to NYC after graduating college. Just like the red suit I always mention when I wear the jacket or the skirt this one has been such a favorite. I am glad I never got rid of it and amazingly still fit in it. Although the high waist cut of the skirt was not as comfortable as it used to be.

 The outfit was also perfect for our night. I never needed a jacket as we walked outside and since we didn't really dance that much and the club was outdoors I didn't get warm enough to need to take off the jacket.

Suit - Ann Taylor

Shirt - Thread Show

Booties - Juicy Couture

Accessories - Forever 21

SATURDAY NIGHT:
We had a blast checking in to Hard Rock Hotel downtown. First time staying at a hard rock. The whole hotel is geared towards people there to party. They even charge a $100 deposit in case of damages!
Out what was advertised as 'posh suite' was a bit smaller than we were expecting but had a cool view of the pool/club. We enjoyed some wine on our patio before going downstairs for happy hour then to dinner to another restaurant downtown then back to checking out the two clubs of Hard Rock.
And the best was sleeping in until 9:30 AM the next morning!

7 Years!

Cream of the crop

Trying desperately to catch up... This was my outfit Saturday Night, couples date night to fondue dinner followed by comedy club followed up drinks at a bar!
This time I decided to go a bit more casual then our previous date night outings. Plus I have been dying to wear this inspiration as it seemed so cute with the cream boots and jacket...

The inspiration was from Glamour back in September of 2011: 

Of course her designer booties are absolutely adorable and mine are 2nd best but still cute I think...

Jacket, top, necklace - Forever 21

Skirt - part of an Ann Taylor suit

Boots - Newport News

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