Muddy Waters

 My outfit going to our girls' mud spa day on Sunday… 

The inspiration was from Bloomingdale's lookbook:

We had to leave at 6:30 AM in the morning so it was chilly and I added this sweatshirt on top and ready with my tote for the spa...

Sweatshirt - J Crew

Top - from Turkey

Pants - ABS

Purse - Coach

Sneakers - Sam Edelman CIRCUS

SATURDAY:
Went to the waterpark (Aquatica) with my sister and brother in-law and the kids.
The kids were so happy to spend time with them and my son was ecstatic to ride the rides. I wish my daughter wanted to ride too cause then I would have had more fun but we had to keep splitting up as they did the rides I stayed with her.

SUNDAY:
We had such an amazing day at this Mineral Waters Mud Spa which was approx 1.5 hours north east of our city. Met at 7 AM at my friend's house and piled into one car to start our journey. Knowing we would be relaxing all day made getting up so early seem not so bad.
It took us a while to get adjusted to the facility but we were smart enough to reserve spots by the pool get lockers and book our grotto appointments right away. The spa was filling up fast. We started with a soak in the mineral baths then moved onto the 'floating pool' which is basically this huge pool that is only calf deep with water and the way you swim in it is by floating on floaties. We formed an anchor by holding onto each other and just laid there. The conversation flows smoothly between us and we laugh a lot which is great.

We then moved onto the main attraction of the place which is the "MUD"!!!!
It was the weirdest feeling to spread yourself with this clay mud. Felt so dirty and odd but also cool. We probably should have put a thinner coat as it took a while to let it all dry then we vigorously rubbed with a towel to dust it off and create the exfoliation then showered to get the rest off…

After this we rested again (like we got too tired) and went to our grotto treatment. They brushed us with this warm moisture solution all over our body (neck down) and then you sit in this rock cave and let the mask soak in. We must have drank cups and cups of water…
Once it is soaked you shower again to wash it off and it does feel amazingly soft all over.
We were starving when that was done and had a nice leisurely lunch followed by more floating in the pool. It was overcast which was perfect cause it is quite hot there so we could bare the heat without burning when the sun was hiding behind the clouds.

Then upon my persuasion got the group to explore the grounds more before we left. And as I suspected there were a lot more pools we were not aware of. We tried the hot and cold treatment where you soak in this scorching hot pool for 30 seconds then jump into an ice cold pool for 30 second and back and forth 5 times to increase circulation and dilation.
There were also epsom salt pool and sulfur pool that we have to try when we go again.
We decided to make it an annual thing! :)

Ended the whole day with Korean BBQ. We didn't even bother showering and just got dressed and left and enjoyed an amazing dinner together…

Spin, spin, spinning around

 I am super behind again. This was Friday's outfit… 

The inspiration was from J Crew's February 2014 catalog:

I love finding inspirations like this. Cause I would have never thought of pairing this floral top wit the striped jeans and adding black and white shoes. But the combo totally works. And Of course I owned very similar items to make it work! :)

Tank - Kika Paprika

Jeans - Madewell

Hat - Forever 21 (almost identical to J Crew's style but a fraction of the price)

Loafers - Victoria's Secret

Necklace - Cookie Lee

Sunglasses - Crapwear

FRIDAY:
We went to a different venue with our summer playgroup on Friday.
The city has built a brand new waterfront park overlooking its beautiful bay right on the edge of downtown. It consists of splash pools and these amazing climbing structures.
The kids were entertained by the splash area only for a little bit. But, man did they love the jungle gym portion. The structures were truly challenging with portions that would fight against gravity and it kept them busy for such a long time.
Too bad it was so crowded though which made it a nightmare to keep track of them. Given that the venue was free it was jam packed and parking was horrendous but we had a big group and managed and had fun.

 Above is our large group set-up with umbrellas and blankets…

Below is one of the 5 slides that went down from top of the hill. My daughter (wearing a coral tank with a big daisy on it) and my son (in navy blue adidas matching set and red hat) is on top...

What an amazing workout for the kids right?

My son loved these structures. 

 Girls were crazy in love with this swing...

 Isn't this an amazing city or what? 

Just when you think they can't have better stuff they keep adding...

Always gonna be an uphill battle

 Yesterday's comfortable outfit was from the inspiration below… It is either top shop or zara lookbook:

This top has been so versatile and perfect for pairing with unexpected midi skirts. Last time it was with a hot pink crochet midi, this time it is my very old full floral knee length skirt.

Adding the casual slide on sandals underneath makes it very laid back…and oh so practical for me...

Top - Topshop

Skirt - TJ Maxx (super old)

Sandals - Zara

Clutch - Forever 21

Sunglasses - Wildfox

THURSDAY:
It was our free day which I decided to dedicate to running errands. I also had a toothache and wanted to get it checked out which required an appointment. The problem with running errands is it is hard to estimate how much time each task will require. So I thought I would have plenty of time to hit grocery store and back to the house to unpack then to lunch and stop at couple stores to shop for gitfts for Turkey when I booked my dentist but I was wrong. With the kids everything takes longer. I had to push back the appointment which then pushed back my son's haircut even further. So we had free time which I thought I could circle back to a store I never had time to go before lunch but after a stop at Starbucks and Jamba Juice it seems we were out of time again and I was so tired of being stressed and stuck and in traffic.
At the end we finally made it to the haircut and got it done and came home for a very low key dinner.
I just wished the day wasn't so stressful.