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Beating The Monday Blues + How To Rock Monochromatic Style

January 22, 2017

It’s Monday, and I’m beating the Monday blues by putting my spin on the monochromatic trend. I mixed in some white with my button down, and I love the contrast. The great thing about jumping on the monochromatic train is it doesn’t mean you have to wear the same shade of blue head to toe. You can mix it up, and with various shades of whatever color you’d like to experiment with. Blue is one of those colors that has been really growing in my closet. I bought this button down last season, but I linked this really cute top that’s so soft. Ohh and a total win finding another pair of jeans in my closet that fit. Seriously, I forgot I had these, and then found them. I was skeptical, but they fit nicely. And not in that they fit, but they’re cutting off my circulation way. So total win in my book!!

So, when you’re looking to try the monochromatic trend I’ve got a few tips for how to style a monochromatic outfit.

Find a color you like in shades that you love.
I try to wear the lighter shades on top, or for the accessories. I prefer to wear darker shades on bottom because darker colors are more slenderizing.
Wearing the same color in different shades from head to toe creates a seamless line which is great for all my petite ladies like me. It will make you appear taller and thinner.
Anyone whose a little curvier like me may want to follow my rule on darker shades on bottom. That’s why I went with these dark skinny jeans, and had the lightest shades of blue be my handbag, and top.

In other news, my hubby and I had a date over the weekend. It was so nice to have some quality time just the two of us. We did talk about our babies 90% of the time, but it was so nice. We went to Trulucks in The Woodlands. Date nights don’t happen often since neither of us have family in the area. It’s always really special to get to connect just the two of us. I’d love suggestions from anyone that has kiddos, and family that doesn’t live close by on how you keep date night alive. Since my children aren’t verbal yet I’m not comfortable leaving them with a sitter that isn’t family, or a dear friend.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope y’all had a great weekend!!

Getting Organized With The Start Planner

January 19, 2017

Hooray it’s Friday!! I wish, I could shout that from somewhere amazing, but my daughter is sleeping as I write this post so I’ll settle for whispering it from the comfort of my bed. Two weeks ago my Start Planner arrived, and I have been enjoying becoming familiar with it. This is the Hustle Daily Business Planner version , and so far I really love it. It has a place for everything from personal schedules, health, home and business goals. It even has an area for setting goals for your businesses marketing, social media planning, and budgeting. Hooray!! Budgeting isn’t always fun, but it’s gotta be done, especially when going through the difficult process of choosing a financial planner. This makes it easy. Oh and they have an area for recording all your passwords. Something I love because mom brain is a real thing, and I swear I forget passwords way more often than I want to admit. Having to reset them, and then update then on all your devices is such a headache. So, I am taking advantage of this planner.

When I was pregnant I knew having a toddler, and a newborn meant I needed to get my plan on if I wanted to have a good balance between being a good mom, wife, and blogger. Blogging is something I love because it gives me an outlet to be creative with fashion, and beauty. Since I use to be a hairstylist having this blog has given me a feeling that I still get to flex my creative muscle in my brain while still being able to be the kind of full time SAHM I want to be. If you are interested in starting up your own blog, then you should go for it. There are loads of things that you could do your blog on though, you just have to find something that you love doing. Once you have decided on what you want to start your blog on though, the it would be a good idea to get yourself a web hosting provider. There are so many out there, that you might want to just spend five minutes and think about what would work best for you. For example, you might be interested in using something like this linux hosting, but it’s up to you.

Okay it’s outfit time. It’s been a little over six weeks since my daughter was born, and thankfully I fit in my heavy jeans. I still have a ways to go before I can fit into my normal jeans, but it’s okay. I’m not stressing too much over it. I’m keeping up with my physical activity with my FitBit again. I did this after I had my son, and it really helped to keep me accountable to myself. Plus the numbers don’t lie. By numbers I don’t mean the scale. I mean the steps. If I wasn’t very active well then my number of steps in low. Since I’m not completely comfortable with my post baby body long cardigans are my best buddy. I love this one. You’ve seen me in the grey version a lot on my blog, and those of you that follow my Instagram have seen it a whole lot.

Well it’s getting late, and I have a feeling my little Sofi is going to wake up soon so I better go. Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!! I’m hoping for pretty weather. It’s been raining non stop the last few days in Houston.

This is not a sponsored post. I just love my Start Planner, and wanted to share it with you all!!

Laid Back Attire Equals Tandoori Spice Lush T-Shirt

January 15, 2017

Cardigan:Nordstrom sold out (similar style) | T-Shirt:Nordstrom this color is sold out, but it comes in white, black and blue!! | Denim:Lucky Brand | Shoes:Nordstrom sold out (similar style) | Handbag:Louis Vuitton (similar style) | Earrings:Lisi Lerch old (similar style) | Necklace:Monogram old (similar style), Kendra Scott | Bracelets:Kendra Scott c/o, Alex and Ani, Kate Spade old (similar style) | Watch:Micheal Kors | Lips:New favorite combo Maybelline Nude Thrill and Nyx Sydney on top!! Love it!!

Happy Monday!! I hope y’all had a fabulous weekend with lots of down time, and relaxing with your family. We had a busy to do list on Saturday. We did lots of errands, and took down our Christmas decorations. It was a little depressing because I just love the way the house looks with the Christmas tree, stocking, and lights outside. Thankfully my hubby took care of most of the packing up of our Christmas decorations. If it was socially acceptable I’d probably keep them up all year long. The one thing that is nice is not having to tell my son don’t touch the tree every two minutes.

In other news, I’ve been living in this Tandoori Spice Lush T-Shirt. It’s super soft, fits perfectly, and the pocket is in the perfect location. Pocket local might sound minor, but it can seriously make, or break a cute T-Shirt. If it’s too low cut for you add a lacy tank underneath it. For all my girls with bums this T-Shirt is short in front, and longer in the back. So it’s the perfect to for us!! Yay!! It’s the perfect length to tuck in, half tucked (I hope that’s an expression), or untucked. So it I will probably pick a few more of these up since they are comfortable, and under under $25. Y’all can probably tell by my Instagram feed, I’ve been living in this cardigan. It’s cozy, has pockets, and comes in a lot of different colors. The gray version is sold, but I linked it’s look alike above.

Hope y’all had a great weekend!! Thanks so much for stopping by to give my little space some love!!

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