Inspiration Monday - More than I can chew

Hello friends!  Told you I'd be back for Inspiration Monday this week!  Today we have Katie Holmes (poor girl deserves a little love right now wouldn't you say?) in a lovely chambray dress.  I don't have anything like that in my closet, but that didn't stop me!

I pulled out my dress from Mr. Monkey and added my denim blazer and I was good to go. Fortunately it's no longer boiling hot outside so the blazer doesn't feel like too much either!

We had a really nice weekend, the weather was great and we did some fun things.  Now the week looms ahead of me and I fear I bit off more than I can chew this week.  I'm so excited for my jewelry party, but the Pants Monkey was not helping me much last night when he said "You know, I'm surprised you booked a party so close to our little vacation."  Um, thanks babe!  I was not panicking before, but I am now!  While we aren't gone the entire week, I'm suddenly thinking of all these things that need to happen before we go.  And I'll be spending some time this week getting ready for the party on Thursday so it won't leave me much time to prepare for vacation.  Yeah, I did not plan this one very well.  Oh well, there are 24 useful hours in every day and I will make the most of all of them!!

I think I'll spend today making some lists, while lists may freak other people out because it highlights everything that needs to be done and can seem daunting, lists help me relax and figure things out!  How do you manage your time when you suddenly have a lot piled on your plate?

As always, please head over to the two birds blog to check out the other Inspiration Monday looks (and maybe give Miss Nora some labor dust so she has that baby boy already!)

Outfit rundown:

Dress - VS (gift from Pants Monkey)

Blazer - American Eagle (thrifted)

Shoes - Mootsie Tootsie

Necklaces - S&D and Minty Koala 

Bracelets - S&D

This and that

So I swear these are two different photos, but man, I stood almost exactly the same.  You could play the "What's Different" game with these pictures almost!  Anyone remember that game?  I know they used to have it in Highlights magazine when I was a kid.  It was one of my favorites.

Anyway, I'm glad this outfit photographed better than I did the last time I tried to wear it.  The last time I wore it I had to take indoor pictures and those never turn out quite right.  I'm already dreading winter for that reason and it's only July!


Speaking of summer, I'm kind of going on a summer clothes shopping ban, but not until after this weekend.  Yes, excuses, excuses, but there are a couple of local events I want to check out this weekend and I can't do that on a shopping ban!  Band of Thrifters is having another sale and I hear another vendor has been added to their group, so I'm excited to check that out.  Mighty Swell Vintage is also having a sale and I've yet to attend one of their events.  And I've heard rumors that my two favorite birds are having a garage sale too, so I think I just might have to swing by that as well.  I also hear my cousin may have another bag of goodies for me too, but we'll see what comes of that.

After this weekend though, no more summer buying.  I have plenty of things I haven't worn much or at all yet so you know what, we're getting to the halfway point of summer, so gotta stop adding to the pile! Save a little money and then start shopping for fall!  Might seem hard to believe but it will be here before we know it!

Outfit rundown:

Tank tops and skirt - Old Navy

Sweater - Maurices

Necklace - Minty Koala (via giveaway)

Sandals - Marshalls

Bracelet - Bead for Life

June is busting out all over

Happy Friday!  Happy June!  It is super gorgeous outside today, would be a good day to play hooky!  It's really my favorite weather outside today, not too hot, sunny, lovely.  Sigh.  Oh well, I'll just look out my window and dream!  If my whole summer ended up looking like this, I'd be one happy camper.  Although maybe not, because then I'd never want to work!

I'm loving this pastel vintage shirt I picked up on my recent thrift trip.  It's hard to see in the pictures, but it is multi colored stripes. The main color is peach, which drew me to the shirt because I'm loving peaches and oranges right now.  I'll admit, the seersucker fabric this shirt is made out of does remind me of something my grandmother would have worn, but that's ok.  The fit of the shirt is nice and I like channeling my grandma in a way!  The shirt also matches my sandals like perfectly, almost like they were made to go together!

First weekend of June ahead and it's a busy one for us, a sure sign summer is here.  We tend to get very busy in the summer and I am resolving this year that no matter how busy we get, we enjoy every moment of it.  Last summer was not the best, so I am going to make sure that this summer kicks last summer's behind!

I'm also pretty excited, since it's June, that means my first year blog anniversary is coming up.  Wow!  Can't believe it's almost been an entire year!  I think it will be cause for something fun and exciting, like my first ever giveaway.  Stay tuned for that!  I have a couple of fun posts in the works too for the coming days, working on another video blog review and also a "what's in my bag" type post.  And I hear Megan Mae and Keely have another fashion challenge in the works, so I'm excited for that.  At any rate, fun times to come around the ole blog for June!

Outfit rundown:

Shirt - thrifted vintage

Jeans - Maurices

Necklace - Minty Koala (from giveaway)

Sandals - Marshalls

Bracelet - Bead for Life

Easter part deux

We celebrated Easter again yesterday with the Pants Monkey's family.  It was a nice afternoon, we ate a ton of food and I'm pretty much good on ham now for the next little while!  I love me some ham, but yeah, I've had enough of it after two big ham dinners in a row!  

It was semi warm, humid and mostly wet yesterday, but I knew that Mr. Monkey's grandmother's house would be very warm, so I dressed appropriately.  I think I kind of look like an Easter egg with the color choices, but I don't mind.  It felt springy and happy.

I was excited on Saturday when I went to the mail and this awesome necklace that I won from Lori's giveaway had arrived.  I kind of planned my Easter outfit around it, not going to lie!

It was also another opportunity to show off my pretty green pedicure and some new sandals.  I received many compliments on the necklace.  I can't wait to wear it again!

Outfit rundown:

Sweater and cami - Arizona Jean Co, JCPenney

Jeans - Old Navy (thrifted)

Necklace - The Minty Koala (won in giveaway)

Bracelets - Stella and Dot, Bead for Life

Sandals - Italian Shoemakers via DSW

So after some wacky weather yesterday complete with severe storms, today we woke up to 30ish degrees and snow flurries.  Oh yes, there were snow flurries.  So, my outfit today is nothing special, it was chosen simply for warmth.  And I had to get creative since I packed away a lot of my winter clothing already!

I know you're all probably surprised I'm not doing two birds' Inspiration Monday - I just couldn't come up with something I liked for today's choice.  I do encourage you to head on over to their blog though and see what other ladies are doing with it today!

Fortunately this return to winter is only supposed to last through today.  Thank goodness for that.  Once you start wearing sandals it's hard to go back to shoes!

Outfit rundown:

T-shirt - Axcess by Claiborne (thrifted)

Sweater - "A" via Herbergers

Pants - Worthington, JCPenney

Necklace - Maurices

Shoes - Sonoma, Kohls