Currently in February

It's time again for one of my favorite link ups of the month, Currently with Anne of In Residence and Jenna from Dearest Love.  I love this monthly check in of what we're up to!
--Currently I am--
Hearting - My Boys.  Always.  I could not love them more - especially when Ollie drags a book over to Nate and hands it to him and is like "Read?" And my sweet patient husband reads Mr. Brown Can Moo about ten times in a row.  I heart them both so much.

Reading - Gone Girl.  I have every intention of finishing it before I watch the movie.  I am enjoying the book, I am not enjoying that I'm not making the time to read it as much as I want to.  Lately I am just crashing at night instead of taking even ten minutes for reading and I'm sure part of that is we're not turning the TV off as early as we could or should be.  I need to change that!

Pinning - Lots of recipes and outfit ideas as usual.  I made a dessert I had pinned for the Super Bowl this weekend - S'mores Cookie Cake.  It was very good - but VERY rich.  They recommend serving it warm because of all the marshmallows and I can understand why.  I did enjoy it but it was so sweet it almost made my teeth hurt, not sure if I'd make it again.

Eating - Other sweets besides my S'mores dessert - I totally had to go buy the Red Velvet Oreos yesterday.  And they're pretty darn good.  I think my heart still belongs to the Birthday Cake flavor as far as the "special" Oreos go, but the Red Velvet ones are pretty dang good.  I also found Strawberry Cupcake Boom Chica Pop.  It might sound weird, but oh my goodness....new favorite flavor.  I think I might need to join a gym...ha.

Anticipating - SPRING!  I am just not a winter girl, sorry.  And we're not even having a bad winter this year, but I just miss all of our outdoor activities pretty hardcore right now. I can't wait for walks, disc golf, eating on patios and just being out in the fresh air.  It will be here before I know and I'm sure I'll lament about how fast time is going!
So that's what I'm up to this month!  What are you currently doing?  And make sure to check out Anne and Jenna's blogs for other Currently posts or to link up your own!

Thrift Style Thursday - Pinspired New Year

It's technically still January, so we can still consider that the New Year right?  Anyway, it's one of my favorite days of the week - Thrift Style Thursday!  This week, Andrea from Little Did You Know chose the theme of Pinspired New Year.  Those that have been following my blog for awhile know that I love using Pinterest for outfit ideas.  I'm in the midst of playing along on the January Pinned It Spinned It Challenge on Instagram - but while I love that, those aren't necessarily outfits that I chose, so I took a break from that today to instead create an outfit from one of my own pins that I've had pinned for a very long time actually!  Here is the outfit.

Cozy sweater, chambray shirt, scarf, leggings and boots?  Um, yeah, I can rock this.  It's actually not extreme cold here today, but I still like being warm and cozy and comfortable - kind of need comfort due to the lady business if you catch my drift.  Comfort is good at that time sometimes, amiright girls?

I got this cream sweater at a clothing swap right towards the end of my pregnancy and I loved it while I was pregnant, but I still love it now.  There's something about an oversized sweater and leggings. And of course I love my denim shirt and owl scarf!

Sweater - swap, Denim shirt - American Eagle (thrifted)

Leggings - Simply Vera (Kohls), Scarf - Secret Santa exchange

Boots - Target 

Might not be the most exciting outfit recreation ever, but I sure like how it turned out!  Pinterest sure helps me shop my own closet though, that is for sure!  Be sure to check out all the other Thrift Style Thursday gals at their blogs below and see what types of pinned looks they recreated!

Thrift Style Thursday - Pinspired

It's no secret to my blog readers that I love Pinterest and I love using it for outfit inspiration.  So, when the Thrift Style Thursday group chose "Inspired by Pinterest" for the theme this week I knew I'd have no trouble with it at all.  I have SO many ideas to choose from it was actually tough to narrow down!  I settled on this one because it allowed me to wear my new sweater from Target - no it's not thrifted, but there are other thrifted items in my look.

Photos were a challenge this morning unfortunately, it was dark and rainy outside and then Oliver was kind enough to share his cold with mama, so I was low on drive to make these better, but hopefully you get the idea!

Sweater - Mossimo (Target), Dress - Swap

Tights and boots - Target, Bag -  Vintage Coach (b. resale)

Barrette - Gift

I used to be so afraid to mix black and brown elements together but I'm getting more and more willing to do it.  I love this little black and white striped dress I managed to snag at a clothing swap when I was still pregnant (and actually wore at least once over the belly!) and I really love the brown pieces I added and the mustard sweater.  It makes for a nice cozy fall look!  I'm also pretty jazzed about this bag that I found while shopping with my blog buddies at b. resale in Minneapolis last night - I'm a sucker for vintage Coach and I've been looking for this brown leather style for awhile now!  They price their items very reasonably so I had no qualms about bringing this guy home with me.  I also found the most adorable black booties (thanks to Megan Bird for pointing them out to me!) and some fun pairs of pants.  Retail therapy rules.  Maybe not the most practical thing ever, but hey, it still made me feel good!

Overall I really love my outfit today.  I have some other pinned ideas for this mustard sweater too, so I'm guessing it might be in heavy rotation for awhile! For other Pinspired Thrifted outfits check out my fellow Thrift Style Thursday gals below or head on over to our Facebook group to join the fun yourself!

Being Zhenya/Buttons and Birdcages/Lipstick and Yarn

Alligator Toe/Spoolish/Littledyknow

September Style Challenge Recap

So I took on three different style challenges on Instagram this month - Style Me September, Pinned It Spinned It and Patterns.  I didn't hit each one every day, but I had fun with the ones I was able to do.  I had the easiest time with Pinned It Spinned It - probably because it was easy to take the suggested outfit and create one of my own.  At any rate, I had fun playing along and because I don't share my outfits every day here I thought I'd highlight some of my favorites from this month.

I was going to take October off from any of the style challenges but then I saw a few that sounded fun, so because I like the Inspiration, I'm taking on three more again - Fall Style Challenge Still Being Molly, Outstanding October Style with Curvy Girl on the Run and I don't have the calendar from them yet, but I'm doing Jamie and Amy's Pinned It Spinned It again too.  Between the three I will always have some sort of inspiration for what I should wear that day!  It sure does help some mornings, I have to say that much!  Once again, you can follow along on my Instagram which is also on the right side of my blog here.  I may highlight outfits in blog posts every now and then too.  Onward to October!

Fall Floral

I liked my outfit today so I decided to share it.  It's a loosely based interpretation of today's Pinned It Spinned It on Instagram.  Ok it's a VERY loosely based interpretation.  So I really spinned the Pin I guess!

I love this adorable jacket.  My awesome mom (hi mom!) saw this at Kohl's this weekend and thought it would be something I'd like so she picked it up for me.  And she was right, I love it!  It's perfect for early fall days, it's not super heavy, but still warm enough for a cool day.  I love all the colors in it, my photos here do not do it justice.  I know I'll get a lot of use of it for sure!

Jacket - About A Girl (Kohl's), Cami - Zulily

Pants - Old Navy, Shoes - Merona (Target) 

I haven't really set foot in a mall in months due to my shopping ban, but according to my mom I am not missing much.  She went looking for colored pants at both Macy's and JCPenney this weekend and was quite disappointed in the selections and how picked over both stores seemed.  So, I guess right now, Kohl's is where it's at for fall goods!