Inspiration Monday - Super Bowl

Hi people!  I  hope you all had a great weekend!  I had a pretty good one I must say!  We did some Super Bowl eating, er watching (more on that below).  Nate and I had a chance to get out for a bit on Saturday night.  We took Ollie swimming during the day on Saturday.  It was all in all pretty good!  But it is now Monday.  Boo Monday.  But, I am playing along with two birds Inspiration Monday today, so that always helps!  Today they have chosen the beautiful Marion Cotillard.  Love her!

So I'm kind of hitting two sides of the coin today, the look I chose is also going along with the February Pinned It Spinned It I'm doing over on Instagram again.  I added a coat to tie into this inspiration though (and thanks again to the very kind Nora Bird for passing this coat on to me!).

It's been pretty nice here in MN lately, but sadly today it got really cold!  I suffered for you though and took my pictures outside.  Wasn't that nice of me?  Ha, I'm snarky today, must need more coffee!!

Sweater and pants - Old Navy, Scarf - Christmas gift

Boots - Target, Bag - Stella and Dot

Coat - Apt. 9 (from Nora Bird) 

Did anyone else watch the Super Bowl?  I was underwhelmed by the commercials - so many dark, depressing ones this year!  I missed the insurance one where the kid is actually dead - kind of glad I wasn't in the room for that one!  I did like a couple of the funnier ones - the Brady Bunch one, the one with God's phone battery dying, those had me laughing.  I love the "Like a Girl" commercial as well, though I had seen that one online months ago, so it wasn't a surprise to me, but I thought it was very well done.  I also enjoyed the halftime show more than I expected to - I am not a huge Katy Perry fan, but I thought she put on a nice show!  And then the game itself was actually more entertaining than I was expecting too, the last few years it seems like it ends up pretty one sided on what team is scoring, but this game was pretty intense at times, though at the end - come on boys, let's be adults here.  Oh well.  It was fun to watch and even more fun to stuff ourselves full of food - we had a taco bar and S'mores dessert and uffda.  I almost had to roll myself to bed!  I'm not a big football fan, but I really do enjoy that we do this every year with Nate's parents, it's a tradition and I would miss it if we didn't do it!
For more Inspiration Monday looks be sure to head to two birds over here.

Thrift Style Thursday - Coats

Well today's Thrift Style Thursday is certainly timely!  I saw something that said almost all of the lower 48 states are suffering some sort of bitter cold snap right now and today we're featuring thrifted coats!  And let me tell you, it's been cold here!

Today I'm sharing a coat I thrifted at an adorable consignment shop in St. Paul called My Sister's Closet.  I love, love, LOVE the retro/vintage feel of this coat.  It's by Nine West though, so I don't think it was actually vintage!  I just know I got a great deal on it!

I snuck out late in the day yesterday to take pictures outside at my work, there's a great area by the city offices that are next door to us and it seemed like a great spot to showcase this coat.  And as you can see, yep, we have snow.  Don't even get me started.

I love that this coat is long, it is great to wear on a day that I'm wearing a skirt or dress because it covers so much of my legs!  It doesn't quite cut it on the sub zero days though, those are days that I reach for more of a parka!

I have a bit of a coat fetish really, I think I got it from my dad - you just ask my mom how many coats he has, I swear.  I'm not as bad about my coats as I am about say, oh my purses, but I definitely have a few!  I figure though when you live in Minnesota and it's winter nine months out of the year, you can justify having a closet full of coats right?
Head on over to our Thrift Style Thursday page to see what the other thrifty fashionistas wear to keep warm in the winter!

Inspiration Monday and Layer Up Day One

Double the fun on the blog today!  It's Inspiration Monday and it's day one of Megan Mae and Keely's Layer Up! Challenge.  And I cleverly managed to make both work for me today!

First up we have cutie Taylor Swift here.  I will admit to not loving her music as I'm not much of a country girl, but I do think she is a positive role model for today's young girls.  I hope she always stays true to her roots.  So anyway, here is Taylor's look:

I took the opportunity to share another of my winter coats.  We were laughing at the blogger meetup that you can justify having tons of cute coats to pick from in your closet when you live in MN and need to wear one nearly nine months out of the year!  So anyway, this one is actually older, I bought it in 2007.  I had to laugh when I was out picking up lunch one day a couple of weeks ago, this older lady at the sandwich shop was like following me around in an odd way like she knew me or something. I kind of looked at her and she finally said "I just had to ask where you got that coat, I want one."  I had to tell her that it's not exactly new!

My sister-in-law crocheted the hat.  It's stretchy and roomy which I just love, because my hair doesn't get quite so squished!.  Although I have to say, it's not really cold enough outside for a hat today, I more or less did this for the photo opportunity!

So now on to Layer Up day one!  Today is short sleeve over long sleeve.  I was going to do a short sleeved sweater over long sleeves, but then saw my cute little short sleeved blazer getting no love, I know I haven't worn it since this fall and I thought, I'm going to pull this guy out for today!  So really, this was a pretty easy outfit to put together.  Still loving these shorts I bought over Christmas too!  I opted for heels instead of boots today too because again, it's nearly 40 outside today.

The rest of the week will be interesting as it's going to be unseasonably warm all week. So, not a week that layers are all together necessary, but I'll do my best to play along anyway!

A little sassy leg shot for you here, ha.  I do have to say this outfit over all makes me feel pretty sassy!  It's Monday, gotta do what you can sometimes!

For more information on the Layer Up challenge, visit Megan's blog here or Keely's blog here.  And for more Inspiration Monday fun, head over to Two Birds!

And as if you didn't have enough links already, there are some photos up on Ruby Girl from the MN Blogger Meetup this weekend, so check them out here!

Finally, my outfit rundown for today:
Coat - Old Navy
Hat - handmade by sister-in-law
T-shirt - Threadless (design hidden by jacket, too casual for work, lol)
Jacket - Mossimo thrifted via Clothes Mentor
Shorts - Old Navy
Tights - Target
Shoes - Thrifted via Clothes Mentor
Necklace - Charming Charlie