I'm ba-ack!

Hello! I have returned from the North Country of Minnesota!  I still have today off from work, but was excited that my ThreadUp package came while I was gone, so I am wearing the top I bought and wanted to share it here.  ThreadUp is an online consignment store that has many types of clothing - including maternity - and I'm pretty impressed with how it worked.  I'll blog a separate post to share more later, but as of right now, I highly recommend!  Also, I had to wear these new moccasins I bought up north - they were a steal, 30% off at this little hole in the wall gift shop.  SO comfy.  Love.

We had a great time up north, save for some heat, rain and bugs.  We still got out and did some fun things and it was nice spending some time with the Pants Monkey's family.  It's even nicer that we still have today and the rest of the weekend to recover.  Today we're actually going to work a bit though, we're helping some dear friends move to their brand new house.  I am super happy for them.  Of course being the preggy one I will not be of too much service other than lifting light things and holding doors, but they'll definitely benefit from Mr. Monkey's muscle power!

Shirt - Motherhood Maternity via ThreadUp

Capris - Simply Vera, Kohls

Shoes - Minnetonka Moccasin

Necklace - S&D

And it's Friday and that means another week gone by on the pregnancy countdown!  We're 19 weeks today.  Next week we'll be halfway there and we get to find out the gender!  It'll be an exciting week, we're also having a garage sale next weekend, so things are going to get a little bit crazy town I think.

I'm slowly making my way to all of your blogs and catching up!  I missed you guys!  Have a great weekend!

So once upon a time it was winter and I was skinny

I was going through photos on my iPhone the other day and found an outfit I never shared here - mostly because the quality of these pictures are not the greatest, but I figured, why not share an outfit from winter when I was definitely not pregnant, while I'm away from the blog for a bit?

This outfit was worn to dinner for my dad's 60th birthday in December.  And the jacket and sweater dress both were from a two birds garage sale event that very same day.  I got these two items home and realized, I really want to wear these together!  The outfit was comfy and yet dressy enough for dinner at Erte, our favorite steak joint in NE Minneapolis!  I really wish these pictures had turned out a hair better, but I think you get the idea.

 Dress - H&M, two birds garage sale

Jacket - F21, two birds garage sale

Leggings - Target

Boots - Payless

Necklace - Stella and Dot

I think I had just gotten a haircut that day too.  It looks pretty fresh and chic here.  I don't think I'll be looking quite this chic and put together come this December though!

Blooper reel

So for laughs, I thought one of the posts I'd throw out while I'm gone would be a blooper reel.  I've been saving my oops photos for awhile now and thought maybe people would get a kick out of them.  Here we go.

 There's the time that the tripod fell and then the camera timer went off.  Hello face!

 I don't even know what I was thinking in this one.  Cut off head, no amount of editing would fix it!

 At least you can see my arm party - set the camera to two second delay by accident

 Tried like crazy to edit this one.  Looked like an alien no matter what I did.  It was a cute outfit, maybe I'll try it again sometime.

Another ill timed camera timer shot.  I don't even know what happened here!

What can I say - I try to keep it real you guys!  I'm FAR from a professional, that is most definitely true!

While I'm away

I'm getting myself some much needed R&R this week so the blog will be a little quiet.  I do have two posts scheduled though - one of some blooper pictures I've been saving and the other of an outfit I found from last December!  I would also encourage you to check out the following while I'm not around:

two birds Inspiration Monday - I didn't get a chance to pre-blog a picture for today, but do check out what other people are wearing for this fun activity.

ThreadUp - a cool online consignment shop that I'll be talking more about next week.

And in case you missed it over the 4th of July, I did another Vlog for Influenster - link can be found here.

Also, I haven't updated my Link Love tab in a while, but I believe a majority of those blogs are still active too, so give it a looksie for some other fabulous blogs I enjoy.

I hope you all have a great week and I'll catch up with you soon!

*Also, because I won't be able to approve comments for a few days, I'm turning on captcha just for this week - I know it's a pain, but this way I can keep the spambots out and not have to worry about moderating for a few days.*

Shady

 I swear I'm not too cool for school in my shades this morning - I woke up with one very puffy and swollen right eye.  Lucky me!  I think it's probably an allergic reaction to something, but I'm going to take a little side trip to my doctor's office this morning just to be sure since we won't be in town for a few days.  I'm not letting it rain on my vacation parade though!

I get the feeling today could be hectic, since I'll scoot away for that appointment and then need to tie up loose ends at work.  And of course, my mind is going a mile a minute of all the things that need to get done at home between tonight and tomorrow.  It will all come together though, it always does!

Shirt - Motherhood Maternity, thrifted

Jeans - Liz Lange, from a friend

Necklace and bracelet - S&D

Sandals - Italian Shoe Maker, from cousin

Sunglasses - Old Navy

And here is our weekly bump check.  18 weeks today - my kid can vote!  I'm definitely starting to pop more, even these jeans I fear are not long for my wardrobe.  They have some stretch, but not that much.  That's ok though, I have other options in the wings!

So anyway, I won't be around much next week, but I do have a couple of scheduled posts so hopefully you won't miss me too much!  Have a fantastic weekend and I'll catch up with you all soon!

Just call me Blossom

When I got this dress at the two birds garage sale last summer I immediately felt like it was something straight out of the sitcom Blossom.  But that's ok.  It's super comfy and sometimes I want to party like it's 1999....or really 1995 I guess!

What's funny is last night, the Pants Monkey decided to play a ton of 90's alternative music.  He's bored with music lately.  He started complaining about how there just isn't good music like that anymore.  I had to laugh, he just sounded like an old man.  At any rate, this felt like a semi-appropriate outfit after that conversation!

 Dress - via two birds garage sale

Sweater - Old Navy

Bracelet - Bead for Life

Necklace - DIY by me

Sandals - Mootsie Tootsie, from cousin

In other news I just have to get through today and tomorrow and then vacation!  I'm not counting the seconds at all, nope, not me!

Tropical

So I'm going to brag.  I totally love how this outfit turned out today.  Creativity knows no bounds with my wardrobe these days!  I love the shade of blue that this shirt is, but I was a little worried I wouldn't have enough in my closet to put with it - after a quick check this morning I already have two other outfit ideas in addition to this one.  

The countdown to vacation continues.  This dress (worn as skirt) always makes me think of a tropical destination.  I could see wearing it on a beach on some tropical island.  No tropical getaways in my future though.  That's ok though, I love my MN Northwoods and am more of a beer girl than a drink with an umbrella in it girl (even if I can't have them right now), so it all works out.  I can just pretend for a day when I wear this dress that I'm really off to some enchanted island!

Dress as skirt - vintage, Salvaged Strawberry 

Shirt - Old Navy Maternity, thrifted

Necklace - Charming Charlie

Sandals - Merona, Target (old)

Speaking of this dress, I found it last year at one of Amanda of Salvaged Strawberry's awesome pop up sales.  If you're local, she and her thrifty partner in crime Ashley are having a Tandem Vintage clearance pop up sale at Glam Doll Donuts this Saturday and Sunday from 9 to 5.  I don't leave town until Sunday, so I'm totally heading over there Saturday afternoon cause she's even got vintage for kids!  Although I guess it would help if I knew just what type of child we're actually growing here.  Oh well, two more weeks and we'll have that answer!