Thursday Thoughts

Today is the day! It's Friday eve! And this afternoon marks the start of a 5 day vacay! I'm headed to the beach this weekend with my fam. It should be fun! I've never done a "beach  vacation" in the fall. It will still be in the lower 80s and breezy all week...so basically it's like perfect...

All the Fall Things

Sung to the tune of "All the Small Things" by Blink 182. All the fall things. Come out, this week.  Candles and wreaths, turkeys and fake leaves. I could go on...because I do enjoy a good song parody...but I won't. Instead, I'll celebrate the official start of fall here in the Northern Hemisphere...

Emmy Awards Fashion Review [Best and Worst Dressed]

Overall, I'm digging all the gorgeous colors I saw this year. Below are some of my picks for best and worst dressed. :) BEST DRESSED  Maggie Gyllenhaal in Oscar De La Renta She looks awesome! I love her cute un-fussy hair and this silhouette. I'm really into her slightly wrinkly, unkempt...

Thursday Thoughts

Happy Thursday, friends. This week, I've got nothing but kitchens on my mind. We are going shopping for a new dishwasher this weekend and will soon be starting our kitchen updating projects. I can't quite decide which combo I like best: dark cabinets and light countertops or light cabinets and dark...

The Look for Less

I love getting inspiration from more expensive retailers and then trying to recreate the look with less expensive items. Enter this inspo outfit from Eloquii. I love the colors together and *GASP* it pairs black and navy...which was a former fashion faux-pas-turned-new-trend. the look for less...

Our New Home: Gallery Wall for OCD/Type A People

I have a love/hate relationship with gallery walls. Meaning, I love the look of them, but literally hate every single attempt I've ever made to have one. I envy people who can throw together gallery walls and make them look totally awesome like this, this and this. We have this ENORMOUS wall in...

9.11.01 - 14 Years Later

September 11th is my generation's Kennedy assassination. It's a defining moment for our nation and something that altered the course of history. I've posted before on September 11th (read it here: A Prayer for America). Today, to commemorate the 14th anniversary, I present to you a different story that I'd only first heard Wednesday. It's about the September 11th Boatlift. It's a little long,...

Thursday Thoughts

I'm loving everything about this Thursday this week. It's a short work week and it's finally starting to cool down a little bit where I live. (So it's in the 80s and not the 90s.) I look forward to when the daytime temps are in the 50s and 60s...aka...my favorite time. Here's a round up of some of my...

I've Become a "Purse Girl"

I've never been one of those women that owns very expensive things. I've always preferred to buy my clothes, shoes and accessories on the cheap. But as I've gotten older, I've begun to realize that quality trumps quantity. Shoes and handbags (pocketbooks for us Southerners) are an area this has become...

Thursday Thoughts on Football

I don't know why but I really enjoy sharing GIFs with my readers. (both of you) And since I wanted to talk about one of my most favorite things...football...I'll do it in GIFs. Mmmkay? I joined a fantasy football league that had an auction draft. I hate auction drafts. THE WORST. It's exactly...