So for Sofie’s birthday, I decided we all needed monkey-themed shirts. I made The Hubs wear a shirt I painted a yellow hat on (you know, The Man with the Yellow Hat?!). He wasn’t too thrilled about the idea, but was an excellent sport about it! Especially when I announced I wasn’t wearing mine. My bananas looked AWFUL and I flat out refused to wear the shirt. I was really upset and as I went…
Continue readingThe same day I found this skirt at Goodwill, I also found this old medicine cabinet. It was dirty, heavy, and beat up. I could tell it hadn’t been taken care of in many years, but I also knew I couldn’t leave the store without making it mine. I immediately raced to Walmart to pick up spray paint so I could start transforming it the minute I got home. Choosing a color wasn’t difficult. You…
Continue readingA little math lesson: 6 week post-baby body+Carribbean vacation=nothing in your closet fits. The Hubs and I had been planning on attending the wedding of some near and dear friends in the British Virgin Islands since February of 2009. When I turned up pregnant that fall we quickly did the math and discovered, to our delight, our little bundle of joy was due exactly 6 weeks before our plane took off. As April drew nearer…
Continue readingI was out running errands with just the baby last week so I decided to swing by my local Goodwill. Toddlers and thrift stores just don’t mix so I don’t get in there as often as I’d like. I found a few steals and as I excitedly made my way to the register, something caught my eye, and I turned just in time to see this bright yellow smashed among the women’s skirts. I couldn’t…
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