the library.

Top: F21, $20 / Pants: Thrifted, $6 / Bag: Carla Mancini via eBay / 
Watch:   Lucien Picard via eBay $75 / Wedges: Frye via 6pm.com $35

I love the library. Isn't it just crazy that they let you walk out of their doors with armfuls of books! It is like walking out carrying knowledge or something. I always feel so rich when I leave. The only down side is there is always a due date, and sometimes, we forget when that is. And when you walk out of the library with armfuls of books, that can be an unfortunate date to forget.

Ps. these pants have seriously saved my life. I don't think I ever posted them on the blog before I got pregnant, but thanks to their super stretchy waist, they are one of the only pair that can still get past my hips.

More Frye...

die car die.

Shoes: Frye via 6pm.com here / Top: Thrifted / Dress: F21 / Bag: Thrifted /
Belt: Asos, came with this skirt / Earrings: F21

I'm so sick of car problems. I feel like our cars have sucked at least eight years out of our life. I can't believe how much it is to fix these stupid things. Will someone just invent teleporting already?

Ok thanks.

Justin just gave me the great news that his car will be 1k+ to fix. And were we just dropped that much on my car, and have a baby coming in a month (and I would like to be able to take some time off), that just 'ain't gonna happen'.

It is hard too, because early in our marriage, Justin fancied himself quite the race car driver, and really put his car through the ringer, so in times like these, when you really need to come together, it can sometimes be easy to point fingers and get upset with each other.

I'm sure there is some very important lesson for me to learn in all of this, and with all the fires round these parts, I suppose I should just be grateful we have a car to drive, that isn't burnt to the ground.


But maybe then, insurance would cover it... 


...I think I look a lot like my mom in these pics. So at least that's nice.

More Frye...

sequins and stripes

Sequin Top: Anthro, thrifted $7 / Skirt: Antrho via eBay, $10 /
Pumps: Seychelles via eBay / Cardigan: Thrifted

Justin told me this weekend that he thinks he's "nesting". He's been cleaning everything, and wants to do one final purge of the house before the baby comes. This man is too adorable you guys.

He also spent about 20 minutes Friday night chatting about birthing and breastfeeding with me and a couple of my girlfriends. He brings me my prenatal every night before bed. In the car this weekend, he kept asking me to sing for him and the baby, AND he made sure we were ready on time and dropped me off to prenatal yoga Saturday morning.

And my favorite, he looked up a bunch of reviews online, and went and got "the best" baby book from the library. And he brought it to work to read on his downtime.

Adorable. Amazing. While I've still kind of been in denial about this whole birthing/baby thing, I am so grateful for Justin and all he has done to help prepare us both.

More Dana Buchman...

my new best friends

Shoes: Frye via 6pm.com here / Maternity Pants: F21 $6 / Top: F21 $20 / Bag: eBay $5

There has been a lot of this action going round here lately. It seems like no matter what I do, I can't avoid a good ol' pants adjustment for longer than 10 minutes. Thank you to my darling husband for capturing this magic moment. 

I also have been pretty much LIVING in these shoes. I know they basically cost an arm and a leg, but Frye does make some amazing shoes. These wedges are sooooo comfy and supportive, and make me feel like I'm actually succeeding in putting something semi cute around my growing ankles. 

This shirt has also become a major wardrobe staple. I can pretty much wear it with anything I want to, and it still buttons all the way. So, win win win.

More Frye...

I like me.

Shoes: Seychelles via eBay / Leggings: F21 $4 / Dress:  Thrifted $7 / Cardigan: Thrifted $5
Bag: via eBay $5 / Watch: Lucien Picard via eBay $75 / Ring: Nordstroms

Anyone who has followed my blog for a while knows how much I believe that every man, woman and child should be able to feel comfortable in their own skin. During my studies, I came across article after article that talked about how damaging our culture's unrealistic expectations can be on an individual's perception of themselves. We need to change the way we think about ourselves. They way we think about our beauty, value and place in the world.

So it is a little hard for me to admit that one of the hardest things about this pregnancy for me to deal has been the physical changes I've been experiencing.

My boobs look like a war zone. I can't do any of my pants up, let alone get them over my hips (which will never again be quite like they were before pregnancy). My legs have been permanently burned red, my ankles are starting to swell, and I don't really remember what is was like to not have a bloated belly.

But, instead of being grateful for all these changes and what they represent, I've been frustrated by them.

So, I needed a reminder that I like me. Swollen belly, ankles, boobs and all. Beauty isn't and shouldn't be defined by what you look like, but how you allow your experiences to shape and define you.

 Regardless of weight, skin tone, age, or pay grade, you should love yourself for who you are, as you are.

So, I'm renewing my commitment to like myself, just as I am, right this moment.

If you want to commit with me, you can join this list. Commit to celebrating yourself, your uniqueness, your difference,  your talents; you. Commit to really appreciating yourself as you are and trying to avoid comparing yourself to anyone else.

I like you, and you should too.

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happy birthday

Blazer: Thrifted, $4 / Sweater: Gap via Soel Swap, $10 / Belt: Urban Outfitters /
Pants: Urban Outfitters via eBay / Flats: Gap via eBay

So last week Justin turned old. Not really old, but older... When we were first dating, I would try to freak Justin out by saying things like, "When you started High School, I was still in elementary school" or "When you were learning to ride a bike, I was still in my mothers womb." That one usually got him. But it could of just been my use of the word womb. It's kind of a weird word.

Enough with my ramblings though! Happy Birthday my wonderful man. I love you, and will love you even when you get old and incontinent! You are one of the very best people I know, and I am so beyond lucky to have you!

Love, Me.

RIP Suishi.

Vintage breifcase $5 thirfted here / Striped top thrifted, more stripes here /
Brown pumps from high school here / Anthro pants$20 via online sale here / Gap cardigan

We came into work today to find our team fish "Suishi" dead. It was very sad. He lived about 6 months, and fought the good fight, but I think our office might have been just a little too cold for him. Because he was a Beta fish, I composed a Haiku in his honor. 

farewell dear fish, thy

last bubbles leave air pockets

in my lonely heart.

 

In happy news, I participated in Gentri Lee's package pall party! My package pall was Brooke from Australia! I've always wanted to visit Australia but have never had the chance. Though I hear it can get a little warm. Justin and my romance actually all began during a video about Australia watched in geography class. 

Best class I ever took.

 

-Heather

For more package pall fun:

More Mango...

sunnies make the world go round.

Ralf Lauren vintage blouse $2 thrifted here / Gap sweater $10 via swap /
JCrew cords $14 via jcrew.com sale / Poetic License flats $20 via eBay here /
Vintage sunnies thrifted / Thrifted earrings / Vintage briefcase $5 thrifted here

I've decided that the key element to putting together "glamorous" look, is a pair of oversize sunnies. Also, no one can tell if you are staring, or even sleeping as long as you can avoid drooling or snoring, so that is always a big plus. Though to really pull of sleeping without anyone knowing, I think I would need a darker tint.

Anyone else have a "glamor" piece?

-Heather

More Farfalla...

stripe love & trash day?

Striped dress $14 via eBay / vintage belt via eBay here / Thrifted briefcase $5 here /
Vintage silk scarf $3 via eBay more here / Tights $4 via Kohls / Steve Madden boots $20 via eBay

Can we talk for just a minute about vertical stripes?! I feel like there has been all this hub bub lately about their more popular cousin, the horizontal stripe, that poor vertical stripe has gotten the ugly stepsister treatment.

Not that horizontal stripes aren't lovely (clearly I'm a big fan), but honestly, they can be more difficult to pull off, while vertical stripes are much more universally flattering. 

Just saying. Let's have some vertical stripe love shall we?

And what are everyone's thoughts on these boots? They are a challenge piece for me. I haven't worn them hardly at all, because I find that high heeled boots are actually much harder for me to wear/style. So what are your thoughts? 

Keep, or "take out the trash?" You can vote below!

body bag.

Tulle pants: $14 / JCrew blouse via online sale: $14 / Fair Isle sweater: via eBay $7
Indigo by Clark pumps via eBay : $22 / Thrifted leather briefcase $5 / F21 earrings

I've gained a new appreciation for women everywhere the last week or so. As a woman not use to experiencing that joyous time that comes only once a month (I can talk about this right? kinda hard to stop me either way),  when it does decide to pay me a visit, I act pretty much like a 4 year old with a cold .

I sprawl out and  moan, and refuse to take medicine, because I am weird like that. I have an irrational fear that if I ever take any aspirin or ibuprofen, I'll burn a hole in my stomach, or they wont work when I really really need it. 

Poor Justin. He just shakes his head, rubs my back and I'm sure wonders when I'm going to put on my big girl pants. 

In other, less disturbing news, I am LOVING this bag! I found it in the briefcase section at the thrift store, and I must say, pretty much the most genius idea I've ever had. It has these awesome sections, and it's huge. You could pretty much hide a body in it, which in my book, makes it just about perfect. Not that I do a lot of body hiding or anything.

-Heather

a fresh perspective.

JCrew top via eBay / knitted hat via eBay / refashioned dress turned skirt via eBay /
Kenneth Cole leather flats via eBay here / thrifted vintage sunnies and bag / anthro earrings

So I'm sitting here and Heather hands me her laptop and says, "here honey you right me a post"

what?. . . .First I laugh. . . .then I think, "I can't write a post for her blog shes all witty and fun and I am boring she'll lose all her followers in one fail swoop". .. . .third reason I shouldn't be writing this particular post. . . . . ready for it. . . . I'm not a fan of the outfit. 

I told Heather that last one. (fill free to boo me ladies)

Now Heather is beautiful and adorable but sometimes she wears crazy things. 

At this point I've learned not to be the sitcom husbands that says, "you look great" when she asks, just because I think that's what she wants to hear. 

(Guy's if your reading) I've learned that quick honest feed back is the way to go or she will just keep bugging you  tell she gets it :P 

So I told her that I thought the green hat (though she looks awesome in hats)  paired with stripped shirt and blue skirt. mmmmmmm just doesn't seem to work for me. Feel free to comment away and tell me I'm wrong ;)

The great thing about it is no matter what I say, if she likes it she still wears it, cuz she is cool like that! 

Sometimes it even helps her figure out that she really does like it.  So every one enjoy, that is all.

-Justin