Summer Romper

Romper: Walmart, Cardigan: Thrifted, Shoes: Converse Shoreline, Scarf: Vintage

 I'm squeezing all the little summer moments out of this last little bit of August! 

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Summer Breeze Makes Me Feel Fine

Top: Gap, Sweater: Urban Outfitters, Pants: Thrifted, Sandals: Belk

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 I can't promise how consistent I can be on posting over here on the blog but I'll try! I'm still wearing all the summer things as I squeeze out the last little bits of summer. We start homeschool on Monday and I am so sad to see the summer break go!!! I guess I have one foot in summer and one foot in fall because I have already started drinking all things Pumpkin Spice. I have an instagram page dedicated to All Things Dunkin called Dunkin.Orders! Here's a little bit of what's been happening over there...

I grabbed some Dunkin Pumpkin for home brewing...

Had a Pumpkin Iced Coffee that was SO GOOD

And a Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew that was yums. It's a good option if you don't like your iced coffee too sweet.

Don't forget to try the Pumpkin Muffin. Don't! 

If you wanna follow the Dunkin adventure, head over to my Dunkin instagram. 

Peace, Love and Pumpkins!

A Farewell Girl

I wore this little number to the airport to bid farewell to the hubs for his business trip. I wanted him to have fond memories of me as he was boarding the plane! Ha! We won't talk about what I looked like when I picked him up one week later. Boy oh boy. I was 3 days into a bad cold! He probably thought - who is this hot mess and where did my wife go?!? Lol

Outfit details:

Dress: Amazon

Sandals: Target

Beetle Girl

I saw this happy little sunshine Volkswagen bug and could not stop thinking how great a throwback blog post would be! I pulled together my best, but still subtle, 70's outfit and took some photos. My son and I play the punch bug game every time we are in the car so this is also a bit of a homage to that too. Do you play that game too? When you see a Volkswagen bug you yell "punchbug (and the color). You then get to dole out a nice punch to someone in the car and you get a point. If you see a VW bug classic (like the one here) then you get two punches. If you see a VW van or bus it's four punches. My son usually gets all the hits because I'm driving and it's hard to see ones that he doesn't see! Here lately he's been wanting me to punch him harder when I see one but I just can't do it! Lol. I let him punch me as hard as he can and then I think, that's gonna leave a bruise! Ha!

Fringed Sleeves Girl

There's a chill in the air this morning...fall is on it's way.

But it's not fall today! Ha!

Let's celebrate summer until we can't celebrate anymore. 

Here's to denim cutoffs, delicate tank tops and pretty sandals.Cheers!

Outfit details:

Kimono: Ebay

Tank: Gap

Cutoffs: Thrifted mens Levis

Sandals: Aldo

Ruffle Girl

Well helloooo! Long time no see! The summer months are not my best blogging months. School's out and my son and I are on the go all the time. And when we're not, I'm getting housework done, taking hikes, we're making homemade ice cream and donuts or we are just too tired to do anything! 

Nevertheless I do still get dressed everyday! It's just a lot of this same outfit. Leggings and a long top, shorts and hiking boots, or something really boring. I did go out to dinner with my husband and some couples he knows through his work so it gave me a chance to get a little bit more gussied up!

I love this little top! The ruffle is adorable and the back of the shirt is the best! The other best part is that I got it at the Goodwill for $3.75!

Outfit details:

Ruffled Top: Thrifted

Printed Leggings: NY&Co (old)

Wedges: Target (old)

Wicker Bag: Thrifted

A Sleeveless Kind of Summer Girl

It's a hot one today folks! I don't think I've worn sleeves all week. I'm not complaining! It's not 3 feet of snow so I sure ain't complaining. 

I picked this dress up at the free yard sale I go on and on about every year. I just wore it this one time. I ended up taking it over to my favorite consignment shop. I just kind of fell out of love with it. I mean, let's face it. It's suppose to be a dress and I had to wear it as a tunic. So I faced reality and sold it! But it was still too cute to not wear once.

A Celebration Girl

Dress: NY&Co, Sandals: Dolce Vita, Bag: Charming Charlies

This outfit was two celebrations in one. The first being it was a night out for my birthday dinner and the second being I was finally able to get into this dress! I have had it for years but I've never been able to put it on and not feel like it was cutting me in two. It's linen so it is the wrinkley-est thing ever which is always so aggrevating but hey. Whatever! I went a little crazy on my birthday week and ate non-paleo foods but I am back at it now. I think I have mentioned it in passing on here but the paleo diet has really worked best for me and my husband as far as dieting goes. It helped me lose that last 10 pounds so I could get in this dress! I would like 10 more but I think I will need to incorporate some exercise for that. I'm just about ready too. I get through with physical therapy on my right knee very soon.

Forgotten Summer Girl

 Dress & Belt: Thrifted; Goodwill, Wedges: Chadwicks and then painted by me, Headband: Modcloth

I found these forgotten photos buried underneath other photos of the summer. This is a seersucker dress and it reminds me of deep southern lawyers sweating in the Mississippi heat - ok, that's just because I've watched too much Matlock or seen O Brother Where Art Thou too many times. It just screams Charleston to me which can only mean that I need a beach trip before it gets cold. Right?

Life Lately {Crop Share Farm}

This summer was the first time we've been able to be a part of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) or crop share for short. I was so excited and I fell in love with it! We used Flying Cloud Farm in Fairview NC and it was perfection! We've had to scale back financially until we can get our old condo sold so we had to put it on the back burner but I'm hoping next year we will be able to get back into it. There were two options for this CSA. You could pick up your box at the tailgate market or you could go to the farm itself and bag the produce you wanted. I did both. I liked getting the box better. It was a great variety and it was a generous amount of everything. It took the decision work out of it for me and I love that. I hate making decisions! On the other hand, when you go to the farm you get to pick your own flowers. That in itself was a great adventure and it made for some really sweet memories for my son and me. He chased butterflies while I swooned over pretty flowers.

Here's the little self service product stand that couldn't get more adorable even if it tried.

They also had the cutest little watermelons and cantaloupes - that actually were not that sweet and that makes me wonder why the ones from the store are so overly sweet...hmmm....modified??? Look at how few of those blackberries are left! If you didn't get there early those guys would for sure be gone. Oh they were so good. I've got some in the freezer for when I need a boost of summer when it is gray and cold. Let's don't talk about winter.

Let's look at the flowers instead!!!

She had some beautiful bouquets already put together and ready to go in your satchel. But we decided to go out to the field...

He chased so many butterflies

We talked about the bees but not the birds :)

My little bucket after lots of picking.

Bringing these bouquets home was such a mood booster. I loved having these guys in my house!

Let's enjoy the last tidbits of summer shall we!