yesterday, i wrote a nice little post about how i was obsessed with this super-expensive cardigan from j.crew and (with a lot of patience) ended up getting it for $13! unfortunately, mediacom hated t...
homemade pizza, friends & family, a big surprise present, a round of bowling and the most delicious birthday cake ever. id say it was a successful party.
five years ago today i became a mother.piper rice arganbright was born five days early at 7:30 in the morning. she was seven pounds, ten ounces, 21.5 inches long. she was long and skinny and had rosy...
ive started to notice that i feel incomplete when not wearing leopard print in some form. it just goes with everything! and, call me dotty, but i now consider it a neutral. fortunately, my walle...
lets be midwestern and talk about the weather, shall we? we can talk about how dreary its been lately and how ready for summer we are and how no amount of coffee is going to get us through this day.&...
on friday i registered for the dam to dam. i was really nervous to commit because its been months since my last "real" run. ive been doing kosama for the past seven weeks, so im not in b...
last weekend we had a night off--no work, no kids. we had dinner here. met up with friends for some booty-shakin here. a nd spent the night here. this is what i wore...jacket/...
image taken from here. click the link for more pics of the event.i recently attended badowers spring launch event. it had a similar vibe to their fall launch; great dj, food, drinks (including t...
hat: anthropologie, $14sweater: gap (old)t-shirt: j.crew, $10jeans: paige, $60 (via hautelook)flats: steve madden (old)belt: j.crewill consider this post a small victory since its been a week and a h...
heres another installment of: B Runs out of the House for Work and Demands Seth Take 5 Amazing Photos in Less Than Ten Seconds. unfortunately, amazing photos dont happen in 10 seconds, but ...
one of the pros and cons of having this new job is that (pro) i have an excuse to wear nicer clothes on a regular basis but (con) im usually rushing out the door to make it there on time and dont hav...
this shirt. i foresee a lot of memories made together this summer.this book. ive been wanting this book for a few years now and finally received it for my birthday. its everything i hoped a...
ive had these pants for a while now but this is actually the first time ive worn them. the weather went from wintery to summery to gloomy and the bright fuchsia just never seemed quite right. last ni...
dont be annoyed with me buuuuut i hate how i look in this picture. these were taken after a day of running in & out of the rain. my hair was limp (and thrown into a sad bun), my shirt was a ...
we had so much fun on st. patricks day this year! normally it seems to fall on a gloomy weekday and we never feel up for doing anything. this year we took full advantage of the beautiful weather and ...
i started thinking about what to wear on st. patricks day about a week ago. it was an important decision because a. green is my favorite color so i have a ton of green to choose from a...
today i set out to wear something entirely different than what i ended up in . i wanted to wear bright colors and maybe a skirt (cause, duh, it was almost 80-degrees today), but after a few unsuccess...
i woke up at 5:45 this morning for my first day of kosama. i was really nervous i would oversleep so i kept waking up throughout the night, checking the time, relieved to see i had five more hours to...
blogging, that is. this week has been weird for a few different reasons and i just didnt have the brain power to write down words. as much as i love to blog, i never want to feel chained or obligated...
we recently celebrated joeys bir thday with a night filled with food, dancing, and his favorite beverage--champagne. &nbs p;the birthday boy in his element...i made chèvre and walnut-coa...
so sorry to make you wait for the results of the knot your grannys knits giveaway! with the birth of my nephew, mr. channing jude, my parents came up from tennessee to stay with us so i was scra...
hey there! sorry its been a little quiet around here. we had a really busy weekend--piper and i got to do a photoshoot for lowes creative ideas magazine on friday, we had friends over on saturda...
are yall watching american idol? now that we finally have dvr (after years of harassment from our friends), weve had fun watching all the episodes with the girls. after hearing deandres fin...
i go through these things. these phases. sometimes theyre momentary, sometimes they last a day, or a week, or a whole season. they seem to come with the weather. or hormones. or maybe they are the re...
did you see that cute scarf i wore yesterday? it was sent to me last week by the super-cute and super-talented caitlin, of knot your grannys knits, and ive worn it almost every day since. heres ...
winter finally settled into des moines last week with several inches of snow, wicked winds and some sketchy roads. we were all beginning to resign to the fact that even la nina cant cheat old man win...
photo: google imagesalmost every morning before i get out of bed i look through my instagram feed for a few minutes while my brain and body slowly wake up. they are mostly pictures of peoples breakfa...
in the weeks leading up to the dine-out i was really stressed about what to wear. i had heard a lot of women would be wearing floor-length gowns (of which i own none) or otherwise very fancy dresses ...
i guess something they do in the military is have these formal dinner/ball-things called "dine outs." theyre kinda like an army prom. there are awards and toasts and strange traditions. (grog...
here are some things ive been loving lately...looking through old family photos. quiet afternoons at our favorite cafe.a pretty scent from a sweet friends shop.the silliest girlfriends in t...
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