Photo Shoot!

When we were in Lynchburg, my good friend Janie took these pictures for me.  I just love them. 

Mommies kisses

What's under here?

Muah.

Escapee

Oh my word I love him.

Cowboy up...and other thrifty finds

Eeeeek!  I am so excited about fall for way too many reasons.  Don't you want me to list them?  Of course you do.  Well probably not but this is my blog so I can make lists of anything I want, right?  Right.

Numero Uno: I get my hubby back...for good this time!!!  Which, by the way, is wayyy better than 2 weeks. Plus I caught Caleb waving at a picture of his daddy today so I am pretty sure he is wanting his daddy to come home for good too...bless his little heart.

2:  Football is here...very evident by all of the parents and children with matching jersey's on today.

3: Perfect weather!  Cool enough for a sweater but warm enough that you aren't miserable...and honestly, I just hate a daggone coat.

4.  Fall decorations.  Don't ya just love a good pumpkin spice candle?

and last but not least....

BOOTS!!!  I found these beaut's on a fabulous sale.  They are a brownish grey (even though in the picture they look completely grey), which is great because I can wear them with brown or grey tones.  I will just have to wear them around the house until it gets cold enough outside.  Have you ever been so excited about boots that you just had to wear them, even if it was just around your own house?

Also, when we were visiting our family in Virginia I found some great thrifty finds.

This mirror that I am going to paint some awesome shade of pink, green, or turquoise for $1

A milk glass.  I am not sure if it is vintage or just a replica but I like it no matter and it was $1!

Sooo, how was your football Saturday?  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!!  And thank goodness for a long one :)

Fabulous Friday Giveaway :)

I was thinkin' it was about time for a giveaway and what better way to start September than with a couple of cute fall and halloween garlands?

This first garland is from Tattered Tique and it is the perfect fall accessory for your mantle, mirror, doorway...you get it.  I think fall is my favorite season.  I love love love decorating for it!  Don't you??? 

The second garland is a Halloween garland from felted kitten.  It is so cute and great for October, which is just around the corner.  I can totally see this hanging on the inside of my front door or across my double windows in the living room.  It's halloween chicy :)

So how do you win?

Just leave a comment!

For extra entries:

1.Tell us your favorite items from each shop

2. Follow my blog!

3.  Follow me on twitter...my new obsession :)

Happy weekend!

Shabby to Chic

I love a good find.  I paid $15 for two old brown wicker side tables.

3 coats of spray paint...

New side tables!

R&R

We had so much fun together.  Can't wait to have him home for good!

Just off the plane!

Are you bold or neutral?

 I think it is so fun to see the inside of other peoples houses, especially ones that I have known for a while.  I usually assume that people decorate the inside of their homes kind of like the way they dress.  Take for instance my friend Melanie.  She loves anthropologie clothes and a good majority of her wardrobe is from there.  I went into her house and it looked like the anthropologie show room.  A mix of new and vintage items with a robins egg blue, creamy yellow, red, gold, white and chocolate brown color palette.  Then there is my sister Donna.  Her entire wardrobe is made up of blacks, whites and greys.  Every now and then she throws in a pink or blue...but 90% of her clothing is super neutral.  When she decorated her house, it was no surprise to me when I walked in to find white slipcovered sofas, burlap curtains and light sage green toile everywhere...very very neutral.  Her house is very cute and it fits her personality perfectly.  

   Does your wardrobe match your interior design style?  I would have to say that mine does.  My favorite color is blue in any shade, but especially turquoise.  If I had my way, every room in my house would be a different shade of blue...I love it!  I have managed to use turquoise in my living room, blue in my bathroom, baby blue in Calebs room and I have a yellow and blue kitchen :)

   Here are a few outfits with rooms to match.  See if you can tell which palette you are:

Neutral:

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Celebrity Neutrals

Bold:

Bold Neutral Mix:

Fall in love with Talbots

The new Talbots catalog showed up at my parents house this weekend and I grabbed it to flip through it.  Normally I wouldn't have given it a second thought but I won a fabulous gift card from GRITS and I am trying to decide what to use it on.

Now let me tell ya ladies...their fall collection is fantabulous.  I was shocked at how up to date the styles are.  When I used to think about Talbots, I thought about the older lady crowd walking around in the ritzy part of town with oversized cardigans and pleated khakis that taper at the ankle.  Boy have their clothes changed!  They have some super cute fall outfits out now and I will have to admit that I went and tried on some jeans and I am in love.  They fit like a dream, literally.  Since I had Caleb I have not been able to find jeans that fit and I have tried them on EVERYWHERE!  My favorite fit from Talbots is the boot cut heritage:

Anyways, enough about Talbots.  They aren't paying me to do this...lol...but I am just really impressed with the new catalog and excited to use my gift card :)  Andddd excited for fall!!!!!  This is my first fall in the deep south though and I have heard it is very short.  Virginia and Kentucky have long falls, so this might be a disappointing one spending it in southern Georgia but at least my winter doesn't last until May :) 

Plus, I already bought some cute boots, and they WILL be worn, even if it is still 75 degrees in November!

Please tell me I'm not the only one obsessed with grey and ruffles right now?!

I LOVE this combo:

Notice how they wrapped the scarf around and then put a thin belt over that...I really think that is great on this dress.

In love with this jacket...I guess I am in love with everything!

Happy Monday :)