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Wardrobe Style Board: Love Is In The Air

Thank you to everyone who left very sweet comments after yesterday’s big reveal! It is hard to explain how excited I am at the news! Ohhhh a new nursery/big girl inspiration board is in order.

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day! Kev has made dinner reservations at a secret location and I’m excited to get a little dressed up and enjoy a night on the town with just the two of us. Anna Kate and I have each put together a style board on what we might wear for such a date night…

I’ll let AK go first.

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Love Anna Kate’s choice of wedges and that cuffed bracelet, how sweet is the heart?

Since I’m five months pregnant now, I thought it would be fun to throw a few style boards into the mix that fit those baby-carrying-bellies. I’m always on the look out for pregnancy style inspiration (I’ve started a pin board to help organize my thoughts) because it can be pretty challenging to feel put together while also feeling huge.

Favorites of mine? Dresses and tunics that have lots of action going on around the neck. It helps me to feel slightly more proportional and less belly huge.

For a date night, I might sport a comfy maxi dress (love that this one hits just above the ankles so short ladies such as myself feel a bit taller) and wedges. I just recently purchased (with a 30% off coupon) the above skinny leather bracelet in orange and it has become a simple staple with my watch on my left wrist! Love jewelry that goes from day to night. This Ellie gold and black clutch is high on my eye candy list. Oh man, did I mention I love, love that dress?

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As usual, all of the sources, prices and style boards can be found in the upper left hand side bar or by clicking right here and then clicking on an image. ***Update: I’ve just uploaded AK’s style board – computer issues – sorry for the delay! And I’ve labeled her previous maternity boards as ‘Pregnancy Style Boards’ so now they’re easy to find for us soon-to-be moms***

Happy soon-to-be Valentine’s Day!

Wardrobe Round-Up: Cozy Enough for Winter

About a month into winter each year, I begin to wonder if this throw-on-a-cozy-sweater-and-boots weather might not be one of my favorites. I hardly feel as if I’m getting dressed in the morning when my staple has become black leggings (these ones are awesome for the growing belly), a tee, grey boots and an oversized cardigan. Maybe uggs if I’m at the home office, maybe a blouse if I’m headed into corporate.

Before Christmas, I took full advantage of Norstrom’s half yearly sale and scooped up three new veryyy cozy cardigan additions to add to my stash. Options are in abundance this season! I remember 3 or 4 years ago when I worked for a big consulting firm and we never knew how cold the office building was going to be that day – I used to stash a treasured giant black cardigan in one of my desk drawers just in case. But this was when it was nearly impossible to find a bulky, hip length anything sweater and I was sure I had struck gold with my office secret. I sincerely dislike office building air conditioning to this day.

A round-up of deliciously comfy, can’t-wait-to-crawl-into-you cardigans for the rest of the season:

1. Cotton Emporium Marled Cardigan 2. Reflection Cardigan 3. Multi-Colored Open Front Cardigan 4. Ribbed High Low Sweater Vest 5. Cotton Emporium Oversized Cardigan

 6. Rubbish Blanket Cardigan 7. BP Shawl Collar Cardigan 8. Open Front Southwestern Cardigan 9. Beatrix Ost Belted Cable Cardigan 10. Caslon Tipped V-Neck Cardigan 11. Hinge Metallic Boucle Cardigan

PS I bought 5, 7 & 10, and I’m pretty sure at least two of those are still on super sale.

Wardrobe Style Boards: New Year’s Eve!

Thank you so much for all of your comments and emails regarding the news we shared yesterday! We are over the moon excited and it’s fun to finally be able to let the cat out of the bag!

We’ve been enjoying some quality family time but I wanted to pop in today to share another round of style boards that Anna Kate and I put together for New Year’s Eve. I will probably be spending mine in comfy PJ pants and a big sweater this year, but I couldn’t help but imagine up an outfit that I’d wear to that wonderful NewYear’s party that I will one day throw. One day.

Anna Kate shares an equally party-worthy outfit, I’ll let her explain!

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For New Year’s Eve, I just. can’t. help it. I LOVE to wear something sparkly! But I’ve learned from experience that New Year’s Eve always ends up being a really long night, so I always go with pants and a sparkly top over a dress. For this year, I paired what may be the perfect black jeans with a gold chevron-striped top from Anthropologie, but I really wanted to focus on accessories. I chose two gorgeous, sparkly bracelets for some drama, and aren’t those shoes amazing? As you might have noticed, I’ve recently developed a slight obsession with animal print shoes.. But for those of you (like me) who prefer flats, those beauties from Christmas would be perfect for this outfit as well. And last, but certainly not least, I love this super cool transparent clutch, which will be such a great conversation starter at your party, and will do wonders to help you organize your purse!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

(PS you can find AK over here on a regular basis:))

As for my dream outfit this year, I am totally on board with Anna Kate’s obsession with animal print shoes and I picked out a comfy pair of flats in a cheetah print to add a little rarrr to a beautiful and flowing high-waisted skirt that’s party perfect. I would tuck a shimmery gold tank into this skirt and pair with simple but fun jewelry and a vintage clutch. A little classic, a little sparkle, a lot of unexpected for such a fun holiday!

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Let the count down to New Year’s Eve begin! PS more party ideas can be found in our Christmas round-up here, and all sources/pricing for the above are always available in the Wardrobe Gallery.