Pants on Fire

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Feelin' the Love

I know most people hate Valentine's Day, but I love it. It is just this fun little holiday with not huge expectations but you get to do nice things for the peole you love. This year I gave my hubby a Valentine note and treat everyday in February leading up to Valentine's Day. It was fun to leave him little surprises and he had fun teasing me about his Secret Admirer. I also sent a huge care package to our missionary with lots of Valentine goodies for him and the Elders in his district. We had heart shaped pizza for dinner and I gave my other kiddos a treat and a card. I also got spoiled with beautiful roses and chocolate covered strawberries, my favorite! I just love, love. What did you all do to celebrate?

Shabby Apple

Have you every seen the lovely clothes over at Shabby Apple? They have the most beautiful dresses, check out these beauties...

Are these wonderful or what? I will own this polka dot dress one day soon!

Go check it out!

Something that Scares You

It seems like life is all about facing fears.  A few days ago I faced a fear I have had since the day the ultrasound tech told me I was having a boy. My oldest son left to serve a 2 year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I have hoped and prayed for this day since he was a newborn but I never imagined the gut wrenching pain that would be associated with knowing you won't see your child for 2 long years. It was the hardest thing I have done as a parent. All you mom's out there, hug those little boys of yours tight, because before you know it they will be grown men.

I guess the thing in fashion that scares me the most is dressing to young for my age. Do old mom's wear bright colors, skinny jeans and TOMS? I want to be in style but don't want to seem like I am dressing like a teenager. But it does make me feel young :)

OTI

Those cute ladies are at it again, OTI is one of my favorite features over at Freckles in April, and this time we get to play along! I have had this teal skirt for awhile and have not felt brave enough to wear it, but today is the day! I really love how it turned out and I didn't feel as wild in this skirt as I thought I would. Again, thanks Kayla for pushing me outside my fashion comfort zone!

I decided to add a cardi because it is so dang cold, I like the outfit better without it but sometimes you just have to be practical!

Outerwear

Today we are dressing up our coats and I wanted to dress up my favorite purple coat with a pin that I got from my Grandma. She collected all kinds of jewelry and when she died all the granddaughters got to select a few favorite pieces. I chose this pin. I never thought of wearing it on my coat, but I love the way it looks against the purple wool.

Mr. Green Jeans

Today we are linking up our bright colors and these pants certainly fit the bill! I fell in love with the look of these pants but I put off buying them because I was scared about pulling them off. When they went on sale and I had a coupon, I took the plunge! I actually really like them and didn't feel to crazy legs wearing them. I can't wait to try them out with other tops and sweaters. Sometimes you just have to take that fashion plunge!

Decade

When I was little I fell in love with the fashion of the 50's. I loved the poodle skirts, converse, rolled jeans, leather jackets, all of it! Whenever my kids have a decade day at school I always try to get them to dress up from the 50's. When Kayla over at Freckles in April posted our prompt for today I was so excited to get to have a decade day of my own. I tried to create an outfit that was true to the decade but not to costumey, I hope I succeeded!

 This is my cool Fonzie pose.

 This is me laughing at my cool Fonzie pose.

Mix, mix, mix

Today is all about mixing it up! I am usually not a pattern mixer and I spent a good long time this morning trying to find the perfect thing, all I can say is thank goodness I have a thing for scarves! I actually really liked how this turned out, Thanks Kayla for pushing us outside our comfort zones:)

Channeling

When I first read this prompt, my first thought was that I wanted to channel Cori. If you have not read her blog or seen her amazing outfits, you are missing out. She is so beautiful and I love reading about her cute family. My second thought was Audrey Hepbern, she is so classic and beautiful. This is the outfit I came up with...

Check out all the link-up gals, they have seriously cute outfits...