I am so excited for this prompt from the ladies over at the Blended Blog today. I adore wearing dresses, mainly because I feel like a good dress can make a statement all on it's own and there is minimal work involved. I also live in skirts and dresses during the spring/summer as much as I can.
Today I am going to feature two dresses that I have been wearing to work and are prefect for drinks, date night, a baptism, wedding, etc. Both of these dresses have been staples in my closet for the past two summers and the best part is they were FREE!!!! Yes you read that right, FREE. My wonderful sister loves to shop and generally after one season she passes pieces from her closet down to me, who eagerly awaits like it's Christmas morning. Just last week I sent her a text to see what she had for me for my summer wardrobe and I can't wait for my grandma, who is out in BC visiting her, to bring it to me next Monday. I am a lucky,and spoiled, girl.
Look #1 is pleats, pleats, pleats!!! This dress is so lightweight and flowy. It is extremely versatile and I wear it to work, both in the classroom and for meetings, for lunch/dinner dates, and any events that we have throughout the spring/summer season.
Look #2 I wear this work often in the spring and also love it paired up with brown boots & my mustard cardigan in the fall. Recently I purchased these lace-up flats from the Bay, and they are on sale for $39.99 right now. They are extremely comfortable and will be a staple in my wardrobe for our trip to London/Paris at the beginning of July.
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| Fall/Winter Look |
WISH LIST DRESS: chambray, off the shoulder dress from Chicwish (below) and a new Maxi dress that I am hoping I will find through some of the other Link Ups via the Blended Blog.
Also linking up with Threads for Thomas, weekend addition. Great looks by Rachel herself and many others.
Logan and I have been married for twelve and a half years
and have been together since high school.
Like most couples we have had our share of ups and downs, times of doubt
and absolute happiness. We have changed
in so many ways since the beginning but throughout these changes we have also
been able to support one another. When
people first meet us, they often see us as opposites. I am chatty, outgoing and always on the
go. Logan is quieter (until you get to know him), go with the flow and very content to just live
in the moment. How does it work??? Honestly, I am not sure that I know the answer to that but
I think at the core we have always had similar values, wants and needs. We both wanted a family, we love to be around
people we love, and we value spending time together and open
communication. We both enjoying being
outdoors, doing physical stuff and have complimentary parenting styles. When we decided to get married we had already
overcome some obstacles and we were aware and prepared to work on our relationship
when things were hard.
All of that being said one thing that has been extremely
helpful in continuing to have a relationship and identity as husband and wife
has been regular date nights. We attempt
to get out at least once a month. Our
dates vary from dinner, going to the theater (plays, not so much movies
anymore), walks, golfing (which I am terrible at but do it for Logan), snowboarding,
biking, etc. My parents live in the city
and are always willing to have the girls overnight J. They are the BEST!!! In fact, when we first become parents at 25
and were just starting out, my parents and sister, really encouraged us to continue
to take time together as a couple. This
was great advice and I am glad they did.
We are fairly involved parents and enjoy spending time with the girls,
but we have made a cognisant effort to not build our whole identity around
being mom or dad. As our girls get
older, they will want to spend more time with friends and eventually will leave
the nest (insert sad/sobbing face) and when this happens Logan and I want to still
have a relationship that makes us happy and fulfilled. Now, I know there are no guarantees in life
but date nights are just one way of making sure that we continue to connect and
grow as a couple. I’d love to hear what
other people do to stay connected and other date night ideas.
Saturday night we went to the Playing with Fire: The Theo Fleury
Story at our local theater. It was PHONOMENAL! Honestly, I was not sure about going to watch
this because it deals with some pretty sad and tragic events but I was
completely engaged for the full two hours.
If you don’t know the Theo Fleury story, the short version is that he
was a great but troubled hockey player.
He was sexually molested by this WHL coach, Graham James, as a teen and
also had a tough home life. He was
extremely determined and worked his way up to the NHL and was really talented
but drugs, alcohol, gambling and the trauma his suffered eventually caught up
to him. He ended up spiralling out of
control and losing his fortune and pushing his family away. When he was finally ready to turn his life
around he had to face all of his demons and pick himself up from there. I knew the bits and pieces of his life but
Logan and I were both so captivated by the play that we plan on reading his
book, Playing with Fire (check out the review from goodreads.com).
Here are a few pictures from our night out.
No, no, no! I would never drink wine at work, but I am having some right now :) .
So what brought this post on? Well here is Saskatchewan winters can be long and I always find mid-January and February I go into a somewhat of a hibernation mode. Work is usually busy at this time of year, the weather is off and on, and when I leave the house in the morning it's dark and when I get home it's dark.
Anyway, during this time of year I also start to wear a lot of black, gray, brown, navy, etc. The other day I saw this post on What I Wore and I was immediately inspired. I love fun tights and I used to wear them but hadn't this fall/winter season at all. I work in a fairly conservative environment and I feel that dressing professionally is important. I decided to take out my wine colored tights, I have pumps and a dress in the same color because I love it so much, and pair it up with my gray pencil skirt and my go-to navy, polka dot sweater. It turned out okay. If I could substitute the gray pencil skirt for a fun, flair, black mini, I totally would but I couldn't for work. This is what I looked like, sorry for the poor lighting.
