In the Navy

I thought this title was appropriate for a former Navy Brat! I wasn't sure how I'd like these two pieces together but I really did. The embellishments of the zig zag zinnia tee coordinated perfectly with the embellishments on the blooming lattice cardigan, like they were meant to be together ;)

My best friend and her family are arriving in town this morning for a few days so I may not be getting back to your comments for awhile or posting on your blogs (forgive me).

And here is the Polyvore. I actually picked up this cardigan NWT off of eBay for less then the current retail price, love it when that happens:

in the navy by modestlyme featuring Old Navy jeans

Items in this set:

Blooming Lattice Cardigan, $88

Zigzags & Zinnias Tee, $68

Old Navy Womens Blue Jet The Weekend Jeans, $13

Bandolino Adiva, $69

Reese Witherspoon And Hair. Reese Witherspoon. Medium Blonde Straight...

What I Wore and...some answers

First up, here is what I wore yesterday. It is still cold here so I needed comfy and warm for the daytime. I paired my Zig-Zags and Zinnias tee and the Small Packages Cardi with my old faithful Banana Republic jeans and "seen better days" flats.

And here is how I changed it to work attire for the dark dress code (boo) at the last minute. The jacket covers most of the charm of the top but I was feeling lazy and well, it's just that simple, laziness wins sometimes. I can't help but "Arrrrrr" at my kids each time I wear this jacket, it makes me feel like a Pirate.

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Jacket-The Loft

Jackson Pants-Banana Republic

I will try to address your questions on each post this week so bear with me!

Skin Care: I have been using Meaningful Beauty by Cindy Crawford for 4 or 5 months now, my only infomercial purchase ever. It doesn't work any miracles but my skin looks better and I am happy with it!

Hair: My hair and I aren't often on speaking terms, it never listens to me but it is probably because I don't give it enough attention. I am cheap when it comes to my hair, I color it myself, rarely get a hair cut and I use plain ol' Pantene. What I do do (picture my 14 year-old laughing hysterically because I said do-do) is  wash and blow dry my hair every day and then I use large hot rollers all over for body. Now because I have busy mornings with lots of kiddos with places to go and things to destroy this process can get spread throughout the day. Sometimes the hot rollers don't go in until nap time but to me this is my essential step. Even if I end up throwing my hair in my favorite "go to" style,the messy ponytail, it still looks more put together.

Fostering and Adopting: We have been foster parents for going on three years now and for us it has been a wonderful experience. However, we are not licensed directly with the county, we are with a private agency called Angels Foster Family Network  and they are a lot of the reason it has been such a great experience.If you are considering fostering, a highly recommend you look for a private agency. Our agency works with infants and toddlers so that they get that critical bonding they need at that early age. We only have one placement at a time and they are an amazing support system that you just don't get from the county workers. This is no way a knock at county workers, because of budget cuts they have tremendously heavy case loads and can only do so much.

We have had three foster sons and with two of them we fought hard to help them get back to their families because they had wonderful homes to go home to. Thankfully, not all kids are removed for reasons you'd imagine. However with our other foster son now (who was actually placed with us twice) we knew it was better that he didn't go back home and luckily everyone agreed on that, even his mother. He will be our first adopted child. I want to adopt again but would like to help an older child (by older I mean between 4 to 8) but it may take me awhile to get my husband on board for another!

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Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday, if you missed last weeks premier of Parenthood trust me it is amazing. I wouldn't call it a family show by any means (it is geared to adults) but it is a hilarious take on many aspects of being a parent and has an amazing cast! It is on tonight 10/9 c

Anthropologie Reviews.... and a bust

So today warranted a rushed trip to Anthropologie. Why? We'll get to that later. They didn't have the main new arrivals in yet that I had hoped to find but there was still a lot of goodies I had been spying online. If you notice behind me in the pics, there is a red wagon. In that red wagon is two toddlers who love the echo in Anthropologie's dressing rooms and are yelling loudly. This is why my trip was rushed.

Through the Clouds Tank-$68
This a simply beautiful tank. The fit is flattering, easy, and the details are perfectly done. I can see this being dressed up or down and getting years of use. Online they just have an ivory color, which was beautiful IRL. I ended up going with a pale blue/grey but it was a close call. This is a medium.

Zig Zag and Zinnias Tee -$68

I love, love LOVE this tee. It is easy fun and unique. The flowers are a little heavy but don't seem to pull the neckline down. This is a Medium

Dress that I can't find the name of but did take a pic of the tag:
On sale for $89.95. They just had two size 6's left. I am seriously considering running back for it...what do you think. Is it just cute or really cute? Maybe I just like it because it is flattering.

Recital Cardigan-$88

At this point I was really rushing so I didn't wrap this perfectly but this is an adorable cardigan. This is a Medium. It is lightweight and will be great for Spring and Fall. I am keeping this one on my wish list for sure!

Snowscape Tank -$69ish on sale. no longer online but there were plenty in my stores sale section.
This is a size 6 and still seemed too big on me. Didn't have time to grab another size. It is pretty IRL but did not live up to my expectations. Also, the color wasn't as ivory/pink as I thougt it would be and for me, it draped too low. I have seen it look great on others like Kim

And here is what I wore to Anthropologie today:

longsleeve-Shade Clothing

Ice-capped Blouse-Anthropologie

Old Navy Weekend Jeans

Apt 9 pumps from Kohls

And here is the bust (and why I was at Anthro). My lacemaker skirt arrived and the size 8 had the same bunching problem as the 8. It wasn't too tight and I promise those aren't fat rolls. I had read in the reviews that peole were having the same problem but I had hoped the larger size would work but alas it didn't. The lining just seems to be cut wrong (or just doesn't like my curves) and it had to go back but I was prepared this might happen and had a great time spending the credit (again)