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A Day in the Life (9.9.16)

I know I NEVER blog on Saturdays, but when it’s the Blogtember Challenge, you blog on Saturdays!

Today’s prompt was a Day in the Life.  I love these.  I love peeking into the daily lives of others.  I always seem to take away some sort of inspiration from someone else’s routine, and as you read earlier this week, routines bring me joy!

Here’s a peek into my day yesterday…

 Because I went to bed an hour earlier on Thursday night, I woke up on my own at 4:50 AM. I could not believe it.  And then 2 minutes later I remembered I was doing a Day in the Life and grabbed this screenshot off of my phone!  #lifeofablogger



 Then I headed to the kitchen to fill up my cup of Spark.  We splurged on the fridge because it had this feature and I knew I would use it–I can set a glass and have the fridge auto-fill it with water while I do something else.



 I started the routine of morning blog reading during grad school because my afternoons and nights were filled with schoolwork.  I enjoyed that routine so much that I’ve kept it up!



 This is real life, y’all.  Me at approximately 5:05 AM.  Bedhead and all.



 When Dustin works, he leaves before I get up.  I actually really enjoy my morning routine on those mornings because I tote this wireless bluetooth Bose my dad bought me into the bathroom and listen to music while I shower and get ready!  I have to be quiet when Dustin is at home 🙂



 Grammar workbooks and grading while at school today.



 After school I met up with my mom at our local coffee shop downtown to have a snack and drink a cup of coffee!



 I offered to share my chocolate chip cookie 🙂  I had the French vanilla latte and Mom had a mocha.  Both were incredibly good!



 After school and finally home and I am exhausted!  Teachers had to wear school t-shirts today but at least it was jean day!



 I lit my favorite candle from Anthropologie and turned on Friends.


…And then I decided to head to Academy and look for new running shorts.

 I found a great Under Armor pair that I think will work for me (I’m picky about my running shorts) and then I walked over to the tennis shoes to see if I could find a pair of tennies that would look cute with leggings and t-shirts.  The tennis shoes I wear now with leggings are old running shoes…and not cute.



 Then I ran into Old Navy and found this cute dress that ended up looking horrible on me!  The cut would be cute on a smaller chested girl, but it was so baggy on me and did absolutely nothing for me.  Is it only me that can never find anything from Old Navy that works for me? 



 I grabbed a burrito bowl to go from Moe’s to eat at home before my friend Sarah came over to walk.  I’m going to give myself an A- for pictures yesterday because I forgot to take a picture of us!  We walked for an hour in the neighborhoods that surround mine.



I ended the night writing this post while watching The Wedding Planner–I love this movie!  I think this movie gave me my love of routines because I remember how much Jennifer Lopez’s character was so into her nightly routines!

Friday Favorites!

I am so glad it’s Friday!  For some reason, yesterday kept feeling like Friday, and it was always such a let down to remember that it was only Thursday.  But Friday is here!

Join me as I list some of my FAVORITES for today!

For those of you who are new to reading my blog, I teach 7th grade English.  As a teacher, Fridays are the only days we’re allowed to wear blue jeans to school.  Naturally, Friday is a favorite for all teachers but also because we get to break out our blue jeans and be comfortable for the day!  What would be even better would be Yoga Pant Mondays 🙂




 Okay this may not be a favorite, but it really made me laugh.  I was driving on the interstate the other day and got behind a trailer full of fully grown pigs.  I’ve never been behind a trailer of pigs–usually cows or chicken.  So while I was behind these pigs, I had to take a picture because I thought, in a weird kind of way, they were kind of cute!  Then as I went to pass the pigs, I realized that they were most likely going to be slaughtered and that they had come from Skinner Farms–how ironic and sad!!  I immediately had to call my husband and tell him the irony of the name.



Yesterday, Emily and I shared some of our favorite fall fashion looks with y’all and this outfit seemed to be everyone’s favorite!  It’s from JCrew and one of the reasons I love JCrew is not only because of their clothes, but because they give a teacher discount!!  15% off!  I love it when stores do that, and I wish Anthropologie would do that too!


Reading Shay’s blog post yesterday was a major favorite!  When I first saw this title, I immediately thought she was pregnant!  Then after reading the beginning, I realized that she and her family are on their way to China to adopt another baby girl.  How wonderful!  I loved that she wrote about being obedient to God’s calling for her and Andrew’s lives.  Yes, it would be so much easier for them to wait a few more years after Ashby had grown up a little or after all of their kids had gotten older, but God doesn’t call us to the easy and comfortable.  She and her husband have been blessed with the ability to adopt another child, and how lucky is that child to be finally getting a family?!  I cannot wait to read along with her adoption updates for this little girl!


It’s New York Fashion Week and I love reading articles about it and seeing pictures pretending that I’m there and not teaching junior high 😉  I read this article about Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 4 release and it definitely was the strangest release.  I hope all of the models got paid good money to stand in the heat for 2 hours!


Linking up with Erika, Heather, and Amanda

Fall Favorites 2016: Fall Fashion

I’m so excited about today!  Out of all of the topics Emily and I will be teaming up and writing about, today is my favorite–fall fashion!  I love everything about clothes–fit, cut, proportions….you name it and I love it.
In case you missed our introductions last week, click here for mine and here for Emily’s.  If you decided to join us and write a post on fall fashion too, please leave your link in the comments so we can all check yours out!  (We opted not to do a link up in case no one else wanted to participate.)

I went shopping last weekend with my sister and took pictures of all of the fall outfits I tried on 🙂

I am obsessed with this sweater.  The fabric is so soft and not scratchy, and for me, that makes a good sweater great.  Love this for fall and winter!


This dress was actually thicker and heavier than I expected.  I think it would be so cute with cognac booties and an oversized cardigan this fall!


I know you can’t really tell, but this dress has bell sleeves and it a gorgeous emerald gem color.  I love it!
As soon as I saw this color block sweater in the most recent JCrew catalog, I knew I had to have it.  I love the maroon and navy pairing too!


Hello, navy back!

And this is my favorite!!!  The skirt is priced so reasonably, and the chambray top is the thinnest and softest I’ve ever worn!

Obsessed with the exposed gold zipper!  Wouldn’t this look the best with riding boots and bare legs?  Yes, it would!
And this is how the chambray top looks untucked.  

And finally, thanks to my wonderful friend Victoria, I was able to get this most-wanted cardigan.  I had horrible luck during the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale.  I’m not a cardholder because my husband and I don’t use credit cards, and I opted not to do the debit (BIG mistake).  Everything I kept ordering on opening day to the public kept getting canceled.  Luckily, Victoria ordered an extra one of these and mailed it to me!



Shout out to my sister Rachel for running around to all of these stores with me last weekend and for sitting in the dressing room while I took pictures!  Look closely and you may be able to see her pink dress!


Linking up with Annie
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