Sense of Sarah

Sense of Sarah: What’s In Your Bag?

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Happy Tuesday, y’all! It’s VBS week at church and I’m already exhausted. 🙂

I’m linking up with Andrea for Show and Tell Tuesday, and I’m also counting this a Sense of Sarah because this represents who I am.

Today we’re showing what’s in our bags.

I was almost embarrassed to show all of the stuff I tote around every day. I probably could go with a smaller bag and get rid of some of the stuff I have in my purse, but I feel like I need it–or will at some point! Is anyone else like that?

First, let me show you my bag.

Right now I’m using this tote that Dustin just bought me as part of my graduation present. It doesn’t have a zipper, but I’m linking the zippered tote. I love that this tote has 4 pockets–1 large pocket for pens/pencils and 3 smaller ones. I’ve gotten lots of compliments on this tote!

Best part? Monogram!

Okay, so here’s what I’m toting around each day (minus pens and hair ties):

TOP ROW

-Southern Living magazine

-Shape magazine

-Erin Condren planner

-Vera Bradley wallet (so old! I need a new one–badly!)

-VB checkbook holder

-Tide to Go pen

BOTTOM ROW

-Grocery list

-Glasses

-School ID badge

-Glucose (for D)

-Tylenol

-Car keys

-Bath and Body Works antibacterial

-Floss

Is there anything unusual that you have in your bag?

Sense of Sarah: The Story of How We Met

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Every love story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite

Dustin and I went to the same high school in a small town. It’s one of those towns where there’s one junior high and one high school, so your graduating class is the same since the sixth grade. One would think that with the same mutual friends we had (or mutual friends who were siblings) that we would have known one another in high school, but we didn’t. Our age gap (in high school, he was a senior while I was a freshman) was just enough to keep us from knowing one another in school. And that’s probably a good thing.

I hadn’t been teaching for an entire year when the social studies teacher across the hall called me on a Sunday afternoon asking if I would be interested in going on a blind date with someone. She told me all about this guy who was from Hartselle and went to her church, but he was currently working and living in Mississippi and would come back to visit every once in a while. She also let me know that he had an interview back home and was actively working to move back. Since I trusted her, I agreed and let her know that she could give him my phone number. Remember, this was on a Sunday (and it was the Sunday before Thanksgiving).

I didn’t hear from him until Tuesday evening when he called. I missed his call and he left a voicemail. I wish I still had that voicemail because there’s no telling how awkward he sounded haha! I called him back and got his voicemail. He called me back and we talked for a hour. That was my first sign that we were meant to be together.

We were out of school Wednesday-Friday for Thanksgiving break. I got a text from him Wednesday night just asking how my day had gone. I thought that was so sweet of him because no other guy had ever done that. Then we texted some on Thanksgiving and decided our first date would be that Friday night to go out to eat and watch our high school football team compete in regionals at home.

Because I lived with my mom and stepdad at the time and we lived way out in the country, I told him that I would meet him in a central location to ride with him. My main reason for doing this was in case this turned out to be a horrible date, I didn’t want to be stuck with him driving me home at the end of the night–like I said, I lived way out in the country.

After I met up with him and hopped in his truck, he took me to Chili’s to eat (not my fav) and he barely ate his hamburger while I proceeded to eat almost my entire salad haha! That’s the only time I’ve ever seen Dustin not finish a meal 🙂 We talked the entire meal and I thought it was going really well.

Then we went to the football game and sat with his friends and he quit talking to me after that. We’ve since laughed about our first date and I’ve told him it was a horrible idea to take me to meet his friends on a first date since he was so awkward.

After the game (our high school won!), he took me back to my car and worked up the nerve to ask me to watch the Iron Bowl the next night at his friends’ house. I made up something about already having plans because I definitely didn’t want to go watch a football game again and have him ignore me the entire time.

Well, I ended up giving him a second chance and the rest is history!

Linking up with Jenn and Holly today!

Sense of Sarah: My Personal Style

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned this before on the blog, but clothes are my passion. I almost majored in fashion merchandising/retail instead of English because I dreamed of working for a big department store as a buyer. Instead, I felt like God was calling me to teach English–that’ll be a post for another day!

I was so excited when I saw that Andrea was hosting a Show and Tell Tuesday today to share your personal style because that also fit perfectly with a Sense of Sarah post!

Before I describe what I feel like my personal style is, I thought I would ask a few of those closest to me to tell me what they think my style is–they were all really nice with what they said about me haha!

“Casual and sophisticated”-Kristi

“Classy southern”-Dustin

“Fashion forward, trendy, bold. You are braver than me with patterns and such.”-Sarah

“Kate Middleton”-my mom (love her haha)

“You are good at taking classic, staple pieces and making them look ultra trendy.”-Hailey

I tend to describe my style as classic, but I like mixing in a lot of different styles, too. My favorite stores are Anthropologie, GAP, Banana Republic, and J.Crew.

I love my Patagonia and I wear it year-round. I know that sounds crazy but it keeps me warm in the winter and then doesn’t make me sweat during warmer months when I get cold. It has got to be the fabric that makes it like that!

And I wear these shoes anytime I want to dress down skinny jeans and look casual. They were the best during the fall and winter months!

I am long-waisted so when I find a romper that fits, I buy it! This one came from Anthropologie, but they’re already sold out.

Find one similar here and here.

And these Sam Edelman sandals are my #1 favorite! I have the both the nude and black and I’m looking to add leopard print this summer–that’s a neutral right?

I LOVE chambray. I would wear it all the time if I could because it’s so comfortable and it goes with everything! This chambray dress is similar to mine. This one is a cheaper version.
And if you’re a teacher, you need these OTBT shoes. I can stand all day in them and my feet never hurt.

So another chambray item 🙂 This top is an older Cloth and Stone shirt from Victoria but this is similar. I love the Cloth and Stone brand–it washes well and is ultra-classic.

These jeans are new and are my new obsession. I used to have a pair of white Lilly jeans when I weighed a lot more, but since I lost weight, I haven’t found a pair that lived up to my old Lilly jeans. I also didn’t want to pay the $180 price tag on the Lilly jeans. I tried on a million different white jeans and just couldn’t find a pair that wasn’t see through. Then I walked into J.Crew. These jeans in the matchstick fit are the most comfortable jeans and aren’t see through at all! Plus, J.Crew gives a teacher discount! Oh yeah!

I got this dress to wear on our cruise, but I’m wearing it as much as I can before we leave! I love Lilly so much, but I go through phases where I want to wear bold clothes with crazy prints and then I don’t. Right now, I’m in a bold and bright phase 🙂

I really love the back of this dress, too.

How would you describe your personal style?

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