a dress that suits me

Dress: Forever 21 (on sale) $15 American Eagle Sandals: Marshall's, gift carded Jacket: Old Navy, gifted Total Outfit Cost: $15
I've been trying to write this post for like 2 weeks now, so I'm just going to go ahead and make this short and sweet! I bought this dress online mainly because it was on sale for $15, but it came in and shocked me because it was soo much prettier in person! I wore this on Mother's Day (yes forever ago, I know) to church, and Larry said that these dresses finally suit me now. He always told me that maxi dresses were "mom dresses." He always liked them, but just thought of them as mom-ish lol. So now that I am a mommy to be, he approves of maxi dresses! Haha!

pregnancy brain leads to a very embarrassing moment

Dress: Old Navy, gift carded

Jacket: Old Navy, gifted

Flats: Lulu's $17

Necklace: Plato's Closet $4

Total Outfit Cost: $21

First of all, thank you all so much for the congratulations on our big news!

 

Pregnancy brain has already set in for me. I dind't even know that it was a thing before, but now I know for sure that it is. Y'all ready for one of the most embarrassing things that has ever happened to me?

 

So last Friday, as per usual, it was freezing in the office. As I sat at my desk I wore my blanket on my shoulders. My bright purple and blue Disney, Magic Kingdom blanket. So professional and adult of me, I know. I get up to go pee, I walk to the elevator (the bathroom on our floor is gross), ride the elevator with someone, walk towards the bathroom... and I see bright purple and blue in the corner of the my eye... I WORE MY BLANKET ALL THE WAY TO THE BATHROOM. OMG. The shoe shiner man that I always talk to laughed (with me not at me lol) as I was taking it off and said, "girl, i was about to ask you what you had on today!" By the way, there were 4 people near him, and not to mention the bank is on this floor... AND I flippin rode the elevator with someone like that.. just casually wearing my bright fleece blanket. Wow. Luckily I was able to laugh it off and I wasn't humilated.

 

I got back to the office and asked 2 of my co-workers that I passed if they saw me walk out like that and they said yes and they didn't know what was up with me. I can't believe they didn't say... "hellllooo Danielle, why are you wearing your blanket?!"

palazzo pants

Mossimo Pants: Target $20 [here] Shirt: way old Jacket: Old Navy, gifted Necklace: Charming Charlie (clearance) $4 Sandals: (bogo) $15 Total Outfit Cost: $39
Y'all. These pants. I'm in LOVE.  If you don't have a pair, you're missing out. Last year when I started seeing people in palazzo pants, I wasn't convinced and I just didn't care for them. Then I went to target this year and tried on a pair myself and figured out why people were wearing them...They're SO comfy! And I love this pattern! I originally wanted a black and white printed pair, but they didn't have my size in store. I was impatient and wanted these pants NOW, so I bought these maroon ones instead. I'm actually glad I ended up with the maroon pair instead of the black because maroon is pretty much a neutral to me. It can be worn with so many colors. When I got home with these pants, I played dress up in my closet and put together 4 or 5 different outfits (which justifies the $20 price tag for me because I wouldn't normally pay $20 for soft,comfy pants). I may eventually put together a "ways to wear" palazzo pants because I feel like a lot of people would turn away from these pants not knowing how to style them, but they can totally be styled multiple ways!
I've included some palazzo pants options below that are all under $30!

easter weekend

Dress: Old Navy c/o coohpons.com

Jacket: Old Navy, gifted

Sandals: Target (bogo) $15 [similar]

Necklace: Forever 21 $9

Hat: Charming Charlie, gift carded

Total Outfit Cost: $24

Happy Monday friends! I hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend. I sure did! Saturday was spent shopping all day with my mother in law. We went out of town to shop because the shopping here isn't that great. We went to Burlington, Dirt Cheap, Forever 21, and TJ Maxx, and man did we find some deals! We were mainly home shopping, but I managed to squeeze in Forever 21 since for 1, we don't have one here, and 2, I needed to exchange this cardigan for the right size. I couldn't go there without looking around, so I ended up getting this paisley maxi dress , a black and white printed top, and a couple of my favorite camis. I really wanted some new necklaces, but there was only one rack of jewelry, and it was slim pickins. My favorite find of the day was a galvanized metal lantern from Dirt Cheap for only $7!

Easter Sunday was pretty low key. We went to church in the morning, and then for lunch we gathered with Larry's family at his Granny's. It's always great to get everyone together to celebrate what our savoir did for us. I have to say that I did miss my family though! I'm going see them all next weekend, so luckily I don't have to miss them for much longer. It's been about a month since I've seen them. 

So how was your Easter weekend?