Grey & mint, the encore

Smelling the roses!

Well here is that fabulous grey cardigan again! And again, I've paired it with mint. It's such a great combination, I think it might currently be my favorite. 

I tend to gravitate toward simple outfits like this one, simple color pairings that go well together. My goal this spring is to try to focus on more patterns, but for now solids are my bff. 

Lexi

It's the most awkward & awesome Thursday!

That's right Jimbo, you're marrying this awkward girl!

This is perhaps the most awkward & awesome Thursday ever, it's the day before my wedding and it's surreal and amazing at the same time. 

My entire life I've been telling myself and other people that I'm in no rush to get married and that marriage will happen much further down the road. Well I'm down the road now and although I am ready, it is strange to experience such a big shift in my life. 

The other day I asked Jim if he could remember the moment when he realized he wanted to marry me. He laughed and said 'oh, maybe a month in', I thought he must have misunderstood the question. I said 'no, I asked when you realized you wanted to MARRY me.', he gave the same response and I was pretty surprised. 

I don't remember the exact moment that I realized I wanted to marry him, but I do know I've been committed to him and us since we met. The path to this day has been so effortless it almost caught me by surprise.

I have been trying to enjoy each moment leading up to the wedding as much as I can (basically doing the opposite of the brides on Bridezillas), and so far I have enjoyed every moment. There was a stressful moment where I felt like the details were spinning out of control, but my awesome day of coordinator brought everything back in for me and it's been smooth sailing since then. 

My mantra tomorrow will be to enjoy every moment of the actual wedding because it is literally a once in a lifetime event and will be done before I know it. If you see me tomorrow, remind me of this!

Lexi

New to me

Check out the greenhouse! We had a bunch of extra fence posts that have been in our side yard (AKA where we put all our extra outdoor junk) so Jim decided to repurpose them on the greenhouse. It's about 95% done now, and I'm planning on doing a post about building the greenhouse (or actually, a post about watching Jim build the greenhouse). 

Now about my outfit. Have you ever walked into your closet and saw something you haven't worn in forever and all of a sudden you're wearing it all the time? This happened to me with the grey cardigan I'm wearing. It's super comfy and flowy, and I really like how it contrasts my favorite mint top with a peter pan collar. Offset it with a pair of skinnies and boom you've got an outfit.

Spoiler alert, I'll be wearing this same cardigan in my next outfit post.  

Lexi

Target has the best summer dresses

Isn't Target just the best? In one stop I can get groceries, new bedding and a cute dress! Actually that might be a bad thing for my wallet, but my point is Target has the best summer dresses! And they're like $20 so you can buy a lot of them :)

Aren't these sandals super cute? They were a daily deal listed on Zulily.com  so they were $12, I couldn't resist that! I love summer dresses and cute sandals. Remind me that I said that 3 months from now when I'm wishing for cold weather again. 

Lexi

Our family wedding shower

Two weekends ago, my step sister and sister in law threw us a wedding shower with all of our family. I wish I had gotten more pictures of all the cute decorations, my favorite was the 'almost married' banner above the buffet. Also, check out the flower arrangements, so beautiful! 

So much planning and effort from multiple people went into it and it turned out to be a lovely event. 

Future brother in law!

My mom and Jim's step mom

Future in laws!

Lovely Shelley

Jim and his dad

It was so great having both of our families together celebrating us, such a great feeling! We are so lucky to have so much unconditional love & support from our families. I can't wait to share our wedding with them!

Lexi

A bit of gardening

This past weekend I did a little bit of outdoor spring cleaning and planted some fabulous plants and flowers in pots to spruce up out front entry way. Next weekends goal is to replant the succulents that didn't make it through the winter in our backyard. 

Drawing inspiration

In this post I talked about finding inspiration from outside sources. I think it's so important and helpful to look for inspiration outside of what's in your head. As a new blogger, I feel the pressure to be original and come up with combinations that no one else has. The truth is that an outfit I came up with all on my own is no better than an outfit I saw someone else wearing and it doesn't mean that you aren't unique if you recreate someone else's outfit. 

A lot of the fashion blogs I read never mention where their outfit inspiration came from. Like where the heck did you get the idea to wear that slouchy top with a high waist skirt?? I'm pretty sure they get outside inspiration just like everyone else does, but just don't show it. Here's my theory: everyone's copying each other and no one knows it. It's a fashion conspiracy. 

Ok back to reality.

So my usual morning routine is to hit the snooze button at least twice before crawling out of bed and then rushing to get out the door. When I'm trying to decide what to wear, I sit in front of my closet and just stare into the abyss until I get annoyed that I can't put anything decent together. I've got so many clothes, and not a dang thing to wear. 

Lately I've been pulling up Pinterest and just looking through their 'women's fashion' board. My goal is to find 1 look that I can recreate. Here is my inspiration and outfit pic together:

I thought it was a cute outfit for work, and I had a polka dot top and some pastel jeans I could wear. I did have one hiccup while recreating this outfit. I didn't have a grey cardi that I thought looked good with the outfit. So while I was staring at the dozens of other cardigans I have in my closet, I saw my light brown cardi that I never wear and would never ever pair with a black top. I looked down at my favorite flats I was wearing, and imagine my surprise when I realized that they were black and light brown. I decided to wear the light brown cardi and I think it matched my shoes pretty well.

Inspiration can come from anywhere and can be whatever you want it to be, the important thing is that you see something you like and make it your own.

Lexi