{WIWS} Full of Grace (Necklace!) Edition

Just a little outfit fun for Sunday, mostly so I can show you my new gorgeous necklace from Full of Grace, Divine Designs jewelry.  Susan @ Sole Searching Mama (she has 5 boys! she runs! they have a farm!) had a giveaway the other day...and I won! I won! I found out about my prize, the gorgeous "Addy" necklace (on sale now--$20 off!!) on the day that my best friend had her baby, and it was a Marian feast day to boot. So, it's basically an heirloom for my future children/grandchildren already ;).

Here's what I wore:

Leo was the photographer for the full-length shot, and the others were selfies with the iPad...so great photos for y'all here...;)

Shirt: Target* (but I got it for $2.99 at an overstock store!)
Skirt: Blue corduroy hand-me-down
Flip-flops: Okabashi from Wal-Mart (Made in Amercia and seen also here)
Necklace: "Addy" from Full of Grace, Divine Designs
*Apparently this shirt is *actually* sleepwear...no wonder it was so comfy! hahahaha!

The necklace is two strands of ruby and tourmaline beads on 24k gold link chain, with a vintage-inspired Marian holy medal. It is delicate, feminine, colorful, and I really love it! So, go check out Melissa's stuff over at Full of Grace. :0)

Thanks for joining in today...tune in next time for more wackiness from your favorite black sheep hater rescuer. 

Linking up with the lovely ladies at Fine Linen and Purple for:

{WIWS} Mom the Photographer is Visiting Edition

Outfit details
Dress: Hand-me-Down from my Nana
Cardi/shrug: Target clearance
Necklace: wooden beaded via Plato's Closet
Shoes: Hand-me-Over from my Sister

Mass Behaviors
Leo: B+ lots of wiggling, but he sat with the group (Mom/Dad/Nana/Nonna/Paw-Paw/Adoptive Grandparents who give him gum and then snacks after Mass) and didn't have any fuss-outbreaks :)
Daniel: C- had a fuss-fest for a while, but then fell asleep w/ Dad.

Nurse Rounds:
Pleasant folks, and no emergencies...so B+!

Don't forget to head back over to Fine Linen & Purple for more fashion-fun :0)

{WIWS} First Time Around!

linking up with the ladies at Fine Linen and Purple for a Sunday sartorial romp

I am very excited finally to be posting with {WIWS}!  ...and I'm not the only one hopping on the bandwagon at last--check out Sarah O., over @ TwoO'sPlusMore for another inaugural edition ;)

{WIWS} is a weekly link-up of your Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes and a hurrah for going to church.  I've been wanting to post for a while, but haven't had the pics for it. I still don't really...but I do what I want ;).  Here's what I wore:

Amazing selfie of outfit. In the car. No tripod, and my photographers were occupied. 

Outfit details:
Dress: J. Crew via Clothes Mentor
Belt: stolen from my sister, I think...via...?
Modesty tank: Fashion Bug a million years ago
Necklace: unkown via Plato's Closet

You can't see the whole outfit, because I was trying to take a picture on my tiny phone, using the rear-view mirror as an aide...right. But the dress is A-line, and dippy in back and lined in the skirt and lovely. Also, I got it for about $12 instead of, I don't know...a lot more than that, so hurrah! ;)

Mass Behavior: Both boys get a D-. Leo sat in the pew, but pretended to be Jell-O the whole time and fussed about all-the-things. Daniel had to be corralled in the back of the church, the foyer, and the parking lot...the whole time. He's in the wriggly-wriggly stage, and will get a D- forever until he's a little older, or unless he sleeps through Mass (which happens...sometimes!)

And, since Sunday is a workin' day for this Momma, you get a second shot...what I wore to work!

Another selfie with the mirror. I'm such a pro.

I kept the necklace on, because why not?  A little Sunday best for the rest of the day.

Outfit details:

Scrub top: Clothes Mentor

Necklace: same as above

Fancy name tag: employee special

Not pictured: scrub bottoms & Danskos

Patient's behavior:

B+: One CABGx5 (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, 5-vessels, AKA quintuple bypass surgery) guy and one diabetic 90 y.o. Plenty of expert nurse advice to be had, and no emergencies = win/win. 

Make sure to head back over to FLAP for the rest of the real outfits + bloggers!

On a whim(sey?)...

What I Wore Monday to go on Errands
with Two Cranky Boyos

I've been a fan of the "What I Wore Sunday" link-up from Fine Linen and Purple, although I don't follow that blog, some blogs I follow do the link up...ya know. It's a link-up wherein you show an actual picture of yourself in the outfit you wore to church, to talk about going to church, and what you wore. Pretty straightforward, right? WAY way out of my league.

Let me explain. I've always wanted join the church/fashion-ista post, but I haven't yet figured out how to get a picture of me in my Sunday best (which, incidentally, is another link-up from one of the blogs I love, Camp Patton, and would be more appropriate for me, because in this link-up you discuss the Mass-time behavior of your wee little lads and lassies.). But anyways, how do they do it? Do those ladies have some kind of camera-timer? A very patient husband with a camera? The ability to take a full-length self-shot of an outfit?

All this has changed as of today. I have discovered the secret. His name is Leo. 

The genius behind this shot:

Actual selfie of the camera pro and little bro

has become my professional photographer. 

Step aside, actual fashion bloggers, here I am:

Note my post-shower, pre-hair-doing (who am I kidding?) self,
instructing  the camera-guy away

I'd love to add little arrows to parts of the pictures, to highlight things for you, but I am not savvy like that. I have no idea how to make my blog template do that. Oh well.

I do know that I am supposed to give you details of my outfit though:
Leggings: gifted to me from lovely friends
Dressy/top/beachy cover: Hand-me-Down brand cuteness

And here is what my hair looked like for 12 seconds,
until I had to put it up b/c it was too. dang. hot.
AND I heard the front door opening...
which means that Leo and Daniel were now OUTSIDE.
No more fashion-ing for this Momma!

On to the activity for the day: too many errands gonna spoil the moods...Prequel/prep: Hours of getting the house tidied a little bit, feeding chickens, quelling toddler bashes and pretending I had time to be a fashion-goddess (see above). Followed by wrestling the back seat *out* of the van and the pressure washer *in* so that we could return it to Dave. Le sigh. Le great big sigh.

First up - turn in paperwork to office so I get paid.
Behavior: A+ Leo fell asleep and Daniel looked out the window calmly, papers went into dropbox :0)

Second up - Arrive at Dave's house to drop off pressure washer and nick 5-gallon buckets to carry water to the menagerie back home.
Behavior: B+ Leo and Daniel woke up (Daniel fell asleep somewhere in there) and we got to see Dave's mom (who was awesome, and gave the boys popsicles--b/c oh yeah, it was 90 degrees outside.).

Next: Off to the auction-pick-up-location to get the tile-cutting machine that Steve bought from Randy. After some turning around, and a phone call to say, those buildings are *not* red!, We got the stuff and headed out again. Behavior: A-; had to get them in and out of the van again...find the right book for each to hold etc. etc. etc. Bonus: Mom found the sun-glasses for Leo.

Next next: Grocery store. Let's just say that one hour before bedtime is a pretty awful time of day to have kids at a grocery store. Lesson learned. Behavior: D--.

Last last: return one little pillow to the store and drag the kiddos one last time in/out of the van. I am a Monster Mom, I know. Behavior: slipping, slipping, slipping...

Overall: There is a delicate balance to be achieved amongst number of errands, amount of lost nap-time, lateness of day, and pain threshold of the Momma. Let's just say there is room for improvement here!

And now I can retire from fashion blogs forever.  Should I go back to the food ones?  ;)