totes leather, y'all

If you are a mom and don't have a large tote bag (and by large, I mean roughly half the size of your body), then you NEED TO GET YOUR MIND RIGHT.  Actually, if you're just a woman in general, you need a tote. Because where else are we going to store our extra barre socks, hairbrush, and candy that we're hiding from our children?  Or how about the 95,000 receipts that we seem to be collecting? Little purses ain't got time fo THAT.  What about the flashlight, 17 pairs of sunglasses, and the extra pull ups? And don't even get me started on the purse gum. You know, the gum that has fallen out of the container and into the bottom of your bag. The gum that gets kinda fuzzy and has random trash stuck to it, but that you will sometimes (always) chew because you are DESPERATE. 

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monday favorites + sales

Welcome to Monday Favorites, y'all! It's a new series, inspired by the way I couldn't get my ISH together in time for a Friday Favorites post last week. I would like to say that I'm surprised, but I actually KNOW ME. 

(Also, this is not a regular series. I totally plan on being ON POINT from this day forward.)

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14 years my valentine

Happy Valentine's Day, y'all!! If I could, I would Oprah the heck out of all of you today....and YOU would get a valentine, and YOU would get a valentine....BUT....since I can't, I thought y'all might enjoy hearing more about my 14 years of valentine-ing with this guy. (And even if you DON'T enjoy it, it's happening. My blog calendar says so.)

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the perfect date shirt

Y'all remember how, pre-kids, you used to spend an insane amount of time prepping for a date night? You probably shaved your legs, executed the perfect smoky eye, and rocked your cutest minidress. You likely didn't have a reservation until 8pm earliest. And after dinner, you may have even gone to listen to some live music. You were young. You were cool. And you didn't have to worry about waking up at 2am with a screaming baby. 

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