The trenches

I mentioned the trench coat and the dress that I picked up at Style Encore in my previous post today, so I wanted to take a moment to show them off:
date: 1 May 2014 // occasion: Target run trench: Banana Republic via Style Encore (similar) // dress: The Limited via Style Encore (similar) // bag: c/o My Biotiful Bag // shoes: TOMS // glasses: c/o Bonlook

I've been wanting a classic trench coat for a while now because I'm slowly and thoughtfully working on getting all 10 of Tim Gunn's essential 10 items-- a trench coat being #6 on the list. I have a stellar yellow one, but I've been keeping my eye out for a beige one since 2010! I'm so glad I found it!

The coat is snug, but I'm going to keep it around until I'm back down to my pre-pregnancy weight. The dress, however, now that I've got it home, I realize that I'm not crazy about it since I can't nurse in it easily, but it does fit my current size, so it has that going for it. I anticipate I'll post it on Poshmark or Swapdom later this summer.

  This little clutch from eco-conscious brand My Biotiful Bag holds my wallet, cell phone, and lipstick. I toss this in my cavernous diaper bag to keep my stuff separate from the kids'. Cool fact: it's made entirely of recycled materials. This particular bag is made from the plastic of four 500 mL water bottles.    Oh, joy! I ordered these TOMS using a $20 credit (which new TOMS customers can get here via my referral link) and they fit! Of course, they'd fit better if my feet weren't so fat, but this is one of the few pairs of closed toe shoes (i.e. not sandals) that I can actually get on, so I'm happy!   I'm still wearing glasses. Thanks, weird eyes. Thankfully I have a bevy of cute frames to wear until my contacts fit me again. IF they ever fit me again. *sigh*
By the way, today was the first day that I got out of the house with all three kids alone and went to Target. Everyone lived. No one cried (not even me). I didn't even sweat through my dress. It was a success, and I got the one thing I went in for and nothing else. High fives all around!

First outing post Lucy

I did it, y'all! I "got dressed" and left my house for the first time since having Lucy last Monday. I wasn't quite ready to leave the house with all three kids by my lonesome, but while Lucy was napping and Caroline was being fed lunch by my mom, I did make a quick jaunt to Macy's for Clinique Bonus Time and then I picked Jude up from school.
Despite my smug face in the photos (please ignore!), I have to use "got dressed" in quotes because I didn't actually get dressed. I simply pulled a skirt on over the maternity tank and shorts that I had slept in, and I festooned it all with a stretchy belt in a (failed) attempt to make it look like I had a waistline.
date: 4 April 2014 (11 days postpartum) // occasion: errands  skirt (as "dress"): thrifted // belt: thrifted // tank: Old Navy (maternity) // shoes: c/o Loly in the Sky
I got these shoes (and this pair, too) waaaay back in April (see also 1, 2). The team at Loly in the Sky introduced me to their handmade in Mexico / Austin based brand and were kind of enough to send me two pairs while I was in Indiana taking care of my ailing grandmother last spring. Since then I have worn the snuff out of them, and they remain the number one most complimented shoes in my entire footwear arsenal. My outfit may have been a miss, but my shoes? A+!