HAPPY FRIDAY!

I hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend planned and that you stay safe! Isabella and I are joining some friends and heading to Fredericksburg for an 'I Love Lucy' style Grape Stomp. Our first! Let's see how this turns out! :)  When thinking about something cute to wear for it, I came up with this! It is just stomping grapes, right?! lol

 

 

Shirt, Shorts, Shoes, Handbag

For your Little Princesses!

The new Girl Collection from Stella & Dot came out yesterday and it is soooo adorable! Isabella has already picked out her faves, Paris with Love, Love Always, and Key to Your Heart.

They also have "Buy any two items marked with our stock up star and get the 3rd at 50% off"! Awesome! I think Bella needs to reevaluate her decisions so I can get a discount! :)

Stella & Dot Girls Collection

We're half way to Friday! Does anyone have any big plans for your long labor day weekend?

The Wedding Date!

I received an invitation to my friend, Natalie's wedding in 2 months. An invitation to a wedding....that means I need a date! (That also means I need a very cute dress!) If you don't already know, I am very newly single. So what does a girl that has been single for less then 2 months do for a date to a wedding in two months? I have no earthly idea?! lol I keep thinking of that movie 'The Wedding Date' with Debra Messing where she pays a guy to be her date to her sister's wedding and they fall in love. Big shocker! Maybe that could happen to me since I technically am not dating and have no clue how to go about finding this wedding date. BUT I would need some cash stashed somewhere to pay for this 'said' date and if I had cash stashed I'd much rather spend that money on other things, like a trip to Rome! :) The other issue - the dress. I have to find something cute but can I go Sexy-Cute if I have some new date? Will it be too sexy? or if I go with the teacher look, will it be too boring? Oh the pressure! LOL

Ms. Lisa Longoria & Mr. Smart, Funny, Hot, Sexy Date Graciously Accept!

Now to find the Smart, Funny, Hot, Sexy Date! Hope Mr. Sexy likes Beef!

Wish me luck on my hunt for the 'Wedding Date'! :)

....Ok I will probably take a friend because finding a date that doesn't want a relationship may be a bit difficult! BUT a girl can hope! :)

Happy Tuesday!

First Day of 3rd Grade!

Isabella started the 3rd grade and I thought surely I'd be a pro at this and not cry but I did. Just a little tear... :) I can't believe how big she is and how much she has grown up in 8 short years. It's these milestones that seem to bring the tear jerking realization that she's not my little baby anymore and she's growing up to be a beautiful, sweet, and smart young lady.

To get her week started we had a relaxing Sunday night. We made Grilled Goat Cheese Sandwiches with Tomatoe Bisque soup for dinner and I mistakenly let her watch Pride & Prejudice a few weeks ago while I was watching it and she fell in love... we had our dinner and watched it AGAIN last night! :)

This morning she was ready to get back so we walked to her classroom, dropped her things off, and had breakfast at school. She was already socializing before I left.

To everyone who went back to school today... HAVE A FANTASTIC YEAR!

 

And to my precious angel, Keep your chin up and make lots of memories! I LOVE YOU!!

 

 

Have a great week!

Happy Friday!

Do you see the supermodel coming out of me yet?! lol

So glad the weekend is finally here! Time to get ready for Bella to start the 3rd grade on Monday!

 

Happy Friday!



Jeans

 

Earrings

Necklace

Stella & Dot bracelets - bangle,bangle,link

Stella & Dot bracelets- beads, gold, ring





The DIVA

I'm certain I've mentioned my precious daughter, Isabella. I probably haven't mentioned that she is an 8 year old DIVA. She has decided in the last year that she wants to be a Fashion Designer and I am all for it! How amazing would that be?! BUT she's 8 and now has a mind and sense of style of her own....I'm not sure I'm ready for this. As a matter of fact, I KNOW I'm not ready for this. I was absolutely over the moon when I found out she was going to be a girl. I knew, without a doubt, that we would have the best mother/daughter experiences and I would get to play dress up with my own little doll. lol I LOVE getting together, hanging out and shopping with my mom so it would be the exact same.... ummm, my mom must have been more tolerable with me at this age because I don't ever remember arguing over what I wanted to wear and/or what she wanted me to wear.

This weekend, we walked into the Gap and Bella said, "Mommy, I think I'm too old for this..". I wanted to cry. She's 8! She's too old for Carter's, not Gap! We were able to find some items there, at Abercrombie Kids, and Zara. She is growing so fast! She is asking to borrow clothes?! That should just not be allowed until she's at least a teenager!

On the plus side, we are enjoying the time we are spending together shopping and laughing at our similar size. She calls me her 'Little Mommy' (that's a whole other story - I had to explain to Bella that Mommy's come in all different sizes. She didn't understand why I was so little, awesome!, lol)

Here are a few pics of her modeling outfits!

Similar tee,Leggings

Tee, Leggings



 

She Didn't Have Time...

Driving back from a party last night Bella says, "Mommy, we should get a dog", (she asks for a dog at least once a week) but I asked why she thought we should get one this time and she said, "because I don't want you to be lonely when I'm at my daddy's", yikes....either she's getting pretty clever at pulling at heartstrings for this dog or she sees me lonely without her so I explained that I am actually quite busy when she's at her dad's and wasn't lonely at all and showed her pictures of everything I've been doing and explained that if we had a pet it would probably starve with how busy we are....her response, "But can we still get a dog?" lol I need to call her dad to get her a dog!!

But this conversation reminded me of a song by Terri Clark, She Didn't Have Time...How can I be lonely when life is filled with so much to do, in a good way! :)

Have a great Sunday, Bella and I are off to brunch! :)