Thrifted outfit post - my new J.Crew dress

I typically don't purchase dresses like this. I love them so much...on other people. They just dont hang right on me. Thanks to my man shoulders, I feel that if I wear something that isn't at least a little form fitting, I look frumpy, or pregnant. Neither of which are good...unless I am in fact pregnant. Which I'm not (Kerri)!!

 

However, this dress was hanging on the rack at Savers and the stripes called out to me - as stripes typically do. I looked at the tag and it was a J.Crew. I thought "hey, maybe Mr. Crew can make me feel less frumpy in a dress like this".

 

Good work, J! I feel very mod in my new dress, and not the least bit pregnant. And it has pockets! A dress with pockets is almost as exciting as anything with stripes.

 

P.S. - Please excuse the wrinkles, I hadn't had it dry cleaned yet. I was too excited to share my latest thrift store find!

 

J-Crew dress: Savers $7
Cuff: Savers $3
Shoes: The Rack $never mind

 

 



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Spaghetti burrito. Seriously.

 

The hubs works kind of far from home, so we don't get to meet for lunch as often as I would like. However, today he was going to be on our side of town, so Boog and I met him in Scottsdale at this new restaurant called Pellini.

 

I have to start out by saying that the hubs and I are not foodies. We don't try new things. Ever. I eat turkey or peanut butter and jelly for lunch every. single. day. and have for the last 3 years. The hubs would be ok with cereal for dinner 5 nights a week and Pita Jungle the other two. Get the idea? A friend of the hubs is part owner of this little restaurant, so we decided to show some support and give it a try. Mind you, the owner has no idea I have a blog, so this is not a sponsored post. He didn't even know we were going to be there. That being said, it was amazing! I doubt he'll ever see this, so I'm not trying to get free food. Unless he does happen to see this, then he can leave a comment below with information on how I can get my free lunches for a year. Anyway, it was literally spaghetti and sausage in a tortilla. They call it a pellini. I've never heard of such a thing and was definitely not excited to try it, but it was SO good!

 

Its basically set up like Chipotle, only its Italian food. You choose your filling as you go down the line. I played it safe (shocker) and went with sausage, marinara sauce, spinach, artichoke hearts and mozzarella cheese. Mmm-mmm-good, people!! It was huge. And I ate the whole thing.

 

Click here for their website.

 



 

 

 This guy liked it.

 

~Mimzi~

My latest thrift store finds and a down side to thrifting

I don't consider myself to be a naïve person. I have my moments of course, but in general, I am not particularly naïve. Personally, I find naivety to be a good quality. Its a quality I respect. There is so much junk in this world, and if someone has chosen to shelter themselves from it to the point of being what the general population would consider naïve, kudos to you.

While I do not feel that I posses said quality, I, at times, can be ignorant. A few weeks ago I found a shirt at a thrift store that I thought would make a perfect pajama shirt. It fit just right. Not too big, not too little, it was soft, and it had hot pink writing, which I find myself drawn to as of late. I'm not one of those girls who has to look cute and put together for bed. I wish I was, but I'm not. If my shirt matches my bottoms...it was an accident. Poor hubs. Not quite what he imagined married life to be like. So, I saw this shirt and thought, "hey! maybe this would help me look semi cute for bed" and I bought it.

While on vacation, I decided to sport my cute new pajama top, since I would be in the company of more than just the hubs. On the back of this shirt, in hot pink block letters, was the word "Nympho". You see, the shirt is from H&M, so I assumed it was a European word, or something foreign and trendy.... I was pronouncing it wrong in my head. After my husband had a good laugh, at my expense, I Googled the word.
Nope, not a foreign word.
From now on, I will do better research before buying a shirt from a thrift store that has writing on it.

Luckily this whole experience did not deter me from thrifting. When we got back from vacation I needed to stop at Savers to get a few things for the upcoming wedding I've been planning. I found exactly what I was looking for. While I was there I decided to look around for myself...for three hours. Don't judge.
Here are some of my finds.

To copy this look from this adorable mommy blogger
http://www.stylinmommies.com/

Shirt: $4
Jeans: $5
The cut-offs were originally wide leg jeans. Snip, snip.

 



Crochet vest: $4



To copy this look. Although, I don't pretend I can pull things off like Siena Miller.
A girl can try.

 

 

Tank: $3

 

Gap vest: $6

 

Baby boots: $5

 

Kenneth Cole shorts for B: $1.50 (each)
Tank: $0.75

 

Hammer pants: $1.50
Baby beanie: $0.75
Snuggles from the cutest boy in the whole world: Priceless

 

This was probably my favorite find! Homemade ice cream, people!!

The old wood ice cream makers work better than the plastic ones they sell now. 

Bonus: they look cool!

Wedding knick knacks: $15 (total)

There's a glimpse at my thrift store haul from Saturday!
There were a few more items, but they get their own post  =)

Happy Tuesday and boo to naughty shirts!

~Mimzi~

 

Another vacation = more pictures = more laundry.

I'm tired. The kind of tired where your eyes burn and you cant focus anymore because your eyelids keep trying to shut. It was all worth it, but please excuse any typos.

Our family vaca was a success. We made it back without any major sunburns, although not without some pretty stellar farmer tans. I also picked up a little surfer lingo, such as stellar.

As much fun as all of these vacations have been, I am ready to be home. It felt so good to walk in our door Friday afternoon, unload all of our crap onto the middle of the living room floor, eat some take out, put B to bed, then vedge on the couch while the hubs watched a few preseason football games and I scrolled through Pinterest. Hello life. I've missed you.

And now, for some pics! I didn't take as many as I thought I would. I have to remind myself that, while documenting moments are important, being in the moment is also important. Sometimes I worry Brody is going to think a cell phone is part of the human anatomy.
He's going to be 25, remembering those special moments from his childhood, and in every memory is going be my pink floral cell phone, as though it were an extra limb, like a third hand...or something. For this reason I will try and keep a balance between documenting moments, and just being in the moment.

 



 

San Diego Zoo!

 



Somebody learned how to point this week!

Its funny how being a new mom means little things like pointing are cause for celebration.

 



 

I'm going to say the giraffes were B's favorite.

I'm going to say that because they are my favorite, and B cant talk, so he cant argue.

 

 

My beautiful mom...and a very serious child.

The crew





 

There is so much handsome in this picture, I can hardly stand it ^ ^ ^

 

The hubs and his biggest fan.

This little mop follows him everywhere! If only she knew that he wasn't the one who wanted her in the first place. IT WAS ME! I'm the one you should love!!!

I digress.

 

 

He's so little-big now.

We are officially two months away from his 1 year birthday....

Please excuse me while I bawl my eyes out.

 

Next post: My latest thrift store finds! It was one of those days where I knew right away it was going to be a good haul. And it was.

 

Happy Monday!!

 

~Mimzi~