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Beth’s baby shower

This was probably the most upscale baby shower I’ve ever had the chance to attend.  That it was celebrating one of my good friends first baby {a girl with a TBA name} made it even more fun!  Aren’t those decorations gorgeous?!

Much love and congrats to Beth & her little Jelly Bean.  I think all her friends & family had a great time.

The food was delicious, the cupcakes awesomely sweet & the jelly beanie martinis oh so potent & perfectly pink.  Beth’s Dad served as quite the bartender & I loved that the martinis were shaken in baby bottles.

We chatted & ooh & ahh’d over all the great gifts.  I think she got almost everything from her registry {& I know because I was last minute picking up one more little something to add to my Gymboree owl outfit}.

Beth’s family all came down to act as awesome hostesses. And how cute is niece Isabella? 

Cupcakes & Chi O sisters.  We can’t wait to meet you in just a few more weeks baby G.

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Lynnwood Girls Night

I had such a great time tonight with Alethea, Beth, Anne & Sarah at Lynnwood Grill.  We hated that Emilee missed out, but we’re looking forward to her & any other Raleigh ladies joining us next time.  You gotta love events planned via twitter!! Some beers were enjoyed by all. Even though it was wing night, we all skipped wings & went for other yummy dishes like pizza & sandwiches.  We covered all types of girl topics; kids, husbands, work, food, drinks, voting, photos etc. I brought the camera because I love it & wanted to get advice on take photos.  Oh & I love these photos of us.  Can’t wait until we do it again!

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Steppin’ Out Saturday 1/22

I stepped out Saturday mid-morning to the mall to exchange a pair of earrings.  I ended up buying two pairs of gold studs at Belk; one dressy knot pair & gold half balls that are more everyday.

I also hopped over to the Loft & took advantage of their crazy sale prices.  I bought khaki cords for $19, a thick red turtleneck cable sweater for $15, a great camel colored sweater for $25 {I wore it out to dinner so that’s SOS #2} & a pink twisted boat-necked long-sleeve top for $7.50. I love Loft, especially if you don’t mind waiting a little bit to catch their stuff on sale.

After the Loft, I headed back to Belk since I’d parked there and stopped by the Lilly Pulitzer section.  I was keeping my eyes open for a winter dress to wear to the shower Saturday as well as for a work meeting the first week in March.  I  love Lilly’s Shauna Tunic dress in Black Novelty Big Bang, but even at 30% off, I couldn’t justify the price.  But on the sale rack one step over was Vineyard Vines Charlie dress 75% off in my size.  At $45 & pretty perfect fit with tights, shoes & cardigan to match at home, I bought it & headed home to get ready.

I took over 90 photos at the shower, but there are only two photos that I’m in.  I plan to do a post later on about the shower, but here’s the one with me & two good friends as the SOS photo.

Suz~ Navy ruffle cardigan, Ann Taylor Loft; Vineyard Vines Charlie dress, Belk; brown tights, Target; heels, Nine West Outlet; jewelry, Belk & David Yurman.

Suz~ New camel sweater, Loft; white long sleeve top; Old Navy, jeans, Old Navy; boots, Belk; jewelry, Belk & David Yurman.

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Guest Room Redo

I excitedly redid our guest bed on my day off Monday.  I went into the room Sunday & realized that the current theme of blues & reds wasn’t going to work with the new green spread .

Before makeover

So on top of removing the old spread, pillows, & dust ruffle, I switched out the old square pillow {put it inside the new one}, the curtain, & removed everything off the two selving units & redid them too.  This room before was my college & first year post-college room just moved into a new house.  To be honest, I’d done nothing different since we moved in 2006.  It was time.  I kept all the owls, just reshuffled & spread them around a little.  The bright red ladybugs that were not cute or broken were removed & the others mixed in with the owls around the room.  There’s now a small stack for GoodWill & the linens to be washed & put away. 

I’d ordered the queen coverlet {so we could tuck it in to avoid Moe’s pica} and the dust ruffle {they’d sold out of the white in double}.  Because of that I had to do a bit of tucking & folding to make it fit.  I wasn’t exactly sure what a coverlet was {it’s a light quilt for those also not in the know}.  Since it’s not as thick as the normal spread on that bed, I added a chocolate brown heavy quilt underneath.  We had a chocolate brown black-out curtain in the office so I switched that into this room.  My pottery barn kids owl sheets (which are mostly greens, pinks & browns) now match perfectly in the room. Oh & I’m so happy that I stacked my Outlander collection {I’ve been getting them from paperbackswap then got the most recent at Costco} topped with a book loving owl.  Moe approves of the new bed too!

The print now does not match.  I looked for a new one at Home Goods today but didn’t find any that I thought would work.  I figured something a little beachy still & not with a huge amount of color since this is already a busy room.  I found 3 different white shell framed prints I liked, but they didn’t go together.  I’d love to find three that worked or one.  Anyone seen something like that recently?  I think we’re all ready for guests…What do you think?

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Rue La La Lilly Sale

I woke up around 10a, ate a couple of the blueberry muffins I made last night, and signed into Rue La La!  I found 2 sweaters I loved immediately & they had the “Cedar Knit” Lines & Vines Dress that I’ve been eying for months.  I also loved the Worth Carson’s Grandstand dress.

Husband was sitting near me on the couch & ruled out going a little crazy on all three.  Then when I tried to just buy the Halle Limade sweater in large, I realized I’d missed out {I didn’t follow my own suggestion & just had it in my shopping bag}.  The Hearst Hotty pink sweater & Worth dress were gone before I knew it too.  So I thought about the green one in xlarge & just rolling up the sleeves…Then I remembered the couple weddings & wedding showers this spring/summer/fall & thought the Cedar Knit dress would be perfect for it.  I quick bought it {once I updated my credit card on the site}.  So excited the dress is on it’s way to me!!

What deals did you get?  They had lots of little girls dresses for $25.  Anyone get any of them?