Rock and Roll Errands

It occurred to me that my last few posts have been pretty dressed up. Clearly I do not look like that most days...wouldn't that be nice tho? This past weekend Jon and I had a bunch of errands to run so I tried out my new sweater and tee from Target.  And I totally loved the look so I thought it was a perfect chance to show one of my less fancy outfits!  Gotta love Target!

Sweater - Target, Similar

Tee - Target, Similar

Jeans - Guess

Shoes - Nine West, Similar

Surprise...Happy 40th Anniversary!

Well a surprise was the intent we all had when we planned this.  But my in-laws are too smart for the 6 of us and they were on to us from the beginning.  Although they were expecting a big party, so we did surprise them with our intimate dinner at Capital Grille with just the 8 of us in our own private party room.  So at least we did surprise them a little bit!  And we had an amazing night filled with laughter and lots of love.  Us 6 kids are in awe of their 40  happy years together.  Something for all of us to aspire to.  So congrats again MIL and FIL!  I love you both!!!

I just so happened to buy this dress 4 days before our big dinner.  We were at Nordstrom Rack returning pants, and you know I can't go into that store without at least browsing!  And browsing usually leads to great finds...like this dress!

Dress - Eliza J, Similar 

Heels - Jessica Simpson

Earrings - Darkajians

Cheers to 2016!

Happy New Year pretty people!  Can you believe its 2016?  It feels like so much happened last year and all of a sudden its over.  While it wasn't all bad, I am happy to see last year go and very excited about all the potential for this new year.  Something about the unknown road ahead that always excites me. Here's hoping 2016 is all of our best years yet!

Jon and I were originally planning to spend NYE watching football and ordering takeout in our pjs.  But then our besties here in Hoboken invited us to a party!  Of course, any good night begins at our favorite Mexican restaurant, Charrito's (hello Sangria!).  It was a casual NYE, with jeans all around.  I found this Rachel Zoe top while Christmas shopping and was dying to wear it.  Gotta start the new year looking fabulous!

(Full disclosure - We took this pictures post party and Sangria so...)

Top - Rachel Zoe, Similar

Jeans - Guess

Heels - BCBG

Earrings - Zara 

XOXO

A Grateful Heart at Mariah

Jon surprised me with tickets to see Mariah Carey's Christmas Concert in NYC this week! Isn't he just the greatest husband ever?  I didn't even know she was doing the show and here he had already bought tickets!  Those of you who know me know how obsessed I am with her...like completely.  We saw her earlier this year in Vegas for my birthday...so that makes it our second show this year!!!  She was beyond AMAZING!  Her voice in incredible. And as we stood listening to her sing (yes we stood the whole concert...gotta love New York!) I was overwhelmed with emotion.  I felt so happy and grateful in that moment and it brought tears to my eyes. Grateful for my husband who knows me so well.  Grateful that a difficult move away from home is going so well and let's us do things like this.  Grateful that God has led us on this journey.  And grateful that my self esteem isn't so low that I need to take 200 selfies during an amazing concert.  (Seriously this woman in front of us took over 100 selfies all through the show...and I am not exaggerating on the number.  She has issues.)  And on a superficial, blog related note...grateful I got to wear my tulle skirt again. :-)

Sweater - Zara

Skirt - Similar

Belt - Similar 

Tights - Nordstrom

Heels - Nine West 

"It is not joy that makes us grateful; 

it is gratitude that makes us joyful."

Pencil Skirts in Church

Yep, I wore a leather pencil skirt to church.  I bought this outfit when Christine was here and I finally got to shop at Zara in NYC.  I love all the pictures of their stuff and have been wanting to shop there for so long.  A girls day in the city was the perfect chance!  And as Christine can attest to, I could have bought 20 more outfits that day.  But this one was the clear winner and I have been dying to wear it ever since!  So, I decided that dressing up for my nephews baby dedication was the perfect opportunity.  In hind sight, I felt a little over dressed, but such is the story of my life!  And I love this outfit so I will be wearing it again very soon!  Is it bad if I repeat a look on a fashion blog?

Top - Zara 

Skirt - Zara

Heels - Ivanka Trump

Earrings - Rebecca from Darakjian 

Happy December! 

Exploring in New Jersey

Upon moving to New Jersey, we were given a couple big books all about our new state with places to go and things to see.  A few Fridays ago when Jon was able to take the day off, we decided to try something new and go hiking.  Let me be real when I tell you we have never ever been hiking.  So I went thru the book and looked online and picked what looked like a safe route.  9 miles and 4 hours later I was exhausted! But we still went out and treated ourselves to drinks and carbs at 10th and Willow (thankfully a short walk from home!).  

Jacket - American Rag

Blouse - Rebecca Minkoff, Similar

Jeans - Paige Denim

Heels - Ivanka Trump

Earrings - Rebecca at Darakjians

Happy November! 

On Fire!

And no I don't mean me...this time.  Here's a tip for you all...if you want to meet all your new neighbors, just set the entire buildings fire alarms off and cause an evacuation.  That time on the street is a great chance to introduce yourself.  However, you will now be known to everyone as the one who set off the alarms.  Of course I made this story up and have no first hand experience!

Due to events of the week, Jon and I decided we needed a night out.  And some drinks!  Multiple drinks!  So we dressed up and hit the streets of NYC and headed to Beauty and Essex.  Or more correctly the subways and cabs.  Full disclosure, I changed my jeans and shoes 4 times before settling on this combo, which made us run late and therefore we didn't have time for any other transpo than the cab.  What can I say, I was having a girl moment.  Among the many lessons I learned this past week, the one fashion related is that I need to hem my jeans.  I know, very deep.  Just trust that its not the only life lesson I learned this week!

(Clearly I took these pictures after above mentioned drinks.) 

Blazer - BCBG 

Cami - Similar

Jeans - Paige

Heels - Nine West

Necklace - Stella & Dot

Earrings - Darakjian's