Independence Day

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I'm slowly, but surely catching up on outfit posts :) Here's what I wore for the 4th of July.

 Shirt - Eddie Bauer via Goodwill ~ $5.00

Skirt - JCrew via Back By Popular Demand ~ $8.00

Undershirt - LandsEnd $8.00

Shoes - BOBS via Kohl's ~ $7.00

Necklace - Charming Charlie's ~$10.00

Earrings - JCPenny's ~$5.00

We had quite the busy day! First off we hit the beach and the waves were AMAZING after the hurricane. Although it really was not much of a hurricane, as it turned out.  However it was nice to spend the morning on the beach, enjoying the waves, looking for shells, and running into the waves with a three year old pulling you farther in :) After that we had a bit of a rest, so we would have the stamina to stay up for the fireworks AKA needing energy to keep up with kiddos! Once fully recharged we headed out to a pool party, where I found tons of cute kiddos to take pictures of :) From there we headed to the fireworks show and although we were the last to leave we were the first to arrive, pretty cool in my book.  While waiting of the fireworks to start LL Cool J was performing and I got my groove on! That was much to the dismay of the teenagers in the group, whom I enjoyed embarrassing hehe! The fireworks were beautiful! This was my first year attempting to take pictures of them and it was very fun! I cannot wait to experiment more in the future!

How was ya'lls independence day?

Adventures in Wilmington

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Well it's been awhile! I was in NC for quite a while without a computer, technology does not like me!! But now that I'm back and feeling more settled so I can finally put some blog posts up! Y'all will be seeing quite a few outfit posts. I had a friend take them and I'm almost done processing them all :) So with out farther ado....

You know the saying while the cat is away the mice will play..... well we played in Wilmington! Wilmington is one of my favorite cities next to Nashville and I'm so glad while I visited friends in Jacksonville we were able to take a little day trip there! I have not been there since 2004 so it was a real treat to take a girls day and let the boys fend for themselves at home. We did leave dinner in the crock pot for them, so they didn't starve terribly :)

Once we were up and awake we hit the highway.  Our first stop was a thrift store, then a Goodwill.  I love Goodwill's down there, they are super sized! I managed to get quite a few things, including Gap, JCrew, Lands'End apparel.  I can't wait to share them with ya'll! After a bit of shopping we headed into Trader Joe's and picked up lunch, and I decided to take that opportunity to stock up on my chocolate stash.  They had the dark chocolate peanut butter cups, which I was waaaaaaaay to excited to get.  But every time I look a Trader Joe's here they are out and that is no bueno! After much indecisiveness we checked out and took our lunches to a cute little park. We found a shady spot near a pond to eat. That's where this little guy was spotted.

There was quite the bale (did anyone else know this is the proper term for a group of turtles?!) of turtles! They came over to check us out and I think to score some food :) Even turtles understand the awesomeness of Trader Joe's :)

When we had finished eating, I took the opportunity to get some pictures of my outfit.  I love having people around to take pictures, I get tired of the mirror shots that I have to do when I am alone. Maybe I will be motivated to start trying with my self timer.... maybe.

Skirt - JCrew via Back by Popular Demand ~ $8

Shirt - Anthropologie ~ $20

Shoes - Lucky Brand ~ $15

Necklace - JCPenney's

Earrings- Kohl's

Garnet Rings - Gifted

Diamond Ring - Antique Warehouse $10

Watch - Seiko via Kohl's ~$70

Lastly, we heading to the Riverwalk and I geeked out over all the filming locations I recognized from Dawson's Creek and One Tree Hill :) It's definitely one of my favorite places in Wilmington.  I could I walked around for hours taking pictures, sadly it was getting close to 8, the sun was setting and we were all tired.  All in all it was a wonderful trip!

Do ya'll have any favorite cities you like to visit?