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A basketball game, a road trip and 2 Thanksgiving meals

It’s great when the weekend starts on Tuesday, right? The day right before a break is always chaotic.  This one was a bit more hectic than I had imagined. Tuesday was the first game for our basketball girls.  I sat down during warmups and thought, Oh man.  What have I forgotten?  What if we’re not ready for this?  I commented to an assistant coach if we could score and then get into our press, we’d be fine. They were ready.  We ended up with a final score of 50-11 and had to pull off the press after the first quarter because… Read More

Thankful Thursday

Happy Thanksgiving!  And happy thankful Thursday! These are a few things I’m thankful for… >>To be back on the blog after two days off! >>The cold weather. >>My leopard print flats.  I had been looking for some foreverrrr but couldn’t find any.  I feel like that’s such a common thing that I couldn’t even believe how much trouble I had finding them.  Thank you, Express!  I need to do a post with them soon because I’ve already worn them a couple of times! >>Coworkers and students who make me laugh!  Sometimes, it’s just the little things that make the days… Read More

Ask Claire what to wear

Happy Monday morning, friends!  {Yes, that may be the only time you ever hear me say “happy” in front of Monday morning.  But two-day work weeks do crazy things to me.} And… I’m blogging in front of this festive view. {But it looks way better on instagram because of the cool filters.} So if I don’t have 5 posts up this week it’s because I decorated.  And watched basketball.  And football.  And I’m gonna enjoy some downtime while celebrating Thanksgiving with the family. But I do have more than just ramblings for today. I was thinking of pretending that I’m actually a… Read More

Friday favorites with a twist

Ever have one of those weeks?  Not a bad one, just a long one?  Like every morning you wake up and can’t believe that it’s still not Friday?  Well, we’re in luck today, friends!  Friday finally decided to show up which means the weekend is right around the corner!  #neededthatthreedaysago In other news: next week is a two-day week.  #wecandothis I’m all about routines but I’m just feelin’ a change up today.  Here we go! {favorite purchase} You’ve seen our adorable pup.  And our poor, pitiful, sad, naked one.  The naked one typically only exists in the summer.  But David was… Read More

A mashup: thankful Thursday + our {love} story

Today marks the third straight thankful Thursday.  It’s also the next step in our {love} story.  {Two of my favorite things in one place.} July 24, 2010 was hands down, without a doubt, the best day of my life. And for that I’m so thankful!  Thankful to every single person who played a role in making every wedding-day dream come true.  Yes, there were {small} bumps along the road.  But the day was filled with our favorite people in the entire world, a party, and at the end of the day, we were starting a new life together. But before… Read More

Because life revolves around scarves…

    I just can’t seem to do a fashion post without including a scarf.  And you know how I’m branching out with my scarf-wear… because the infinity scarf every day of the week is too mundane.  So I was really pumped to style this outfit. So pumped that I’m actually dying to wear it again! In other news, we bought Copper a jacket last night because it’s been in the 30’s here so we were trying to help him stay warm.  He’s been whining for us to take it off the entire 20 minutes he’s had it on. And… Read More

Two ways to wear grey leggings

You know how some people have these great outfits that go from day to night?  And they’re like… perfect transitions from the office to the bar? Well, that’s not really my life. I mean, I two ways to wear is my jam.  {My lady jam.  Sorry, Pitch Perfect moment there.} But I’m more about the running errands/dinner out with friends kinda look.  {There’s really no weeknight barhopping in my life.} And with the holidays approaching, it usually means traveling.  Anytime I travel, I attempt to wear leggings.  They’re just so dang comfy. The best part?  I can easily go from a… Read More

The busy girl’s guide to homemade laundry detergent

Way back when, I posted about a few easy things I do to save money.  Homemade laundry detergent has been on that list for about a year.  It’s honestly something I never thought I would do because it sounds complicated. {Newsflash: it’s not.} It takes about 10 minutes to make and it lasts for more than a month. I started realizing that even buying the big jugs at Sam’s didn’t last us very long.  So I did a little research on Pinterest and found that it was something I could tackle.  My mom decided to jump on board, too.  She… Read More

This week, I actually remembered to use my camera

Can my entire post of favorite moments come from this past weekend? No?  Ok… at least 3 of the 5 then. Yesterday I mentioned Megan’s taliban scarf from the 5k.  This was the 5k I was hoping to run.  Although that had to be modified, we had so much fun.  Katrina and I did “interval training.”  {Which is a fancy way of saying we jogged… until we got tired.  And then we walked.  Then a little bit later, we’d pick it up and jog again.} #intervaltraining And after the 5k, we went to brunch.  And had mimosas. And after all… Read More

Today I’m thankful for…

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.  I love the idea behind taking time out of our schedules to be thankful.  And eat.  And hang out with family.  I know there’s more hoopla that comes with Christmas but Thanksgiving is something special to me.  Last week, I told you all about our fabulous vacation.  But this week I’m scaling it back a touch.  Here are some random, every-day things that I often take for granted.  But today… I’m thankful for them! Today, I’m thankful… >> for a garage that my car stays nice and warm inside.  {Mostly, I’m thankful that… Read More