sunday best

HIS

 shirts - j. crew // tie - thrifted  // jeans - cotton on // bucks - bass  // watch - timex (vintage), j.crew band

HERS

shirt - ae // skirt - old navy ($4!) // tights & watch - francesca's collection // glasses - warby parker

The sad tale of this Sunday Best is that it's March & it's still freezing outside, so that glorious wall got all of 4 minutes of our attention before we ran back to the car as fast as the universe allowed us. You know, because the wind was beating against our faces & my right eye (which serves as my trusty "It's windy!" meter) was watering so I couldn't really see where I was going. Which was sad, because it was Jared's birthday & no one deserves to be pushed around by the wind on their birthday.

Fortunately, over at my parents' house, there are always doggies that have too much love to give & a back patio that blocks the wind really well. We win, universe.

Except that it's March. & it's still freezing. I had the windows open in our bedroom today as I put away the four mountains of clothes that had built up over the last week (HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN.) & I could faintly smell spring in the air. It's close enough at 14 days away that I can say how completely over winter I am without it being considered whining. Right?

sunday best with emma

  

dress - f21 + chelsea's closet // tights - target // wedges + sunnies - h&m // lips - revlon super lucious "siren"

It's pretty hard to eliminate pictures when there's a cute pooch making all sorts of ridiculous faces throughout the batch. Emma is my parents' golden retriever & today, got to play the role of Jared's stand-in. She's more red than golden. & she's pretty much a tank. But she's probably the sweetest thang there is. Even if she's not really into modeling.

These are sort of celebratory pictures, as this is the first time since last Saturday that I've put any effort into my appearance. I'm positive that my coworkers have forgotten that I have a figure/facial features. But I'm more than positive that our couch thinks I'm beautiful in greeeey sweatpaaaaants & no maaaaake-uuuuup... (Take it away, John.)

But I'm BETTER! & nothing says better like electric blue tights.

sunday best

HIS

 shirt - j. crew // cardigan - h&m // bowtie - the tie bar // watch - timex (vintage), j.crew band

HERS

peplum top - f21 // skirt - f21 // tights - target // heels - h&m // fantail necklace & locket - antique

It's not Sunday.

& to make matters worse, these weren't taken on a Sunday. It was a Monday. (I would never take my J.Lo booty to church in that skirt, for the record.) But I've been trying to figure out where this style post thing fits in to our blog because we both really enjoy it, to be honest... & it turns out that Sunday Best fits us better than any other cheesy series name. The new plan is to share style posts just on Sundays, regardless of what day we actually managed to get out of work clothes & into our faaaaancy clothes. Or not so fancy. Whatever.

It's not Sunday. I know. But a month after I got really sick for the first time in nearly two years, & two weeks after I sliced my finger open in three places, & a week after Jared had the stomach flu... I managed to get myself sick again. So, you get Sunday Best pictures. On a Tuesday. Because I think I threw out my creativity with the last mound of tissues.

& that's okay, because the same man that willingly traipses around the woods for blog pictures only to be paid in kisses also enjoys taking really good care of me when I'm sick, only to be paid in kisses blown from the nest I've made on the couch. He's a saint. A saint who knows just how I like my tea, & that forehead kisses have healing powers. It doesn't get much better than that.

big thanks to chelsea for taking these pictures for us!

clothes!

 

 shirt: j. crew (christmas prezzie - thanks, mama!) | necklace: nordstrom | pants: h&m | loafers: old navy

We FAIL with all caps on the Sunday Best front these days. As if it were a thing of years gone by. Jared's just been workin' an awful lot of Sunday mornings, & I lose 1. motivation & 2. my photographer. But sweet Chelsea always has her camera at her side & took some Friday Best (ehhh, not a thiiiing...) pictures during our donut date this past weekend.

We pretty much spent the whole time trying to hide my finger bandage. Which I'm proud to say has dwindled down to a couple of band-aids after a really miserable visit to the hand specialist doctor who I'm not proud to say practically ripped the stitches out of my poor finger. Didn't even offer to buy me a drink, just made some small talk then dove right in. IT WAS AWFUL & I deserved every bite of that donut.

I'm gonna think on this style post stuff & get back to you when my better half is around to distract you with his fabulous hair & general swagger. (*salute* General Swagger.)

I leave you with this: STOP WATCHING DOWNTON ABBEY RIGHT NOW. We've cheated & already watched all of Season 3, finishing with the Christmas Special last night & I'm heartbroken when I say, OMG. IT'S TERRIBLE. Just save yourself & just say NO to Downton today. I don't know how it can redeem itself.

Other than that, this week should be great! ;)

introducing BANGS

As my hair gradually lightens back to it's natural blonde state, I've once again given in to the bangs bug that seems to bite every other year.  I committed to growing them out for an entire year & LO! Got so sick of my forehead. But I love them. & the shape that they take overnight that gives me a little laugh every morning when I look in the mirror.

Other than bangs, December in Virginia is in full swing. & I mean that in a 72-degrees-&-sunny sort of way. Which means that I've had a mother of a headache since 7 a.m., since my brain hates pressure changes. I feel awfully silly about these pictures, even though my baby sistah did a wonderful job taking them. But I'm going to skip the HOLY THIGHS rant & bid you goodnight. Tonight, it's me, Netflix, our bed & a box of Excedrin to cuddle with. Ohhhh, baby.

sunday best

 

his:

shirt - j. crew | cardigan - h&m | tie - gap | jeans - cotton on | boots - thrifted

hers:

dress - francesca's | cardigan - f21 | tights - tj maxx | loafers - old navy 

One reason I know we're not anywhere near ready to be homeowners is the fact that I still can't understand why you'd prioritize keeping your lawn alive over just letting it be covered in beautiful, fall leaf glory. Because, really, what's more practical than standing in your lawn, throwing leaves into the air, giggling? 

Can you believe it's Thanksgiving week? We hosted a little friendsgiving event last night that involved A LOT of pie, & I've had to practice some serious self-control today to not over-indulge on pie too soon. But one of the pies I made MAY have had the words triple, chocolate & pumpkin in it... So YOU try staying out of the fridge with that taunting you. Jared's all like, anti-sweets these days, so he doesn't identify with my struggle. I'm alone in this fight. That also means MORE PIE FOR MEEEE. Heaven help me. ;)

sunday best

I guess our little Sunday Best features have become more of a series of pictures posted on Sundays than our actual Sunday Best. Which is interesting. Hopefully once the event season calms down, I'll... You know, be able to go to church on Sundays again.

But, how great are those polka dot high heels? Yeah, Jared got them for me. Not that it's not painfully obvious that I have a small polka dot obsession or anything. PSH. He's such a catch.

his

shirt: h&m | sunglasses & shorts: cotton on | belt: j. crew

hers

shirt: pacsun | necklace: charlotte russe | jeans & watch: francesca's collection | shoes: f21

sunday best-ish

I HAVE BOOTS ON. ihavebootsonihavebootsonihavebootson. !!! I, along with the rest of southern Virginia, have been obsessed with the weather around here recently. You don't understand - We don't really usually get more than two weeks of "fall", & when we do? It's in November. We're usually battling hurricanes or humid, sticky heat this time of year.

The weekend is finally upon us, since Mondays are our glorious day-off, & my big plans are to color coordinate our bookshelves & book our anniversary trip. But tonight? Tonight, Jared's cooking up his out-of-this-world honey glazed brussels sprouts, it's my turn to pick out a movie, & we're going to just hold still. & it's going to be great.

& no, I didn't wear this to church. I wore this after work. so there.

shirt: pac sun | shorts: h&m | boots: payless, whaaat | bubble necklace: southern jewelry auctions (check them out on facebook!)

sunday best

his

jacket: h&m | tie: gap | shorts: h&m  | shoes: thrifted | sunglasses: that's a big ol' h&m

hers

dress: target | cardigan: f21 | belt: charlotte russe | necklace & sunnies: target

these pictures are a little bit on the cheating side, since we took them two sundays ago. these pictures are also a little bit on the HEY THERE, HIPS! side, as there is apparently no good way to hide my... uhhh, curves? in a knee length dress - consider this noted. I'm trying my hardest to embrace that I am a blogger with hips/thighs/not-a-teeny-waist. we're a minority ;) truthfully, it's an ongoing challenge to follow the trends while being aware of my body type. skinny jeans? doable... but I've certainly never walked into forever 21 & walked out with a pair of skinnies. no, no. it's usually a journey to twelve stores over the course of three weeks to find the perfect fit. then there's the upcoming Season of the Leggings, beginning promptly in september & lasting through mmm, april. ongoing challenge: ACCEPTED.

I'm typing from the coffeeshop around the corner from our new apartment. it's all drizzly outside & a very dry cappuccino is warming me up. a little old man walking a dog wearing a raincoat just passed by the window. it's like we now live in a scene from a Meg Ryan movie, like, for real. so I'm going to continue to sit here, ignoring the boxes covering every corner of the apartment & wait for tom hanks or billy crystal to walk by. it could happen.

sunday best

his

shirt: j. crew | tie: UO | tie clip: UO | pants: gap | belt: AE | shoes: thrifted | watch: kenneth cole

hers

shirt: target | belt: his side of the closet | skirt: ny&co | shoes: h&m | watch: francesca's collections

happy sunday! ... or something. I completely fell victim to the dastardly summer cold, & have spent the last week coughing, popping lozenges & whining about how much my throat hurts. today was no exception all of the above, so I wore my favorite shoes & felt a little better about life. then j left for work & I felt a little worse. then I watched hours & hours of Olympics coverage & felt a little better.

my family is home & we've handed their house/dogs back over to them. I do love those dogs, but what I'll miss most is the piano. is it like an unspoken rule that you don't own pianos in apartments? because we still have a few years of apartment living ahead of us & it's actually painful to not own a dog OR a piano at this point.

I need another cough drop. & this commentator on the Mexico/Gabon men's soccer game sounds like detective munch from law & order: svu, so I'm pretending that it is. #toomuchcoldmedicine