Floral Fall Maxi Dress
It’s hard to believe that it’s already October. I’m not sure what happened to September, but I’m okay with the month change. It’s finally cooling down in Las Vegas and feeling a little more like fall, not quite like a Michigan fall, but it looks like our hot 100 days are finally behind us.
Fall has always been my favorite season to dress for. The weather is perfect for wearing almost anything in my closet. Everyone always gets really excited for boots, scarves, and sweaters during the fall. I do too, but I also love wearing dresses in the fall. I think with all the fun fall clothes everyone forgets about fall dresses. I love a pretty fall floral prints on a flowy maxi dress during the fall. That’s why I’m loving this navy floral ruffle trim maxi dress from PinkBlush.
When I saw this dress, I immediately was drawn to the print and style. Most of my wardrobe is pretty casual and practical, but having a dress like this is the perfect way to spruce up my everyday momiform. It’s the perfect dress for work, date night or church, and I’m not against wearing this dress on a day you just want to be a little more dressed up while you’re out running an errand. I’m planning on wearing it on my teacher’s workday next week because I always find it safer to wear my clothes I love the most when the kids aren’t at school. In a maxi dress like this, it gives the appearance that you tried to dress up, but really you feel like you are wearing pajamas. I love that you can easily wear this dress on its own or you can layer it up with a denim jacket.
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Dress- PinkBlush (Exact) || Shoes- ThredUP (Similar) || Jacket- Old Navy (Exact) Purse- Last Call Nemian Marcus (Similar) || Necklace- Nordstrom (Exact) || Earrings- Walmart (Similar)
3 Ways to Wear a Green Cardigan with PinkBlush
I feel like everywhere I look on Instagram, all I see are fall clothes. Sweaters, cardigans, jeans, booties…all my favorite things. The only thing that I’m wondering is how is everyone wearing all their fall clothes so early? Is it really that cool in the rest of the country? I don’t think so. In Las Vegas, our summer last FOREVER. Fall is a really hard season for me because I want to wear all my favorite fall clothes, but it doesn’t cool down until at least November. I don’t know about you, but I can’t force myself to wear a sweater when it’s 100 degrees outside. One thing that always helps me get through the warm falls is to transition into my fall clothes. I love to mix my fall clothes with my summer clothes to create transitional fall looks that are still comfortable to wear when it is warm out. *This post is part of a collaboration with PinkBlush. It contains affiliate links, which means by making a purchase through a link, I will make a commission for this blog. Thank you for your support!
For today’s post, I want to share 3 transitional fall look with my new olive green cardigan from PinkBlush. There are so many things that I love about this cardigan. First of all, I love the color. Olive green is the perfect fall color. I also love the detail of the brown quilted elbow patch. They make me feel like I’m ready to go riding or something. I also love the material of this cardigan. It’s not a sweater knit, it feels more like a sweatshirt. It’s actually quite warm.
Cardigan (Exact) || Jeans (Similar) || Top (Exact) || Watch (Similar) || Purse (Similar) || Shoes (Exact)
Look 1: Distressed jeans and flip flops
For my first look, I wore my favorite pair of cuffed distressed jeans and a black tank. For shoes, I kept it super casual with my leopard print flip-flops. I felt like flip-flops help keep that laid back warm-weather feel.
Look 2: Denim Skirt and knotted tank
For this look, I wanted to wear my denim skirt. I’ve been loving this jean skirt all summer long and I plan on wearing it through out the fall. I styled it with my white tank top that I knotted, because I’ve been knotting all my tops lately. For shoes, I dressed it up with my strappy sandals.
Cardigan (Exact) || Shorts (Exact) || Top (Similar) || Necklace (Similar) || Shoes (Similar)
Look 3: Shorts and Stripes
Look 3: Shorts and Stripes
It’s hard for me to style something 3 ways without styling it with stripes. I love all of my striped t-shirts and this one looks great with the green. I wore it with my favorite jean shorts and wedges from the summer.
I can’t wait to wear this cardigan throughout the fall and winter. I’m sure I’ll have lots of new ways to style it. I also have some exciting news on how you can easily shop all my favorite PinkBlush clothes. You can always shop through my posts, but now you can also follow me, thriftywifehappylife, on the LIKEtoKNOW.it App (HERE) You will find all my outfits from my Instagram linked for your shopping convivence. Look for this cardigan and my other PinkBlush favorites!
Toddler Update + Outfit Post with PinkBlush
Today I’m talking about the 2 things that I always have on my mind; my toddler and fashion. I remember thinking that having an infant kept me so busy. Between the feedings, diapers, and lack of sleep, I thought that I never got a minute to rest. Now that Jack is 2, all that baby stuff seems so easy to me now. People always told us that some things will get easier as your child grows and other things will be harder. Boy were they right. Sometimes, being a toddler mom is so easy. When Jack gets engaged in something and is in a good mood it’s so great, but then there are the other times when I am just exhausted. Jack is so busy and he can be so demanding of my attention. It can definitely be challenging figuring out how to balance my home life, my full-time job, my blog, and social media all while trying to be a good mom. I’m constantly multi-tasking. What I’m finding out is that multi-tasking is just a part of being a mom.
People always ask me when are we going to try for another baby. I will say that I don’t even want to think about having another baby until Jack will sleep consistently through the night for a whole month. I’m pretty sure that Jack is the world’s worst sleeper. It’s gotten better, much better from the first year, but he is still waking up during the night. Now he just comes into our bed whenever he wakes up. I wouldn’t mind having him in our bed if he didn’t sleep sideways and toss and turn all night long. With as sick as I was for my first trimester with Jack, I do not know how I could get through a pregnancy with no sleep, a demanding toddler and still function at work. Hopefully, Jack will get better at sleeping, at least that’s what I’ve been telling myself since the day he was born.
Even though my little guy can be a total crazy person at times, he is also so adorable! I think God makes toddlers extremely cute for a reason. His little smile and laugh puts a smile on my face all the time. He is talking so much and forming sentences. We understand him and even other people are starting to understand him sometimes. I do have a lot of fun with him. One thing I’ve been trying to do more often is spend more quality time with him, by putting my phone in the other room and just playing with him. Sometimes I have too many distractions, but Jack is what’s important right now. Watching him grow and soaking in this toddler age before it’s too late.
This post is part of a collaboration with PinkBlush. All opinions are 100% my own.
Now on to the fashion! Every year around this time of the summer I start getting excited about fall fashion. Since we don’t really experience fall temperatures until late November, I usually get really into transitional fall looks. One trend I’m really loving right now are the front button tie tops. I’ve been seeing them everywhere. They are so cute and casual, plus perfect to transition into your fall wardrobe. This navy striped button tie front top is from my favorite boutique PinkBlush. I really love the ruffled sleeves on this top. I think it sets it apart from some of the other tops I’ve seen like this. I styled it for today’s look with distressed jeans and my slides, but it could easily be styled with jean shorts for summer or a nicer pair of jeans or pants and some flats for the classroom. I plan on wearing it to one of my professional development days this week at work.
Surviving Summer with PinkBlush
This is my third summer living in Las Vegas. I’d like to think that I’m getting used to the hot summers, but there is always some point in the summer, usually right around mid-July, that I get so sick of the heat. I can handle the dry hot days of 105 degrees no problem, but when we get our first blast of humidity at the beginning of the monsoon season, that’s when I want to get in my car and drive to the coolest destination I can find. Luckily next week I’ll be escaping to the beaches of California for a week, but I know that the hot humid days will be waiting for me when I get back.
When I talk about a humid day in the desert, I’m talking about only 20% humidity, which is really nothing compared to a Midwest summer day, but it’s the heat that makes it so much worse. I find it nearly impossible to get dressed with it hot and humid. The easiest way for me to dress in the heat is in comfortable flowy dresses. Anything that is loose-fitting is perfect.
This post is part of a collaboration with PinkBlush. As always my opinions are 100% my own.
This navy blue ruffled bottom dress from PinkBlush is the perfect solution to dressing comfortably in the heat. I love how flowy and lose it fits. The back has a very cute lace-up crisscross tie on it, which I think gives it the perfect amount of detail. I wore this dress last weekend while we hung out with my brother and sister-in-law, exploring some spots here in Las Vegas. It was super hot, humid and cloudy that day. Jack was acting up because he was tired, out of sorts and probably hot. I think I would have been in a horrible mood if I wasn’t wearing this dress, but I ended up having a nice time with my family because I felt comfortable and cute in my outfit.
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Floral Sundress with PinkBlush
Hey guys! So it’s already mid-June and I’m feeling like my summer laziness is really setting in. I mentioned a few times that June is a long work month for me. Working through the summer is never fun, but I’ve been getting new kids transferring into my classroom and old kids transferring out, which makes things a little hectic for us teachers. My work weeks have been busy as always, but my weekends have been amazing!
We haven’t done much, but every weekend feels like a vacation for me. The weather this month hasn’t been as hot as the Las Vegas summer’s that I’ve experienced in the past. We have been getting out around town and spending lots of time at the pool. The last 2 weekends I felt like I lived in my bathing suit. It’s also been really nice because my brother and sister-in-law just moved to Las Vegas last month. We have been seeing them regularly and it’s been really nice. I’m so happy to have family living in the same metro area as me. It’s been a long time.
Now that June is half over I can really start to get excited about next month. I’ve been really looking forward to July for a while because we have a couple trips planned. We are taking our first mini-family vacation with just the 3 of us and going to a resort not far from Las Vegas. We have never stayed at an actual hotel with Jack because all our traveling since he was born has been to stay at our family’s homes. It should be fun. We also have a week planned with my husband’s side of the family at the ocean. To me, there is no better summer vacation than a trip to the ocean.
With all this excitement of the summer season going on, I’ve been super lazy lately. I’ve been not feeling up to doing my usual weekend chore routine. I’d rather get out of the house and enjoy the weather, than clean toilets and floors. (I’m trying to work on my husband about getting a house cleaner for that, but we will have to see if he will give in.) I’ve also been super lazy about cooking, but I always seem to get like that in the summer. Pretty much all of our meals come out of a Trader Joe’s frozen meal bag, or I find something that takes under 20 minutes to make. I promise I will get a blog post out soon on some of my favorite quick and easy meals. The last thing I’ve been pretty lazy about this summer has been my wardrobe.
*This post is part of a collaboration with PinkBlush. All options are 100% my own.
Lazy style doesn’t mean that you have to look lazy while wearing it. It just means that you don’t have to put as much effort into it. I’ve been wearing a lot of dresses and rompers because they are easy to style and make for light laundry loads. I’ve really been loving floral prints this summer and this ivory floral sleeveless dress from PinkBlush is the perfect lazy dress for summer. The print on it gives it the perfect amount of style to dress it up or dress it down. It’s so pretty, you barely need to add any accessories to it. For this look I’m sharing today, I decided to dress it up with my strappy heels and little blush crossbody purse. For jewelry, I kept it simple and found some simple goal pieces. I’m planning on wearing it to work soon, so I’ll probably wear it with a denim jacket and some flats. I figured it would be perfect to wear out for dinner while on vacation with my wedge shoes or flat sandals. Either way, I wear it, it’s the perfect effortless summer dress.
Want to find more summer floral dresses to add to your summer wardrobe? Check out PinkBlush!
