Fascinated by Fascinators

I've loved the headbands with feathers, bows, and different adornments for years... so it seems the next logical step would be a fascinator.  I'm in love with all the cute ones Kate Middleton wears, in fact I'm asking my mother-in-law to bring me one of hers from London when she goes this summer.

I've been searching for the perfect.. not too over the top fascinator for 1 year anniversary pictures (yes I know people don't do one year pictures but I did our engagement pictures myself and I just think it would be nice to have some professional pictures together) My friend Jessica thinks I've lost my tiny little mind to be buying these "hats" but I think they are fun.

Here are a few of my favorites..

My favorite and the one I want brought back from London

My mom loves this one Pippa wore

These are some of the one's on Vivien Sheriff's site that I just love

Countdown to Cup

Cup is only 5 days away. 

For those of you not from SC.. the Carolina Cup is the big thing for Spring. Pretty dresses and floppy hats (well if you don't look like a nerd in a hat.. which I do).  Well as crunch time approaches so does the dress stress. And as a procrastinator, I have not a clue what I want to wear this year.

I bought this really cute French Connection dress a while ago but never wore it so it was my fall back plan. With no luck searching it's pretty much going to be my Cup dress now. So I'm not going to put it on here but these were some of my top choices..

 

I don't really wear Lilly to Cup because SOOO many girls do and I hate getting out there and having on the same thing as someone else. However, I was considering it this year, just because we aren't going to be in College Park and the odds of someone at 1 of 3 tailgates we'll go to having on the same thing is pretty slim. So I went to Lilly a few weeks ago and tried on a few different dresses.. here are the ones I was considering...

I love Lilly but they run big. However, this 0 was perfect fit.

I haven't tried this one on but I love it on the model

I also really liked these but I couldn't seem to find either when 
I went shopping in Knoxville.

Loved the neckline on the Nanette Lepore

loving yellow this spring.. this Milly was a fave

Holy Fashion Faux Pas

It took all of my strength not to snap a cell phone picture of this girl yesterday. This girl's out fit was a train wreck.. like something you'd expect to see in Walmart but we were in Target, which made it even more mind blowing. Somehow this girl managed to wrap all of my fashion pet peeves into one outfit. Well almost, if she had a little animal print in there it would have been a perfect disaster.

Leggings are NOT pants.. 

but I'm pretty sure this girl had tights on as pants.

Over the Knee Boots.

I know some people love this trend.. 

but all I see is Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.. AKA hooker!!

 And I'm not sure if the kid was hers or the lady behind her.. but the little baby had her ears pierced. Why do parents do this?? I mean if you are worried people won't know it's a girl slap a bow on her head and throw her in some pink.

While we are on the subject of trends I hate 

lets discuss the Jean on Jean phenomenon.. STOP IT!!  

Or the ROMPER. 

OMG I loath the romper. 

I have only seen one girl outside of Hollywood that could pull that off, 

and she can make pretty much anything she puts on cute, my friend B-Ray!!

Ready for Love

Dear Rachel Zoe.. thank you for reminding me Valentines Day is a mere 2 weeks away. Now I'm planning a fun night out and gifts (gifts not to be listed here, for spying eyes). After the planning came the usual.. WHAT TO WEAR???

 I love this dress, suggested by the Zoe Report.. and it was basically the only one on there that wasn't completely outside of my fashion scope.. so if I don't go with something I already own I'll probably end up ordering this one when I order my shoes. Check the dress out at Nordstrom.

I like this BCBG dress for a "sexier look" (minus the hideous white shoes) but I'm not sure something this fitted really works for a dinner date. And honestly I'm just not sure I could pull of something this tight, but for those of you who can ..I think it's a fun night out dress. 

This one isn't really a V-Day dress but I found it while shopping online and it is so me.. it just screams JEN HAVE ME. But since this fabulous Dior dress has a whopping $2,900 price tag.. I don't think this one will be hanging in my closet anytime soon. BUT I WANT IT so in the event I hit the lottery it's mine.. which isn't likely since I don't play it. So I think I'm going to have to let this one go. And I'm not really a fan of white shoes, they are 9 times out of 10 just hideous, but as far as white shoes go.. the pair the model has on are def the way to go.

These are the shoes I want and plan to order over the weekend. I've needed a new pair of black heels for a while so V-Day seems like the perfect excuse to buy myself something I already needed anyway.

Kids clothes!!!

Recently I have caught baby fever.. fear not, this will not be something acted on any time soon.. so I'm hoping that one of my friends or maybe a family member might bring my baby dream to fruition. (If not maybe I'll get me a new puppy sometime sooner than next Christmas.. I just REALLY want something cute to play with)
Until then, I have these two super cute nieces and my sister-in-law always has them dressed so cute. They wear alot of Lilly and always have on the cutest jumpers. Pink is Addie's (the oldest) favorite color, so that's a staple. 
Well I'm very lucky to have some very talented friends which makes shopping for the girls fun. One of my best friends since way back in high school, Betsy, makes the most adorable tutus and hair bows, but she's recently branched out to kids tops and dresses. Her most recent item is just too cute and I think my nieces would love it. (she also has the cutest little boy in the whole world, so she does make a few boys items.. but based on her talents I think someone needs to bring me a little girl to play with)

 You should def. check out her stuff and make some purchases!! You can do so at her website or the FB page. She's got some new stuff in the works to look forward to.. and I've dropped a few suggestions into her inbox so I'm really excited to see if any of those work out.

   

Dress Obsessed

I love everything about my wedding but as I was shopping online this morning (because that is the only place there is to shop in BFvirginia) I found this dress I'm absoulutely obsessed with. I don't love it as a wedding dress but I do love it as a guest of a wedding dress (obviously not in white) So my new mission is to either find a dress identical to it or find someone who will make me this dress.

While looking through the designers stuff I found this dress which made me wish I was a little more trendy. Don't get me wrong I LOVE MY WEDDING DRESS ..I would wear it everyday if that wouldn't look completely rediculous.. But this is a fun modern dress. I couldn't ever pull it off but I do love it.

Both dresses are by Jason Wu and can be found at Net-A-Porter.com

Showers, Engagement Parties, and Wedding Bells

We have officially reached the age where everyone is either married, engaged, or getting engaged. I've been having a little post wedding blues but honestly I feel like J and I were kinda robbed. We were some of the first in our group to get married so we didn't have very many FUN parties and stuff. Most of our parties were hosted by our parents friends.. and as beautiful as they were we didn't really have the friend showers and such that alot of our friends are having.

But now that all our friends are catching the wedding bug I get to start shopping for fun cocktail and shower attire again and bust out some of my favorites from our wedding festivities. This weekend we have a shower for J's God-Brother and his cute little fiance (this couple is also our future neighbors) and at the same time we have an engagement party for another couple friend of ours. Which is all well and good but one is shower attire (which is hard enough with snow on the ground) and the other is cocktail attire. But we are going to attend both so I need a dress that transitions from dressy to cocktaily.

This is what I've come up with.. I bought this super cute Michael Kors shift dress earlier this year, that I'm yet to wear. It's very basic, but I loved it because of it's versatility (perfect for occasions such as this)

I've been on a mission to find some new FLAT boots to wear it with to the shower (since I got something all over my suede ones and now they are ruined) but that has been a fruitless effort.. so I'm thinking ballet flats, tights and a scarf for the shower. Then switching to my silver New Years pumps and some festive jewelry for the engagement party. 

So ready for spring.. dressing up is so much more fun when it isn't snowing out side.