Happy first day of Fall!  We're entering my absolute favorite time of the year and I couldn't be more excited.  Speaking of the start of fall, it's actually one of my favorite things about September.






Topping this month's list is, of course, the start of fall.  If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen this photo last week.  I love fall weather (aka boot weather).






I couldn't mention the return of fall weather without giving a shout-out to the return of everything pumpkin.  I do love that very first pumpkin latte of the season, although I usually hold off until the start of October.  I did buy some pumpkin butter at Trader Joe's the other day, just to kick off the pumpkin season.






September is also the month of my family's annual reunion.  This photo is from last year's gathering and I can't believe how much Katherine has grown.  It's always a fun time and it's one of the only times in the year when Katherine gets to see many of her Arkansas family members.





Last Tuesday, I went to get my hair cut and before I left the salon to come home, I sent Jason this photo.
Every time I go to get my hair cut I always get "just a trim," but this time I wanted a change.  With all of the changes going on around our house, I decided to be brave and go for it at the salon.  I cut off between 5-6 inches and I couldn't be happier with the new cut.





Since I have a new haircut, I went all out and bought a texture spray I had been eyeing.  I was using a drugstore brand of texture spray, just to try out the concept.  While the drugstore brand did the job, this Amika UnDone spray is so much lighter and smells great.  Adding some texture spray to my styled hair gives it so much body and helps the style last longer.

I'm so excited about fall and our Halloween costumes are already in the works.  Yes, costumes.  We are dressing up as a family again.   Details soon....

The original title of this post was going to be "Weekend Update," a super cute pun off of SNL's weekend update, but regretfully two whole weekends past without so much as a single sentence typed.  Oh well.  It's still Monday, right?

So, first thing's first.  We are moving.  (Insert long exhausted sigh here.)  Jason put in for a transfer at work a while back and it became official this month.  We got the call saying it was a done deal when we were literally on the road to Florida last month.  Jason's worked the same area at work for the past eleven and a half years and he decided it was time for a change.  He had actually been talking about transferring for years, but I was the one holding back.  I didn't like the idea of moving away from the city, and I liked working where I was working (when I worked), and I didn't want Jason's co-workers to think we were abandoning them, and ....yada yada yada.  But recently, I had to admit that leaving St. Louis county behind was what was best for our family.  So, we're putting our house on the market and heading out west.  This is going to be a painful process for me, as I dislike change and I hate moving.  Like, really hate it.  But, in the long run this is what is best for us and I'm looking forward to making new memories in a new house and in a new town.

As you can imagine, as soon as we got back from Florida I entered "clean out the house" mode.  I finally finished cleaning out the basement (and all closets and cabinets on the main level) and organized a yard sale, which we had last weekend.  I had high hopes that my revenue from the yard sale would help pay for professional movers, but alas, it went towards paying for a new water regulator and a plumber to install it.

In Katherine news, her little personality is shining through more and more each day.  She's so creative and imaginative.  She's also very good with words, and can tell when she doesn't have my full attention.  But in my defense, she'll say the same sentence over and over and over and get annoyed with me when I don't react with much enthusiasm on the fifth time she says the sentence.

She also doesn't like it when the TV show lineup on Disney Junior doesn't coincide with her personal preferences.  This happened when she found out Doc McStuffins was coming on next, instead of Little Einsteins:
She lives in a constant state of tragedy.  She was apparently planning a luau that served coffee while watching Little Einsteins, but instead her life was ruined.

Moving on.

I can't believe it's the middle of September already.  The pumpkin flavored goodies have burst onto the scene, and while I do love a good pumpkin flavored drink or pastry every now and then, it needs to actually be chilly outside before I can indulge.  Pumpkin lattes in the 80 degree weather just doesn't do it for me.

Now for a blog contradiction:  the Halloween scarves are now available in my Etsy shop!  While I may not have a pumpkin spiced frappe-latte-mocha yet, I will shop for Halloween accessories.

I'm getting ready for my first official craft show next month, so I've been busy working on extra products to have for the show, in addition to keeping the shop stocked.

Thanks for letting me ramble a little today, and have a great week!  

It's a fair assumption that I have fallen into a fashion slump since becoming a stay-at-home mother.  I would even go as far as to say that I'm a self-described frumpy mom some days.

I swore this would never happen to me, but here I sit wearing the mom uniform: sweatpants and t-shirt.

I was a fashion (double) major in college and worked retail for years following graduation, so I lived and breathed fashion for years and years.  I used to study fashion magazines and I could tell you what the trend would be for the upcoming season (or beyond).  Somewhere along the way, I've fallen into a rut of wearing whatever is most comfortable.  I don't have time to read fashion magazines anymore, and I can't remember the last time I went shopping.

Which brings me to the point of this post finally, getting out of the fashion rut that I seem to have fallen into.

I love resale shopping, and while St. Louis has a plethora of resales shops, I never find the time to go to them.  Plus, lately Katherine is a nightmare to try to shop with.  So you can imagine my excitement when I came across thredUP.  I'd read other bloggers' posts about thredUP and decided to give it a try.  It's basically an online consignment store (resale shopping from the comfort of my own home? yes please).

ThredUP carries womens (and maternity!) and childrens clothing at decent resale prices.  I got 15% off of my first order so I loaded up my virtual cart with all kinds of new-to-me items.  I even read up on current trends for fall (I know right?!).  In the end, I opted out of being extra trendy and stayed in my comfort zone.  But, at least I have some "new" things in my closet.

My order arrived promptly and in super cute packaging.  It's hard to believe the package came from a "resale" store and not a fancy online boutique.  My items were in great condition and exactly as they were described online.  With fall coming up, I'll probably shop for Katherine some cute new fall/winter clothes next.




You can also send them your items to sell, which I haven't done yet because I'm planning a yard sale and thought I'd just try to sell some things on my own first.  Plus based on the low prices of the items listed on thredUP, I doubt I'd get that much money (if any) for my items anyway.

While I still may dress a little more casual than I did before, I'm making progress in not dressing like a bum every single day.  My wardrobe may change now that I can resale shop from home.

Get $10 off of YOUR first and second orders from thredUP by clicking here: http://www.thredup.com/r/2R3EPR



UPDATE:  I had every intention of taking photos of me actually wearing the outfits from thredUP, but, like they say ain't nobody got time for that.  I did finally take some selfies of my new thredUP pieces.  Please excuse the dirty playroom mirror.

{J.Crew tank, Band of Gypsies floral top}

{Forever 21 tunic}

{J.Crew zip-up hoodie}

{GapFit capri pants}

{Loft dress}