mother's day gifts!!


If you are like 90% of America, you probably haven't gotten a Mother's Day gift for that special mom of yours.  If you are you reading this and thinking you have a week to worry about that, I have bad news for you...Mother's Day is SUNDAY!  If you are freaking out now, catch your breath and finish this post before burning that rubber.  To help you over your last minute hurdles, I have found some easy last minute gifts suitable for all most moms. 

Here is your Last Minute Mother's Day Gift Guide:

The Beach Mom

Clockwise: Sea Life Topped Bottles from Pottery Barn, Sailor Tote from Banyan Hippo on Etsy, Sunhat from Shopbop, Sail Away Cuff from Lilly Pulitzer, Fish Bowl from Pier 1

The Eclectic Mom 

Clockwise: MacKenzie-Childs flower market frame, A Perfectly Kept House is The Sign of a Misspent Life book from Anthropologie, flower measuring cups from Pier 1, Eclectic jewelry box from Pottery Barn, Castaway Ring from Max&Chloe



The Classic Mom 

Clockwise: Traveler's Jewelry Box at Pottery Barn, Bobble Stripe Scarf from GAP, kate spade clutch, Silver-plated locket frame at Pottery Barn

 The Working Mom (aka "The Vicki Gunvalson Mom")

Clockwise: Porcelain desktop clock at MoMA Store, Dooney & Bourke computer sleeve, Chip Paperclip holder at MoMA Store, Pavina porcelain travel mugs at Target, kate spade smartphone hard cover



I hope this is helpful to those tearing through the stores tomorrow!  Another good idea is filling a cute basket with lotions and bath goodies.  My mom personally loves that idea because she always claims "I don't buy that kind of stuff for myself.  I get the generic stuff."  Oh mom, you can still get good generic and inexpensive items, you just don't know what you are looking for (or you left your reading glasses at home again).  But I will keep that secret to myself and continue to let her think I use "all these spa products", as she would say.  I will also keep my fingers crossed that she missed this post. 

window shopping wednesday

So last week I pranced myself into work sporting a cute white Jackie-O jacket that I snagged from my mom's closet.  (We like to play dress up and swap clothes.  She gives me her stuff that is too narrow through the shoulders, I give her my stuff that is, well, too narrow.)   I made my usual path over to Meagan's desk to say good morning and check on baby bump.  While I was talking to her over the cubicle wall she kept giving me this funny look.  Finally she wheeled her chair around and bluntly asked, "what are you wearing?"  Oh, those pregnant women and their hormones.  I laughed and responded, "what? My mom gave it to me."  You would have thought she just solved a calculus formula by her oh-so-enlightening "Ooooh".  To which she followed up with, "yeah, you look like a mom."  Of course I told her that I liked that look but her only response was "I know you do." 

Apparently luck was on my side because before I had the chance to undo my wardrobe, newly wed Kate was photographed wearing the same jacket, but in black.  Of course I have plastered the picture all over Meagan's wall.  Just as I shall plaster it here.

photo courtesy of styleclone.com

Who's winning now, Meggers?  (She hates it when we call her that.)

Since this weekend is Mother's Day, I think it is fitting to pay tribute to those wonderful women in our lives.  I just so happened to come across to cutest little mom look in Target last Friday.  (I snuck in there after my hair appointment.  Yes, I did buy the cardigan and it is still riding around in my car waiting to be snuck in.)  This outfit with 2 blouse options and 2 shoe options would be perfect for your casual Sunday afternoon Mother's Day get together.

Clockwise: Anthropologie blouse, Target cardigan, Target top, J. CREW cropped pant, Forever21 gold leaf necklace, must have Bernardo sandal, Antonio Melani "Monte" wedge sandal at Dillards

For those who don't like mom looks, but still love an uber preppy look, here is another great option for an afternoon family get together.

Clockwise: vintage Tiffany & Co. earrings from ross-simons.com, eyelet top from Anthropologie, LaRoque shorts see shoplaroque.com, Lilly Pulitzer set in stone sandals, Lilly Pulitzer murfee scarf, Michael Kors "Daven" watch

I am barely getting this out by Wednesday, so there is no time for proofing.  Hope there aren't any drastic mistakes.  And, Happy Mother's Day!!

project weekend fantabulous

This weekend was nothing short of fantabulous.  It was so fantabulous that I must use a silly word like fantabulous to describe it.  We had a low key night Friday night with friends at The Bistro in Lexington, SC and then spent the rest of our weekend doing hobby work - just the two of us.  Well, John Eric had to work Saturday morning, but by the time I was awake he was home anyways, so I just pretend the work thing never happened.  Oh, I also managed to sneak in The Royal Wedding footage - you know I wasn't missing that.

I like to think that I am somewhat creative, not necessarily good at it, but creative none the less.  I enjoy having a project in my life at all times, which surprises me because I am no stranger to being lazy.  I also got lucky in the husband jack pot because John Eric enjoys a good project too.  It keeps us quiet and the bickering to a minimum, so that's probably the real reason he partakes in these silly tasks.

The projects at hand this weekend were thrift store revamps and getting John Eric familiar with a can of spray paint.  Lucky for me, he jumped on the paint bandwagon before I even had to start nagging.  I'm sure I nagged anyways.  Its one of the few things I'm good at.  Actually, John Eric seems to think I'm the gold medalist of nagging.  Anyways...I was so happy to wake up Saturday morning and find him painting the shutters and front door (like I asked for 2 months ago).  See...there went  a nag...in case you missed it.  So, I woke up as I was disrupted from my beauty sleep due to JE trying to accomplish this task, but that's not the point here.  The point is he got my shutters and front door painted in a beautiful, sleek black.  EEK!  It turned out awesome!  John Eric was overly ecstatic with the results as well.  I know this because he told me, and because I found 104 new pictures on my camera...all of the front door, front porch, and front of the home.  I guess he couldn't get his lighting right.