WIWW

 THESE are what you get when you ask your son to take a pic and you've interrupted his video-gaming....

TOP - WHAT I'M WEARING:
Necklace/Choker in One - Burlington Coat Factory (MORE than just great coats)
Leopard Top - Fam Dolla (old)
Jeans - Maurices
Booties - Target
BLUR - Courtesy of my son

 What I'm wearing:
Top - Thrifted
Jeggings - Maurices
Booties - Garage Sale

I DO NOT think I'm a supermodel....these poses get weird (I KNOW all my WIWW girls and any blogger / social media poster feels my pain)

WHAT I'M WEARING:
Sunglasses - Fam Dolla
Necklace - Burlington Coat Factory
Top - Vintage and thrifted
Jeans - Burlington Coat Factory
Booties - Target
Pouf - Target
Purse - Vintage Louis

Er'one needs the requited fitting room selfie!! 

WHAT I'M WEARING:
Vest - Thrifted
Necklace - Thrifted
Floral Top - Ross
Jeggings - Maurices
Booties - Target

Where's YOUR fave place to shop??!

THRIFTY TUESDAY....CHANDELIER MAKE OVER on the CHEAP

I have this really (ugly) vintage (not cute) farmhouse style chandelier in my dining room....

While I'd LOVE to swap it out for something legit vintage that I love I am NOT DOWN with electrical lighting and wiring. SO I added a chandelier cord cover to the chain (I have an extra one for sale if anyone's interested)

The cord cover made it SLIGHTLY better....But I KNEW I was ditching the shades (ya know since one was missing and another was broken)

 

And I wanted to replace them with these really cool exposed bulbs....

 As you can see the bottom bulb is $14.50 @ theamazon as Totally Tikaa calls it! And the top one was around 9.00 per bulb I believe....so still not awful but def NOT thrifty!!

I found these bulbs on clearance at my local drugstore.... 

                                     Unique shape, 5 left and $1.40 each - SOLD!!!

(HARD to get a good pic of them lit)

 I am content with the outcome (for now). It def looks more updated and I didn't get electricuted in the process - I'm good with that!!

TRY IT THURSDAY DIY CHUNKY GOLD GLITTER PUMPKIN

These cooler mornings are giving me all the feels....for FALL!!!! I LOVE everything about it (except getting darker early - DO NOT LIKE THAT PART) the layers, sweaters, PSL er'thing, candles, leaves, apples, cider, fires....

Back in JULY I saw this display at my local @joannfabrics 

 

I am pretty smitten with ALL the pumpkins and know I could DIY most of them! First on the list was the white with the chunky gold glitter bottom.... 

I purchased my lil jack at Dollar Tree and had the chunky glitter from Targets Dolla spot last Christmas (I couldn't remember why I originally bought the chunky glitter UNTIL I was thinking about senior photos - that's what I bought it for).

 Got some wax paper, painted the bottom 1/3 of the pumpkin with white glue and sprinkled the chunky glitter on...

 

 I did this one morning BEFORE work and I felt so accomplished! I let sit to dry....and will be putting it on display NEXT WEEK (well I was holding out for September...tomorrow IS September 1st....).

Next on my list is the feather pumpkin!! What has been your FAVE FALL DIY that I should try?!?!

FOODIE FRIDAY - SHARK WEEK SNACKS

This year was the first year we've done (or TRIED to do Shark Week - my kids just weren't about it!!). Of course I LOVE a theme!! So I ran with it (with only a week of planning - well, perusing Pinterest).

SHARK FLOATS

 SUPER easy to make!! Blue Hawaiian Punch (about 2/3 of the glass) 7-up (about a third of the glass or you're ice cream won't fizz) and a scoop of vanilla ice cream...topped off with a gummy shark of course!!!

We borrowed Jaws from the library...CLASSIC Shark Week right?!?! The kids weren't impressed with the 1970's faux shark. I was startled at parts of it!! I don't think I've ever seen jaws in it's entirety until then. For the movie I made SHARK CHOW (popcorn, pretzel and cheddar goldfish and red, white and blue M&M's).

These were FINtastic  

(pun totally intended)

Shark Spoons (I blogged the how-to yesterday), Blue jello and cool whip - can't get much simpler than that!!

Do YOU participate in Shark Week?!?! If so, I'd love to know what you do so I can implement next year!!

TRY IT THURSDAY Shark Week Fin Spoons

I saw this CUTE Idea on Pinterest (thank goodness for Pinterest, where would we be creatively without it?!?!).

So here's the HOW TO on the spoons:

I'm super sorry Kilz....I KNOW this is NOT what you intended with your adhesive (VERY LARGE like 8 x 10 paint samples). The color was PERFECT (porpoise grey) and the adhesive part was the bomb.com

I just free-hand drew a shark fin (remember to FLIP the fin to make the spoons double sided). Cut, peel back your adhesive....

....stick your spoon down and press your other adhesive fin on top!

VIOLA!!! You now have a SHARK FIN SPOON!!!

The Cotton Candy jello was DEELISH and smelled even sweeter!! These jello cups were a HIT!!

WHAT I WORE WEDNESDAY WIWW

My favorite series as a blogger is WIWW (if you're unfamiliar it's What I Wore Wednesday and you can find it over at The Pleated Poppy http://thepleatedpoppy.com/2017/07/what-i-wore-189/ )

 What I'm wearing:
Vest - Maurices (I get SO MUCH WEAR out of this vest)
Statement Necklace - Walmart
T-Shirt - Target
Jeans - Maurices
Sandals - Maurices

MY BIRTHDAY Outfit

Statement Necklace - Chico's

Coffee and Mascara Tee - Maurices

Skirt - Maurices (still available on line in the clearance section)

Wedges - Aerosoles via Poshmark

What I'm Wearing:

Pineapple Tee - Target

Purse - Big Buddha via Burlington Coat Factory a few years ago 

(AND CHECK OUT THE RESEMBLANCE to Chanel's bag I just saw on Insta)

 

What I'm Wearing:

Hat - Fam Dolla

Top - K-Mart

Necklaces - Coach Skull, Pearls - Walmart

Wristlet - Maurices

Jeans - Maurices

Shoes - Madden Girl via the Thrift

 

And at the END of the day you'll find me in THESE!!!

Did YOU or the women in your family wear these?!?!?

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION The Big 4-0

I saw that on insta and thought it was too funny NOT to re-post!!! And add to my blog! In fact I Told my kids we should live every day like it's my birthday!!! Flowers, Treats, fun activities, visiting with friends and fam!! 

 

I came home from work the day before my birthday and my kids had a lil celebration set up for me...

(the next day MY ACTUAL Birthday was my sisters surprise house warming party)

I only get fragrance from VS

The MOST gorgeous bouquet I've seen!!!

My kids are pretty amazing (I KNOW every parent says that BUT it's true!! They got me the most thoughtful gifts, the funniest cards AND planned a surprise party for me (it wasn't a surprise housewarming party for my sister, it was a birthday party for me...the whole fam was in on it and my sister did the MOST AMAZING decorations - like seriously, she should be a party planner.  My mom did the three tier cake with fondant border and my parents provided the gorgeous floral back drop AKA their yard for the party. Everyone put in a lot of time, effort and dealt with my sadness about NOT having a party!!! THANK YOU doesn't even begin to cover it!!). 

My sister went to my Pinterest Board for inspiration and look how AWESOME she did!!!

I felt pretty special!!! When asked how I'm coping with 40, I'm good with it!! I don't feel 40 and I have a LOT of living left to do!! I think 40 is the new 30 (and I SWEAR I'm not saying that just because I'm part of the 40 Club!!).