Exhausted

top: h&m (years old - similar - $15)  skirt: old navy (similar)  bracelet: francesca's

You would think based off how tired I am that I have never worked a full day in my life. 

So all I have for you today is a total outfit copy.

Oh, Sydney from the daybook. 

If only I could have your perfect top bun too . . .

. . . and if I thought I could do well my first day of school wearing heels like that.

Overall, the first day of school was a success. 

While I'm sure I'll have a few challenges this year, I will currently revel in the fact that I heard 

"Wow. This is the best class ever."

and

"Mrs. Vale is the nicest teacher I've had so far." 

and say that we started the year off on a good foot! 

(I shouldn't even tell you that I had to look up how to spell revel, as I wrote reveal the first time.  

Good thing I only teach third grade.)

Happy day before Friday!

See? Now I look forward to the weekends again too. 

Dear Lauren in Law,

 dress & necklace: old navy  shoes: target

I remember you wore your dress like this when I picked you up from the airport after your honeymoon.
I don't know why it took me this long to try it!

Thank you for doing so many fun things with me this last week. 

 Lake Geneva beach

Spending an afternoon on a boat

 A weekend in Wisconsin

Now I know that sometimes you think that I act too old and boring because I like to go to bed early and like to be home, but I'm pretty sure you have to give me some props for the last week.

I'm quite proud of myself for riding an ATV, attempting to knee board, tubing, riding a wave runner and jumping off a boat. 

Thank you for helping me embrace my young self.

And don't you want to win $20 in Starbucks gift cards, $15 to Target, a rosette necklace and lots of ad space?
Then make sure to enter my  July giveaway this week!

what I love wednesdays   pleated poppy

High Five for Friday

 dress: old navy  shoes: payless

1.  I got some great deals at Old Navy this week.  Thanks to a 40% off coupon I bought this dress for $8.
I also got a sweet pair of wedges for $4 and a sailboat shirt for $3.
 I'm sure I'll be sharing them next week!

2. New hat and new sunglasses. 

I think I look way cooler than I probably should feel in this picture.

Please don't tell me otherwise.  I rarely feel cool.

3.  Things don't always turn out.
First time - success.  Second time - fail.

Baking failures like this used to make me cry.  Maybe I'm growing up!
And let's not even talk about how desperately I need a new baking pan.

4.  I finally feel like I had a fun week of summer.
After a really rough June, it was nice to relax and actually do things.
I spent Wednesday in Lake Geneva and had such a great time.

Sunglasses, fedora hat and a boat?  Seriously, this may be the coolest I've felt.
#probablyshoudfeelembarrassed

5.  Was that an appropriate use of a hashtag? I still don't really understand twitter.
 But want to follow me anyways?

@4laurenlauren

That might actually make me feel cool too.

Hope you have a great weekend!

High Five for Friday

It's OK

 

dress: target  shoes: payless

It's OK that this dress is most likely a beach cover-up but I wear it as a real dress.

It's OK that when I wore this on vacation in Mexico, 

I sat next to a woman in her 50's wearing the same dress.

 shirt: target  skirt: Old Navy

It's OK that I feel like I belong on the set of Little House on the Prairie in this skirt.
I can't decide if I should keep it. Be honest.
 A little too Laura Ingalls Wilder?

It's OK that I had a dream the other day that I had a meeting with my students' parents to wrap up the school year and at the end, one of them stood up and said that I was the best teacher in the world and then everyone clapped and cheered.
Wishful thinking.

It's OK that my toes currently look like this:

It's OK that I heard an Avril Lavigne song on the radio the other day and realized that was the first and one of the only CDs I've ever purchased.



It's OK that I was at the store Discovery the other day and the fact that you can't try on their clothes didn't stop me from trying to put a romper on under the dress I was wearing.
Flashing your underwear to an employee = NOT OK.

Linking up to:

It's OK Thursday

Back Yard BBQ Link Up

Dear Lauren,

 skirt: old navy ($8)  shoes: old navy ($1)  shirt: loft  ($8)  necklace: ?

Aren't you happy that we bought the same skirt on the same day in two different Old Navy's, one in Illinois and one in Vermont without even knowing it? 

And aren't you so happy that now we can copy Kristin Cavallari? 

I'm sure she spent a lot more money on her skirt then we did.  

I just forgot my sunglasses in my picture.  

Can you believe that I just reached 500 followers?  I'm still pretty shocked that anyone besides you and Lauren and mom read my blog.  

And not that I want summer to go any faster, but I am pretty excited that in 4 weeks we get to see you and your sweet family to go camping together for a week! 

I love you Lauren!

Love,