Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Randoms and Dresses

 - Thanks for all your sweet comments on my closet tour.  I was a lil iffy on doing it because I don't want that perception but yall made me feel better, ha! 

 - On shoes - I have them in two big baskets at the bottom of my closet.  I've tried the racks and stands and those just didn't work for me. 

 - On bigger closets to come...I tease Kevin that if our real home has more than 4 bedrooms, one of them will be my closet and I will have a dream closet like you see on TV and in magazines.  We can all dream, right?!

 - Yesterday, my parents went to my Dad's Rotary club and they filled 500 backpacks for kids in their community for back to school.  How awesome is that?!
 - So I have a question....what do all of these dresses have in common?





Take a guess and I'll tell yall tomorrow!  ;)

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Closet Tour

After I posted my condo tour the other day, Glitterista suggested that I do a closet tour. I figured this could be done but I didn't want it to look like I was trying to showcase my condo or closet with either of these tours. The only reason I had pictures of my condo is because of it being put up for sale. And the only reason I am taking pictures of my disasterous closet is because I thought it would be fun. And those are the only reasons my friends.
Okay so before I start this lil tour, please keep in mind that I have no space in my condo whatsoever and I've really grown out of it, physically. I mean it's crazy at this point. So my closet is on the left. It's about 5' x 5'. Kinda sorta walk in but not when you have bags behind the door!
When you first walk in and look up, you see some additional racking that my Dad installed so I'd have more room. Those are holiday decorations up top, then one shelf down is my Vera hanging bag, jeans, cords, kickball and extra sheets and towels in the bin.
On the left side up top are two big bags full of winter clothes (yes I have to alternate out twice a year) and more Christmas decorations. I think one of those bags is full of shoes too. Second shelf down is actually more organized than it looks. Far left are my fancier tanks then tanks for running, then shorts, then beach towels and a transitional few sweaters. My ironing pile is on top of my shorts!
Then below that shelf are all my dresses.
Straight ahead are all my tops organized by type. From the far left are short sleeve tees, sleeveless tops that need to hang, Jackie Cardigan shells, Jackie Cardigans (excessive number) then my collared shirts.
Below all of my tops are my bottoms - pants on the left, skirts on the right. And you can see that I store my shoes in two big bins. One bin for extra nice shoes, one bin for flops! And my pool/beach bag is on the far right.
On the back of my closet door, I have this rack that my brother gave me awhile ago that I hang some of my purses on.
So as you can see, my closet is packed out and needs serious help. Actually I just need a bigger closet then I'd be set. I've seriously tried my best to organize and I just don't know how to make it better with what I've got. Things are stored in every inch of it.
Helllooooooo new house! One day! Until then, I'll survive! :) Okay now yall should do house and closet tours so we can see where you live!

Monday, August 15, 2011

Dinners, Pool Party, Going Away Party

On Friday night Kevin picked me up from work and we headed down to meet his parents and brother for dinner at Cantina 1511.  It was tasty mexican as always!

Saturday morning I got up early for a run.  Ended up getting 8 miles in so that was good.  I had bought some new gear on Friday at lunch and it worked perfectly.  I got an under armour tank and compression shorts.  They were so much cooler and really helped.  The blisters on my feet on the other hand were not so hot.  I wore really old shoes (I know, not good) because the ones that were "fit to me and my running style" made me not able to walk!  Once my blisters are better, I will go get new shoes, promise!
That afternoon, the Avenue had a pool party with a band and hamburgers and hot dogs.  It was fun to socialize with all of our neighbors!

We went up early to get ready for dinner with Kevin's parents and another couple at Ruth's Chris.  They were all downtown for the Panthers game that night!  It was an amazing meal!

After that we went to Strike City for a going away party for one of our neighbors who is moving to Canada for work.  Charles is the guy with his arms raised.  Such a nice guy.  We're going to miss him!

After everyone else left Strike, some of us went over to Mortimer's and ended up seeing a bunch of Kevin's guys from the bank and some other friends.  We hung out for a bit there then headed home. 
Yesterday we laid pretty low.  I walked to the grocery store at one point but otherwise we really didn't do much.  It was a recovery day haha!  We watched the CMA Fest last night....did anyone else?!  I was disappointed Carrie wasn't there but loved seeing everyone else perform.

What was the best part of your weekend?

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Preppy Cards

Have yall heard of Preppy Cards?  They make the cutest lil cards ever. 

They make flat note cards, folded note cards, announcements, gift enclosures, invitations, you name it, they can do it!  You can pick any of the images (out of numerous collections) to put on your card and add your monogram if you'd like free of charge!  Palm Beach Collection...beachy is always up my alley!








And how about any of these little wedding figures on a notecard?  Super fun for shower thank you's, right?!  Personally I like the dress!






You can never go wrong with a shoe collection!  Check out the Jacks, Hunter boots and boat shoes!

Go on their website here and look how cute they are once you put them on a card!  Love!  So many options!