Dress With Textured Tights

Ever have those days where you just feel like dressing up? Well, I do sometimes! I have the luxury of working from home so that means there is a lot of comfy attire that happens. This day, I decided I was actually going to get dolled-up! I wore this dress previously on Thanksgiving, you can see how I styled it, here. This time, I decided to pair it with mostly gray accessories instead of black. I love these textured tights. They are almost like a sweater material, so even though they expose a little skin, they are still warm. When I had to run errands for work, I topped off my outfit with my houndstooth coat. The silk scarf you see tied onto my purse was one of the things I inherited from my Grandma Shirley. It's too short to wear around my neck and I don't wear them on my head, so I decided to add a big bow accent to my purse. This was perfect and I love that it's still neutral and goes with anything!

Houndstooth Coat: JCP, gift

Teal Dress: H&M, $12.95

Gray Cardigan: Target, $17.99

Gray Textured Tights: Walmart (I think they are the George brand)

Gray Boots: Target, $29.99, old

Black Purse: NY&Co., $25, sale

Jewelry: Target, Forever 21, Kohl's

Silk scarf: gift

A Little Peek at NYE & Chambray + Bling

Hello! So, is it just me or has this first week of 2014 just flown by? I can't believe it is already the 8th! And I will admit, today was the first day I wore any makeup at all! (& it was very minimal) Like, what? Who am I and where did Courtney go? I love makeup, a lot! I know it's good to take a break every now and then but that's a crazy long break for me! Anyways, I didn't take any outfit pictures on NYE but I will share some photos of my night and you can at least see the top I wore! It's gorgeous! Also, I am back to being a BRUNETTE!!!!!! Can I get a hallelujah? Or an amen? :) Being a redhead was fun while it lasted, but because it wasn't what I wanted, I couldn't wait to get rid of it! So, I'm thankful that this time around, it turned out how I wanted. Also, I'm going to share my outfit that I wore on New Year's Day, out to dinner with my family before my sister and I headed back to Nashville. I know that might be cramming it, but I need to be caught up on here and this is my last outfit I have pictures of! So, here we go!

NYE was so much fun. Just a simple night but spent with my faves! My top was the prettiest blush pink (my new favorite color, if you can't tell!). It had pearls and rhinestones on the collar which might be hard to see in the photos. The top is from Kohl's, Candies $16.99. Also, I wore gold sparkly shoes- which got cut off thanks to a male friend taking the photo! They don't get what we mean when we say "full-body". 

A mirror selfie, just to show my jacket & purse!

Oh, this woman<3

Chambray: Burlington Coat Factory, old

Gray/Black Striped Skirt: Forever 21, only $6.80

Black Boots: Target, clearance/old

Sparkly Necklace: BaubleBar, gift

Well, the start to 2014 has been a good one. Laid back and busy at the same time. I also cannot believe I turn 26 in 2 WEEKS! Ahhhh! I just looked at the calendar and realized my birthday is exactly 2 weeks away! I love birthdays, but I've not been very welcoming of this one. I think it's because I will officially be on the other side of my twenties, closer to 30! Sometimes, I feel like I'm still 16 and wonder how I got here! :)

Hope y'all are having a wonderful start to 2014!<3

Red Skinnies & Black Boots

Hey y'all! So the day after Christmas, is just as crazy as the last few days before Christmas. People are out returning things and spending gift cards/money they got for Christmas. Stores do have awesome sales going on, trying to get rid of inventory by the end of the year because their Spring items will be in stores very soon. I went shopping with my best friend Marissa. After shopping we had dinner & drinks at TGI Friday's and had the best time! We giggled like we were back in high school. :) Laughter really is the best medicine! After that, we headed back to our town and went to one of the local bars and got to hang out with so many of our friends. Once the bar closed, we headed to a friends house to play card games and just hang out. So much fun, I'm truly blessed to still be close with my friends I grew up with! Anyways, here's my outfit from that day!

Black Jacket: A'Gaci

Cream Sweater: Old Navy

Floral Scarf: Walmart

Red Skinnies: Walmart

Black Boots: Target

Black Purse: NY&Co.

Gold Watch: Target

Little Gold Heart Necklace: Kohl's, LC|Lauren Conrad

My mamma's front porch was just the cutest! Our home was featured in our town's Christmas Historical Home Tour this year. (Our house is over 100 years old) So I had to get pictures taken on it at least once!

Do you guys do any shopping and/or returning the day after Christmas?

Thanksgiving 2013

Hi lovelies! Hope y'all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  My sister and I closed up shop so we could travel up to Ohio for our mom's side Thanksgiving. We also got to see all of our friends at our hometown bar!  Always good when you get to catch up with everyone. Then we traveled back to Nashville on Friday because our dad's side Thanksgiving was earlier today. My sister and I also held a baby shower for our cousin at our house today too. We've been super busy lately, we are exhausted. With Christmas coming up, there's no slowing down either! Blessed to busy though! Also, my sister and I decided to "honey-dip" our hair, late last Thursday night. Well... mine turned auburn. Luckily we were able to get it to a shade I was okay with keeping. (Only took THREE tries!) First try, I looked like carrot top- not a good look! I won't be keeping this look, though friends & family say they like it a lot, but it's just not what I was going for! So here's my lighter look & also posted my Thanksgiving day outfit.

Scarf: Old Navy

Teal Dress: H&M, $12.95

Dot Tights: KMart, $6.99

Boots: Target, clearance $8.48, last year

Cardigan: Target, $17.99

Black Purse: NY&Co., $23 sale

Gold Watch: Target, $19.99

Bow Ring: Forever 21, $1.80

Love my family<3

Typical Fall Outfit

This outfit is actually from a month ago! I never got around to posting it, so since I can't sleep I decided to look through pictures from my mom's visit in October and found these! Oops! Better late than never I guess. This day was a perfect fall day. We went to lunch and shopping at several antique malls, so an easy, typical fall outfit was my go to! Who doesn't love scarves & boots? If you don't, we probably couldn't be friends! :)

This is Bella, my sister's dog! She is the sweetest thing ever!

Leather Jacket: LC|Lauren Conrad, Kohl's, $28 (early bird sale + employee discount)

3/4 Sleeve Teal Top: Walmart, $7.94

Scarf: Target, gift (they usually run about $15)

Jeans: LC|Lauren Conrad, Kohl's, $11 (clearance + coupon)

Boots: Target, $29.99

Cross-body Purse: Walmart, $9 (clearance)

Gold Watch: Target, $19.99

Cobalt & Grey

Last Thursday, I had the honor of going to The Southern Coterie Summit Sessions held in Nashville. I went with my sister (who I work for). She wanted me to get more familiar with her world and it was so fun! I learned a lot and met a lot of wonderful ladies that are right here in the Nashville area. All morning/afternoon we listened to several different speakers on various topics and got to try all kinds of goodies. Then for the evening portion, we had Cocktails & Conversation that was held at the Southern Living Idea House. We got to tour it all- gorgeous! Also got to meet the Editor in Chief of Southern Living, Lindsay Bierman! Super cool! Anyways, during the day I wore a ruffled purple tank with a light purple cardigan, dark skinnies, and nude flats. You didn't have to change for the evening portion but we did and so did most everyone else since we were having "cocktail hour". I now love love love cobalt blue with grey. I need to come up with more of this combination because I just love how the bright blue pops!

Cobalt Dress: A'Gaci, $27.90

Grey Cardigan: Target, $17.99

Dark Grey Boots: Target, $29.99, old

Silver/Clear Chunk Necklace: NY&Co., sale $11.99, old

Hot Pink Jeans on a Dreary Day

I wore this outfit yesterday to church, out to lunch and out to my step-sister's house. It's been so gloomy here with all the snow. It's not much snow so you can still see the grass through it, and the mud, yuck! I'm now ready for Spring! We've had snow enough this winter to last me until next! I love colored jeans and happy they've hung around as long as they have! It's fun to wear such bold colors during the winter but anything to get you out of your winter blues, go for it!

Chambray Button-up: Burlington Coat Factory, $14.99

Pink Jeans: Wet Seal, $9 clearance

Boots: Target, $29.99

Leopard Scarf: Hobby Lobby, $4, Used a 40% coupon

Watch: Walmart, $10.48