Scenes From Our Weekend

We had another jam packed weekend but it was so fun.   The weekends are flying by hard to believe its only 4 weekends til my due date.  I am getting so excited but also freaking out a bit. 

Friday Night we had a couples date with three of our best friends at Xiao Bao Biscuit.  It was so fun and nice to get out and have adult time.  We don't do couples date nights often enough.  We had incredible eats and such a lovely night.

I wore my Phillip Lim for Target Leopard print dress.  Ladies this dress is awesome if you are pregnant although I am sure it is cute not pregnant too.  It is still available online HERE and it is on clearance for $20,  grab it while you can!  At this point in my pregnancy there is really no hiding this massive bump so I figure I better flaunt it while I got it!  Kind of loving using the nursery for my new selfies.

 If you ever go to Xiao Bao Biscuit, you must get the cabbage pancake- loaded with a fried egg, bacon, and pork candy.  It is so good I dream about it.

Saturday was my Sprinkle for baby girl! I have the most amazing friends who showed up to shower me and the baby with lots of love and precious gifts.  I feel so blessed.  I have to give Sarah at Social Dress Shop mad props, the original dress I picked out didn't come in the mail in time for the shower so she drove a few dresses to my sisters house for her to drive down to me.  That is a good friend and good business owner.  If you are pregnant and need a dress for a special occasion, The Line and Dot dress I wore is perfection.  My sister tried it on too and it was cute not pregnant as well- plus its onsale right now:)  I highly recommend it, black and white is always such a classic combo.

I wore: 

Line and Dot Dress |  Loren Hope Necklace | Tory Burch Emmy Flats | K Slademade Clutch

 

My mom let me borrow a few of her bracelets for the shower that I am now obsessed with.  I am thinking they would be a great push present:)  I love that you can layer them together or with other bracelets.  I am not a huge jewelry person but these are some of my favorite bracelets!

|| CHARRIOL NATUTICAL CABLE DIAMOND BRACELETS ||

My mom and sister came down for the weekend and I was so glad they could come to my sprinkle. My sister wore one of the the dresses Sarah sent me that sadly I could not squeeze my belly in.  It looked amazing on her, the perfect little shift dress.   On Taylor:

Amanda Uprichard Mod Shift Dress | Loren Hope Necklace

Here is a group shot from the shower, love my friends so much!

Sunday we hit up the Butcher and Bee for lunch and had the most amazing fries covered in blue cheese and arugula. 

Then we hit up the Outlets.  Sterling and his cousin Finley are too precious together.  I love seeing them bond!

The nursery is finally almost done, my rocking chair is recovered and ready to be picked up this week and my light fixture is en route,  then I am done.  I can't wait for the final reveal!  This weekend my knobs for our dresser finally came, they were back-ordered, but so worth the wait.  If you need brass pulls check out these from Anthropologie!  They really transformed the dresser (it had old wooden knobs before).
Streamline Brass Knob

That is all I have for today!  Happy Monday.  I am off to spend the morning with my mom and sister before they head out of town this afternoon!

Weekend Style Files: The Fitted Mini Skirt

I am huge fan of the fitted mini skirt.  I have about 5 that I rotate between and love.  They have really come in handy this pregnancy because I can just wear them under my belly and they still fit.
  I think you do have to be careful what you pair with a fitted mini though, because it has the potential to look trashy.  I would not suggest a tight fitted shirt with a tight fitted skirt, too much tightness and body clinging for me.  I love a mini skirt paired with a loose blouse, tee, or sweater.  It is nice to kind of have your behind covered if you know what I mean.  It is a chic look that is comfy too.  This pregnancy I have rocked my mini skirts often:

The stretchy ones like I own are perfect pregnant and not.   The top one and bottom ones are old and no longer available.  The middle one is T By Alexander Wang and I love it.  I will say when buying a fitted mini to go up in size most times.  I more often than not wear a medium in these types of skirts because who wants to see your underwear peeking thru?  I rounded up my top 11 picks for a fitted mini skirt.  I included several black options because they are easiest to wear and pair tops with.   You always have way more options with black!  I own two black minis that I love.  Chassity owns The Free People one and it looks awesome on her and is such a great price.  I have my eye on the David Lerner one next.  For Fall I would wear a mini paired with a loose tee and leather jacket like the second picture.  I highly suggest you give the fitted mini a try even if you were intimidated by it before!
 

Rutherford Papers: Check It Out + $75 Giveaway

If you are like me and love paper products then you will love the Rutherford Papers website.  It is filled with pretty invites, announcements, holiday cards,  notepads, address stamps, and so many other cute gifts!  I could browse all day at that kind of stuff.  I am a sucker for pretty invites and stationary.  

Mandy, the owner was sweet enough to send me two sample products and I am smitten with them both.    I choose the acrylic recipe box because I have wanted one forever.   I love keeping all my recipes organized and in one place.  I have it sitting on the shelve in our kitchen and just looking at makes me happy.  It would be such a great shower or Christmas gift for someone and right now they are 20% off!

 It even comes filled with adorable monogrammed recipe cards.  I am already putting mine to good use!  (Patty this is your recipe my mom passed along to me)!

I choose the pink pineapple design because I loved it, but there are so many other great options- you can see them all HERE.

I also choose a new address stamp because with Christmas and this baby's arrival right around the corner I am going to have alot of cards/annoucements to mail.  I choose the links stamp, but you can view all the fabulous stamps HERE.

There are so many other amazing options on their site as well.  I am loving all the Christmas Cards and the green and red acrylic tray.  It would be so cute at the Holidays with cocktails set out on it.  Also adore the dinosaur stationary for Sterling!  The melamine plates by Scout and Avery are awesome and kid friendly since they can't break!  And best part almost everything is 20% off right now.

Monogrammed ice bucket / Bamboo Brown Recipe Box | Rutherford Papers / Paper tray / Leopard Notepads | Rutherford Papers / Tech accessory / Letterpress Chain Link Photocard | Rutherford Papers / Banner Merry Merry Tags | Rutherford Papers / Dino-Mite Flat Card | Rutherford Papers / Wreath Monogram Invitation | Rutherford Papers / Anchors Navy Plate | Rutherford Papers

Rutherford Papers was generous enough to offer one of my readers a $75 gift card to use towards anything on their site!  You have til Sunday at midnight to enter.  All you need to do is visit the Rutherford Papers website and  leave a comment telling me what you would use the $75 towards!  Don't forget to leave your email address so we can contact you if you win!

Happy Shopping and Happy Friday!
xoxo

 

Blog Sale: Shirts and Blouses

I can't stop nesting and cleaning out every corner of our house!  I finally tackled cleaning and organizing our other closet last weekend while Matt was off fishing. So here is round two of blog sale, it is all shirts and blouses. Everything is in excellent condition unless otherwise noted.  Shipping is $5,  email me at nataliemason24@yahoo.com if you are interested first come first serve! 

JUICY COUTURE TURTLENECK TUNIC

SIZE= SMALL
50% MERINO WOOL/50% CASHMERE

$50

SOLD

JCREW FLORAL BLOUSE

Size= 4

$65

SOLD

BANANA REPUBLIC ORANGE SILK BLOUSE

Size= Small

 $25
SOLD

BANANA REPUBLIC BLUE SILK BLOUSE

Size=4

$25
SOLD

TRACEY REESE BEADED TUNIC/DRESS

Size=6, would easily fit a size 4

$80, retailed for $400

Shipping is more for this item because it is heavier with the beading- $8

I wore this with jeans one New Years Eve and it is super cute, on someone shorter you could probably pull this off as a dress.  It is lined with a slip.

 MISS DAVENPORTE SILK BLOUSE

scalloped edges and buttons up back.  I wore a camisole under this because it is a bit short but would be perfect with all the high waisted jeans.

Size= 4

$50

 

REBECCA TAYLOR CROCODILE PRINTED LONG SLEEVE TEE

Size= Small

$40

SOLD

REBECCA TAYLOR BEADED BLOUSE

Size= 4

$70
SOLD

FRENCH CONNECTION NAVY/WHITE STRIPED TANK TOP

SIZE= SMALL

never worn

$25

FOREVER 21 PETER PAN COLLAR BLOUSE

SIZE= SMALL

$20
SOLD

REBECCA TAYLOR PURPLE ROSETTE SILK TANK

SIZE= 4

$65
SOLD

TAHARI LEOPARD DRAPE CARDIGAN

SIZE= SMALL

$50

SOLD

GEMMA SILK BLOUSE 
SIZE= SMALL
$45

SPLENDID LACE DETAIL LONG SLEEVE TEE
SIZE= SMALL
Great with leggings because it is longer
$25
SOLD

VELVET TUNIC
bubble hem bottom.  knit top, silk bottom half

SIZE=SMALL
$40

REBECCA TAYLOR LACE/SNAKESKIN BLOUSE
Size= 0 fits more like a 2/4 loose fit
$65

Dressing The Bump: Stripes + Poncho

I am almost nine months pregnant and lets be real it is getting very hard to find outfits that fit and still look cute when I am this large.  I was pretty proud of myself this week when I put this outfit together.  It was cute and comfortable plus I think it would be adorable not pregnant too, I know I would wear it not pregnant.

My dress is from Old Navy last year and the sweater poncho is Vince.  I decided to round up a few options for you to recreate this look on your own!

My same dress is no longer available but there are some awesome similar stripped options out there that are reasonably priced too.  

||Striped Dresses|| 

My Poncho is by Vince and I am obsessed with it.  It is equally as cute with jeans and leggings.  I am loving a poncho this Fall.   It is currently onsale at Nordstrom for 40% off.  I have a size small for those curious it runs big.  It is also available in black on Neiman Marcus Last Call for an even better price HERE
VINCE SWEATER PONCHO

I rounded up a few other options for you.  Vince has a new Poncho version out for Fall, it is pricey but it is part of the Saks Friend and Family Sale so you can get 25% off.  Still loving the Gap cape version as well and the Rachel Pally is part of ShopBop Friends and Family so you can get 25% off with code INFAMILY25.
|| Ponchos ||

And in case you are curious what shoes I wore with my outfit.  I paired it with my Madewell D'Orsay flats which I adore.  They are so versatile and so cute!  I own the gray pair but love the black/tan as well!  They run pretty true to size as I have a 9.
|| Madewell D'Orsay Flats ||

xoxo

NapTime = Shopbop Friends and Family Time

Dear Shopbop, stop running sales because I spend way too much time browsing your site. If you don't have time to browse I did the looking for you, I rounded up a few of my lust list items from the Shopbop site. I own the BB Dakota Dress and the House of Harlow Necklaces and love them- they are a steal at 25% off. I may or may not have ordered the coated leggings finally!   I heard David Lerner leggings are the shiz.  There are so many great deals. Happy shopping!
Just scroll thru to see my picks below.  Such a good time to buy those big ticket items you have been eyeing!