Look For Less

I've been seeing these loafers everywhere. They almost resemble bedroom slippers but I love them. What I don't love? The $150+ price tag that accompanies them. I'm all for a pair of fashion forward loafers but don't want to spend that much on something I'll probably just wear once or twice and then will get buried somewhere at the bottom of my closet You can either own these pair of Darby Loafers from J.Crew or these spotted suedette loafers from Forever 21. I ordered a pair of the F21 ones for myself this morning :-)

Pinnable Me: Fancy Baubles

What girl doesn't love shiny pretty jewelry? I'm sure most of our husbands/fiancees/boyfriends wish that we didn't love them so much. For this Pinnable Me Friday, I'm linking up once again with Paw Prints & Pastry Bags to bring you some pretty baubles that this girl would love to have sitting on one of her fingers.

"Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles" -Sonja Henie

Source: blog.simongjewelry.com via Brittany on Pinterest

Source: weddingbee.com via Brittany on Pinterest

Source: simongjewelry.com via Brittany on Pinterest

Source: satomikawakita.com via Brittany on Pinterest

Source: None via Brittany on Pinterest

What I'm Playing Thursday

I'm linking up again with We're Just Like You Only Prettier for What I'm Playing Thursday! This Thursday I'm putting up some of my favorite country songs (the slow sappy kind). My husband tells me I'm a true redneck since I love both country and rap music. I think I just have awesome musical tastes. Enjoy!

Chris Cagle "Look At What I've Done To Her"

Jason Aldean "Do You Wish It Was Me"

Garth Brooks "More Than A Memory"

Kenny Chesney "Me and You"

Gary Allan "Songs About Rain"

Keith Urban "You'll Think Of Me"

What I'm Loving Wednesday

Sweater + Skirt

Walking for Boobies

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so on October 1, I participated in the Walk for Life in Columbia. The husband and other friends ran, but this girl doesn't run. I walked along with my pregnant friend Andrea (who doesn't even look pregnant yet and is 4 months along) and another sweet friend Stephanie who has 3 of the cutest children I've ever seen.

Breast Cancer is:

1. The most common cancer in women, no matter your race or ethnicity (in the US)

2. In 2007: 202,964 women in the US were diagnosed with breast cancer (source)

Make sure that you are doing monthly self exams as well as visiting your doctor yearly. Let them know your family history of breast cancer so that they will know when to start mammograms.

Gamecocks vs. Tigers (the Auburn kind)

Y'all, I have to confess something. My Gamecocks losing puts me in a funk. A non picture taking funk. These are my mom's pictures. My camera cord is at work, I'm not, and to be honest, I only took like 5 pictures, and only 2 of them have people in them. I'll add another tomorrow of the husband that was only on my camera. Carolina lost to Auburn. AGAIN. One of the worst games I've ever been to was the SEC Championship game last year where Carolina was STOMPED on by Auburn. I'm seeing a pattern here. I'm going to use this week to get over Carolina's loss (We have no quarterback) and stay hopeful for this coming weekend's game against the Kentucky Wildcats. (My baby brother, he's 21, will be in town from college in NYC to go to the game with us) I'm linking up with The Belles of Saturday to bring y'all my few tailgating pics from Saturday's game.

On a better note, Saturday's game was the Wounded Warrior Project game. The team wears uniforms with camouflage in them (even though the SEC made us change our jerseys because the couldn't see the numbers well enough) and the uniforms are donated to be auctioned off with the proceeds benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project. It was nice to have some of those soldiers who have dedicated their lives to serving our country there to be honored at halftime. I'm so grateful for those who feel a call to serve our nation and keep us safe at home.

Baby Magrath

I absolutely LOVE babies! I especially love meeting all of the new little bundles of joy that my friends have been having lately. Insert George Nathaniel Magrath IV (better known as Rowe)The husband and I went over to meet baby Rowe last Monday and to bring his parent's dinner. His daddy is in residency with my husband and his mommy has become a good friend of mine since our husband's also went to medical school together. She looked amazing by the way. Yep, that's right, Ashley had just given birth to baby Rowe a week and a half before. And she looks like that! I can only hope to look half as good as she did when I'm pregnant. He was such a sweet baby and only cried at the very end (I assume because he knew I was leaving and didn't want me to go :-) ) Welcome to the world Rowe!