Casual Friday Link Up & Winner

{Stella & Dot winner below}

Can we say happy 

girl for cooler weather? 

All together now...happy girl. 

Totally pullin' off the PTA mom look this week, 

Imma be shufflin' too many little humans around to wear a dress 

So a cardi it is...

 

 

(cardi, tank & shoes:Target, jeans:Miss Me's, sunnies:Kate Spade, earrings:Heiress Hoops, necklace:Soar, necklace:Rebel Pendant, bracelets l to r:Kalahari Bangle, Tribute, Devi Bangles, Renegade Cluster)

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Who's is gonna be??

Toujours Bracelet

Shanna from Because Shanna Said So is the winner!!

BIG congrats to you!!

SO excited for this weeks link up, love seeing what you guys have!

As always, Thanks to ALL of you who linked up this past week! You all sure know how to rock a girls world ;)

 Now, onward with the rules for linking up, easy peasy:

1. Be a follower of the blog (there are lot's of ways, via GoogleFriendConnect, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Email, etc., hey you can follow me on Pinterest too!)

2. Link to your specific post, not your main blog page, and any post goes, whatever makes you be you.

3. Please link back here so all of the casual business makes sense, I even have a rockin' button on the sidebar!
4. Check out others links! We all know we dig followers and comments on our post we work so hard on, it's just cool to play nice. And you never know what other awesome blogs you will find!    

 

Wednesday's Wear

wear.

mixing colors

patterns

textures

and style.

And boots. Yeah, this fall thing better happen soon...

 

 

(dress:F21, socks:Target, boots:DSW, bag & sunnies:Kate Spade, earrings:Heiress Hoops, necklace:Olivia Bib, bracelets l to r:Kalahari Bangle, Renegade Cluster, Devi Bangles) 

 Have you seen my Stella & Dot giveaway on the Casual Friday Link Up?? 

Check it out HERE! 

 

Casual Friday Link Up & Stella&Dot Giveaway

{scroll down for the giveaway} 

I LOVE these days. 

Pants and boots days. 

Jeans and short sleeved shirt days. 

Cool but still wear your sunnies days. 

Your offspring asking if you are going to go ride a horse because of your boots days. 

 Just fabulous....

(shirt:F21, tank:American Eagle, pants:Target, boots:DSW, sunnies:Kate Spade, earrings:Heiress Hoops, necklace:Soar, bracelets left to right:Devi Bangles, Foundation Bracelet, Tribute, Renegade Cluster )

What are you loving right now?

Fall is starting and this IS the best time of year.

What else am I loving?? 

This FABULOUS Stella&Dot Bracelet I am giving away.

 

Toujours Bracelet

I luv me some giveaways... So how to you enter?

Well, it's quite easy.

This is a link up sooooo....
1. Link up whatever post you have (you must follow the link up rules)
2. Follow me via GoogleFriendConnect, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Email,  and Pinterest too.
3. Comment telling me you have linked up and how you follow, the more follows, the more entries per person. So thats at least 6 times you can enter?!?! Heck yes!

 I will have the winner posted in next weeks link up, good luck ;)

Who's ready for a little party??

As always, Thanks to ALL of you who linked uo this past week! You all sure know how to rock a girls world ;)

 Now, onward with the rules for linking up, easy peasy:

1. Be a follower of the blog (there are lot's of ways, via GoogleFriendConnect, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Email, etc., hey you can follow me on Pinterest too!)

2. Link to your specific post, not your main blog page, and any post goes, whatever makes you be you.

3. Please link back here so all of the casual business makes sense, I even have a rockin' button on the sidebar!
4. Check out others links! We all know we dig followers and comments on our post we work so hard on, it's just cool to play nice. And you never know what other awesome blogs you will find!    

Homemade Cinnamon Granola

One of our school friends, Angela, 

had posted a picture of her homemade

granola on facebook the other day.

Not only did it look deeeelish, she had mentioned

how wonderful it smelled

Sweaty kids and a dog who

thinks she is a human

make your house not smell like something

from Better Homes and Gardens, go figure....

so I was up for the challenge

It was super easy to make, and really did make the house smell absolutely fabulous. 

Homemade Cinnamon Granola

1 Tbsp + 4 Tbsp butter, divided
3 cups oats
1 cup flax seed (I used flaxseed meal, your body does not digest whole flaxseed)
1Tbsp cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup honey
1 Tbsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350.
In a large non-stick pan, melt 1 tbsp butter over medium heat.
Add in oats, flax & cinnamon. Stir constantly 3-5 minutes until oats are heated & slightly toasted.
Pour oats onto a cookie sheet (with sides, I lined with foil).
In same pan melt remaining butter. Add in brown sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Add in syrup & honey. Bring to a simmer.
Remove from heat & stir in vanilla & add back in oats. Stir to coat evenly.
Pour back onto cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. (you're house will smell amazing!!!).
Remove & let cool completely.
Break into pieces & store in an air tight container.

Toss in yogurt, cereal, trail mix, eat alone, or whatever floats your boat. 

I am going to attempt next time to add 

choco chips or peanut butter chips....nomnomnom...

Wednesday's Wear

wear.

You know when you have 'that' outfit on?

The one that just

doesn't ever feel right during the day,

like something is just off?

So you change you shoes (borrowing the 13 year old's)

and leave the house wishing you hadn't of?

Oh, and its rainy and chilly?

This was that day

still strongly disliking the shoes....


(cardi:Banana Republic, tank:American Eagle, pants:American Eagle, shoes:Target, headband:Target, earrings:Soiree Studs, necklace:Zahara Bib, bracelet:Sparkly Bardot Spiral Bangle, watch:Fossil)


Thoughts? Oh! Be sure and check back Friday,
going to run a little Stella & Dot giveaway ;)


Have you guys seen

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from the company:

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You guys really need to check it out, it looks pretty awesome, if I do say so myself ;)

 

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Casual Friday Link Up

Finally dipped out of the hundreds (this past week),

so pants have become a tad bearable.

Today actually got into the 50's (the choir in heaven is singing) with sheets of glorious rain,

it has been soooo long since we have seen this strange phenomenon.

But I opted to not show my ranger t-shirt wearin', 

nike toatin' self and pulled up last weeks sunny day photos.

 

 

(shirt:Old Navy, pants:Kenneth Cole, shoes:Payless, purse:Kate Spade, earrings:Fringe Hoops, necklace:Soar, necklace:Snake Orb, bracelets LtoR:Harlow Bangle, Renegade Cluster, Serpent Bangle, Copper Cupchain Bracelet, ring:Soiree Trio, belt:DSW) 

Who's ready for a little party??

Thanks to ALL of you who linked uo this past week! You all sure know how to rock a girls world ;)

 Now, onward with the rules for linking up, easy peasy:

1. Be a follower of the blog (there are lot's of ways, via GoogleFriendConnect, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Email, etc., hey you can follow me on Pinterest too!)

2. Link to your specific post, not your main blog page, and any post goes, whatever makes you be you.

3. Please link back here so all of the casual business makes sense, I even have a rockin' button on the sidebar!

4. Check out others links! We all know we dig followers and comments on our post we work so hard on, it's just cool to play nice. And you never know what other awesome blogs you will find!

   

Chicken Stuffed Potatoes

These pics are not the best. 

So bear with me... 

My good friend gave me an easy peasy recipe for chicken this past week. 

It's so simple and makes a ton, 

so you can munch on it for several days. 

Annnnd, it's made in the 

crockity crock pot which I luuuuuv. 

The first night we made burritos, which were fabulous 

and only used one breast of chicken between the 5 of us (I made four breast)

So the last night before I tossed the rest of the meat (which we used for a week) 

I decided to try stuffed potatoes. 

Ingredients:
Medium to Large Baked Potatoes (I used 5)
Shredded Chicken* (recipe below)
Sour Cream
Cheese
Butttttta
Avocados
Salsa (if desired, the husband did but not this chick)

Directions:
Seriously...do you need directions for this?
Bake the taters. I did 425 for a tad bit over an hour
Then add buttttta, chicken, cheese, sour cream, avocados and salsa, if your little heart desires.
Proceed to mush together.
And stuff.yo.face.

 

Holy moly... this was good 

And we were painfully full

*Crock Pot Chicken: 

3-5 Chicken Breast 

Jar of Salsa (click HERE for what I used and it is our FAV!) 

 Put chicken in crock pot and pour entire jar of salsa on top. 

Cover and cook on low for 7 or so hours. 

 Chicken should be super tender and just about fall apart when a fork goes through it.

I had to scoop it out, because it kept coming apart. 

Then I shredded all very quickly with a fork, 

put in a bowl and munched on it with corn tortillas throughout the week. 

 

Wednesday's Wear

wear.

and a mini pony.

 

 

(top:Francescas, tank:American Eagle, leggings:Local Boutique, shoes:Target, headband:Target, earrings:Heiress Hoops, necklace:Soar, bangles:F21, rings:Target, watch:Fossil)