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  • Everyday Fashion

    Mid Season Rut: Shearling Vest

    M I D   S E A S O N  R U T…..

    Snap out of it! And bring me with you!!

    Friends, I am in the mid-season rut.  Anyone else??  You know half way through a season when you stare at your closet and nothing is pretty, everything is blahh, the newness of everything has worn off and even the tried and true favorites are not making the cut.  And when this happens I seem to wallow and wallow and find myself spiraling.  Well its time for me to climb out.  Starting today.  Or maybe tomorrow.

    Typically I love getting dressed, planning outfits, going shopping- all things fashion related. But recently I have very little motivation and I am tired of getting dressed!  In fact, today, I did not even get out of my sweat pants.  As I was browsing online or in stores I just got tired of the same old chunky sweater, the same distressed jeans, the same booties.   Now, there is NOTHING wrong with chunky sweaters, distressed denim and booties but I was craving a little inspiration and a little variety.  I felt like I had all the chunky sweaters I needed or all the distressed denim one girl could handle…so how do I pull myself out of the rut??

    No, I am actually asking!!!!

    Photos: Zoe Griffin 

    SHop the Look:  Denim // v neck // vest // booties // tote // earrings // necklace<SImilar>

    So for starters I went with a variety of the “chunky sweater”… a chunky sweater VEST.  This lovely  has the best collar and makes any plain outfit pop and I love that I can throw it on over just about any shirt- button down, flowy, tee, turtleneck.  I shared it on Instagram last week as it is currently one sale!  It is the perfect amount of chunk without being too chunky… I was a bit over chunky! This layering V-neck tunic has been a staple this season and I wear it constantly! It is currently on sale and comes in a multitude of colors.  I wear it under everything and it is perfect with a scarf or statement necklace.  The denim is a top fav for me- seriously! I wear them at least once a week, maybe twice, and I have them in two other washes.  This outfit was a  bit blah for me to start so I added some chunky jewelry from J. Crew.  The necklace is from last season so I have linked some similar <here> and <here>.  These earrings jumped into my hands when I saw them… I obviously had to buy them– they just jumped right in!

    One of the others things I have been doing in order to get me out of my rut is adding a new lip color! While I am not normally a super bold lip girl and I tend to do a bit more gloss I feel in love with this new product.  This Hourglass Opaque Rouge in Empress is excellent.  There are several other colors to chose from.

    In the end I am climbing out of my rut. I will make it to the surface- I can see the silver lining.  But I am no stranger to feeling a bit blahh.  This go around I really tried to identify exactly what was making me feel stuck.  I worked at alleviating all the other noise in my head and focused on how to efficiently and quickly get myself out of the rut.  This season shopping did not help.  This season it was about feeling it from the inside out- it was about remembering that everyone has bad days and that each morning I get to choose how to proceed with my day.  Each day I started to climb out a little further- sure there were days were I slipped back but I can say I am on the way out!!!  Feels really good to feel good.  And no shame in saying so!!

    Hope you all had a great Christmas!!!  Santa was very good to our family.  Wishing the same for you and yours.  Thanks for stopping by-

    With Love,


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  • Everyday Fashion

    Holiday Traditions in Chunky Knits

    It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…. and I could not be happier!!!

    In fact, here in London, due to no Thanksgiving it has been looking a lot like Christmas since the beginning of November.  All the shop windows are decked out in Xmas themes- this year Liberty took on the Nutcracker and their window displays are amazing.  We have started decorating at home but with Brendan and I jetting off to Marrakesh this past weekend we still have a bit of work left to do on the decorating front.  But with my mom in London for the next two weeks and Declan old enough to start to understand Christmas I am so excited to begin indulging in all my favorite holiday traditions.

    Photos: Victoria Metaxas 

    Shop the look: Denim // sweater // flats <similar> // ring // clutch 

    This cute little cupcake shop has the most amazingly sweet holiday decorations and I loved shooting here.  Just after our shoot Victoria, my photographer, and I indulged ourselves in these amazing cakes and coffee.  While it was freezing outside I was perfectly warm in this over-sized chunky cable knit sweater.  I can not get enough of this sweater.  It is big enough to layer underneath and the neutral color is perfectly paired with any trousers or denim.  These jeans are my new favorite and should look familiar from this post here.  Perfect fit, perfect distressing and perfect color.  Adding a fun red shoe just made the whole look pop and scream H O L I D A Y.  While these flats are a few seasons old I have linked similar pairs <here> and <here>.  My clutch actually comes as part of the Neverfull that I am obsessed with but I have linked a few other clutches <here> and <here>.

    For as long as I can remember I have gone with my mother to see the Nutcracker- each and every Christmas.  In fact, this is the first year in as far back as I can recall that we will not be going together (living in a foreign country will do that).  The thrill of getting dressed up, enjoying a nice dinner and then watching Clara be swept away by her Prince never gets old for me.  For generations my family has been having the same Christmas Eve dinner and the same Christmas morning breakfast- I remember my grandmother cooking both when I was a child.  Now-a-days my dad makes the noodles and coffee cakes and recently my brother has begun to take on the job.  With my in-laws we always have Eggs Benedict for breakfast on Christmas morning.  This year in London I will have both my dad’s homemade coffee cake and Eggs Benedict- I simply can not wait.

    There are endless memories of years past where I find myself with my dad finishing shopping and wrapping presents on Christmas Eve  Some of my most favorite memories of Christmas are from learning to wrap presents… a little unknown fact about me: I can tie a perfect bow and I learned this from watching and practicing with my mother for hours.  The joy of wrapping up gifts is one of my most favorite things about the holidays.  I love picking out the wrapping paper, deciding which bows and ribbons to use and then finally addressing them  Gift giving is something I enjoy so much and I love to see beautifully wrapped presents.

    For the first time Brendan and I will be spending  the holidays away from both of our families (however my sister-in-law will be joining) and it will be a small affair.  We will have a tree, Declan will get to begin to learn about the magic of believing and we will spend the day being forever grateful of what we have.  This year we start new traditions for our family, we will carry on those from generations and we will celebrate the meaning of Christmas- together in our small London flat.

    Cheers Everyone-

    ajm

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