How I Do It Tuesday: Disney World Fashion

I realize this could be a post for "Fashion Friday," but I will save that for how I've been doing with my challenge. My biggest grievance with people on vacation, is what they wear. ESPECIALLY at places like Disney World. Yes, you're walking and standing A LOT. This doesn't mean you have to look tacky. You also don't have to spend a lot of money. Old Navy has great shorts out this year that are just as nice as J. Crew, and a fraction of the cost. I did end up buying new shorts for the trip, but I pooled together lots of shirts I've had for years to have cute, comfy clothes for standing in line. :)

Saturday (the day we left) I wore boyfriend jeans from GAP, a blue pocket tee and my Tory Burch wedges. I also took my old standby with me, my infamous Ole Miss hoodie. I usually get cold on planes, so it helps. This is also why I wear jeans. I wear my wedges because they look a little dressier (if I had it my way flying would be like it was in the 50's and we'd all dress up on our flights) and because they take up more room in the suitcase than my flipflops so it's more room for outfits! :) Also, unless I absolutely have to I never check a bag. Yes, I pack a lot but I get it all in ine roll-on bag. I don't want to have to deal with the chance of losing my luggage and then not having my stuff with me.



Sunday: Magic Kingdom
Shorts: Old Navy (found here)
Top: Ann Taylor Loft (old
Sandals: Old Navy (I actually ended up wearin my Chaco sandals that day instead, thinking these sandals are so flat they'd hurt my feet. Big mistake! Yes, the Chacos are comfy as far as the soles but 14 hours later the straps rubbed blisters and I didn't wear them the rest of the trip. The $20 Old Navy sandals ended up being the most comfy ones I own!)
Watch: Michael Kors

  

Monday: Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom
Shorts: Old Navy (found here)
Top: J. Crew (old)
Flipflops: Old Navy (found here)

 Tuesday we didn't go to the park. We had 5 day tickets so we decided a break halfway through, would be best. It was a good decision, as it rained all day. I don't have a picture of my outfit laid out but here I am with my friend Jaimie, who was in town for business so we got to meet up. Always fun! 

Sweater: Banana Republic (old)
Shorts: Old Navy (found here)
Shoes: Tory Burch wedges
Necklace: Old Navy (not sold online)



Wednesday: Hollywood Studios
Teeshirt: Old Navy (found here)
Shorts: Old Navy (found here)
Necklace: Old Navy
Sandals: Old Navy
Sandals: Old Navy
Definite theme on this day!



Thursday: Epcot
Shorts: Old Navy (found here)
Top: Fossil
Sandals: Ended up wearing the ON sandals again!

  

Friday: Last day in Magic Kingdom
Shorts: Banana Republic Factory Store (old
Tank: The Limited (old)
Necklace: Old Navy
Sandals: You guessed it!

Saturday: Flight home
Tee: J. Crew (old)
Shorts: Ann Taylor Loft (old)
Neckalce: Banana Republic (found here, they don't have hot pink online anymore but they have three other fabulous colors!)
Shoes: wore the Tory Burch again to take up less room in the suitcase

I packed a few other things just so I had some options (a dressy romper incase we went somewhere nice at night and one more shorts/top combo). The other biggest help I had was a post my fellow blogger, Leslie, posted a few weeks ago. If you know me at all, you know I am not one to just wash my hair and go and wear it wet out in public. I like to wash, dry straighten or curl, maybe do a bun or ponytail, but never NOT do my hair. However, on vacation (especially one where it's humid and all that drying and straightening would be a waste of time) I don't want to deal with it. Thanks to Leslie's post I was totally saved on vacation. She talks about using Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray. I have a bottle I bought forever ago, but just stopped using it. What a lifesaver! I simply would wash my hair, towel dry it (I do have to blow dry my taking-forever-to-grow-out-bangs) and then I put on my makeup, get ready and sprits some Surf Spray in right before we'd leave. I scrunch with a towel a little bit (the oil in your hands can cause frizz) and I'd be ready. Super simple. I had those cute beach waves without a lot of effort. This also helped with getting gone early enough because at Disney you have to be up and at 'em!

Stay tuned for a post on everything we did in Disney!

2 Years of Wedded Bliss

Sorry for the delay in posts! Blogpost would not let me upload pictures. It's been driving me insane. I finally got it to work today.

Sunday marked our second anniversary. My how time flies! It feels like we just started planning our wedding. The past 2 years have been so much fun and I can't wait for at least another 75 more! Here are some highlights of our marriage so far:

We spent last week in Disney World celebrating the past 2 years!

Stay tuned for a few posts about our trip, how I do it: travelling and planning a Disney World vacation and the dos and don'ts of what to wear on vacay!

ROAD TRIP!

This past weekend the hubby and I headed to Oklahoma for our friends, Jimmy and Sandy's wedding. I need to preface this post with this: We were invited to 2 weddings in the same weekend. Our friends Eric and Jen got married, too. Unfortunately with plane tickets being $400-$600 we just couldn't swing it. I hate we missed it and wish them all the happiness in the world! So we went to the Oklahoma wedding since we could drive. I don't want this to sound like the wedding we went to was second choice, either. This was a hard decision to make. We stayed with our friends Jonathan and Erica in OKC and got to spend time with them Friday before heading to the wedding in Ardmore Saturday. It was a fun weekend!

View of our drive to Ardmore

Christopher with Jonathan and Erica's little boy. So cute! We had so much fun with him.

The beautiful bride with her son.

Delta Zetas!

Me with my "big sister," Lish

My handsome date

The casino we went to after the wedding. This part looked like London. There was also the Roman Coliseum and Vienna and Paris.

 



Follow Up to Yesterday's Post

I admit it, yesterday I might've sounded a bit down on the months of January and February. So here are a few things I'm looking forward to over the next 2 months:



The Super Bowl!!! I am ecstatic the Broncos are going!
I've been a Peyton fan since his first orange jersey (that's a University of Tennessee reference in canse you missed it.)
We watched the game yesterday at Fox and Hound with our friend's the Rivas.
We called it Manning v. Brady/Wilson v. Riva



Celebrating this wonderful lady's 90th birthday

 Aside from taking the tree down on Saturday, we did book our 2nd anniversary trip and I am looking forward to it more than I look forward to Christmas.



WALT DISNEY WORLD!!!

Only 10 weeks and 5 days until we leave! Can you tell I'm excited? I've been several times. The hubby hasn't been since he was a kid and I absolutely can't wait for him to experience it as an adult. EVERYONE should go at least once as an adult with not kids. It is so fun!







2014

Happy New Year! I realize I'm a few days late on this post. I went to my parents' house New Year's day and wrote a post on the plane, it did not save. Ugh. Oh well, moving on. Did y'all all have a fabulous New Year's eve? We had plans to go to dinner with friends in midtown and then stay out for the big countdown, but sickness descended upon our house (well, on me the hubby has a much stronger immune system. So while I planned on spending the evening like this:

It was spent like this:

My flight left the next morning at 7:30, so maybe it's a good thing I didn't stay out late. Would you believe I left my make-up bag in the bathroom at home? I realized it half way to the airport and it was too late to go back for it. I think I would have rather left my clothes. I had it all packed up to put in my carry on and completely forgot. So, as soon as I got to Colorado I had to go stock up on everything. I tried to only replace the necessities and went to Ulta and Walmart. If I'd replaced it all, product by product it would've been a very expensive trip. So, I made do.

 



 From left to right: My view of the mountains flying over Utah, another plane I saw while in the air, the view of the mountains before the snowstorm hit.

 

I was so sad that my hubby couldn't come with me (he had to work) but we Facetimed him when we did presents with my parents, and it gave me lots of girlfriend catch up time.

 

My best friend is pregnant so she definitely didn't mind that all I wanted to do was lay around and hang out. We spent the evening on the couch eating take-out and frozen yogurt watching Sex and the City. We were asleep by 10. My how times have changed!



My cocktails of choice.

We got really crazy and had caffeine free diet Cokes!



 

After staying at my bff's Thursday night, I met up with my other close friend the next day in Denver (yes, I saw a pot store on the way, and yes there was a line. Sorry, I couldn't snap a picture). We went to Casa Bonita which can only be described as a Mexican Chuck E Cheese. Her boys are 5 and 3, so they loved it and we got a chance to catch up.

 



After coughing and hacking for a week and mixing concoctions like the one below (and oops! I drank the whole thing instead of a tablespoon) I decided to go to the doctor. 

Turns out it was just sinusitis, but they made me wear this lovely mask just in case. Sexy, no?

 

Before I went to the doctor, I had coffee with my sweet friend Kandy from high school. This is what it looked like when I left that morning.

At least I got some use out of my Bean Boots (found here)

 

I spent the rest of the day holed up in my parents' theatre room re-watching Downton Abbey in honor of Sunday's premiere (don't tell me what happened! I haven't watched it yet!)

 



 

My family did wait and have Christmas dinner until I got in town. We always have surf and turf. I prefer surf. No, I didn't eat all of those but I could have!

 

 This tree is in my room at my parents'. We have the same one in our master room, it's just lacking those fabulous Barbie ornaments!

 On the way to the airport Sunday, I spotted this guy in a tree. Right before I got to town, my parents' had 8 in a tree in their back yard. Cool, huh? "Merica.

It was a great trip, I'm now home where I apparently took the cold weather with me. 10 degrees?! Seriously? I can't handle it. Now that Christmas is over can't it just be 75 until next Christmas? Look for more posts revolving around New Year's and fresh starts, resolutions, etc. Cheers!