Inspiration Monday - Rue the day

Hello friends!  Happy Monday!  I'm back to Inspiration Monday this week.  The lovely ladies of two birds chose the adorable Sara Rue here for our model this week.  I want her dress!

Since I don't have a cute pink dress like her I chose the next best thing, my own adorable dress from the Pants Monkey.  I haven't worn it since there was still snow on the ground, so it was high time I brought her back out!  I actually had a different outfit in mind for today but laundry fail - totally hadn't washed one piece of it.  Oops.  Oh well, I love this dress so it works out just fine in my book!  Oh and lookie - sandals!  It's going back into the 60's for highs so it was sandals or bust.

So speaking of the Pants Monkey, we had a uppy/downy weekend that kind of worked out in my favor in the end.  Saturday we were full up with our music group and church.  But yesterday he had intended to brew a batch of beer (we homebrew beer if you didn't know that).  So, he started getting set up while I ran to the store to get some breakfast items and free coffee at Caribou Coffee for Earth Day.  I came home and he is sitting on the couch, not moving and sort of looked white.  I thought he was sick, but he said his back seized up while he was carrying the big heavy brewpot.  We determined that there was no way he was going to brew.  I ran to the drugstore and got him ice/heat packs and some Icy Hot.  After he had some Ibprofen and had stretched out the muscles for awhile he said to me "as a thank you for helping me and while I'm feeling a bit looser, we could go to the Apple store and get your new laptop."  I didn't have to think twice about that one!  So, I am now the proud new owner of a Macbook Air that he got all set up for me yesterday since sadly he couldn't do much of anything else.  Poor guy, but happy me!

I did manage to get a little consigning done too on Saturday before our church gig.  I didn't get a ton of money for my stuff this time, but I got enough to turn around and buy a shirt and skirt with!  Hoping to wear at least one of the items tomorrow.  So a mostly up weekend for me, but a little down for my poor Pants Monkey.  I told him "it's hell getting older isn't it?"

And on we go into our week.  For more Inspiration Monday outfits, visit two birds here.  Have a great day!

Outfit rundown:

Dress - VS, gift from the Pants Monkey

Sweater - Old Navy

Sandals - Mootsie Tootsie

Cami - Decree, JCPenney

Necklace - Charming Charlie