Monday, November 26, 2012

Inspiration Monday - A great weekend

Whew.  What a weekend!  It was a great, unexpected long weekend.  It was really a gift to have Friday off at the last minute!  We had a wonderful weekend full of family and celebrating.  And now it's back to the grind.  As always, Inspiration Monday takes the sting off of Monday a little bit, although I'm sharing two of my weekend outfits today.  Our model this week is Mary Kate Olson - making me feel my age 31 status very strong today as I still think of her as little Michelle on Full House.  But anyway, her totally laid back outfit was pretty much my uniform the entire holiday weekend.


This first outfit was what I wore on Friday - which was good because late in the day on Thanksgiving it got cold and we got snow.  So this cozy flannel was just the ticket.  I'm not sure how I feel about these skinny jeans anymore - they appear to be stretching out oddly and aren't as...skinny anymore.  It's quite odd.  At any rate, I was more than comfortable for a day of decorating my house for Christmas!

Flannel shirt - two birds vintage via b. (a resale shop)
Jeans - Maurices
Necklace - F21
Boots - Target


As you saw in my birthday post yesterday, I dressed up a bit more for my day of fun on Saturday, but yesterday I was back into something cozy for being lazy around the house and finishing up the Christmas decorating.  In the evening we had dinner with my parents for my birthday and also a little bit of cake.  It was a nice day!

Sweater - two birds vintage
Jeans - Gap, thrifted
Necklace - swap w/CC
Shoes - Steve Madden, thrifted


I received a couple of nice new goodies from my parents for my birthday that I'm sure you'll see here soon.  Overall it was a great Thanksgiving and birthday weekend!  Even though it was great, I am ready for a little downtime though before we jump into the Christmas season.  It's going to come fast though I think!

For more Inspiration Monday outfits, pop on over to two birds over here.

19 comments :

  1. Sounds like you had a great, long weekend! Very cozy look :)

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  2. Love both outfits! They look comfy and cozy! Glad you had a great birthday and wonderful long weekend!

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  3. Got to love long weekends! Especially unexpected ones! You look nice and cozy all weekend!

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  4. Well, ...HAPPPY BIIIRTHDAYYYY, Bethie! good thing you mentioned it in this post or I wouldn't have known. Both outfits are cool here and on your birthday. I love the skirt and the color of the tights/leggings. Great style sense, friend. THANK YOU FOR YOUR nice words to me. I'm smiling.

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  5. Gorgeous flannel top! I love it! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving and BIRTHDAY!

    Christmas is definitely going to come fast! Trying to get my shopping done tonight via Cyber Monday ;) We shall see though!

    xoxo,
    Rachel
    Rachel’s Lookbook

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  6. is it bad of me to say that i love both your flannel and your sweater? ;) i'm so glad you had a great thanksgiving/birthday weekend and that you didn't have to work on friday!

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  7. All cute outfits! And yes, the whole Mary Kate Olson bit makes me feel a tad old as well! Ha!

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  8. glad to hear you had a fab and relaxing weekend!!! belated happy birthday, Beth!
    ♥ laura
    the blog of worldly delights
    the shop of worldly delights

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  9. I LOVE your ankle boots! Happy birthday, Beth! Can't wait to see what you got :)

    -Sharon
    The Tiny Heart

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  10. I LOVE your ankle boots! Happy birthday, Beth! Can't wait to see what you got :)

    -Sharon
    The Tiny Heart

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  11. Love the check shirt and I want a pair of ankle boots in that colour:)
    ~Anne

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  12. Both of these outfits look like cozy and warm options! I absolutely love your tan ankle boots in the first outfit! Sort of thinking I need a pair like that now. Hope you enjoyed the weekend, Beth! And happy late birthday!

    Callie
    www.coffeeandcardigans.com

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  13. You look nice and comfortable, which is good during a long weekend. It sounds like you had a nice birthday.

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  14. Happy (belated) birthday Beth!! I love your Inspiration Monday look--you totally captured it!

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  15. Ya, I think the minute I get off this bus, I'm putting on my flannel shirt. So cozy, pajama like, but appropriate for day to day life!

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  16. Adorable inspiration look and very cute second outfit! I love that stripey sweater!

    I have that problem with jeans, especially GAP and ON jeans. They never stay skinny.

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  17. Love your easy plaid look! I've been mad for plaid since fall even hinted and it hasn't gone away yet! I need to pull out my cozy teal sweater again.

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  18. I love that oversized sweater- looks so warm and cozy :) Happy belated birthday girl!!! Now can we go back to the weekend? :)

    XO
    Pearls & Paws

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