Flares

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This drapey tunic top immediately got my attention - it's something funky and different, with it's length and almost jacket-like style. Down here in SC, we rarely see those mystical Fall temps of 70 and below...at least, until Winter.  September feels like Summer, October feels like Summer and then one day I wake up, sometime mid November, and realize I need a coat. (Usually...
If you are new here (hi and welcome!) you're gonna need a little backstory for this one.  Last fall, I posted this outfit (or see below pic).  They were high-rise, cropped flare jeans -  posted to an overwhelming chorus of BOOOOO.  (If you click over, be sure to read Terri's comment - it's hysterical and perfectly sums up all the others.) But...
Okay…peasant tops. My most difficult Mom Edit "style challenge” yet. It's not that I don't like them (believe me I'm dying to love them) it's just that I've never found one to make me a believer. Something about the shape...or lack-there-of...looks back at me like: "potato sack. Jess, you are wearing a potato sack." Potato sack syndrome is a thing, I swear!...
    Inspired by all the kick-ass flares Shana and Co. have been rocking on The Mom Edit, I quickly became excited, (ok, obsessed) with the idea of finding the perfect pair of flares for myself. Thinking about flared jeans gives me a serious case of the feels... Mostly it's excitement I feel, because - yay flares! What's not to love about them?  But as strange...
Date night! They seem to be few and far between these days. But Sienna's preschool had an amazing thing last week...PJ movie night at the school so the parents could have a night off! Brilliant. I vote more of these, for reals. I'd been wanting to try these Gap Black Flares for a while. I was in the store the...
  If you've been reading the blog for awhile, you may already know that I'm (ahem) a bit cheaper when it comes to clothes.  I am willing to spend a little more on items here and there, but they need to be worth it.  I think reader Shannon put it best: "...If I'm paying $150+ for jeans I want my...