Hey there!  My parents have been visiting all week, so life is pretty good right now.  Mom and I picked Pax up from kindergarten on Friday.  He took one look at her – from across the playground – and shrieked NANAAAAAAAAAAAAAA and came ‘a runnin’ as fast as he could.  “Her my Nana” he told his friends.  That might be his last remaining Pax-speak left.  Sob.

Raines, of course, with his shy little smile, plays it a little more cool:  “Do you think Nana would play Minecraft with me?”  God I hope so.  I can only last for a minute or two before I die of boredom.

So Cropped Flares Week (or what the TME team is calling ‘Thick Skin Week’) went well!!  HAHAHA.  But seriously – we loved reading all of the comments, it really will be interesting to see where we are on the topic a year or two from now.  There’s one more cropped flare post coming out (mine), and then we’ll move on to….HOLIDAY.  Whoa.

SHOP

Speaking of holiday, Shop Buru just launched their White Label Holiday Collection and it’s AMAZING.  Per usual, everything is under $150.  Morgan just sent me these sequin joggers (aka sweatpants OMG yes), and they are so comfy and fun – I’ll style them up soon.

Antho is offering 20% off all dresses this weekend, along with free shipping.  In case you missed it, my favs are here.

Editor Boutique Updates:  Scotti just updated hers with a liquid lip set from Sephora that I’m now seriously coveting, and Laura added some winter accessories (and Sorels that would go perfectly with cropped flares).

Quirky clutch, anyone?  Cam is loving the Kate Spade-esqe bags from Krukru Studio on Etsy.  I’m dying over the Watership Down one.  (Anyone else read that book???)

AlSO, THIS….

Knit sweaters, bad 80’s mullets, and…is that…a cockatoo??  Messy Nessy Chic found a book of 1980’s knitted sweaters….it’s…it is…gah!  There are no words.  (Thanks, Cam.)

The human connection is just so powerful.  Amanda shared this video from the Today Show about a little girl and ‘Mr. Dan’ and reduced us all to tears.

Our weekend project: these tin lanterns from Kiwi Crate.  Anything that involves hammering is right up my guys’ alley.  (I’m trying to hold off on these Snow Globes for at least another week or so.)

LOCALS

Philadelphia!  Go see 1812 Productions’ The Week That Is.  We went on Thursday night and it’s GOOD.  It’s like SNL’s Weekend Update for two hours – political, witty, and smart.  I laughed, clutching my sides, the entire time.  Obviously, they have plenty of material this year.

Hey Pittsburgh, go see Cam!!  Cam is hosting a Vera Bradley event at Macy’s!  She’ll be at the Westmoreland Mall from 2-4PM and would looooove to see some smiling faces.

On that note, Cam is also taking over The Mom Edit’s Snapchat this weekend (@themomedit), so check us out there!

Happy weekend!!

S