Today

Since I haven't had the time in the day to do any kind of outfit shots, I have been sneaking pics here and there of a top-down view of my outfit and sharing them on instagram (smalltownchic) and twitter @smalltownchic1.  Here is an overview of my most recent todays...

New Year's Eve

Hi!
Happy new year (a little on the late side).  We had a wonderful New Year's Eve this year.  We wanted to do something with Max so we had some friends come over with their little ones so that the babies could all play and the parents could play too.  Halfway through the day it dawned on me that I really wanted to get dressed up for the occasion and so a few texts later it was decided that we would all wear our Sunday best.   I made dinner, complete with menus for both the adults and the kids, and we had champagne, wine, and beer to make the evening complete.  Oh, and cheesecake!

A friend of mine lent me this dress and I wore it without the black dress underneath it on NYE.  I was so hot from running around all day that I didn't really need anything else.  I wanted to try it with something else to give it a little more contrast with the black tights so I added this Modcloth dress underneath.   I think it makes it that much fancier.  I have to get better at jewelry though.  I have so much of it and just never take the time to put it on.

Hope you all had a wonderful New Year's celebration and beginning to 2012!

green dress- borrowed from a friend

black dress (worn underneath)- Modcloth

belt- remixed from tunic

black nylons- Target

taupe booties- Marshalls

The best part of our outfit shots are the ones that I get to snap of my boys...

We had quite a busy week as you can probably see by Max's forehead.  A fall at daycare, 2 trips to the ER, and a stomach bug later, the little guy is healing up pretty nicely.

2011 style

I didn't get to do too many outfit shots over the last 365 days, but I did get some and I wanted to post them all together, as a year in review.  I have noticed a few things in going back through all of my old photos:

1.  I smile way more now in my pictures (I think I am finally (somewhat) comfortable in front of the camera).
2. I look down/left/right a lot.
3.  I put my hands on my hips a lot.
4.  I had some pretty rough hair days in a few of these.
5.  I need to be easier on myself.  It's so hard when you go through pictures right after they are taken and you pick out all of the negative things (see #4 above) but I have to keep in mind that these were taken starting just 4 months after my son was born and I was going on zero hours of sleep in many of them.
6.  I have a lot of clothing.  One thing I am working on is purging things.  I mean a real clean sweep of my closet.  I have such a hard time with this and always end up hanging on to things that I don't need or that don't fit me well anymore.  I have struggled with what to do with all the clothes (I generally pass them along to my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law or the Salvation Army).  I did attend one clothing swap and it was a great time.  A friend of mine has held Naked Ladies Parties (it's not what it sounds like) and I am thinking of doing one with my friends.  Everyone brings unwanted clothing, accessories, etc and you do a big swap.  Everything left over is donated to the local Salvation Army.  I would like to get my closet(s) under control this year.
7.  Damien is a really talented photographer.

2011 was a very slow blogging year for me.  It was, however, one of the best years of my life.  I am happy to have these memories on here to be able to look back at, but I am even happier to have the time to create these memories with my family.

Happy 2012.