What the Snow?

What the Snow?

So this morning Kevin, Jen, and I sopped by the gallery to meet with a client, then we were of antiquing! Which did bring some treasures and an awesome contact! Anywho, as we were leaving the snow started and made our trip at least twice as long. It has snowed so much already, I think this looks like it will be worse then that "Snowmagedon" that never happened... pshh.




Anyway since I knew the days plans I wanted to wear something casual, warm and comfy. What's more perfect then my Gpa's wool Navy Pants?! Paired with a corduroy blazer and scarf as an ascot, I felt very 70s scholarly. And about Navy pants, do you know the 13 buttons represent the 13 colonies, and they are wide leg "bell bottoms" because if a sailor fell in the water he needed to be able to take his pants off without removing his boots so he could hopefully swim to safety. Now you know. And if you already knew I will send you a cookie.

Also does my site take a long time to load on your end? I've had a couple complaints about that, and honestly I'm already annoyed with my layout and need a new one.




Please leave snow.


{ 30x30 Materials Used }


Blazer } Vintage
Button up } F21
Pants } Vintage, Gpa's wool Navy pants
Shoes } Vintage Brown Boots
-- added --
Scarf } Vintage, Mom's from French centennial
Necklace } F21

Huggles,
Lauren

PS: Really I NEED to buy contacts. haha!

Edit: I know that this was early for the Everybody Everywear, but this is how I styled my blazer this week. I wish I kept up with posting on there, I always forget :( Fail

Turkey Coma

Turkey Coma

That's how I can describe the past couple days.

On wednesday Kev and I were in Dayton looking at weddings places and then to go to my dad's side of the family Thanksgiving. We've always had it on Wednesday and then my mom's side on thursday. Well this year was the first time I skipped my mom's and went to Kev's family's dinner. So yeah, every year I have two Thanksgivings... you think you are stuffed! haha.





These were taken outside Kevin's grandparents house. Nothing special. I'm really mad I forgot to take pictures of my outfits on wednesday. Oh well. And all I can say about this outfit, layers around the belly and elastic waist skirt. Perfect fer stuffin'.








Oh I can wait to use some of the gift cards I got for my birthday and the AA groupon from last week!




} Outfit Details
  Blouse, Sweater, Skirt } All on sale from UO
  Tights } Kohls
  Boots } Kohls

Huggles,
Lauren

Happy Birthday & Anniversary

Happy Birthday & Anniversary

Edit: So I got Kevin's computer working, yay!

So yeah I'm 25 today... so old, haha not really. I can't believe it. This weekend was pretty uneventful Kevin left this morning to go to Conneticut for business stuff, so yesterday was filled with packing. Today consisted of some video games, studying for the GRE (ack I really hate vocabulary), writing, and most of all stressing. The Faygo did help it a bit. So here are some cute and not so cute pictures of me to celebrate a quarter of a century.

Me and my grandma (who I look like)

My sisters and Grandma Peggy

The three Knapp nose generations, me, my mom, and grandma

Aw Freckles our Dalmation!

How cute was I?

When I thought I was a cool highschooler

ALSO, yesterday was the 5 year anniversary of Kevin and my first date. It was a total disaster but ended up being really fun and a great story. He took me to an independent movie theater to watch a docementary (so artsy haha), well we got there and the theater was closed as in shut down. But their were people in there so we knocked. They were Christian mimes practicing scenes from the bible for a show they were putting on. So then we drove around in his astro van, through scary east side of Detroit. Ended up in Greek town and had an awful meal. No offense but Greek food and me don't get along. Then ended the night at my condo where he proceeded to give me a kiss goodnight but tripped over the shoes in the entry and feel into me. Yep. Our second date was even funnier when he was trying to make fun of Creed and ended up falling on his face. It was the examples of how our relationship would end up being. Very silly and odd.

One of our first times out, I fell in a snow drift and puked out his car... hahah

Centennial Ball sophmore year

4th of July 2006

Wash DC 2010

There are three in the family, Oh! That's the magic number!

Time goes by so fast! Anyway see you later in the week!

Huggles,
Lauren

I'ma Purdy Girl

I'ma Purdy Girl

 

So for Kevin's birthday he asked to go out for seafood. Asking around work I decided to take him to Streetside Seafood in Birmingham, MI. And oh my, it was amazing. We started with drinks at the bar while waiting for our table, and they were delicious, I just told the bartender to make me a fun drink so I don't even know what it was :) It tasted a little like root beer. Then we sat down scarfed down some amazing bread, had a shrimp appetizer then awaited the main course. Kevin had the special, pan seared Yellow Tail Jack, and I had Crab topped Whitefish.... mmmmm.... I miss the taste. It was incredible. And I rarely eat seafood. I actually never ate fish unless I caught it until a couple years into Kev and my relationship (cause he loves fish, and was a fish monger). To end it we split dutch apple pie, kevin's fav. I can say I was full but I didn't feel grossly overstuffed. We came home then and fell into a food coma right when we hit the couch.




Good night had by us.

Oh this outfit, I've had the dress since the summer, it's a beautiful vintage piece I found with Jen. I've wore part of the dress on the blog, it's so silky and comfy. I wanted to go for neutrals with a pop of color. The only annoying thing is I hadn't worn those heels in a while and with tights my feet were sliding in them. I have super narrow feet so anything on the last hole in the buckle is usually still too big. Also heels make me taller than Kevin and most people, I'm a giant in heels. Sometimes I wish I was short, then I'd wear heels all the time... Oh well. I like the outfit, and what's this? I'm wearing makeup!!! Wowzers. That's rare. If I wear any it's usually just mascara and maybe eyeliner. I did a side bun with a french roll (not sure what it's called) around my head. I've been doing that a lot because I'm growing out my bangs. And do you see that! Kevin's mustache is MIA, I need to find it!




} Outfit Details
  Dress } Vintage from store in Ann Arbor
  Scarf } Gift from Hilary
  Cardigan } Target long time ago
  Tights } Kohls
  Wedges } Guess?
  Clutch } Incognito sidewalk sale (it's missing a fake gem so it was uber discounted)

} Kevin Outfit
  Jacket } UO
  Pants } H&M
  Shoes } Bruce Lee Asics, gift from me!

Huggles,
Lauren

What's New?

What's New?

 



Well I took a couple pictures at the gallery, but didn't really like how they came out. So I had Kevin take some pics when he got home. It's a day late for Tripp tuesday, but he always deserves some time on this blog.






So this is one of the blouses and skirts I also bought at the big UO sale I went to. I love this skirt, it's by the Cooperative brand which I now have a lot by that company, 3 dresses, two skirts, a top... I love their stuff a lot. Anyway I don't want to sound like a commercial, but I like them.




 

Last night while I was waiting for Kevin to get home, eating a burrito, and watching a bunch of cake shows on the tv, I remember I had cake mix, and Kevin's birthday is on Thursday. So I forced myself off my comfy couch and made him some cupcakes. I never use store bought icing so for these I made a poor man's chocolate mousse. I used a larger pack of instant chocolate pudding, made that with a little less milk then after it sets up you fold in a package of cool whip... It's soooo good... I already had one today. haha!



} Outfit Details
  Sweater } Gift from Mom, years ago
  Blouse } BDG via UO
  Belt } Mom's
  Skirt } Cooperative via UO
  Tights } UO, love and hate these, they get runs really easy and of course fit funny.
  Shoes } Mom's
  Earrings } Target
  Tripp } Petfinder :)

Huggles,
Lauren

Ohio Weekend & Bon Voyage

Ohio Weekend & Bon Voyage

Well this will be an epic post. Here are some image from this past weekend and Monday's outfit.















These pictures are from Glen Helen Nature Preserve. Its located in Yellow Springs and is incredibly beautiful. I first went to Glen Helen in 5th grade with my class, it was so much fun. I've been going back ever since but mainly only to the Yellow Spring. It's actually orange colored because of the high iron content, but the water is so refreshing tasting! This time Kevin and I decided to hike the entire glen mainly the pine tree forest. This was my favorite place in 5th grade and I haven't been back. I was surprised. It looked nothing like it did. There was so much under brush and so many trees had fallen from the hurricane winds Dayton got two years ago. It was so upsetting, I cried. I have carried this memory in my head for so long, and it was crushing. I of course had dreams for this place. Other than that the place was beautiful, a little run down (since Antioch College, who ran the place, went belly up. But they are reopening!) but we managed to walk the entire place which took around 4 hours.... When I went home to my mom's house I found my old 5th grade pictures from Glen Helen.:)











On Sunday Kevin and I lounged around until 4ish when we went down to Carillon Park to ride the bike path along the Miami River (little do people know the Miami are from Ohio and midwest states, why Florida named a city that, I don't know). We rode down to Miamisburg around 11 miles, ate some food, then rode back. On the way down we rode it in a little under an hour, the way back we rode it in 40min. I feel pretty good about that, there were even hills! So yeah we didn't get home to Michigan until 12:30a... Man we were tired.

And now for Monday's outfit, I'm showing it in this post because starting tomorrow I'm taking a blogger vacation. Kevin and I are off on our own adventure, and I STILL don't have a computer... So I guess perfect timing.




} Outfit
  Hat } My mom's
  Sweater } Gift from Mom
  Blouse } Original Penguin
  Skirt } Zara
  Tights } Kohls
  Socks } UO
  Boots } Frye

Huggles,
Lauren