Feels Like Autumn

It's officially autumn....

Baseball season is over. I'm wearing a cable-knit sweater. And boots. The heat is on at my house. I wore my winter coat this weekend (and not just because it's Cardinal red). And this morning it was still dark when I woke up.

I like fall, really I do. Halloween, Thanksgiving, tailgating, cozy sweaters, Oktoberfest, pumpkin beer, fires... all great. But I'm not ready to be cold all the time and scraping ice off my car in the morning. Can we please rewind a little bit? Or at least pause before it gets any colder around here?

jeans and sweater from Target. boots by Chinese Laundry. 

Motte

"It's funny how you can turn a baseball cap around and throw on some D&G glasses, and all the sudden the intimidating-closer-with-a-97-mph fastball beard becomes a laid-back-grad-student-who-plays-guitar-in-the-quad beard."

So true. 

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Eleven in Eleven

My Cardinals won the World Series. In case you didn't already know.








It's been a crazy ride the last couple of weeks and I can't believe it's all over.... and that we won. What blows me away is that this roster, these names, are ones that people will always remember. Freese, Carpenter, Pujols, Berkman, Craig, Motte... kids will grow up and remember back in 2011 when they were the best team in baseball. David Freese's walk off home run in game 6 will be played on highlight reels forever... and he's just a kid from Lafayette High School. It's nuts.

Speaking of nuts... RALLY SQUIRREL.

Rosie

I've been wearing red for days, why stop now...
Happy Halloween! And Go Cardinals.

Impulse Buy

This is a terrible picture, but I just bought this top at Target and I was excited to wear it for a little dinner/bowling/movie date.

For the past year or so, before I buy anything I think, 'Can I wear this to work.' And if I can't... I usually put it back on the rack. Not so with this top. It feels kind of good to buy something pretty just to buy it and not analyze how and where I can wear it and if it's a good value or not.

Impulse is nice (sometimes).

jeans, flats, cardigan and top from Target. assorted bracelets.

Bowling at the Moolah

I'm no good, but I'll give myself at A for effort. Plus, the beers and atmosphere (and company) make for a good time.

Show Me the Clothes

On Saturday, I got to lead a discussion on gender in blogging and social media at the Show Me the Blog Conference (shameless plug: check out my tweetable takeaways here). The best part was getting to mix and mingle with a bunch of local bloggers! I go to a ton of social media and marketing events, but this was a completely different crowd and I loved it.

I've been looking for local style bloggers to connect with for a while now, and thanks to The Sassy Peach's fashion blogging session, I got to meet a few! Economy of Style and Motor City Moxie were both there (and both from right here in STL!) and we planted the idea of having a style blogger meet up sometime soon. Are you a style blogger in (or around) St. Louis and want to join us? Leave a comment!

Also, I took the plunge (per Sassy Peach's advice) and joined Independent Fashion Bloggers. I hate calling myself a 'fashion' blogger.... because I don't think I'm particularly fashionable.... but until there's an Independent Take-A-Picture-In-The-Mirror-of-Your-Target-Outfit Bloggers group, this will do.

white jeans, flats from Target. black sweater from Gap. assorted silver and gold bracelets. nail polish is Slick Slate by Sally Hansen (and got lots of compliments!).