Every time we post outfits with a pop or a lot of color, I always give the disclosure: “well, you know, we usually lean toward neutral colors, but….” and at the risk of sounding like a broken record, the same goes here! Catherine has been known to throw a pop of red on her looks over the years, and I loved this outfit from the fall where she rocked the red blazer over a tee and jean skirt. Well, as we are two weeks out from Valentine’s Day it seemed like this was the perfect time to share this red blazer.
make sure you make it through the whole blog post – there’s an epic Valentine’s giveaway at the end!
We have been traveling to Steamboat for as long as I can remember and each trip seems better than the last! Over the years, we have stayed at different places on and around the mountain and a place that we keep coming back to is The Steamboat Grand. It is the perfect place to stay if you’re traveling with a smaller group, as they have great options for units that have two bedrooms with a shared living room and kitchen area!
We always go to the grocery store on the first day and get breakfast fixins, beer, wine & snacks so that we can spend as much time together in the Grand as possible. They have a shuttle that will take you anywhere you want to go and when you take your grocery run, they have bins on the van for you to put your groceries that they will then deliver to your room. Talk about service!
Starting the New Year off right with lululemon : The Sweat Life.
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REAL TALK: Watching Catherine keep up with her work out routine throughout her pregnancy has been nothing short of inspiring. Add it to the list of things that have thoroughly impressed me over the past 6 months!
AND, over these last few months I have been saying I need to get in the gym with her and tbh, I never followed through. However, when January rolled around and I finally got a smart watch to track my steps and saw the embarrassing results, I knew I had to do something. So, I joined Crunch Fitness so that I could work out with Cathy and have her help to keep me accountable.
Naturally, I needed to upgrade my work out gear as well. ENTER: lululemon. They really do have the best of the best when it comes to, well, everything. {Just ask my Dad, he’s lululemon’s biggest fan}.
I hope not. I have shared dozens of instagrams and a hand full of posts here on the blog featuring my white Marc Fisher combat boots. I got them in the fall of 2018 and they have been a staple in my wardrobe ever since. I paid full price at the time {$250} and wondered if my splurge would be worth it. But OH BOY WAS IT. They are my go-to boot when I want to add a little zing to my look. I think its the white with the black contrast laces that really make everything POP.
Over the past year and a half my Marc Fisher boot collection has grown to include a pair of flat, knee high boots, a pair of snake skin combat boots & most recently, a maroon patent leather pair. The other thing? They’re all comfortable. They don’t need any breaking in and not a single pair has given be blisters after first wear – which I gotta say, is hard to find! Marc Fisher makes so many great boots and they really do have something for everyone. Whether you want a heeled, knee high statement boot or just an everyday staple, they’ve got something for you.
I’ve rounded up some of my favorite photos for this post, showcasing the versatility of the boots. I am sharing 16 great pairs of boots (ON SALE!) below.
Love these white gucci tights? So do we! Full blogpost on it here.
I have been a student of all things personal development since 2011. This obsession was sparked when the *hit* book The Secret by Rhonda Byrnes came out (see more about my feelings on The Secret here) and hasn’t stopped since. The Secret cracked open a part of me that I didn’t even know existed and ever since that book, I have been reading voraciously/watching videos on Youtubeabout anything and everything to do with quantum physics, the law of attraction, and beyond. It can get kinda esoteric and weird, in the best way.
Some tips that we are using to keep our mind and body right as we enter the new year! Some are probably new to you and some are pretty obvious, but you never know when you might need a reminder xx
EDIT: we wrote this at the beginning of 2020 and little did we know how much we would REALLY need these tips this year.
photos by Halle Kennon Photography
1.Listen to Kelly Howell’s The Secret Universal Mind Meditation Catherine wrote a pretty great blog post over on Cathclaire a while back on why you should listen to this life changing sleep meditation, but here I am to remind you that IT WORKS. Like she said, I can always tell the difference when I fall asleep listening to Kelly for days on end and when I don’t. The brain sync technology actually works and if you are like me and are pretty worthless at meditation : this is for you. All you have to do is listen, and seriously, you can simply fall asleep! I bought it on iTunes so I could have access to it anywhere and everywhere, but it’s also available for free on YouTube. Do yourself a favor and listen tonight as you fall asleep.
2. Keep an organized calendar If you are as busy as we are, juggling multiple jobs, events, friends and family this is an absolute must. Personally, I have a Google calendar where EVERYTHING lives: a synced calendar with Johnny, a TCP calendar, daily and weekly reminders and I create an event for everything so I don’t forget. If you prefer a fancy app, or like to keep a hard copy planner with you, then do that! If you keep your schedule organized, I have found that great piece of mind comes with it.
You guys already know that we are no strangers to twinning. Over the years, from trips to fashion week and simply walking the streets of RVA, we have been known to do a little twinning. { You can even find us twinning over on Google Local Guides. } This is definitely not the first time we have shown up to a shoot, totally twinning, totally unplanned. Very fitting in this instance that we’d both be wearing the black Gucci tights.
When anyone asks me how our baby moon was, I am at a loss for words in the best way. All it takes is a quick glance at photos of the Four Seasons Surf Club property, just North of Miami Beach, to see how beautiful this destination is. From the design choices of the iconic Joseph Dirand – adding his book to my list of coffee table books for our new house!– to the history of The Surf Club (it was a playground for the rich and famous in the 1930s), this hotel oozes beauty at every turn. True life: every square inch is photogenic – like, hard to not have my phone out every second photogenic.I could go on and on and on about the beauty of the Four Seasons Surf Club but our baby moon was amazing for more reasons than just that.
OKAY Y’ALL. I FINALLY HAVE THE SPANX LEGGINGS & THEY ARE MAGICAL. they are currently on the Nordstrom Sale, too.
For years, I have watched every fashion blogger & friend I know raving about the Spanx faux leather leggings, but I never took the plunge. $98 for leggings? They couldn’t be that great. However, I was sorely mistaken!! I actually snagged them on the Nordstrom Black Friday sale for my sister, but even then I didn’t think about getting them for myself. I thought I already had enough leggings. Wrong.
Have you seen enough of these booties yet?
