Another 5/5 box!

I can't believe that I just purchased EVERY item from my StitchFix! Seriously, this box is great. Forgive the pictures, I was alone and had to set the timer on my camera and I didn't take the time to fix my hair or makeup. You get the real deal me! Haha. 

This Papermoon Pendleton Keyhole Blouse is great. Purple is my F.A.V.O.R.I.T.E. color ever, so this is awesome. I feel like the keyhole is a little low, so I wear a tank under it (I'll show you that later). 

I love this color of this Pixley Maydee Pleat Detail Blouse. It's fun and not something I would typically pick out for myself. This is a funky pose for me here... I apologize. 

Okay, we have two things going on here... The Just Black Dean Skinny Jean (in a deep purple) and the 41Hawthorne Queensland Dolman Jersey Top. I really didn't expect to like the Dolman top, but this one is fitted around the bottom, so it still gives you a figure. 

The jeans are a little snug, but they are skinny jeans and suppose to be snug, right? haha. Anyway, I am trying to lose some weight, and they do fit, but it will fit BETTER in a weeks I think. But anyway, I like them and the color (PURPLE!) is great.

I love a skirt, so this Gilli Melanie Printed Swing Skirt is so perfect. It's a black and tan. I tried it on with the Dolman top- but I plan on wearing a more fitted style shirt in the future. 

I'm so glad I have stuck with my Stitchfix, because I'm getting to the point where I can mix and match pieces to create some great styles! I'm wearing my paper moon top with a tank I got as a layering piece several fixes ago and my Emer pants. Super cute outfit!

I know so many people have struggled with the first fix, but I'm here to tell you if you stick with it and get a good stylist- Shout out to Melinda! You are awesome!- you will be so happy with Stitchfix!

Please consider using my referral link to sign up for your own fix if you haven't already done so! I do get a $25 credit after your fix box arrives, but I am seriously in love with this service that I would promote it even without the credit! 

If a couple buys a house...

The children's book "If you give a Mouse a Cookie" is probably one of my favorite stories to read. Because it's just so darn true. You rarely can just do one small thing without it snowballing. Not that it's a bad thing- but it just shows you that one small action can lead to more and more. 

For me, this was never more evident than when we decided to buy a house. I mean seriously. The whole storyline works VERY well with this adult context added:

If a couple buys a house, 

then they are going to want some furniture.  

And if they want some furniture,

They will probably want a lamp. 

And if you give a family a lamp, 

then are going to want a place to sit. 

And if the wife sits down, 

she may notice the walls need to be painted. 

She will start to question all of the lighting options. 

And she will want some pictures on the wall to look at. 

And if you paint the walls, 

the wife will realize she needs an area rug. 

And when you get to Home Depot to buy a rug, 

the husband will need a grill cover for the new grill that he bought.

And if buy a grill and cover, 

then the couple will have to invite friends over... who are also buying a house. 

Thanks to my good friends Merry, Jenny and Shayna for contributing to this blogpost. And be sure to check out Shayna's blog, Faith, Trust, & Disney Dust! She's a CASTMEMBER at the Walt Disney World Resort, working at Disney's Hollywood Studios Park. 

I never want to move again.

Okay, so that's not necessary true. But I never want to pack and load my own crap again. We were suppose to have a moving company come and take care of everything for us... but simply put, it fell through. We had been told it would be covered and then less than a week before the move, we suddenly had to pack ourselves. 

I wasn't prepared for that, because while I had been purging some distinctly unorganized areas of the house, I wasn't really PACKING those areas. Suddenly, my focus had to be shifted and there was just not time to get the house fully ready. One of my best friends was awesome. She came over to help pack and she likely trashed a good bit of stuff when my head was turned. LOL She spent several evenings at my house and was SUCH a godsend. 

So, with limited time to deal with it and pretty tight schedule, we packed and loaded our stuff onto a truck from Old Dominion. Using Old Dominion Household Services was really nice. They dropped off the trailer and we were able to load it ourselves and then we just called when we were done. OD sent a driver to pick it up. And the price for the truck was very reasonable when you consider they would be hauling AND storing it for us until our closing date. No need to deal with the logistics of getting two cars to our new location. 

The hard part was that we had to pack and LOAD it by ourselves. Please. If someone you know is moving. OFFER to help. Hands in the house would have made a big difference. We had one former student and a good friend church show up to help for a few hours, but it could have been so much easier had we had just a few more hands more consistently.  Another one of my girlfriends came to help pack and clean as my husband and I loaded boxes on the second day. 

Luckily, I have the College Hunks Moving Company to help us UNLOAD the truck when we arrive in Nashville. I am looking forward to having them come and help!