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I’m not 92% more rested…

Ah, this weather. Is it me or should rain in the winter just not exist? I’m a huge fan of all seasons. I really enjoy winter. However, unlike mittens and gingerbread lara bars, rain holds no valuable place during this season. I say this, living in Virginia, the state where everything shuts down when we get a mere quarter inch of snow.

It is cold and dreary outside. Snow would make everything better. It would make everything shut down. It would make the world calm for a couple of minutes. It would make my puppy very, very joyous. {Because right now, she thinks leaves are beyond awesome… and I’d much prefer her eating snowballs to leaves.}

I don’t know about you, but I cannot believe that Christmas is about two weeks away. I sit here listening to jingle bells {actually it’s just Olivia Benson playing with the cat’s toys} staring at my boxes of decorations strewn about my house. Guys, I need a kick in the butt. I need to be a good lifestyle blogger and do the whole “Holiday House Tour” thing. I need to wash my hair, drink more wine and stop cleaning 8 paws, plus 8×1,000,000 puppy paw prints, courtesy of this wet, muddy December. Any other dogmoms out there concur?

2 cats & chloe: border collies in leaves

The thing is, I just don’t feel good. I am struggling through my carb withdrawals. Seriously STRUGGLIN’. I’ve done numerous Whole30s but never have I experienced withdrawals like these. {I am recovering after my #7DaysOfGluten.} My endoscopy was yesterday, and while “the sleep” during the procedure wasn’t that great {in my opinion, I was too drugged} I spent about 92% of yesterday passed out. If only I felt 92% more rested, I’d consider it a win. But I’m still exhausted and fighting the urge to tear open the box of Swiss Cake Rolls that are smiling at me on my coffee table.

Lucky for me, today was my day: the day when the stars aligned, when there is a touch of pirate-like fog on the streets paired with an annoying mist, and when I spent 92% of my yesterday sleeping. Magical things happened. And when I say magical, I mean magical as in you-can-wear-whatever-you-want-and-not-a-soul-can-judge-you kind of magical.

Actually, they can judge you. They probably sneering at me when they saw me coming from a mile away. It may be dark outside, but those fluorescent lights in Target do not hide a darn thing. Turns out, it is very obvious that I haven’t washed or brushed my hair in several days. My yoga pants do not quite meet my pink polka dot rain boots, showing an unshaven couple inches of calves. Lord knows what shirts I have on underneath my old fleece hoodie… based on the t-shirt material hanging out the back of my jacket, I’d guess a hot pink layer, a white sequins top and possibly a jersey knit, blue material?! My coat is partially zipped. I’m rocking a winter beanie with two thirds of my hair shoved up in there. Then I’ve top things off with my makeup-less face and crooked glasses. {To be fair, I grabbed the glasses prior to walking out the door, so when I made that quick glance into the mirror, my refection looked seamless and a just wee bit blurry.}

There’s really no point to this blogpost. Snaps for those of you who have paused the Victoria Secret Fashion Show to read about my unfashionable ways. No, I do not have any pictures of today’s #ootd. But while I was typing this post, these shenanigans were went down:

— Cheers y’all —

Glasses as a Fashion Accessory!

by Susan

I am a nerd at heart. I work from home, most of the time, rocking my glasses and my dorky sweaters. I have spent this past week in Washington DC doing five days of meetings and work functions, for my during-the-week contracting job. Believe it or not, I have been rocking dresses and heels {Gasp! Yes, my knees have been holding up! Dare I say they are on the mend?!} But today is day four of no yoga pants and I am beyond exhausted… so how about a mini post while sporting jeans and sweater with my new glasses from firmoo.com.

Firmoo.com recently reached out to me, asking if I wanted to try a pair of their glasses. Of course I jumped at this opportunity because not only do I like to wear my prescription glasses when I cannot handle my contacts anymore… but I love having multiple pairs of glasses to use as cute, functional accessory pieces. Yes, these glasses are for seeing. No, I don’t just wear them for fun… although, you totally could! Unless you are my sister, because no one would ever be able to tell us apart.

I picked these fun frames for a couple of reasons. Yes, they are similar to frames I already have, but that’s what I liked about them! I knew they were frames that would fit my face. But if you are not sure what style you need, the Firmoo site has a “digital mirror” you can use to try glasses on your own picture!

I also loved these glasses for the simple the fact that they were multiple colors! {Hint, I like to mix things up as much as possible!} I went with the Purple/Brown option of the #F037 style.

Even Chloe gave them a shot!

I was shocked to see that along with my $35 glasses, they included a cleaning cloth and a tiny glasses screwdriver! Thanks firmoo!

This was my first time ordering glasses online. I am used to paying high dollar amounts for glasses from my eye doctor. While I will say, my older, traditionally purchased, glasses seem to be a bit more “sturdy” my new firmoo.com glasses are definitely a steal! It seems that the average cost of glasses from firmoo.com is around $35 {some including prescription lenses!} Yes, these are just a hard plastic frame, but they are so stinkin’ cute and do exactly what my other frames do: allow me to see!!

I highly recommend that you give firmoo.com a shot! Firmoo.com is offering any 2 cats readers, who has not purchased with them before, FREE FRAMES! With glasses this cheap, I will definitely be buying a few more pairs to wear as cute fashion accessories rather than just functional glasses. But first… lemme take a selfie:

Recreate this look:

Sweater // Target {New!}

Jeans // American Eagle

Boots {similar} // Rack Room Shoes

Glasses // Firmoo.com {Gifted!}

Thank you firmoo.com for giving me these awesome specs. While they were generous enough to gift these to me, this was my personal and honest review.

Today I am linking up with Random Wednesday, What I Wore, Oh Hey Girl, #WIWW, link up!

The last of my summer fashion…

by Susan

Guys, it’s the end of summer. Pumpkin spice everything is in the air. The evenings are getting cooler here in Virginia… and I’m a happy girl when I can sleep with my windows open. {I will be even happier when the open windows brings in an even colder, brisker air. I sleep so much better when I am cold and have a mountain of blankets on top of me!}

While I love summer, I seriously adore fall. I got dressed yesterday in my cute skinny jeans, a super light weight sweater, and my new fall ankle boots. I pranced around the house a bit. {Yup, I said prancing.} Then I realized that it is still officially summer. Fall {and then that dreaded season of snowmen and icicles} will be here soon enough. So why in the world am I rocking the jeans and boots when I still have warm days to sport some cute shorts, bright colors, and of course my signature hat.

Virginia Blogger, Hampton Roads, Lifestyle Blogger

Signs that it’s the end of summer? There are a few leaves on the ground and my toe nails are only half way painted. I’m in dire need of a pedicure but I’m having a hard time justifying it when I will be wearing hiking boots this coming weekend.

So let’s everyone raise our glasses of white wine or some fruity concoction, as we say our goodbyes to summer and our hellos to fall. If it is still warm enough in your part of the country, I say throw all rules out the window and spend the next few days wearing and loving your favorite summer outfits. Because before you know it… we will all be praying for Spring Break! Cheers y’all!

#WhatSuzieWears: to an outdoor {summer} event

by Susan

As I am wrapping up another whole30 - I am struggling to find clothes that fit me “just right” in my closet. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining… but I am. I’m pumped to be getting healthy, but no one likes having clothes that just don’t fit right? Am I right? August seems like a great time of year to begin clearing out the things I didn’t wear all summer long and start finding items that fit me perfectly. Even if I am continuing to lose weight. {And boy, I am losing it in weird places. Does anyone else struggle with losing weight in their wrists before they lose it anywhere else?! Pretty sure each wrist is down 3 pounds!} While I need to alter half my clothes, why not just find a company who will make them to fit my weird measurements?! Which is exactly what eShakti.com will do. Have you heard of them before? This company sells adorable {and affordable} clothes that they customize and sew just for you! {And not just to your size, but custom lengths, necklines, sleeves, everything!} How cool is that?!
I am always on the hunt for dresses that are cute and fun, but also something I could wear when I’m working a wedding. A dress that allows me to pair it with a belt, flats or wedges, AND has pockets is exactly what a wedding planner looks for. I found this green gingham dress on eShakti.com and thought it would be perfect for a more-casual but still dressy outdoor wedding.

gingham green dress for summer outdoor event

2 cats and chloe fashion post - gingham green eshakti

Unfortunately I gave eShakti.com my dimensions prior to this whole30 {I’m down 8 pounds in the last 26 days!} so this lovely dress is just a tad bit too big for me now. But this is all my fault. This dress is comfortable and light weight. Again, perfect for a summer outdoor event! I love the fact that it has pockets too… do you know how much stuff a wedding planner totes around with her?! A lot.
Once my weight lose journey stabilizes a bit more, I will definitely be ordering a couple more custom dresses from eShakti, because let’s be real, I don’t know the first thing about sewing and altering my current wardrobe.
Dress: gifted by eShakti.com, Belt: Target {old, but similar}, Earrings: gifted, Necklace: gifted, Wedges: Target {old, but similar}

Festive Summer Scarf + Dog Butts! It’s Memorial Day Weekend Y’all!

by Susan

Guess where I am!! I decided that the most appropriate way to wrap up our Summer Kickoff Blog Series was to write a post at the cottage in my festive Memorial Day Weekend attire!

But first, I need to fix myself some Summer in a Cup.

Despite the beautiful scenery and the delicious beverage, this photoshoot was an epic fail. I’ve never had so may dog butts in my face, within a 10 minute period, before in my life. Chloe and her BFF cared less about my festive scarf… stinkin mutts. 🙂

Anyway! I was absolutely giddy when I found this infinity, vintage-y, USA scarf and Blue Green Aqua. It is a light weight cotton material so it’s perfect for cool summer evenings.

Brown Dog’s dog butt is all over the place in this blog post! Sorry friends.

Back to my digs - I don’t care who you are, or where you live, but no summer wardrobe is complete (in my opinion) without a pair of Sperry Boat Shoes. They are comfortable and durable. When I’m not wearing flippies or sandals or toms - you can bet your bottom dollar that I’m wearing my sperrys. (Yes, I have them in hot pink too.)

And even though I’m in North Carolina for the weekend, I figured why not rock my Virginia necklace anyway.

A special shout out goes to these three for all of their “help” with this photo session!

BTW - How flippin’ cute does Chloe look with her river hair!?

{While I was taking my selfie to show off my necklace, I thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye… I look over and catch Brown Dog placing her ball with all of my accessories! Pretty positive she felt the ball was a crucial accessory to the shoot.}

Thank you all so very much for kicking off summer with us! It was such a great way to prep for the holiday weekend and network with other bloggers.

~~If you want to~~ You should catch up on our series over this holiday weekend. We are here to help you prep for summer! I suggest you check out these gals:

J teaches us how to embrace Summer White all week long!

Leslie helps us pack up the best beach bag I’ve ever seen!

I taught us all about Summer in a Cup from the land of beautiful women!

Lesley inspires us with summer makeup tips!

And last but not least, Jenn gets us ready to use everything we’ve learned and throw a summer shindig!

Y’all enjoy the holiday weekend. Drink so drink. Catch some rays. Enjoy time with your friends and family. But most importantly - Take some time to remember the men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country and our freedoms.

Until next time… xoxo