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Dress Shopping with Kohl’s

*Screaming* Spring is finally here!

The weather  finally broke here in Georgia and I am crossing my fingers that we have seen the last of  freezing temperatures for awhile. Now is that awkward time in your wardrobe life where you aren’t quite ready to pull out your summer clothing but it’s too warm for your winter things. Kind of like that pregnancy phase where you are too small for maternity but too big for regular clothes. Feel me?

Dresses are a great way to combat this wardrobe tight rope walk. Putting on a dress and layering it with a jacket or throwing on a pair of tights underneath are great options to start bringing a little Spring and Summer into your wardrobe. Little peeks, like those budding bushes are just enough to keep you anxious for consistently warmer days.

Kohl's dresses collage

I took a trip to Kohl’s recently and again they did not disappoint when it came to a great selection of dresses to start the Spring wardrobe transition. From maxi dresses to party dresses I was impressed. Not only was I impressed, I wanted ALL of the dresses.

Kohl's Apt. 9 Dress

Kohl's Jennifer Lopez Dress

Kohl's Apt. 9 Dress

Since I couldn’t have ALL of the dresses, I chose 2 dresses that I thought would have potential for me to style in different ways. That’s layman terms for I wanted to be able to get every bang for the buck out of the dresses I selected. I wanted them to be able to transform from playdate casual to date night fab.

My first selection was this coral maxi dress. Yesssss! I loved the color immediately on my skin tone. Unfortunately I won’t be wearing it without my Spanx but I know I’m not alone in the battle of the belly bulge.

Play date casual, quick run to the grocery store, run an errand is what I call this look.

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A Day at the beach, my hair isn’t up for lookers, and lunch with the homegirls. I have options with this one.

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I only have date night on this one. Nothing too fancy, just a little night out on the town.

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I rarely go with short dresses, so I took a walk on the wild side and picked up this to the knee number. I think I am loving Coral this season.

Night out with the girls, date night, a wedding….

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Take me to church with my pearls on…or somewhere where the AKAs are.

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Playdate, lunch with the girls, a day of shopping…again options

Kohl's Apt. 9 Dress

Dresses are certainly an easy way to look fab instantly. Add a few accessories a headwrap and some shoes and you are out the door.

For those of you that follow me on Instagram…I did say yes to this dress. I just need that real good pair of Spanx to rock this one. You’ll see it again soon. I promise!

Kohl's Jennifer Lopez

Are you a dress girl? Will you take my advice and take a walk on the wild side and show a ‘lil leg this season? Are you a maxi dress girl or do you prefer short and sexy?

I was compensated for this post as a Kohl’s Spring Fashion Ambassador. All opinions are mine. You already know!!
Children Family Summer Weekend

TURBO and Tacos at Atlanta Street Food Festival

For my Atlanta peeps. This weekend is the 2nd annual Atlanta Street Food Festival and in celebration of the Wednesday, July 17th debut of Turbo, 20th Century Fox is bringing the Dos Bros Taco food truck from the film to life at this weekends festival. Not only will the Dos Bros taco truck be there but they are prepared to hand out 500 free tacos with entry, so be sure to book your room at the Holiday Inn Express Atlanta Downtown and get there early!

TURBO Dos Bros Taco Truck

Photography Summer Wordless Wednesday

{kinda} Wordless Wednesday

We’ve have been continuing with our routine of staying close to home but we’ve been taking little outings here and there.

We went bowling

Pin Strikes

Pin Strikes

My son is playing football this fall. I know what I said last year, I’ll save the deets on this revelation for another post. Conditioning has started so we spent an evening at the football field.

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..and we’ve been doing a lot of the normal summer routing…Playing outside, blowing bubbles, hide and go seek etc. ect.

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I did manage to sneak out alone and get in a photo session with Tiffini and her family. Tiffini is the founder of Tastemaker Magazine. I had a great time getting some shots of her and her family. Here are two of my favorites from the shoot.

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I’m thinking about starting up a fun linky where I would issue some sort of challenge and every week we would show off our shots in a link up. Would you participate? You could use your cell phone, point and shoot, film, whatever camera you wanted to. What do you think?

Children Family Health Summer

Structured Summertime Fun for Children

I despise structure, however at the same time I crave it. I know weird, I guess I liken it to the need to be able to do whatever I want but have some structure while I’m doing whatever I want.

I mentioned earlier in the week house hunting basically consumed my time for the past few weeks and while I was staring with glazed eyes at what seemed like every house on the market in the Atlanta area, I kind of let my children do their own thing. Well letting them “do their own thing” resulted in their sleeping and eating schedules to be completely thrown off.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Strong 4 Life campaign stresses the importance of making sure our children have some sort of structure during the summer to ward off restlessness and irritability. Yes, please. Tell me more, because the little people attitudes around here are at an all time high.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Strong 4 Life