tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60684734068226115022024-03-13T03:04:03.821-07:00A Housewife ManifestoAshlee @ A Housewife Manifestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035195398172220756noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068473406822611502.post-73298860437750846132011-11-03T10:22:00.000-07:002011-11-03T10:27:41.543-07:00First Response Fertility Test - Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have baby fever! There, I said it, and now it's out there for the whole world to google, find and see. It's scary having baby fever, because as a woman with high anxiety levels I tend to worry. Actually I tend to worry a lot. So naturally I'm worried about fertility, fertility issues and things of that nature. Sure, I'm only newly 26 years old, I'm relatively young, I'm relatively healthy and I have had two wonderful pregnancies which have resulted in two relatively easy 3 hour or less labors which included pushing for a combined time of 45 minutes (20 minutes of pushing with my first, 25 minutes of pushing with my second) and then out came my two healthy, happy, beautiful baby boys. So why should I be worried about fertility? Easy, peasie, one, two, threesie, right?<br />
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Well that's not necessarily the case for anyone. You see, I have baby fever in the midst of my close friends battle with pregnancy loss, fertility issues and her fight to have a second child. She lost a son to still birth just over two years ago,and she's had at least one miscarriage and a dozen false positives since then. So I'm naturally concerned, not only about her but about myself. Although, I must admit, I'm mostly worried with her. Watching my friend walk down this road has given me a new pair of eyes. I don't take anything for granted any longer. I don't naturally assume that just because I want to have another baby with every fiber of my being that God will see fit to bless me a third time. So I'm nervous, I'm anxious...I'm worried. What if I never get to be pregnant and bring a baby home from the hospital again? What if I never get to have my baby girl that I'm so desperate to have? What if there's something wrong and my fertility has dwindled.<br />
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That's where the First Response Fertility Test comes in. It has the potential to calm the fears and quiet the nagging questions of the mind for so many women. I recently had the opportunity to try out one of the new Fertility Tests, and I'll be honest, I wasn't so convinced before I tried it out. How can I pee on a stick and get the answers that I'm seeking out of it? It's by no means the end all be all of fertility, but it's a nice little at home reassurance. And if it shows up that that your FSH (follicle stimulating hormones) are out of wack, well then, it could lead you to the doctor where you can get more in depth testing, and some help that you may have not even known that you needed.<br />
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I had intended to take this test earlier than I did, but apparently my 'special monthly visitor' (yes, fellas, I'm talkin' about my Aunt Flo...ya know, my period!) had other ideas, which actually led me to pee on a more traditional stick before I even got the chance to pee on this newer stick technology. I was late, reaaaaaaly late...but I'm not pregnant, so I finally got the chance to use my First Response Fertility Test! Which I was really excited about trying, by the way. The wait was enough to drive me mad.<br />
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I finally got the chance to take my test though, and get my results. You do have to wait a little longer with the Fertility Test than you do for a Pregnancy Test, but the sticks, and the form the results take, are quite similar. All you do is POAS (pee on a stick) and wait, after thirty minutes you can read your results. It's as easy as that.<br />
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So if you've got questions, or even if you're just thinking about starting to try to conceive, pick up a test and give it a go. It can ease your mind or it can point you in the direction of your OB/GYN...and either way, it's good to know, or at least have some indication of what you're in store for on your road to having a baby!<br />
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Thank you to Clever Girls Collective for allowing me to be a part of #CleverTTC #Spon & for giving me the opportunity to team up with First Response & review their new Fertility Test! <br />
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It doesn't matter how old you are, how much money or time you have to spare, what your race or background is or what gifts or talents you have to offer. We all have something that we can do to help give back to our community, and even to the world for that matter, but today we're talking about giving back on a bit of a smaller scale.<br />
If you've thought about helping out or giving back why not start in the most logical place? Right in your own back yard! After all you do live there, most likely work there, your children attend schools there, play on teams and take extra classes and activities there. We all have a responsibility to ourselves, our neighbors, our community and most importantly our children to give back to our communities, build up our communities and try to make them the best places they can be. Think about it, why wouldn't you want your children to live in a better place? Why wouldn't you want to better the lives of your own family while also bettering not only your community but the lives of the other people who live in it? Helping out is so much more important now than it ever was before, because of all of the problems we're having now that weren't such huge problems for past generations. <br />
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Giving back doesn't have to take up all of your free time (what is that and who has it, anyway?) or your extra money. The only thing you need to give back is the want to give back, because as we've all heard before 'Where there's a will, there's a way!" I honestly believe that's true. Don't have a lot of extra cash? Then volunteer your time! Don't have a lot of extra time? Then volunteer your used clothing, some canned food, some extra money for project supplies.<br />
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There are countless ways in which you can give back to your community, and teach your children a valuable lesson and enrich your character and theirs while positively impacting the lives of others all at the same time.<br />
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You can donate items to local charity organizations, churches, homeless shelters, womens shelters and countless other places. Don't just donate clothing, donate toys, sample sized lotions, face washes, moisturizers, soaps, shampoos or conditioners that you get for free, or you could even donate full sized items that you've purchased on sale as well as shoes and accessories, food and many other items. The items you can donate and the places to donate them to are endless!<br />
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Become a big brother or big sister to a local child whose parents work or are in jail! If you have older children they can be a big brother or big sister too. It's true that getting your children involved in giving back at a young age makes them more likely to give back when they're older and teaches them valuable life lessons and to be grateful for the life they have and the things and people who are in it.<br />
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Which brings me to my next option, volunteer with your children. Join in a program that will allow you and your children to help clean up a park, clean up the local schools during summer, clean up the neighborhood, food drives, toy drives or anything that you take a liking to.<br />
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Have your children pick out a few toys during Christmas time from the store that they would like to donate to toy drives and take the opportunity to explain to them that not all Children get to have Santa come and Mommy & Daddy buy them things too. Let them pick out some of their own toys to donate to a Church toy drive or to your local clothing center and allow them to go through their closets and take out the clothing they don't wear or fit in anymore to donate there as well.<br />
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If you have a talent then donate that as well, if you own a business donate your goods or some money so that some children can go on a field trip they otherwise wouldn't have gotten to go on..<br />
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Volunteer your time by serving meals to the homeless, or helping to write resumes for them so that they will be prepared at job interviews.<br />
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Volunteer to tutor a child during the school year, or use your bilingual abilities to help a child in some way. The possibilities are endless! <br />
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If your children are old enough to shovel snow or rake leaves have them volunteer to do that for an elderly person on your block or in your neighborhood and help them with it!<br />
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I think that giving back should be a family affair, if we all show our children how to give back then they will show their children how to give back. This is something that I want to pass down to my kids, something that I want them to learn and to continue to do for years to come. If we all help someone then maybe one day when we need it someone will help us, and we can make the world, starting with our community a better place to live in! Maybe I'm overly optimistic, but I truly believe this.<br />
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I'm now working, and have been for about 3 weeks or so and so far I really like it. More than that, I enjoy most of my coworkers and making polite (adult) conversation with customers.<br />
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</tbody></table>I'm a sub technician at Eat Fresh Inc. (that's my fancy-schmancy way of telling you all that I make subwiches at Subway...snazzy, yes?) I work over 40 hours a week, so I don't have a lot of extra time on the computer. I miss blogging. Due to my last week having me log 46 hours at the job, I've had to take a break from <a href="http://www.ahousewifemanifesto.com/2011/09/mommy-style-fall-fashion-bomus-look-1.html">Mommy Style</a> for a bit, but look for a special edition of Mommy Style that will go live on Wednesday which I'm calling Mommy Style; The Busy Moms Guide to Style. This special edition on Mommy Style will run for 3 days, and will be a basic style guide for Mamas! Which means it's no nonsense and straight to the point, because as Mommies we don't have a lot of time for beating around the bush.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aiden & Jagger lovin' on each other on the first day of Pre-K!</td></tr>
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Aiden has started Pre-K at the local Elementary School here! Which makes me too sad (and too excited) for words because this is his first official year in the school system. He loves it, we pack his lunch and I walk him to school in the mornings since it's just a short walk from our house. He's doing rather well, and has finally adjusted to the change and has gotten into the groove of things. I however am having a harder time with the adjustment, as I'm not home most evenings to make dinner or bath my baby loves. <br />
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Jagger is...well, he's Jagger. Obsessed with cars and trucks, still a little chunky monkey and he's growing up way too fast right before our eyes. He's learning new words all the time, and he's into all things relating to his older brother, which is causing some brotherly issues between them because big brother doesn't want baby brother following him around and toy jacking him all the time. Oh the joys of having two little boys, luckily the (literal) joys of having and getting to see the bond between brothers form and grow makes it all work it...most of the time. Jagger does this cute thing lately which we have named the 'Jagger Smile' because it's this adorable little grin, but there are two versions of it, version 1 - eyes open and version 2 - eyes closed and silly.<br />
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Other than that I've just been trying to get in some quality time with my Baby Loves and my Husband. I answer blog related emails at night when I get home from work, which is usually anywhere from 10:30 to 11:00 and then I have enough time to get some non sub related food to eat, watch an episode of Big Brother from Season 11 (Go Team Jordan & Big Jeff!!), shower and talk to my Husband for a bit before I pass out in my big comfy bed.<br />
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</div><span style="color: #0b5394;">What have ya'll been up to? If your kids are in school this year how are you adjusting to the schedule change and if this is your first year as the Mama of a preschool or school aged child how are you adjusting to that? I'm having some troubles with it myself, as I mentioned before. </span> <span style="color: #a64d79;">Help a Mama out, advice...anyone?</span><br />
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This weeks first celebrity bonus look is Ashley Greene, and it's a super cute look for fall that is perfect for Moms! Ashley Greene has a very cute and casual style, but she can also dress up and get it right every time. Her look is very trendy without being overly so, and she knows how to pair on trend items with her favorites and make it work.<br />
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In the look I've recreated she's wearing a pair of boots that she wears all the time, I could have chosen 10 other looks with this same pair of boots in them. When you have a favorite piece it's so easy to work it into a ton of outfits and change it up each time.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The Bonus Look: Ashley Greene Fierce Fall Fashion</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="height: 500px; position: relative; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/mommy_style_fall_fashion_celebrity/set?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed&id=36474341"><img alt="Mommy Style - Fall Fashion - Celebrity Look 1" border="0" height="500" src="http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/36474341/id/lroN67jU4BGdrALLZ9hnbA/size/x.jpg" title="Mommy Style - Fall Fashion - Celebrity Look 1" width="500" /></a></div><br />
<div><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/mommy_style_fall_fashion_celebrity/set?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed&id=36474341">Mommy Style - Fall Fashion - Celebrity Look 1</a> by <a href="http://ahousewifemanifesto.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed">ahousewifemanifesto</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/v_neck_t_shirts/shop?query=v+neck+t+shirts">v neck t shirts</a></small></div><small></small><br />
<div style="padding-top: 16px;"><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=41507622" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/41507622.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=41507622" rel="nofollow">Boyfriend cardigan</a></small><br />
<small>$23 - target.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=41483186" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/41483186.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=41483186" rel="nofollow">Knit cardigan</a></small><br />
<small>$32 - yesstyle.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39397896" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39397896.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39397896" rel="nofollow">T shirt</a></small><br />
<small>$30 - topshop.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32504426" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/32504426.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32504426" rel="nofollow">V neck t shirt</a></small><br />
<small>$7.99 - tillys.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=41055328" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/41055328.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=41055328" rel="nofollow">Old Navy v neck t shirt</a></small><br />
<small>$8.50 - oldnavy.gap.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=30549248" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/30549248.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=30549248" rel="nofollow">Forrest Bob v neck t shirt</a></small><br />
<small>$30 - my-wardrobe.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32893335" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/32893335.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32893335" rel="nofollow">CALYPSO ST BARTH t shirt</a></small><br />
<small>$49 - calypsostbarth.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=28071243" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/28071243.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=28071243" rel="nofollow">American Eagle Outfitters high waisted skinny jeans</a></small><br />
<small>$25 - ae.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=31262844" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/31262844.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=31262844" rel="nofollow">American Eagle Outfitters super skinny jeans</a></small><br />
<small>$40 - ae.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40765303" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40765303.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40765303" rel="nofollow">Bluemint skinny jeans</a></small><br />
<small>$48 - yesstyle.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=27138965" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/27138965.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=27138965" rel="nofollow">Abercrombie & Fitch super skinny jeans</a></small><br />
<small>$34 - abercrombie.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38712156" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38712156.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38712156" rel="nofollow">Hollister Co. cuffed jeans</a></small><br />
<small>$20 - hollisterco.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37848131" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/37848131.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37848131" rel="nofollow">Thigh high boots</a></small><br />
<small>$30 - shockboutique.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=41474616" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/41474616.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=41474616" rel="nofollow">Thigh high boots</a></small><br />
<small>$40 - delias.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=31626594" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/31626594.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=31626594" rel="nofollow">Not Rated high heels</a></small><br />
<small>$45 - buckle.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40015136" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40015136.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40015136" rel="nofollow">Not Rated high heels</a></small><br />
<small>$50 - heels.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40072554" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40072554.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40072554" rel="nofollow">High heels</a></small><br />
<small>$40 - tillys.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38942491" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38942491.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38942491" rel="nofollow">Vintage handbag</a></small><br />
<small>$38 - nordstrom.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=19975546" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/19975546.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=19975546" rel="nofollow">Satchel handbag</a></small><br />
<small>$20 - alloy.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=41285660" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/41285660.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=41285660" rel="nofollow">Cross body handbag</a></small><br />
<small>$50 - topshop.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37473120" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/37473120.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37473120" rel="nofollow">Owl necklace</a></small><br />
<small>$20 - threadsence.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40706192" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40706192.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40706192" rel="nofollow">Pearl necklace</a></small><br />
<small>$9.99 - romwe.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40510049" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40510049.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40510049" rel="nofollow">Owl necklace</a></small><br />
<small>$15 - modcloth.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38262181" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38262181.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38262181" rel="nofollow">ASOS owl pendant</a></small><br />
<small>$6.40 - asos.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38041215" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38041215.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38041215" rel="nofollow">Owl necklace</a></small><br />
<small>$9.99 - stylesforless.com</small></div><small><br />
</small><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40608785" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40608785.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40608785" rel="nofollow">Wet Seal owl pendant</a></small><br />
<small>$8.50 - wetseal.com</small></div></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The second pair of jeans is probably the closest to the pair that Ashley is wearing in the original photo, but as always I love to give ya'll a ton of options on prices and how you want to do this look.</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">If you're wearing top 1, 2 or 3 (or one of a similar color) then it would be best to go with cardigan number 2, but if you're wearing top 4 or 5 then it may be best to go with cardigan number 1, or a similar color. </span> <span style="color: #073763;">This is because in this particular look Ashley's cardigan is darker than her top. </span> Any of the tops will go with any of the cardigans and can be paired with any of the jeans, boots, necklaces or bags! <span style="color: #a64d79;">As always everything is $50.00 or under and I've given several options on everything and options for flats instead of heels!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This look is so cute, and it's really similar to a few outfits that I have for Fall! <span style="color: #0b5394;">I love this look because it's so casual, but not overly so</span>. Still it's not as dressy as our <a href="http://www.ahousewifemanifesto.com/2011/08/mommy-style-saturday-bonus-looks_27.html">Kim Kardashian Bonus Looks</a> were. <span style="color: #0b5394;">This is a look that looks so put together and fashionable but is effortless and so easy to achieve. </span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Don't forget to check back on Saturday for our last two bonus looks for the</span> <a href="http://www.ahousewifemanifesto.com/2011/08/mommy-style-fall-fashion.html">Fall Fashion</a> <a href="http://www.ahousewifemanifesto.com/2011/08/mommy-style-fall-fashion.html">Mommy Style</a>! <span style="color: #0b5394;">I've got two really cute looks ready for my favorite hot mama's and I'm so excited to share them with you all. </span></div><div style="color: #073763; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #073763; text-align: left;">Also look out for an awesome revew & giveaway tomorrow and a list of my current favorite makeup & beauty products to go along with this weeks Fall theme to the Mommy Style looks!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks and I hope that ya'll have enjoyed this look & that you all like it! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">xoxo - Ashlee, your Personal Mommy Stylist!</span></div>Ashlee @ A Housewife Manifestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035195398172220756noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068473406822611502.post-15160269744447376182011-08-29T09:42:00.000-07:002011-08-29T09:44:03.221-07:00Mommy Style - Fall FashionIt's Monday, so that means it's time for a brand new Mommy Style!<br />
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I was going through my list trying to figure out who to use as my celebrity inspiration for this week and as I was googling, I kept seeing a common theme - cute clothes for Fall. I took this as a sign from the all mighty interweb search engine, Google, and ran with it this week.<br />
So unlike last weeks <a href="http://www.ahousewifemanifesto.com/2011/08/mommy-style-celeb-stylefor-moms.html">Kim Kardashian style guide</a> this weeks Mommy Style isn't going to be based around any one celeb, but around a couple of them with a common theme, which is Fierce Fall Fashion! <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I took ideas from Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift and every ones favorite <strike>Twilight</strike> little sister, Ashley Greene. So look for an extra bonus looks this week, as I will also be posting them on Thursday instead of just on Saturdays since this weeks theme is based on more than one fashionista.<br />
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</div><div style="color: #0b5394;">Also, if you haven't already, check out the two <a href="http://www.ahousewifemanifesto.com/2011/08/mommy-style-saturday-bonus-looks_27.html">Kim Kardashian saturday style bonus looks</a> that I posted for ya'll on Saturday. They're super cute!</div><br />
I've decided to do things a little different in another way this Monday as well. I'm going to be posting my take on the looks first, and then on Thursday and Saturday I will be posting bonus looks from the celebrities, I will be recreating specific looks from them. <span style="font-size: x-small;">This is how it will work when I don't have one particular celebrity as a style icon or fashionista for that particular week. I may post another bonus look on Wednesday. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">So lets get down to it, shall we? </span><br />
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<div style="color: #a64d79;">As always everything in my looks is $50.00 or less, because I'm all about looking hot, but I'm not about looking hot in the poor house! </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There are three seperate looks in my polyvore look book today. <span style="color: #0b5394;">Look 1, Look 2 and Look 3!</span> I also included several shoe options for each outfit as well as including the cutest blazer I've ever seen as a <span style="color: #0b5394;">bonus piece</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">because this blazer will look cute with all three outfits and will instantly bring it from casual chic to work / office appropriate!</span> So for those of you that work in an office or somewhere similar <span style="color: #0b5394;">I highly recommend purchasing this weeks bonus piece, <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/daytrip_tie_front_blazer/thing?id=23299936">the blazer</a>, because you can wear it with a skirt suit or you can use it to dress up dark wash skinny or bootcut jeans for work!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My Take on <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=36340252">Fierce Fall Fashion</a>:<br />
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<div style="height: 500px; position: relative; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/mommy_style_fall_fashion/set?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed&id=36340252"><img alt="Mommy Style - Fall Fashion" border="0" height="500" src="http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/36340252/id/UvfkV1vS4BGTPIC-Z9hnbA/size/x.jpg" title="Mommy Style - Fall Fashion" width="500" /></a></div><br />
<div><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/mommy_style_fall_fashion/set?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed&id=36340252">Mommy Style - Fall Fashion</a> by <a href="http://ahousewifemanifesto.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed">ahousewifemanifesto</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/high_heels/shop?query=high+heels">high heels</a></small></div><small></small><br />
<div style="padding-top: 16px;"><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40416713" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40416713.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40416713" rel="nofollow">Wet Seal scoop neck tee</a></small><br />
<small>$23 - wetseal.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32646794" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/32646794.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32646794" rel="nofollow">G by Guess cropped cardigan</a></small><br />
<small>$45 - gbyguess.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38035062" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38035062.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38035062" rel="nofollow">Great Plains short sleeve shirt</a></small><br />
<small>$27 - coggles.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=28790382" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/28790382.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=28790382" rel="nofollow">Jigsaw drape front cardigan</a></small><br />
<small>ÂŁ25 - jigsaw-online.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38043504" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38043504.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38043504" rel="nofollow">Great Plains oversized cardigan</a></small><br />
<small>$39 - coggles.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38715631" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38715631.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38715631" rel="nofollow">H M shawl collar cardigan</a></small><br />
<small>ÂŁ15 - hm.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38807385" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38807385.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38807385" rel="nofollow">H M loose shirt</a></small><br />
<small>ÂŁ13 - hm.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=23299936" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/23299936.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=23299936" rel="nofollow">Daytrip lace blazer</a></small><br />
<small>$34 - buckle.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=36952303" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/36952303.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=36952303" rel="nofollow">Old Navy super skinny jeans</a></small><br />
<small>$25 - oldnavy.gap.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=31262844" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/31262844.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=31262844" rel="nofollow">American Eagle Outfitters super skinny jeans</a></small><br />
<small>$40 - ae.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=31588852" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/31588852.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=31588852" rel="nofollow">!iT Jeans slim bootcut jeans</a></small><br />
<small>$50 - buckle.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39933406" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39933406.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39933406" rel="nofollow">Black strappy heels</a></small><br />
<small>$27 - gojane.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39897214" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39897214.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39897214" rel="nofollow">Ballet flat</a></small><br />
<small>$30 - jcpenney.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39266749" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39266749.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39266749" rel="nofollow">Platform pumps</a></small><br />
<small>$50 - bakersshoes.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32520294" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/32520294.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32520294" rel="nofollow">ASOS high heels</a></small><br />
<small>$40 - asos.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37449648" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/37449648.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37449648" rel="nofollow">High heels</a></small><br />
<small>$50 - heels.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40574000" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40574000.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40574000" rel="nofollow">Not Rated high heels</a></small><br />
<small>$50 - heels.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=31247878" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/31247878.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=31247878" rel="nofollow">ALDO high heels</a></small><br />
<small>$50 - aldoshoes.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39290558" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39290558.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39290558" rel="nofollow">Foldable flat</a></small><br />
<small>$30 - modcloth.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=26784273" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/26784273.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=26784273" rel="nofollow">ALDO high heels</a></small><br />
<small>$35 - aldoshoes.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40683763" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40683763.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40683763" rel="nofollow">Taupe Patent Leather Scalloped Heels - Unique Vintage - Bridesmaid &...</a></small><br />
<small>$34 - unique-vintage.com</small></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will break down the looks for you if you request that I do. <span style="color: #0b5394;">I'm not sure what ya'll would like to see me do with Mommy Style, so if you have any ideas please feel free to post them in a comment here, hit me up on Twitter or contact me directly at AHousewifeManifestoBlog [at] gmail [dot] com If any of ya'll would like to see a specific look, style or celebrity featured in Mommy Style or have any style related questions you can contact me in one of those ways as well!</span></div><div style="color: #073763; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;">Also, I have set up a Formspring.me account where ya'll can go to ask me questions, and I will be answering all the question in a Vlog in a week or so. So go check out my </span><a href="http://formspring.me/AHMBlog" style="color: #073763;">Formspring</a><span style="color: #073763;"> account and ask me some questions, I'll answer anything, I'm pretty much an open book as ya'll already know!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>I hope that ya'll have enjoyed the looks I've put together for you today and don't forget to check back on Thursday and Saturday for this weeks Celebrity Inspired Bonus Looks!<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">xoxo - Ashlee, Your Personal Mommy Stylist</span>Ashlee @ A Housewife Manifestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035195398172220756noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068473406822611502.post-40013297674018878102011-08-27T10:00:00.000-07:002011-08-27T10:07:51.820-07:00Mommy Style - Saturday Bonus Looks<div style="text-align: justify;">As part of Mommy Style, I'm going to be posting some bonus looks on Saturday from that Mondays featured celebrity. This weeks Mommy Style Icon was none other than the recently married Kim Kardashian. Or should I say Kim Humphries now? Perhaps since she's a traditional kind of girl in these matters but is also a brand in her own right she's going to be a newly wived chick of the hyphenating persuasion, making her Kim Kardashian-Humphries? Let's hope it's one or the other, they're a mouth full separately but together they dang near reach tongue twister status. <i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Oops...my ADD/easily distracted & amused gene is showing...</i></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I've got two bonus looks today, both of them are different variations of Kim's trademark casual/dressy style.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">These looks are very versatile, Kim loves to do a casual-dressy hybrid sort of style instead of dressing completely down, so you could easily wear these to the office or out to drinks with the girls. As always, I will be including options for flats as well as heels. These looks would be great for weekends for Moms, because you can still be what I call a H.A.M, which is a Hot A** Mama and look fabulous while you're out with your baby loves & your boyfriend or hubby and be comfortable as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is <i>so</i> <i>easy</i> to look good and look fashionable and still be comfortable and casual. I know a lot of people have trouble with that particular issue, and with dressing up jeans, but <i style="color: #0b5394;">jeans are the ultimate clothing purchase and staple piece</i> to any H.A.M.'s wardrobe because you can do so much with them. <span style="color: #0b5394;">They can be dressed up, dressed down, paired with any shoe you own and they can look professional, sexy, casual, dress, chic and so much more.</span> As with everything <span style="color: #0b5394;">fit is the key</span>, but we'll talk a little more about getting the perfect fit to your jeans in another Mommy Style post.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">These looks have jackets & blazers, which as I said in the first <a href="http://www.ahousewifemanifesto.com/2011/08/mommy-style-celeb-stylefor-moms.html">how to get Kim Kardashians look</a> post, are a staple piece and are so easy to pull off but also have the power to change an outfit & add a little hint of sexy, professional or casual to an outfit. They pull a look together better than jewelry sometimes.</div><br />
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<div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;">Look 1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q-Y6e51-3XY/Tk3ZpCS29VI/AAAAAAAAAwY/HQyavnySeU0/s1600/72859_celebrity_paradise.com_TheElder_KimKardashian2011_01_27_arriveatHDVisionStudiosinStudioCity3_122_791lo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q-Y6e51-3XY/Tk3ZpCS29VI/AAAAAAAAAwY/HQyavnySeU0/s400/72859_celebrity_paradise.com_TheElder_KimKardashian2011_01_27_arriveatHDVisionStudiosinStudioCity3_122_791lo.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="height: 500px; position: relative; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/mommy_style_celeb_for_moms/set?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed&id=36014720"><img alt="Mommy Style - Celeb Style for Moms" border="0" height="500" src="http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/36014720/id/ns18MfXM4BGPYlRS9Ck_6w/size/x.jpg" title="Mommy Style - Celeb Style for Moms" width="500" /></a></div><br />
<div><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/mommy_style_celeb_for_moms/set?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed&id=36014720">Mommy Style - Celeb Style for Moms</a> by <a href="http://ahousewifemanifesto.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed">ahousewifemanifesto</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/face_jewelry/shop?query=face+jewelry">face jewelry</a></small></div><div style="padding-top: 16px;"><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37177459" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/37177459.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37177459" rel="nofollow">Old Navy v neck top</a></small><br />
<small>$11 - oldnavy.gap.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39648749" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39648749.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39648749" rel="nofollow">Fitted tee</a></small><br />
<small>$22 - romwe.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=30234049" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/30234049.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=30234049" rel="nofollow">Agent Ninetynine long top</a></small><br />
<small>$30 - generalpants.com.au</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38874127" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38874127.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38874127" rel="nofollow">Old Navy racer back top</a></small><br />
<small>$13 - oldnavy.gap.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39263636" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39263636.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39263636" rel="nofollow">Pocket jacket</a></small><br />
<small>$40 - tillys.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40138987" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40138987.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40138987" rel="nofollow">YMI embroidered jeans</a></small><br />
<small>$38 - tillys.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40583226" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40583226.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40583226" rel="nofollow">Almost Famous studded jeans</a></small><br />
<small>$35 - tillys.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40921397" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40921397.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40921397" rel="nofollow">Wet Seal boot cut jeans</a></small><br />
<small>ÂŁ26 - intl.wetseal.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39704854" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39704854.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39704854" rel="nofollow">Charlotte Russe distressed shoes</a></small><br />
<small>$43 - charlotterusse.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38688527" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38688527.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38688527" rel="nofollow">Forever21 heeled sandals</a></small><br />
<small>$25 - forever21.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=27535232" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/27535232.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=27535232" rel="nofollow">Hive & Honey bootie boots</a></small><br />
<small>$40 - piperlime.gap.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=27722979" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/27722979.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=27722979" rel="nofollow">Steve Madden heel pumps</a></small><br />
<small>$40 - piperlime.gap.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=28211120" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/28211120.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=28211120" rel="nofollow">Zara peeptoe pumps</a></small><br />
<small>$50 - zara.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40071693" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40071693.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40071693" rel="nofollow">ALDO faux leather shoes</a></small><br />
<small>$36 - zappos.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38662744" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38662744.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38662744" rel="nofollow">Old navy shoes</a></small><br />
<small>$25 - oldnavy.gap.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40516777" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40516777.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40516777" rel="nofollow">Faux shoes</a></small><br />
<small>$30 - tillys.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=28919120" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/28919120.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=28919120" rel="nofollow">Zara peeptoe pumps</a></small><br />
<small>$16 - zara.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=36824604" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/36824604.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=36824604" rel="nofollow">Black Poppy faux leather handbag</a></small><br />
<small>$37 - pacsun.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=33456670" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/33456670.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=33456670" rel="nofollow">R J Graziano chandelier jewelry</a></small><br />
<small>$50 - stylebop.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=30354288" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/30354288.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=30354288" rel="nofollow">Yochi jewelry</a></small><br />
<small>$63 - maxandchloe.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38198912" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38198912.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38198912" rel="nofollow">Gold vermeil jewelry</a></small><br />
<small>$48 - fantasyjewelrybox.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37033343" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/37033343.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37033343" rel="nofollow">ASOS disc jewelry</a></small><br />
<small>$37 - asos.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=30360167" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/30360167.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=30360167" rel="nofollow">Yochi face jewelry</a></small><br />
<small>$39 - maxandchloe.com</small></div><small><br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=36429601" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/36429601.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></small></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=36429601" rel="nofollow">Dorothy Perkins gold tone jewelry</a></small><br />
<small>ÂŁ8.50 - dorothyperkins.com</small></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/mommy_style_celeb_for_moms/set?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed&id=36015717">Mommy Style - Celeb Style for Moms</a> by <a href="http://ahousewifemanifesto.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed">ahousewifemanifesto</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/knit_tops/shop?query=knit+tops">knit tops</a></small></div><small><div style="padding-top: 16px;"><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40917592" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40917592.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40917592" rel="nofollow">J Crew knit top</a><br />
$20 - jcrew.com</div><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32387357" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/32387357.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32387357" rel="nofollow">Forever21 v neck tee</a><br />
$4.50 - forever21.com</div><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32500982" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/32500982.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32500982" rel="nofollow">American Eagle Outfitters white t shirt</a><br />
$9.98 - ae.com</div><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39213758" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39213758.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39213758" rel="nofollow">Black blazer</a><br />
$45 - windsorstore.com</div><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37698476" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/37698476.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37698476" rel="nofollow">Almost Famous skinny fit jeans</a><br />
$35 - tillys.com</div><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39665300" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39665300.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39665300" rel="nofollow">Quiksilver distressed jeans</a><br />
$35 - quiksilver.com</div><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=35833314" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/35833314.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=35833314" rel="nofollow">Almost famous jeans</a><br />
$35 - tillys.com</div><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40640241" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40640241.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40640241" rel="nofollow">Almost famous jeans</a><br />
$35 - tillys.com</div><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40847612" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/40847612.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=40847612" rel="nofollow">Black lace up boots</a><br />
$20 - dsw.com</div><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=24393163" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/24393163.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=24393163" rel="nofollow">ASOS leather boots</a><br />
$26 - asos.com</div><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39716434" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39716434.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39716434" rel="nofollow">Black boots</a><br />
$50 - journeys.com</div><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=25825914" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/25825914.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=25825914" rel="nofollow">Stiletto high heels</a><br />
$27 - shopnastygal.com</div><br />
<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39290558" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39290558.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39290558" rel="nofollow">Foldable flat</a><br />
$30 - modcloth.com</div></div></small></center><center><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've had so much fun recreating three of Kim Kardashian's looks for ya'll and I hope that all of you have gotten at least some inspiration from my Mommy Style posts! I can't wait for you to see what I've got in store for Monday's new Mommy Style post, I love it & I think ya'll are going to love it too. <br />
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I've wanted to post some other things this last week, but I just started a job and I've been beat and busy, so I'm looking forward to posting more this coming week!<br />
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Thanks, Dolls!<br />
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xoxo - Ashlee, your Personal Mommy Stylist</div><br />
Ashlee @ A Housewife Manifestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035195398172220756noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068473406822611502.post-53110229519724174512011-08-22T13:14:00.000-07:002011-08-22T13:15:19.946-07:00Mommy Style - Celeb Style...For Moms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PfaFtdVenKw/Tk3YHy87KLI/AAAAAAAAAwU/IepU0napVRk/s1600/None%25285%2529" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="367" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PfaFtdVenKw/Tk3YHy87KLI/AAAAAAAAAwU/IepU0napVRk/s400/None%25285%2529" width="400" /></a></div>It was hard for me to pick which celebrities style I wanted to talk about for my first Mommy Style post. I've got a long list of celebrities for this feature, but I wanted the very first Mommy Style post to be extra special.<br />
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That's when it hit me - BAM! - like a knee to the face! Why not do a Kardashian? Since I'm their long lost fourth sister who was switched at birth, with a smaller booty and a lighter complexion of course, it makes perfect sense. Seriously ya'll, I'm like a little mini Southern Kardashian over here, ask my Husband or my Daddy, they'll tell ya!<br />
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Are ya'll ready to get this party started, dolls?<br />
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<div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;">The Look Kim K Casual</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>There's one thing we all know Kim loves, besides her family, her ginormous engagement ring, and her ballin' Husband <strike>to be</strike> that is, and it's jackets, blazers, coats, shrugs and sweaters. Kim is all about them for day and for night. And why not? They instantly pull an outfit out of drab territory into fab territory. They make your look more polished and you get a lot of bang for your buck with them as well.<br />
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This is a look that any mom can wear out at anytime. It's just as easy to pull on some cute skinny jeans, an adorable top and throw on a jacket right before walking out the door for the day as it is to throw on your sweats.<br />
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If you're not a girl that likes to wear heels don't sweat it, you can easily replace the towering heels that Kim is wearing in the photos with flats. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I'm going to be trying out Polyvore.com to try to make this as simple for everyone, including myself, as possible. You can view the looks I've put together on the <a href="http://ahousewifemanifesto.polyvore.com/">A Housewife Manifesto Polyvore.com page</a> I set up there just for my Mommy Style posts here. </span><br />
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This is a basic look for Kim - Black Blazer, Skinny Jeans, a cute top, Black Heels and a big bag. I put the outfit together using more affordable clothes without skimping on style.<br />
The prices of the pieces rang from $50.00 to $10.00 and I've put in a lot of choices for jeans, shoes, bags, tops and jewelry. I also included some flats for those Mamas that may not feel inclined to wear heels.<br />
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<div style="color: #0b5394;"><div style="height: 500px; position: relative; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/mommy_style_celeb_for_moms/set?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed&id=36007208"><img alt="Mommy Style - Celeb Style for Moms" border="0" height="500" src="http://embed.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/36007208/id/4H0E1PHM4BGROUlH9Ck_6w/size/x.jpg" title="Mommy Style - Celeb Style for Moms" width="500" /></a></div><br />
<div><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/mommy_style_celeb_for_moms/set?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed&id=36007208">Mommy Style - Celeb Style for Moms</a> by <a href="http://ahousewifemanifesto.polyvore.com/?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed">ahousewifemanifesto</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/high_heel_pumps/shop?query=high+heel+pumps">high heel pumps</a></small></div><small><div style="padding-top: 16px;"><div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=35578432" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/35578432.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=35578432" rel="nofollow">Frenchi ribbed cardigan</a><br />
$25 - nordstrom.com<br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=35782508" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/35782508.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=35782508" rel="nofollow">Lira oversized tee</a><br />
$20 - pacsun.com<br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=35557402" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/35557402.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=35557402" rel="nofollow">Soft Joie pima cotton tee</a><br />
$22 - bergdorfgoodman.com<br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=22201168" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/22201168.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=22201168" rel="nofollow">Skinny fit jeans</a><br />
$20 - delias.com<br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32724774" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/32724774.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=32724774" rel="nofollow">Victoria's Secret skinny fit jeans</a><br />
$30 - victoriassecret.com<br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38047592" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/38047592.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=38047592" rel="nofollow">Star jeans</a><br />
$35 - tillys.com<br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=35614995" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/35614995.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=35614995" rel="nofollow">Jane Norman skinny leg jeans</a><br />
ÂŁ20 - janenorman.co.uk<br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37449643" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak1.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/37449643.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=37449643" rel="nofollow">High heel pumps</a><br />
$50 - heels.com<br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=29905903" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/29905903.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=29905903" rel="nofollow">High heel pumps</a><br />
$21 - makemechic.com<br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=28736834" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/28736834.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=28736834" rel="nofollow">ASOS ballerina shoes</a><br />
$43 - asos.com<br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39897214" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39897214.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39897214" rel="nofollow">Slip on shoes</a><br />
$30 - jcpenney.com<br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39290558" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39290558.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39290558" rel="nofollow">Foldable shoes</a><br />
$30 - modcloth.com<br />
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<div style="clear: both; margin: 0em; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39494040" rel="nofollow"><img align="left" height="50" hspace="4" src="http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-thing/size/s/tid/39494040.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 0 8px 8px 0; padding: 2px;" width="50" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=2749399&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=39494040" rel="nofollow">Black hobo handbag</a><br />
$50 - purseboutique.com<br />
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$38 - nordstrom.com<br />
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$32 - nordstrom.com<br />
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$45 - jcrew.com<br />
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So there you have it, a cute, stylish outfit that won't break the bank! Hope ya'll will enjoy my Mommy Style posts!<br />
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As the mother of two young sons I know all too well that it can sometimes be hard to find the right style of clothes for little boys. It's even harder to find stylish boy clothes without breaking the bank! Almost everywhere I go when shopping for Aiden and Jagger I have to pass through the massive and stylish little girl section to get to the minuscule blue, pooh, truck and football filled boys section. After I spend 15 minutes walking past the endless array of adorable little girl items I then have to spend another hour or two searching through the very few racks of little boy clothes to find one or two suitable pieces for the wardrobes of my two beautiful little boys. <br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nw0jfPZNsdo/Tday1f2QRTI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/_1cCV8GGJRA/s1600/broken-piggy-bank-small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nw0jfPZNsdo/Tday1f2QRTI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/_1cCV8GGJRA/s320/broken-piggy-bank-small.jpg" width="320" /></a>Over the last four years I've taken a crash course in how to find the much coveted stylish little boy clothes and get them for my boys, without spending the salary of a fortune 500 CEO in the process. Today I'm going to share my secrets of how I dress my kids in all the latest styles on a budget with you all. There's no better reason to break the bank than your kids, but I promise that you don't have to. Stick with me and you won't even have to break the piggy bank to keep your kids in the coolest and newest styles!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Secret One: Know what you like, know what you want and know your kid!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">After a certain age it's not going to matter if you paid $1.00 or $100.00 on an outfit or a shirt for your child, because once they start developing their own interests and preferences if they don't like it, they're not going to wear it! When my oldest son was two he started to develop a personal style. He started developing his own preferences for certain colors, styles, characters and so on. So knowing what your child likes, what they want to wear, what you want them to wear and what you need when you go into the store is a must! I'm never rigid about knowing what I'm looking for, I know what style I'm looking for, and I know that Aiden needs more of this than that, and Jagger needs shorts but not shirts for example. This is half of the battle, because if you don't know what you want, what your kid wants and will wear and at least have a loose mental note of what they need then you're going in without a game plan, and you're likely to overspend and buy things that your kids don't need.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Secret Two: Know your sales and discounts, know where to go to get them and know your price range and your stores!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>I know what stores carry the styles I want for the price I want to pay for them. I have a pretty regular game plan that I generally go by. I know where to go to get my kids their good clothes, their play clothes and everything in between. I've got an email address with the sole purpose of getting newsletters from the stores we frequent, my favorite online shops and other newsletters. That way I always know when there's going to be a sale. It's a very rare day when I pay full price or top dollar for any clothing item for my kids. Sales, not diamonds, are a girls best friend, especially after she has kids. Diamonds do come in a close second though, especially chocolate diamonds. But I digress, use the sales, use any discounts you can! I sometimes buy play clothes from Family Dollar for the boys, and I even use the coupons for those when possible.<br />
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I also know what stores have the styles I want within my price range. I like stores where I can get good clothes and play clothes in one stop. So for that I go to Old Navy, Kohls, TJ Maxx, Gabriel Brothers, JC Penny and of course Wal-Mart. Some of those stores you really have to dig in, take your time and search, especially TJ Maxx, Gabes and Wal-Mart, but it's so worth it!<br />
When I'm just looking for some play clothes that are gonna get ruined in a month or two of playing outside I go to Family Dollar and K-Mart in addition to the stores above. It just depends on where I can get a sale at. I've been really into getting Granimals from Wal-Mart as play clothes for the baby, because I do not care if he ruins a 3 dollar pair of shorts or a $2.50 shirt. Granimals is also great if you need a solid colored shirt to go under a plaid or other print button up shirt, that way you can leave the button up open.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Secret Three: Budget for it!</span></span></div><br />
I have a friend who is an accountant. She gave me one of the best pieces of advice I've ever gotten! I was asking her how to budget, because I honestly did not know how - budget was not in my vocab! She told me that what she does is take out so much money a month, and put it up for twice a year shopping trips for her girls. If you do that then you're not paying for them all at once, it's the smartest thing I've ever done! She does the same with shoes.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Secret Four: Buy it in advance....if it's a crazy good deal anyway!</span></div><br />
I saw a pair of shoes at Old Navy recently, it was their plaid canvas flip flops just so you know, and Jagger's foot is still a bit too small for them, and it's not flip flop weather here consistently yet. So I bought them anyway, because I got them for 5 or 6 bucks! I loved them so much I couldn't pass up the deal! I did the same thing at Shoe Show for Aiden recently. They had this adorable pair of leather converse, our favorite brand of shoe for Aiden, but they only had them one size up from the size Aiden currently wears. So I bought them anyway. Why? Because they were leather converse for 15 dollars. That's at least half off, and I could not pass it up! I've also recently gotten Aiden some school clothes for next year, long sleeve shirts and such, for as little as 2 dollars on clearence at places, I just buy them in a size too big. If it's something you like, and it's on clearance buy it! Keep it put up, and then you've got a head start for school next year, or when your child goes up a shoe size they already have a pair of shoes at the house that you got on a fabulous deal.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Secret Five: Know what you're willing to splurge on and what you won't!</span></span></div><br />
I will splurge on jeans for my kids. I'm a stickler for their good jeans to be good quality jeans. Aiden likes his jeans to be distressed, a darker wash or like his Daddies somehow. There are very few places that I can reliably get good quality, stylish jeans at in Southern West Virginia for an 18 month old and a 4 year old. So I'm willing to pay a little bit extra. So for those we head to Old Navy! I know that they're going to have the jeans my son wants to wear, in a price range I'm comfortable with and that the quality is going to be superb. I'm about to buy some nice jeans for Aiden's school next year from Old Navy for $12.00 a pair, they're on sale from $16.50, not a huge savings, but enough to make this mama happy!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">What are your secrets for shopping for your kids on a budget? </span></b><br />
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I've updated the link to my button, so if you want to be a dear and switch them out that would be just lovely of you! I've also got new email addresses, so I'll be updating all that info here in a bit.<br />
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It's Follow Me Back Tuesday and I'll be getting to that in a minute, but first I want to address something else. <span style="color: #0b5394;">There are only two days left to enter my <a href="http://www.ahousewifemanifesto.com/2011/04/csn-stores-50-gift-certificate-giveaway.html">CSNStores.com $50.00 Gift Certificate Giveaway</a>, so if you want to win you have today and tomorrow to get those entries in!</span> I've got a couple other things coming up this week, some brilliant giveaways for you, and some other posts. So come back and check those out!<br />
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Now, as I said it's Follow Me Back Tuesday, and you can link up too at <a href="http://www.boobiesbabiesandablog.com/">Boobies Babies and a Blog</a>, <a href="http://www.littleyayas.com/">Little YaYa's</a> or <a href="http://www.sjunkie.com/">Survey Junkie</a>. Don't forget to follow this weeks guest hosts <a href="http://www.thewhitewhimsies.blogspot.com/">The White Whimsies</a> and <a href="http://www.staying-me.com/">Staying Me</a>!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Today I am linking up with one of the cutest new blogs I've seen in a long time and one of my new favorites, <a href="http://confessionsfromanimplusiveaddict.blogspot.com/">Confessions from an Impulsive Addict</a> for We Want to Know Wednesday! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mamarazzi from <a href="http://www.ourdandelionwishes.com/">Dandelion Wishes</a> (another new favorite of mine)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Janette from <a href="http://thejohansonjourney.blogspot.com/">The Johanson Journey</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shawn from <a href="http://seriously-shawn.blogspot.com/">Seriously Shawn</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So be sure to check out all <b>four</b> of the hostesses, and while you're there copy the questions, make a post and link up too! Inquiring minds and all that...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">{1} What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Are you an eyes or a smile person? Maybe another body part?</span> The first thing I noticed about Justin was his gorgeous green eyes!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">{2} If a movie was being made about you who would you like to see cast to play you? And would your movie be a comedy, drama, romantic-comedy, action film or a horror movie?</span> I'd probably pick Zooey Deschanel or maybe Mila Kunis. It would be a genra bending romantic-comedy, drama, horror movie! <br />
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<div style="color: #0b5394;"></div><span style="color: #0b5394;">{3} Does your high school yearbook include a senior comment section? If so share what you said about your future goals. Have you met those goals? If you do not have a yearbook just share what your goals where when you were 18 and if you have met them. If you’re brave enough include your Senior Picture!</span> In the 11th/12th grade I wanted to be a television reporter like Ashleigh Banfield of Anderson Cooper, and go all over to these dangerous areas and report and all that. Then I switched and decided to go into Social Work. I've always wanted to be a mother and a wife though, so I would say that I've accomplished all my 'major' family goals!<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">{4} What latest trend simply baffles you?</span> I absolutely hate thos grandpa/nurse shoes that all the celebrities are wearing. STOP IT!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">{5} When you walk into a room how do you present yourself? Do you walk in with confidence and command the attention of others or do you slink in and do your best to go unnoticed? <span style="color: #0b5394;">I'm a loud mouth, chances are you'll notice me because I will walk in mid conversation laughing or talking about something a bit too loud. It's just how I roll.</span></div><br />
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Max on Life is set up so that it is Max Lucado answering questions. As a pastor and an author I imagine that he gets more letters and emails than any one person could possibly answer. His advice is practical, moving, touching and spot on as he answered these questions. <br />
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I am sure this is a book that I will be speaking about a lot more on my blog, so ya'll can get ready to hear more about it in the future. I picked one question to focus on in my post tonight. One that I think has crossed every parents mind at least once. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The Question</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The world today - people and certainly the media - encourage our children to be self-indulgent. I don't think all this self-preoccupation will help them grow into mature adults. Am I off here?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The answer from Max Lucado</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Taught at an early age, self-indulgence becomes a way of life. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Television does not present the best models:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Kids who get every gadget and goody they want</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Kids who, in thirty minutes, solve all their problems</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Kids who get laughs with their sassy comebacks to stupid adults</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Television dangles the fruit in front of our kids and says, "Doesn't this way of life look good? Indulge yourself!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">But self-indulgence is a problem facing not only our children but humankind. In fact, self-indulgence got us into this mess. "go ahead, Eve. Eat that fruit. It looks so good. Indulge yourself."</div><div style="text-align: center;">Television only promotes what the world already thinks. So how do you teach your children well? Give them new models.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Other kids</em> ---Make sure they hang out with other kids won don't "have it all" or whose parents don't rush out and buy the latest thing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Parents</em> ---Are they learning self-indulgence from you? Do your schedule and your own priorities take precedence over them? Do you have more toys than they do?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Jesus</em> ---Feed them a consistent message of Jesus Christ, focusing on his humility and his self-sacrifice. "Jesus...was give a position 'a little lower than the angels'" (Heb. 2:9 NLT). Jesus chose servanthood, and he is the King! Can't we do the same?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kids need to get turned on to new models of self-sacrifice to realize that life is not one big TV show and the plots don't always center on them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't know about ya'll but that really got me to thinking about my own kids, what I'm showing them, what I'm not showing them and what they're seeing on TV. It got me to wondering about ways that I can make sure that they don't end up thinking that the entire world revolves around them and loving themselves above all else. I want to raise my kids to be good, productive, mature God fearing, God loving adults! So this has definately got me thinking about things that I can change and do differently to make sure that I do everything in my power to raise them in that way. The first thing I'm going to do is pray about it tonight, and then I'm going to pray about it every night until I feel that I have reached the solution. I'm going to be thinking about it, and making changed to my own behavior and other things. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">To read more of the questions answered by Max Lucado buy his new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Max-Life-Insights-Important-Questions/dp/0849948126/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303713295&sr=1-1">Max on Life</a>! I have been loving it so far, and I think I will be checking out some other titles by him in the near future as well!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">What do you think about this question and the way Max Lucado answered it? Do you ever think about this, and do you think there are some things you could change or do differently as well?</span></div><br />
By the way, Happy (belated) Easter everyone! We had a pretty fun & full day, and I will be posting about it (complete with photos) tomorrow when I get home! We're still at Justins Moms house!<br />
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JewelMint is a girls best friend. Well, <a href="http://www.jewelmint.com/">JewelMint</a> is my new best friend at least! Do you <strike>like</strike> love jewelry? (That's a rhetorical question, of course you <strike>like</strike> love jewelry, it's a part of the female DNA, right?) If the answer to that is yes, and I'm sure it is, then you have to check out JewelMint.com! <br />
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JewelMint.com is the brain child of Kate Bosworth (the amazingly talented, Oscar award winning, stunningly gorgeous fashionista) and Cher Coulter (amazingly talented celeb stylist & fashion designer who has worked with Ms Bosworth, Scarlett Johansson, Katie Holmes and Sienna Miller)! They design each and every piece themselves, and if you want to check out where they get their inspiration from, or even if you just want to get some amazing style advice then just check out the <a href="http://blog.jewelmint.com/">JewelMint blog</a>, which happens to be one of my favorite blogs!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">JewelMint.com is a monthly online jewelry club! When you sign up you will take a style quiz, and then each month you will be able to view your new personalized monthly selections from Kate, Cher and JewelMint's team, picked especially for you based on your answers to your style quiz! They don't charge you until your first month of purchase, and you can skip any month! They offer free shipping and hassle free returns! As a member of <a href="http://jewelmint.com/">JewelMint.com</a> you will be able to purchase any piece of Jewel Mint's beautiful jewelry for only 29.99, which is a total deal because it is great quality! You can invite your friends, and each time someone you invite makes their first purchase you will get 1 JewelMint credit, which equals to one free piece of jewelry!</div><br />
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They have a really cool feature at the <a href="http://blog.jewelmint.com/">JewelMint Style Diary</a>, you can email them with any fashion, style, celeb style, how to wear it etc. type question, and they will answer your question on the blog! Isn't that awesome? Who doesn't want style advice from Kate Bosworth and Cher Coulter? I know I do!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can buy these beautiful pieces of jewelry and much, much more at <a href="http://jewelmint.com/">JewelMint.com</a>! It's easy to sign up, and these pieces are total steals at only $29.99 a piece! Plus they offer free shipping, so it can't get any better than that. Don't forget to head on over to the <a href="http://blog.jewelmint.com/">Style Diary</a> with any fashion questions you may have!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">***I was not compensated monetarily for this post. I was given a product to test in order to provide an honest and informed review. The opinions above are my own and were not influenced or altered by receiving a free product to test.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">When Marley from CSNStores.com contacted me asking if I would like to work with them and host a giveaway I had already decided that I wanted to do something special for all of my readers who have been so encouraging, patient and sweet </span><span style="font-size: small;">(a lot of whom I am blessed to call my friends) through my redesign absence. I knew I had found the perfect giveaway to start the new blog </span><span style="font-size: small;">(well new blog design & new blog title anyway) out real proper like </span> <br />
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If you haven't heard about CSN Stores by now then I would love to know where you've been and how I can get a ticket there on my next 'mommies day off' because CSN Stores are amazing and super hot right now. Since CSNStores.com is home to over 200 specialty stores, they have just about anything & everything that your heart could desire. If you've never heard of them then you're missing out <b>big</b> time!<br />
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Since it's getting warmer outside now and since it's about that time for us Mamas (you know, Spring Break time, which is followed closely by Summer Vacation time) I'm thinking about ways to keep both my sons entertained this Summer. What better way to keep two little boys entertained while the oldest one is out of school for the Summer then by outdoor activities and play equipment? There isn't a better way that I know of.<br />
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Since CSNStores.com does everything they do big, it's no surprise that their Outdoor Games & Play section is HUGE, and is home to some of the most amazing outdoor play equipment I've ever seen. My oldest was sitting at the computer with me when I was looking through it, and I'm pretty sure his head was about the explode from an 'I want that, Mommy, I want that!" overload! What really caught our attention was their extremely large selection of <a href="http://www.swingsetsandmore.com/">wood swing sets</a>. <br />
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At CSNStores.com you can find a wood swing set to tickle the fancy of even the most fickle child, no matter whether they prefer a climbing wall or a picnick bench or monkey bars, I guarantee that they have whatever you and your little one want in a wood swing set. My son is now insisting that we need one, we're looking at the one pictured below, because it has everything Aiden wants in a swing set and Justin & I think it's pretty neat too!<br />
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<a href="http://s416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/?action=view&current=45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" /></a>Ashlee @ A Housewife Manifestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035195398172220756noreply@blogger.com802tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068473406822611502.post-24902449203918249222011-04-05T00:43:00.000-07:002011-04-05T10:23:26.023-07:00Tuesday Ten<div style="text-align: center;">I'm gonna try something new on Tuesdays. So here it is, The Tuesday Ten!</div><div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">1.) <a href="http://www.charlotterusse.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10978685">Gypsy Coin T-Strap Sandal</a>! They are so cute and I really must own them! I could also totally go for <a href="http://www.charlotterusse.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10939451&cp=4238904.4192333">these</a> while we're on the subject of shoes from Charlotte Russe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">2.) <a href="http://www.charlotterusse.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11203352">White dresses with brown belts</a> worn with boots. I'm not picky, they don't even have to be white, just light neutral colors. I'm so into these worn with boots right now! <a href="http://www.charlotterusse.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11314391">These</a> <a href="http://www.charlotterusse.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11211843">three</a> just happen to be some of my <a href="http://www.charlotterusse.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11048210">favorites</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">3.) <a href="http://www.dhstyles.com/erican-one-4052-gray-sequin-one-shoulder-tunic-top-p/american-one-4052-gray.htm?Click=65030">One shoulder tops</a>! I love them, they're cute and they're totally in for this spring and summer, which means they'll be easy to find. I really like them in either <a href="http://www.dhstyles.com/Kokomax-2588-ivory-studded-one-shoulder-bubble-top-p/kokomax-2588-ivory.htm?Click=65030">a classic neutral</a>, a cute bold print or with <a href="http://www.charlotterusse.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11067370&CAWELAID=746139214&cm_mmc=CSE-_-FGL-_-NA-_-11067370">ruffles</a>, draped fabric or some kind of embellishments!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">4.) Shorts with boots. I'm Southern, I live in a small country town in West Virginia so of course I'm all about this. I don't know if it's "trendy" but I do know that I think it's totally cute and that I'm totally going to rock it!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">5.) Vintage inspired clothing. I love <a href="http://www.modcloth.com/">mod cloth</a>, they have the cutest dresses. I love a <a href="http://www.modcloth.com/Womens/Dresses/-Happy-Travels-Dress">full skirt</a>, and luckily they look amazing with <a href="http://www.shopbop.com/redmon-tie-vamp-kitten-heel/vp/v=1/845524441890416.htm?folderID=2534374302122091&extid=froogle-PELLE40015">kitten heels</a>, which are coming back in by the way. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">6.) Hair accessories! I really love the <a href="http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog_name=FOREVER21&category_name=acc_hat_hairgoods&product_id=1083047759&Page=4&pgcount=25">lace flowers headbands</a> and the hair jewelry type deal, it's so cute and I really just can't get enough of it!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">7.) Sunglasses are probably my number one favorite thing to buy in Spring and Summer. I already own tons of pairs, but I always feel the need to buy more. I just really really love them in a crazy obsessive kind of way.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">8.) <a href="http://www.charlotterusse.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10860807&cp=4238904.4192333">Super flat sandals</a>. If my sandals don't have a stiletto heel then they can't have any heel at all. I hate chunky sandals, so I only buy super flat ones. I already have quite a few pair, but I could always use more. For some reason I just feel like they look more put together and chic. I do have a couple of pairs of the chunky sandals that I wear when the boys are out playing and I may get dirty.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">9.) Swimsuits, and preferably <a href="http://www.victoriassecret.com/ss/Satellite?ProductID=1265437011661&c=Page&cid=1300105508352&pagename=vsdWrapper">this one</a>. Seriously, how hot is that?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">10.) <a href="http://www.victoriassecret.com/ss/Satellite?ProductID=1265437543911&c=Page&cid=1300104436054&pagename=vsdWrapper">Tanks and Camis</a>! I love them, I wear them under open long sleeve shirts, cardigans and all that during the winter and fall so I'm always excited to see them come back in the warmer months. I'm really loving long, thin and slightly baggy tanks for this summer to wear with cute jeans and heels or shorts and boots!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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I am so very very happy to finally be done. I must say that I'm really happy with the end result, I suppose all that time, indecision and perfectionism paid off. Do you likey?<br />
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I've updated all the pages in my nav bar up top under the header, so feel free to check them out if you like. Each and every single tiny little thing about, on and having to do with this blog has been edited, changed or redone. It's taken a while but I am finally completely and totally done with it!<br />
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If you don't mind, grab my new button over there too. If you want to that is.<br />
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I've got a lot of stuff coming up that I think everyone will like. Starting with a giveaway from <a href="http://www.csnstores.com/">CSNStores.com </a>tomorrow. After that I've got a few other surprises up my sleeve as well, but you'll just have to wait and see what they are.<br />
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Also, I'd really appreciate it if ya'll would take the time to vote for me in the Top 25 Product Review Parents on Circle of Moms. You can vote for me by going to my <a href="http://www.circleofmoms.com/blogger/890">page here</a> or by clicking on the linked button below! You can also get to my page to vote for me by clicking on the button in my sidebar!<br />
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I am currently battling sickness and allergys, and they've hooked up to try to defeat me, but in spite of them I finished everything I needed to do. Perhaps a little slower than normal, but I'm done just the same. It is currently 1:35 in the a.m. where I'm at, so I need to hit the sack, as they say. Jagger and I have to go to the doctor in the morning. I am so glad to be back to blogging though. I've missed it, I never knew how addictive it was until now!<br />
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Goodnight Blog Land! I will see you in the morning with that <a href="http://www.csnstores.com/">CSN</a> giveaway and I intend to actually post, real proper like! I've seriously missed my blog so much. How have ya'll been? What'cha been into?<br />
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<a href="http://s416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/?action=view&current=45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" /></a>Ashlee @ A Housewife Manifestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035195398172220756noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068473406822611502.post-17096903565708009332011-01-16T13:54:00.000-08:002011-01-16T13:55:01.013-08:00Out with the old<div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Out with the old and in with the new!</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">That's what the New Year is all about. Whether you made the the traditional resolutions or you're like me and made what you call 'goals' that's the attitude of most people when we're propelled into a new year. Isn't it strange what the changing of a single digit on the end of the year can do? How it can inspire people to change their lives and attitudes, even for a short period of time. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">Keeping with that theme, I am going to be working out some of my 'blog and blogging goals' today and tonight. It shouldn't take too long because I've already got most of what I'm doing set up on the test blog. So it's out with the old and in with the new for me and my blog this year. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">I hope you like the changes, I've been working on them for over a week! It's all about the word 'simplify' for me this year, so it should come as no surprise that it's one of my goals to simplify my blog this year as well. I want it to be sleek, clean, simply but pretty and at the same time still having that bit of 'me' in it. I want it to be easy to navigate and pleasing to the eye. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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I'm starting a game of sorts, and as I said in my <a href="http://lovecommaashlee.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-year-new-me.html">last post</a> I hope you will all join in and play along. (Would it help if I dared you? What about double dog dared you? If it does, then consider your yourself double triple dog dared to play along with me!)<br />
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Think of this great big blogoverse as a slumber party. We all talk to each other about our personal lives, relationships and sometimes even our deepest darkest secrets! You can head on over to Steph's Blog Babes Rockin' Mami on Makeup Mondays to get a (virtual) makeover and advice on how to get a certain look, so that part of the slumber party analogy is covered as well. I don't think I've witnessed any blog pillow fights, but I could totally picture Ange and myself or Ashley and Gucci beating the crap out of each other with pillows so hard that the soft feather stuffing would pop out of the seams and cover the bed in a thick layer of soft, fluffy white feathers -- while wearing our cutest Hello Kitty, Strawberry Shortcake or Rainbow Bright pajamas of course. You could head over to Jana's at Boobies, Babies and a Blog and read about the coolest new thang or some kind of trend. So if you think about it, this society of blogging women we have here is much like a slumber party.<br />
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What's the one thing that's missing though? You know what it is I'm sure, because we've all gathered around with our friends and sat down to play that slumber party staple of <i>Truth or Dare</i>. I was telling Ange the other day that we used to play a version of the game in a group I was in on CafeMom, I made the variation up by the way, so I'm not stealing it from anyone there. She encouraged me to turn it into a blog game because it would be fun.<br />
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It's truth or dare, except with the boring part cut out, and designed to be played online through blogs. If you want to play, don't forget you've been double triple dog dared to play, then all you have to do is go <a href="http://lovecommaashlee.blogspot.com/p/dare.html">here</a> and read the rules, and enter the linky. If you don't want to play along, you can still hand out dares, just visit the linky and see who's playing then go to their page and leave them a dare in a comment to their post about the game. I, for one, am excited to get started!<br />
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<div style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>I'm starting the game by making this post. So feel free to leave a dare for me in the comment section of this post! So give me some good dares, and I'll start working on them ASAP!</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://s416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/?action=view&current=45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" /></a>Ashlee @ A Housewife Manifestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035195398172220756noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068473406822611502.post-85867646420373745362011-01-05T08:49:00.000-08:002011-01-05T08:51:26.552-08:00New Year, New Me!<div style="text-align: justify;">Welcome to The Zombie Housewife version Two Thousand Elven point oh. Doesn't seem much different, huh?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">That's because it's not much different, at least not yet anyway. That's because I haven't put the changes I have in store for this blog into effect yet. While I've been on my <strike>semi-</strike>extended winter blogcation I've had a lot of time to think, and as much as that fact my scare my Husband, friends and those of you who truly know me, it's actually been a good thing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I love the way the New Year turns me (and millions of other people) into reflective thinkers. It makes you want to take a step back and think about the past year, life, where you are in your life, family, relationships and goals. I love being able to think of the year as a clean slate, and a time for change and possibility. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now I will say this, I am not much for resolutions. Mostly because after observing people a resolution has come to mean "An ill thought out wish that people make on New Years Eve or New Years Day, without thinking it through or making a plan to achieve the resolution. Later to be discarded and rejected when the resolution maker realizes that it will actually take some amount of work to achieve this goal or change." It's my opinion that most people really believe that the pounds are just going to melt away with sheer will and the power that it takes to think about losing weight, or that people believe that wanting to make a change or reach a goal will automatically get them there without working for it. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This year I've actually sat down and set some goals though. I prefer to think of them as goals but that's just me. I also separated them into four categories, because I'm an anal, type A, list making OCD crazy person. I know what you're thinking, "I hate people like that" well I hate people like that too. Imagine how awkward that little bit of self loathing is for me, but it's okay, cause I can always make a pro and con list and feel better.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">My categories are My Spiritual Life, Personal, Family/Relationships and Blogging. Yes, I set goals for all of those things. I plan to work toward them throughout the year as well, and I'm very excited to see the rewards of all my hard work! There's nothing better than setting a goal and reaching it. I'm going to be adding a section in my Nav Bar up there where my Goals for 2011 will be outlined, so look out for that!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've got several new things planned for the blog, because I've been thinking for a while that maybe I should focus on the more personal side of the blog. Try to show all aspects of my personality, instead of just letting a few aspects dominate the blog. So I'm going to be reaching toward that on The Zombie Housewife as well. I want to be able to open up more on here, but I'm pretty shy in general, so it's been a bit hard for me, but no more of that! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I was going to announce something that I'm starting here, but now I think that I will make another short post about it after this. There will also be a section on my Nav Bar for it as well. I've just gotta get some things finished up, and it will be up today! I hope you will all play along with me, that would make it so much more fun!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope you all had an amazing Holiday and had a great New Years Eve and New Years Day!!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="color: #073763;">Did you make any New Years Resolutions or Goals for 2011, if you did I wanna know what they are. Perhaps we can hold each other accountable in this New Year!</span></b></i></div><br />
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We moved back to civilization. I couldn't take living in a house so close to my Mother-in-Law, and quite frankly Justin couldn't handle it either. We were trying to help our friend Jon get visitation with his son, who just happens to be our nephew and Justins sisters son as well. His Mother flipped out about that, even though Justins Sister - the mother of the child - was okay with it. She ended up making our lives a living hell so we had to move back. I may go into more detail later on this, but I'm in a good mood and I don't want to talk about it right now. As you can probably all imagine she's quite the mood dampener with her childish antics.<br />
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We're not quite settled back in yet, and we have yet to get the Christmas Tree up here yet. That's on top of my very long to do list for tomorrow. We've been back since last Saturday, so it's been almost a week. Things with my Daddy have actually been going amazingly well. Our relationship has improves a hundred fold, actually. So I'm enjoying that quite a bit.<br />
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Some of you may remember the rash or bumps that Jagger broke out with a while back. If not then you can scroll down to see the photo. Well it wouldn't go away even after we finished his round of antibiotics and his bronchitis cleared up. I kept using the cream for about 2 or 3 weeks, and it would still come and go. I took him back to the doctor and it turns out that it is eczema. Aiden had infantile eczema, but it was never bumps. His was always just rough patches of itchy abnormally dry skin. So I never suspected eczema, but that's what he's been diagnosed with. We are using a new cream now and if it doesn't improve then we will get a referral to a dermatologist and have him seen there.<br />
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After the Holidays Justin has decided to enlist in the National Guard. So he's looking forward to that, but I'm not because I will miss him terribly while he is gone. It's a move in the right direction we believe though. I don't know much about the National Guard, so I'm going to have to start doing some research.<br />
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Aiden is excited for Christmas this year for the first time really. He was excited last year, but this year he just seems to get it more I suppose. So it's really made the Holiday season more magical for us. Jagger obviously doesn't know what's going on really, but he loves the tree and all the lights.<br />
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I will be back in full force after the Holidays are over and everything gets settled a bit more. I can't wait to get back to blogging because I've really missed it. I never realized how truly addictive it was until I had to take a break because of all the stress, drama and family weirdness here recently!<br />
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<a href="http://s416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/?action=view&current=45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" /></a>Ashlee @ A Housewife Manifestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035195398172220756noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068473406822611502.post-38163589982135516312010-12-14T07:24:00.000-08:002010-12-14T07:24:35.372-08:00What if it were your Son or Daughter?<div style="text-align: justify;">As I'm dashing about like a mad woman trying to get myself & my family ready to go, like most other days recently, I am taking the time to post something. I actually had another post scheduled for today but this one is much more important if you ask me. It was Written by the lovely, talented and beautifully giving person we all know and love, Stephanie -- You may know her as Babes Rockin' Mami! Read it, help if you can....</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was an email, and I literally have 2 seconds before I have to run out the door, and I still don't have a bra on so forgive me if it needs some fixing!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So here's what Steph had to say!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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This is of course the busiest time of the year but it's also the giving season, the time where we make sure to think of others before ourselves. A family is grieving the loss of their son in a horrific accident. Read more <a 26082549="" detail.html="" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" http:="" news="" target="_blank" www.thedenverchannel.com="">http://www.<wbr></wbr>thedenverchannel.com/news/<wbr></wbr>26082549/detail.html</a>" target="_blank">here and <a ?p="2418"" babesrockinmami.com="" href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" http:="" target="_blank">http://babesrockinmami.<wbr></wbr>com/?p=2418</a>" target="_blank">here. Most of us can't even imagine the pain this family is experiencing not to mention the financial strain. It's my Christmas wish to be able to help this family, who are also friends of mine, to help take away something on their minds at a time that's focused on famil and love and happiness.<br />
I am still trying hard to get some products donated as incentive to donate. I know that a childs death is sad and isn't like a baby with a disease or curing something but it's still just as important. If you son or daughter was killed in an accident what would you do? Every dollar you donate will be one entry into the drawing for prizes. I will get an email with your info and the amount you've donated and will email you back to confirm and give you your drawing numbers. When the auction ends tentatively on the 15th of January, possibly the 31st I will go through and <a href="http://random.org/" target="_blank">random.org</a> each item with them numbers to pick a winner (the two of you that have donated will be getting emails soon). I hope to have more details on the auction in the next few days as more sponors get back in touch, between the weekend and weather people are taking longer to get back in touch. Decide to give up your morning coffee to Riley for a day and you give $5 to a deserving family and get five entries to win some cool stuff!<br />
The donations we have to auction off right now are:<br />
$10 Gift Card to Bath & Body Works<br />
$25 Gift Code to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" http:="" rockmami="" shop="" target="_blank" www.etsy.com="">http://www.etsy.com/<wbr></wbr>shop/rockmami</a>" target="_blank">Steph's Rockin Bakery<br />
$50 Gift Code to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" http:="" target="_blank" www.pinkcherry.com="">http://www.pinkcherry.<wbr></wbr>com</a>" target="_blank">PinkCherry.com<br />
You can also help by SPREADING THE WORD! I have been surprised that not many people have taken an interest but I'm hoping that it's just because the weekend was busy and you've been busy shopping. I know my readers would do anything they could to help!<br />
Babe and Riley were just a month apart, Sandra and I shared pregnancy stories, ultrasounds, fears and firsts. It always seemed like if one boy was doing something the other was right behind him or had been doing it. Both boys loving, sweet, funny little boys whoe changed both of us for the better. I see so much of me in her as a mother. The rest of her firsts with Riley are gone now and as a mother and a friend of Sandra I want to do everything I can to help and I know that you will too. Our blog family can help this family with this burden so that they have one less thing to worry about in the recovery from the death of Riley. Feel free to email me any questions that you may have!<br />
The Rockin' Bakery will be donating 25% off it's profits to The Riley Memorial! We can't do much but we can organize this raffle, donation drive and donate the profits to it.</div><br />
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<a href="http://s416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/?action=view&current=45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" /></a>Ashlee @ A Housewife Manifestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035195398172220756noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068473406822611502.post-59014629402301291892010-11-30T15:18:00.000-08:002010-11-30T15:18:27.557-08:00Help Grant A Wish for a Little Girl with Cancer w/ the Make A Wish Foundation!<div style="text-align: justify;">Madison Weise is a five year old little girl who has cancer and lives in Virginia! She lives fairly close to where I grew up there actually. Her make a wish project with the Make A Wish Foundation is to receive the most cards and letters for the Gneiss Book of World Records. It's such a small wish, but I'm sure it would mean so much to this sick little girl. It doesn't cost a lot of money for all of us to help grant her wish and it won't take up very much of your time either.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's the Holiday Season and a lot of us are starting to send out our Christmas Cards anyway, so why not add Madison to your list and send her a card for the Holidays as well. You would be doing something good, spreading cheer and showing Madison that there are a lot of people who wish her well and care about her all while helping to grant her Make A Wish Foundation wish. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's as simple as that! I hope that you will add her to your Christmas Card list if you read this.</div><br />
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</div><div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><b>Madison Weise</b></div><div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"><b>4391 Railroad Branch</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #0b5394;">Bastian, VA 2431</b></div><br />
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<a href="http://s416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/?action=view&current=45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" /></a>Ashlee @ A Housewife Manifestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035195398172220756noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068473406822611502.post-6744603126692798922010-11-30T12:00:00.000-08:002010-11-30T12:01:31.327-08:00Opinions, please!Have you ever just been at your wits end with one of your kids? You know they keep on and keep on and keep on and so on and so on, and you keep saying "No, don't do that!" over and over. They keep doing it anyway, even after being punished for it 3 times. Well I had a moment like that with Aiden last night. It had been a long day, a very long day, and he just wouldn't let up and had been in trouble 3 times if not more in the past 25 minutes. Well then he decides to get about an inch away from my face and start screaming at me.<br />
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Now, have you ever done something that you are not proud of, as a parent? You know maybe your kid is an inch away from your face after being in trouble 3 times if not more in the past 25 minutes, and they're just right there in your face yelling -- screaming, at you. Then maybe you, in your frustration raise your voice back at them and say "You better get out of my face little boy!" and your child backs away and starts crying, because you yelled at them while they were yelling at you, an inch away from your face.<br />
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That's what happened at our house last night. I felt immediately horrible for losing my temper and yelling at Aiden, but I was just really at my wits end with him acting up at that point. So I got up and went to the bathroom, and I was praying and asking for guidance. Then all of a sudden I hear my Mother-in-Law telling Justin "If I EVER see that girl screaming in my babies face like that again I WILL call Child Advocate!" First of all, I would just like to say that I did not <i>scream</i> in Aidens face. Did I raise my voice? Yep, I sure did! But he was yelling at me -- his mother, an inch away from my face! Of course I'm going to get angry, that's disrespectful and he knows better. He knows he shouldn't be doing that. But I did not scream at him. I did raise my voice and tell him to get out of my face, which he did after that because kids can always tell your "I mean business" tone of voice.<br />
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Well then my Mother-in-Law decides to tell my Husband that he needs to "Step up and act like a man and tell her that you're not going to tolerate her screaming in your little boys face like that." I'm sorry, since when is it not okay to raise your voice at your child who is yelling at you right in your face? I did not bend down and get in his face to yell at him, I simply raised my voice at him while he was already in my face. I didn't threaten him or say I was going to bust his butt, all I said was "You had better get out of my face, little boy." Because, well, he better not ever get up in my face screaming at me. She acts like I got in his face and was screaming at him in some evil tone of voice, which did not happen. He was already in my face when I raised my voice at him, it scared him because he knows when I use that tone of voice I'm serious and he's in trouble and/or doing something very wrong.<br />
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Don't get me wrong, I feel bad about it. Then again I feel badly anytime I have to punish Aiden. I do not often lose my cool with him, I don't hit him when I get angry -- in fact most of the time I will take a time out to sit and think about what would be the best way to go about discipline when I'm angry. I don't act out of anger, or at least I try my best as much as is humanly possible to not act out of anger towards anyone especially my babies! <br />
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</div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;">So my question is: Do you consider what I did bad enough for CPS or Child Advocate to come in and remove my children from my care? Or is this, in your opinion, just another case of Justins mother making a mountain out of a mole hill and sticking her nose in where it doesn't belong?</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>In other news we were so worried that Jagger had Chickenpox! His entire back and neck, head and some of his legs were broke out in these little red bumps. I took a photo of it to show my friend Summer to get her opinion on it, and we just could not be sure. So I took him to the doctor yesterday.<br />
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It was not Chickenpox, it's a viral rash that is because of his cold. When the cold goes away the rash will as well. But, and this is a big but to me, he was diagnosed with Asthmatic Bronchitis, and has to take breathing treatments 3 times a day and cough syrup before each treatment. He also got prescribed an antibiotic and a cream to put on his rash. Poor little guy! His rash is already looking a little better, I think though.<br />
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<a href="http://s416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/?action=view&current=45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" /></a>Ashlee @ A Housewife Manifestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035195398172220756noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068473406822611502.post-27895909303222088192010-11-24T14:25:00.000-08:002010-11-24T14:29:45.858-08:00I'm Keepin' On Keepin' On, as they sayI know that I have been MIA <span style="font-size: large;">(<b>again!</b>)</span> and I'm sorry about that. I've been figuring some things out with my family and we're still getting settled in. We've also started some of our projects for the new house, which is a huge undertaking to say the least. We've got the hallway painted mostly, which is no small feat when you have two children (<span style="font-size: small;"><b>boys</b></span>, no less!) under the age of four. After today I think that I should be good to go and be able to get back to some semblance or normalcy and routine. To say the least I am quite excited about that. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jagger at Church last Sunday Night!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>My In-Laws have already had their Thanksgiving. For the past few years they have done Thanksgiving the weekend before the actual day of Thanksgiving. This year was no different, which I actually don't like but it's not my decision. It was my first year preparing a dish for their Thanksgiving meal though, and I was beyond happy when I was asked to contribute. My Mother-in-Law tends to not take Justin and I seriously as married adult parents, and I've never before been invited to cook or included in the Holiday meal preparations for Justins' side of the family. I felt like this was such a big step in us being seen as independent adult parents and a legitimate married couple. This is mostly about my Mother-in-Law who refuses to accept or respect the fact that I am indeed Justins wife and that he is actually old enough to be a married man with children. She has laid claim, if only in her own head, to not only my Husband but my two children as well. I think you all have realized by now <a href="http://lovecommaashlee.blogspot.com/2010/10/this-is-why-i-dont-leave-my-house.html">how bossy she is</a>, and if you haven't then chances are you are exactly like her. She tries to control all situations and thinks that no one is able to make a sound decision without her <strike>advice, opinions,</strike> instruction and demands. So I felt like being asked to prepare a dish for their Thanksgiving meal was a good first step in being recognized as not only part of the family but as the capable, adult wife of her Son.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aiden at Church last Sunday Night! (Do you like this photo effect? I used it on both, but am not sure if I like it or not so if you want to give your 2cents then feel free!)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I spent the day with our little family and waited around on my Daddy to come pick Aiden up. They always spend Saturday and Sunday at his second home in Virginia and playing on his property there and usually run some errands on the weekends together as well. I'm sure that didn't sit well with Serena (the Mother-in-Law) but I am not going to disrupt my Sons patterns and routines and his special one-on-one time with his best friend aka his Grandfather just because Thanksgiving comes early around here. After my Daddy and Aiden left I decided it was time to start cooking. I was making my homemade Baked Macaroni and Cheese, which is Justins favorite food in the entire world ever. Then we all got cleaned up, dressed and ready to walk next door and spend the day with our extended family and all the Aunts, Uncles and Cousins that had come in for the pseudo Thanksgiving activities.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Emma & Andrea each wearing one of my boots! </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Every year I end up getting two little shadows who follow me around and want to sit and talk to me. This year was no different. I spent most of the evening with Andrea and Emma, taking pictures, watching Andrea do her cheers she learned in Cheerleading and listening to Emma tell jokes and just be a silly little girl. It always makes me realize just how badly I want a little girl of my own some day. Andrea and I did pedicures that night, and she wanted to do matching colors which she thought was just super cool. I had a great time hanging out with my baby cousins and doing girlie things for a change.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our toes with their sparkly green polish!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Other than that I have been working on my Home Management Diary, as I call it. Some people refer to it as a Homemaking Journal, Household Management Binder and probably about eleventy hundred other names. I've been reading a lot of new blogs and really trying to figure out exactly what I want to do with The Vintage Housewife. Oh, and I was asked by my bestest best friend Kristy to co-author a blog with her based on our old website Sweet-Sale.com and I, of course, thought it was a great idea and said yes. So I'm not working on a third blog, but thankfully I have her help and don't really have to put in as much time as I do here. This will always be my main blogging focus, as I've met some of the most lovely and wonderful people through this blog. Sweet Sale is more like a creative writing project for Kristy and I, and it's more humor driven than this blog or The Vintage Housewife is. Feel free to check it out, read our About Kristy and About Ashlee pages and check out some of the posts we've go up. I'm sure for the people who have been reading this blog for a while that <a href="http://sweet-sale.blogspot.com/2010/11/this-is-sweet-sale.html">one particular seminar</a> I posted here will be quite familiar, but Kristy has put up a few new posts and I highly recommend her <a href="http://sweet-sale.blogspot.com/2010/11/top-5-womens-products-that-totally.html">Top 5 Womens Products That Totally Aren't Stupid Or Anything</a> (although I don't agree that Vajazzling should have been in the number one spot, but it's not my list) and the really odd <a href="http://sweet-sale.blogspot.com/2010/11/deep-conversations.html">letter that we wrote back to someone who was spamming Kristys' email</a> account in 2008. I've got another post going up on <a href="http://www.vintagehousewife.blogspot.com/">The Vintage Housewife</a> later tonight.<br />
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<b style="color: #0b5394;">How do you plan to spend your Thanksgiving?</b><br />
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<a href="http://s416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/?action=view&current=45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp246/justin_loves_ashlee/45EFEC897B1CEC04A49E2F5FA8EBE3E6.png" /></a>Ashlee @ A Housewife Manifestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13035195398172220756noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068473406822611502.post-22178428645990058192010-11-15T14:03:00.000-08:002010-11-15T14:04:45.886-08:00I've lost my balance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://s1044.photobucket.com/albums/b441/ZombieMommyDesigns/?action=view&current=balancingact.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" height="175" src="http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/b441/ZombieMommyDesigns/balancingact.jpg" width="200" /></a>Being a Wife and Mom is a balancing act. A tricky one at that, like walking a tight rope over a pool filled with rabid sharks. Sometimes it's hard, but you eventually get used to it. Recently though my balance has shifted, due to the move, trying to get things around the new house straightened out and everything that comes with that. Which has made it more difficult, and I haven't yet found my center of gravity again. I'm trying, don't get me wrong, but it's just hard.<br />
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Obviously I don't work outside the home, and I honestly have no desire to. I'm not lazy, but I just don't have a desire to leave my kids with someone else and go to a job that I don't particularly care for. I don't have an issue with other Women working outside the home, but it's just not right for me, at least not right now anyway. I have a not yet 4 year old and a 12 month old, and I feel like my place is here with them. There are barely enough hours in my day for playing with the boys, reading to them, cooking meals, making snacks, cleaning, laundry, getting this house in order, changing diapers, singing songs while my oldest is going number 2 on the potty (yes, I really do that! He insists that I make up songs about whatever word he says while he is pooping, and who am I to argue with the harmony of his bathroom experience?), kissing boo-boos, putting away clothes, spending individual and family time with the boys, spending quality time with my husband, blogging, facebook'ing, showering, taking time for me and the eleventy point five hundred other things I have to get done in one day. So I really don't see how I could add even one more thing onto my list.<br />
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I'm struggling with our decision to move here and the impact it is having on Aiden. Quite frankly I miss the convenience of living in town as well, and I don't like living out here where I don't have anything in walking distance and I can't make a 2 minute run to a store for something or another anytime I need to. It's been a lot of work trying to get my Mother-in-Law's things out of this house and into Granny's house. It's been even more work trying to make her former house feel like our home when it still contains most of her things and barely any of ours because there is no room for our things. On top of it all Jagger is teething, which is no small thing for him. His fifth tooth has come through and he is working on his sixth, which makes for a very cranky Jagger.<br />
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I am finally finding some semblance of a groove again, which is nice. But I still can't wait to get my things here. I want my pictures on the walls and my curtains put up. I want my bed and my book shelf. I want the rest of my clothes! I want my things here! It just doesn't feel like home yet, and honestly I'm not sure that it ever will. I'm worried about living next door to my Mother-in-Law and her tendency to be way too bossy and try to tell us how to raise our children. But at least I've found a small piece of normalcy in my routine. I thank God for that! I've had to neglect my blog for the past week or so, because I've just had too much to do and I was unsure where to start. I am finally able to get back to my full routine, which I am so thankful for! It makes the balancing a bit easier.<br />
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I will be able to finish Jagger's Event, starting tomorrow! Which means that my giveaways will be going up. I didn't think it would take this long to get the house in some sort of order, but it did. I am glad to be able to get back to doing what I need to do on this blog instead of just having to focus on the house. I'm looking forward to being able to get my reviews up and finally finish the Jagger's Turning One Event.<br />
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Also, I have started another blog. You can check it out if you want to, and feel free to follow me, I haven't posted much yet, but I'm planning on posting later tonight or tomorrow. Feel free to follow it if you want to. (= It's called <a href="http://vintagehousewife.blogspot.com/">The Vintage Housewife</a>!<br />
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You all know the drill now, right? It's Saturday Six with your two flavorite hostesses -- Yours Truly and <a href="http://www.boobiesbabiesandablog.com/">Boobies</a>!<br />
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Anyway...let's get down to business, shall we? Grab our awesome Saturday Six button, slap it on a post, answer the following six questions, and link up! Please DO NOT link to your giveaways or random posts. (Visit me tomorrow for Show Me Yours Sunday...Giveaway Linky.) If you aren't participating-we'd prefer you NOT link up. It's just not polite folks. That'd be like us showing up to your Granny's birthday party without a gift just to eat your free food, aight? <br />
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<div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;">This week's theme is all about movies! So get your typing fingers ready you film phenoms!</div><br />
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1. What's the last movie you watched in a movie theater?<br />
2. Share some movies with us that are guaranteed to make you cry.<br />
3. What's your personal favorite movie genre?<br />
4. What's the last flick you watched?<br />
5. Give us your top 5 favorite movies.<br />
6. Now tell us some of your most hated...<br />
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Now, for my answers!<br />
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1. <span style="color: #0b5394;">What's the last movie you watched in a movie theater?</span> Zombieland or The Hangover, which ever came out last. Either way I was pregnant with Jagger and trying to get as many movies in the theater in as possible before I had him!<br />
2. <span style="color: #0b5394;">Share some movies with us that are guaranteed to make you cry. </span> Steel Magnolias! It always makes me cry, it's been like that ever since I was a child. Where the Heart Is makes me cry. I don't cry at many movies, unless I'm pregnant. I actually did cry at The Time Travelers Wife, even though I hated it (see question six) but it was sad when the guy died, but I saw it while pregnant!<br />
3. <span style="color: #0b5394;">What's your personal favorite movie genre?</span> I love Horror, I love B Movies..umm..I just really like movies in general!<br />
4. <span style="color: #0b5394;">What's the last flick you watched?</span> I think it was James and the Giant Peach with Aiden. I've been catching up on Big Love so I've been watching that. I watched part of The Hulk and Iron Man and some Wonder Pets shows on DVD, but the last full movie I watched was James and the Giant Peach.<br />
5. <span style="color: #0b5394;">Give us your top 5 favorite movies. </span> Oh Gosh! I can't pick just 5! Okay, in no particular order they are: Gone With the Wind, American History X, How to Marry a Millionaire, Scarface ( I love anything with Al Pacino in it!), Nightmare Before Christmas and I'm going to add a sixth for good measure The Devils Rejects. I think that's a fair representation of my tastes, which are highly eclectic!<br />
6.<span style="color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394;">Now tell us some of your most hated...</span><span style="color: white;"> </span>I <b>hated</b> The Time Travelers Wife! My bestie read the book, and she was telling me what an amazing book it was and how they talked about punk music in the book and it was just this really great amazing story. Then we get to the theater and it is not amazing at all, it's boring and she keeps saying things like "That didn't happen in the book" or "Why the hell would they change that, they changed it! It went like ...... in the book!" I just was not feeling that movie, at all. I haven't even been able to read the book yet since watching it because it just wasn't as good as it sounded like it should be based on Kristy's review of the book to me. Also Anaconda was horrible! Let's see, what else, Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a bad movie, it's actually so bad that I kind of like it for being bad, but it doesn't have anything on the TV Show which followed it. Snakes on a Plane was crap! Teen Wolf sucked! I could go on and on and on, seriously.<br />
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