Today is National Thrift Store Day, so in honor of that, I wanted to share with you my thrifting story. I always love to hear about how people get into thrift shopping because everyone has their own story, so why not share mine?
Back-to-School Teacher Outfits
It’s back to school time, and I am super excited about today’s post! I’m teaming up with 6 other teacher fashion bloggers to share teacher inspired outfits to wear in your classroom. We are from all over the country and teach different grades, so hopefully, you will find some teacher fashion inspiration from that fits your style and budget.
For the last 10 years, I have been working in early childhood education. I’ve been an infant and toddler teacher in childcare centers, I’ve been an administrator at a childcare center and I’ve taught preschool at 3 different non-profit Head Start programs. I am currently going into my 4th year teaching PreK at a Head Start program in Nevada. I definitely have to say that 4 and 5-year old’s are my favorite age in early childhood. I love preparing kids for Kindergarten. When I was younger, I always knew that I wanted to work with children when I got older, but I never thought that I would be working with this group of children. After graduating from college with my bachelor’s degree in Child Development and Family Studies, I knew that I wanted to work for Head Start. If you’re not familiar with Head Start, it’s a federally funded preschool program for low-income families. We work closely with children and their families to help close the achievement gap in education.
One thing that always helps me get through my day and stay positive is a cute outfit. I’m a firm believer that your outfit can set the tone of your day. When I wear something that I don’t love or I don’t feel good in, then I’m not going to have a good workday. But when I step up my outfit a bit and wear something that makes me feel good, I’m in a different mood. I’m happier, I’m more patient with the kids and I’m more motivated to get things done in my classroom.
My dress code at work is pretty casual. That’s nice being a preschool teacher because we do everything with the kids… we paint, we dance, we run on the playground and eat 2 meals with the children, so as you can imagine, it can get messy. Luckily we can wear jeans all week long, but I also try to dress up and wear a dress from time to time. Dresses are so comfortable to wear in the classroom, especially when it’s really hot outside.
For today’s post, I struggled with coming up with a really cute and creative look, so I decided to just stick to my basic’s and style a striped dress from my closet. (original post HERE) I think everyone that I work with knows how much I love stripes because I wear them at least 4 times a week. They are just so versatile. When you work with the same people every day, you start to learn about their wardrobe. I try to never wear the same exact look twice. I repeat my clothes all the time, but I just wear them in different ways. That’s why I wanted to share 9 ways that you can style a striped dress to wear in your classroom. This way you can still repeat your clothes, without repeating your outfit.
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Cardigan- Old Navy- thrifted at Savers (SIMILAR) || Flats- Old Navy (SIMILAR) || Earrings- Target (SIMILAR)
Cardigan- H&M- Thrifted from Savers (SIMILAR) || Boots- Target (SIMILAR) || Necklace- Nordstrom Rack (SIMILAR)
Cardigan- Macy’s (SIMILAR) || Booties- Burlington Coat Factory (EXACT) || Necklace- Charming Charlie (SIMILAR) Watch- Jord (EXACT)
Shirt- Unknown Brand- Thrifted from Savers (SIMILAR) || Shoes- Madden Girl- Thrifted from ThredUP (SIMILAR) || Bracelet- Kate Spade (EXACT)
Vest- Brand unknown- thrifted from Savers (SIMILAR) || Shoes- Walmart (SIMILAR) || Necklace- thrifted from Savers (SIMILAR)
Jacket- Old Navy- thrifted from Savers (SIMILAR) || Shoes- Kohl’s- thrifted from ThredUP (SIMILAR) || Necklace- Kohl’s (SIMILAR)
Sweater- Old Navy (EXACT) || Shoes- Kohl’s- thrifted from ThredUP (SIMILAR) || Bracelet- Kate Spade (EXACT) || Belt- Target (SIMILAR)
Blazer- LC Lauren Conrad (EXACT) || Belt- hand-me-down (SIMILAR) || Shoes- Target (SIMILAR) Watch- JORD (EXACT)
T-shirt- Target (SIMILAR) || Shoes- Madden Girl- thrifted from ThredUP (SIMILAR) || Watch- Nordstrom Rack (SIMILAR) Necklace- LC Lauren Conrad (SIMILAR)
The options are really endless when it comes to styling a striped dress, but hopefully, you can use some of these outfit ideas when styling your own dresses in your wardrobe. Don’t forget to check out the other blogger’s post below for more teacher wardrobe inspiration. Thanks for stopping by!!
Quick and Easy Week Night Meals
It’s that time of the year when kids are going back to school and life is getting busy. Cooking for your family is probably the last thing you feel like doing, yet you can’t wait around for mom to make dinner because guess what? You are the mom! That’s why today I wanted to share some of my favorite quick and easy meals that I like to make for my family.
Bean and Rice Burritos
This meal is pretty much poor college student food, but it’s so easy and it tastes good too. I use refried beans, Spanish rice, cheese, avocado and salsa. For this meal, I grilled my burrito, but if you want to make it really easy, you can just pop it in the microwave.
So there you have it. Those are 6 easy meals that you can make for your family within 30 minutes. Let me know if you try any of them. For more quick and easy meals, follow me on Instagram and watch my instastories where I will share more recipes as I make them.
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Toddler Update + Outfit Post with PinkBlush
Today I’m talking about the 2 things that I always have on my mind; my toddler and fashion. I remember thinking that having an infant kept me so busy. Between the feedings, diapers, and lack of sleep, I thought that I never got a minute to rest. Now that Jack is 2, all that baby stuff seems so easy to me now. People always told us that some things will get easier as your child grows and other things will be harder. Boy were they right. Sometimes, being a toddler mom is so easy. When Jack gets engaged in something and is in a good mood it’s so great, but then there are the other times when I am just exhausted. Jack is so busy and he can be so demanding of my attention. It can definitely be challenging figuring out how to balance my home life, my full-time job, my blog, and social media all while trying to be a good mom. I’m constantly multi-tasking. What I’m finding out is that multi-tasking is just a part of being a mom.
A Week at the Beach with a Toddler
When I look at other people’s vacation pictures on Instagram, it always looks like they are having so much fun with their little ones. After our trip, I’m wondering how many of those photos are real or are those stressed-out parents trying to have fun? During our week trip, Jack had his good days and bad days. He was extra clinging with me and wanted nothing to do with everyone else unless I wasn’t around of course. He had a good amount of toddler tantrums over nothing. Only a couple days after getting to the ocean, Jack got congested really bad and ended up with a bad cough, which made for a couple long nights. I had imagined that I would be spending my days building sandcastles with Jack and taking walks along the beach collecting seashells with him, but I quickly learned that wasn’t going to happen. Jack was terrified by the loud sounds of the waves and he hated the feeling of the sand. I spent most of my days in a kiddy pool on the deck watching the rest of the family boogie board in the ocean.
I was extremely grateful for everyone who helped watch Jack a little so I could get a break here and there. Kevin and I were able to go on an adult-only wine tasting trip one of the days and all the adults got to go out for dinner one night while the grandparents watched the grandkids. That was really nice.
Overall it was a really fun family trip. Seeing my niece and nephew enjoying themselves and remembering how my sister-in-law used to be the one with little kids staying back while everyone was having fun made me realize that it’s now my turn. I’m the one with the little kid, so family vacations might be a little more stressful for me now, but that’s okay. One thing that I decided to do when traveling with a toddler is to just lower my expectations of what fun is. I know that my vacations will not be like the relaxing ones of the past, but there is a new kind of fun for me. I enjoyed watching my little guy look out at the ocean and listening to him learn new words like “ocean animals”, “sea nettle” and “succulents”. I loved watching his face when we got on a boat for the first time to look for dolphins. I know one day when he’s independent and off doing his own thing, I will miss the days of when all he wanted was to be with mommy.
Here are some pictures from our trip. Just remember these are the pictures that I am choosing to share. I’m not sharing the pictures of Jack crying because of the sand or the 100 selfies we took together while everyone else was off doing their own thing. But those are just the realities of vacations with a toddler.
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My Bathing suit (EXACT) || Jack’s Bathing suit (EXACT) || My Hat (SIMILAR)
Shirt and Pants (EXACT)
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My view from the kiddy pool! |
Hat (SIMILAR) || Sunglasses (SIMILAR)
My little family |
A Love for Stripes
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