• Fashion

    Queen of Autumn

    I feel so very fall today. We’re moving for six months to house-sit this week, and I’ve decided only to take my fall/winter colored clothes, since obviously I don’t want to take ALL of my wardrobe. So anything spring or summer is staying here, and all of my fall and winter items are moving with us. I’ve never been very good at wearing only seasonal colors but I have always wanted to, so this should help tremendously! I got these tights last year when I was pregnant, and I never had the chance to wear them; aren’t they the best? They remind me of the Queen of Hearts, only orange.…

  • Fashion,  Pregnancy

    The perfect fall coat

    It’s FALL! And boy, did fall come in with a bluster; in a typical cold-weather Washington day, it rained all day yesterday. Which was fine, because we had our Hobbit party indoors, but then our power went out right before the party. Which meant no biscuits or warmed up seed cake. Oh well! Thankfully, we had cooked everything else beforehand, and it was all still warm. And our power came back on in time for us to realize that for some reason, The Hobbit isn’t at our house, so we watched a bit of the second part of Two Towers, then played Donkey Kong on the Wii. Our Hobbit meal…

  • Fashion

    The Ocean Shores

    Mr. Owl and I took a vacation to the ocean yesterday; it being Labor Day, he had the day off (a rare occasion!), so we took a much-needed trip away from home. I have been wanting and needing to get away for a while. With all the wedding planning now, vacations are even more appreciated! Especially when they’re to the ocean. I have always loved the ocean. We spent almost the entire day there, wasting time laying in the sun that warmed the sand-dunes, listening to the constant roar of ocean, chasing waves and being chased by waves. By the end of the day we were pleasantly tired, mentally rested…