Weekly Wrap Up 10/26

It's another really short one this week.  I have a few things I could write about for Eleanor, but I'll save them for the weekly update on Monday.

1) I got out of the house a few times by myself (well by myself with Eleanor).  I'm still nervous but it's getting easier.  I wish I could park in the garage though.  I start the car up and bring out the diaper bag, purse, and anything else I'm bringing with me, while Eleanor waits in her car seat inside.  Then I get her and we are ready to go. 

2)  It's obvious I don't enjoy cold or even cooler weather, but the colors around here are beautiful with all the leaves changing.  I'd miss that if I lived somewhere else I think.

3) Yesterday was Rob's dads birthday and he came over for dinner and to share his trip pictures.  I felt bad because I spent most of the evening in the bedroom feeding the baby.  She wanted to eat every hour.  She seems to do that whenever we have people over, maybe it;s a comfort thing?

4) We tried to get newborn/family pictures today.  Eleanor was awake the whole time and by the end was over it and crying so I wasn't able to get a few shots I wanted. Hopefully we got some decent ones at least.

5) Right around the time Eleanor was born (I think I got the email in the hospital) I won a fall food package.  I responded within time and was just waiting.  The other day I got an email from the bloggers who had the giveaway saying that they didn't get my email, due to server switching and thought I didn't respond so they gave my prize away to someone else, and just realized it when someone else said something about emails not getting through.

I started to read it and was thinking well that's not really fair, but oh well.  Then the next paragraph said something along the lines of we feel really bad and to make up for it want to send you a $50 amazon code.  Is that okay?   Um yes, it is.  So I got that this week.  I thought it was great that they did that. 

#MeijerStyle Fall Look #Sponsored

* I was provided with a gift card in order to complete this challenge*

I love Meijer! I actually worked there as a cashier when I was in college for a while (although that was longer ago than I want to admit).

I love that I can find whatever I need there, from clothes to groceries to household items (such as small appliances, bedding, kitchen fixtures etc...).

So when offered the chance to create a fall look I was up for it.  I worried the challenge might be tougher due to the fact that I'm 9 months pregnant and Meijer doesn't carry a maternity line.  I was still pretty sure that I could find something to make it work. 

(Check out their fall lookbook, and learn about a pinterest contest here)

I browsed through the ad online before going to see what was on sale that week.

While searching around on the website I learned that that actually do sell maternity clothes online (only online though).  I never knew that! 

These tops were on sale for $14 (normally priced at $16) & the leggings for $8 (normally $10).  Ths is the kind of outfit I would wear even when not pregnant, but I knew it would work being pregnant so this was my idea in my head when I went out to the store. 

I had also wondered if I should get some sort of sports team football related gear since that's pretty big for fall, but decided against it. 

I'm terrible at accessorizing so I wanted to find something that I could dress up with a necklace or fun purse. 

Once I got there, I got the style of top I went in for, a few other loose flowy and tunic style tops, a tank top and a pair of leggings.

I tried on the style of top that I went in for, but it just didn't look right. I knew that a loose flowy style top would be the best, so I tried on the other tops that I brought, but none of them were working how I had hoped.

However, the leggings worked great & the tank top worked well (I just had a size to big).  So I decided to work with that and find a cardigan or a sweater to pair with it.

I had black leggings and found a black sweater, but wanted to have some sort of color so I changed colors in tank tops and found a sparkly purple tank top.

So after getting my outfit, the next step was to accesorize.  I have small wrists so bracelets don't work for me, and I don't normally wear earings so I was hoping to find a necklace.

After wandering back and forth I found a necklace and I was set to go.


Here is the outfit I came up with (the only thing I didn't get during this Meijer shopping trip was the boots).  I'm loving it because it is comfortable, and it will work post baby as well.  I actually went back and bought more of the tanks because they were that comfortable.

The whole outfit cost under $50.  Success!




Here are examples of other ideas from Meijer.