Insta Friday

Back again for a week in Instagrams! 

This is from last Friday night. Alli tagged me in a #WIDN post (which for those of you like me who had no idea what that means is: What I'm Doing Now). I happened to be hanging with Mama Derry, watching Project Runway and Fashion Police with a particularly adorable dog on my lap.

Heading to church Sunday morning - excited it was cool enough for my scarf!

Sunday afternoon I was rooting for Da Bears (last night though, 100% Packer Fan!). I like that you can see Miss Sophie peeking over my shoulder wanting to get into the front seat. :)

Wistfully wishing to go back to Italia.

I feel like this is a "quarter life crisis" type dilemma. I still have acne issues, but I know I need to be preventing wrinkles. Why can't one lotion just do both!? Garh!! Clearly, I was very frustrated with my moisturizer options. Any one have feedback on that?

My #throwbackthursday pic. My mom doing my hair. We were in FL in late 1996. My mom had finished up chemo treatments and the entire family went on vacation together. I always think about her when the seasons change - I think the cooler weather just makes me more reflective for some reason. Or maybe the coziness of the season makes me miss her more. Either way, I was thinking about her and miss her. 

From yesterday - my first entry for a $100 ModCloth gift card. I will spare you the rest of my entries from today :)

Insta-Friday!!! I'm baaaaaack!

 

Well, after a much-needed bloggy-break I am back. My Insta's from this week were just way too good to not post! I spent Labor Day weekend back in my little hometown and went through a ton of old stuff from my high-school and elementary days, including oodles of old photos, back from the days of film! It was a sentimental, bittersweet, emotion-filled task to do and I think it has taken me all week to recover, but I'm very grateful that I did it. So, without further ado, a mostly throw-back version of InstaFriday! 

Ok these first few are from last week - 

Really excited about my new polka dot dress!

Loving my new yellow necklace

Hawaiian Day! (I really love dress-up days at work)

Me and Jun-Jun (my fellow Activity Director) at Family Night!

 And now we have a little old-school!

Me @ 18 months or so... Nautical is so on trend right now :)

Me and a bunch of good friends the beginning of my senior year

I think I was 7 here...

Wonder who I look like? That's my Nana on the left. :)

Me and my college roomie Janna, from when we were in high school!

Me and Janna at my senior prom coronation - I like this photo despite the pink hand coming out of the top of my head.

My mom's family pre-Ashlea. I may have been a bun in the oven here, so this is summer of 1986. My mom is the not-so-natural blonde in the back

I think I was 4 or 5 here. Oh the accessorizing had already begun...

Me today - rocking some vintage orange earrings for 'Bears Day'

Insta Friday Night

I am a little late on the Insta party today- but as they say - better late than never! Here are my instagrams for the week!

Beautiful sunset!

Incredibly inspired by the raw, emotional sermon delivered this Sunday. <3

P90X and a wet pooch = productive Saturday

Big Hair Monday! haha

Not as excited for day 5 of P90X

Well that was my week - How was yours? :)

Insta Friday

I haven't done an instagram post in awhile, but I just had too many fun pics from this week to pass it up!

My sissy and her beau :)

Me and B

Other sissy and her fam - my niece was so not interested in my photo skills

Heather, her bump, and her hubs

Becky and Josh

My dinner one night - don't judge

Trying to lighten up some mini golfing

Pigtails and put-put

Love my peacock earrings

A throwback photo from 1996. My mom and Aunt in Disney. They both showed up to breakfast in the same outfit - not planned. I personally love the fanny pack. Plus - they are such munchkins that Goofy was actually on his knees!

A contender for Awkward Family Photo of the year. We did this on purpose - it was the last night of our trip and we were SO OVER having out picture taken

My bling got me catcalls from the starbucks boy. I'll take it.

InstaWeek!

Hi ya'll - just sharing my Instagram photos from the week! :)

I MacGyver'd an umbrella to my chair because it was so sunny and lovely last Saturday! (bummer though, bc apparently some neighbor reported me for having a "tie out" for my dogs (which I dont) bc they were leashed with me outside AND now I may have to get rid of my rug too because it is apparently against the by-laws of the association. I guess they have bylaws against fabulous purple rugs.) end rant.

My awesome bracelet from Katie :)

Mt. Dew - a gift from Heaven. I got this out of a pop machine by pressing the Sierra Mist button on a machine that doesn't sell Mt. Dew on a day I seriously needed a caffeine jolt.

My baby cakes and her under-bite :)

"I like big bows and I cannot lie" Spiced up a boring outfit with some polka dots!

While waiting for the midnight showing of Hunger Games my last caption sparked this lovely interaction :)

InstaWeek! (Double Feature!)

I missed out on this post last week - so you get a double dose of my Instagram weeks!

Getting the itch for a new tat - but no, I wouldn't actually put it on my hand.

Feeling like a rock star in my sunglasses (which I have already lost - *facepalm*)

My sweet sis-in-law looking beautiful! I think her b/f thinks so too ;)

And adorable couple! (I wish you could see her shoes! They are red and awesome! I found them for her, but Instagram crops photos short. Bummer)

It was "High School Clique" day at my hub's office. They chose to be nerds - fitting for accountants. He's in the middle and unfortunately his feet got cut off in the pic too - he was rocking Birkenstocks with white socks. I'm so proud. :)

A freshly bathed, still wet Iz looking pitiful and wanting to jump on my bed full of clean laundry

Got my Hunger Games shirt in the mail! So excited!!

Remembering my mama on 3/13. Can't believe it's been 15 years. This pic was taken on our last vacation to Sedona, AZ and Las Vegas.

Clearly my dogs have a thing for clean laundry. Sophie snoring away on my clean clothes. She was seriously snoring too - there's a 30-second video at the bottom of this post!

Showing my Irish pride :)

My sis-in-law Katie did my hair - I love it long!!!

My delicate flower... :)