Happy Sunday, everyone! It’s unseasonably warm and rainy here today, so I’m going to push my to-do list off until tomorrow and curl up on the couch with a good book. Amy’s post on her Sunday routine inspired me to be more intentional about this day, too.
The pretty photos are from our school’s annual fundraising gala on Friday night. You might remember that I was up to my eyeballs in designing and decorating for this event during the past two years, but this year I had zero-zip-zilch-nada to do with it and it was heavenly! {see my post on the first year here}
The ladies with me in the photo above are dear friends and also members of the original committee that started this event; it’s been so gratifying to watch it grow together.
While I missed my #1 date who is currently freezing out in Kansas, my son was working at the event, and he was allowed a quick minute to pose for a photo with his mama.
Do you remember {this} post on where I find my formal gowns? I’m not sure if I mentioned the dress I wore on Friday in that post, because I’d just purchased it at that point, but I give it two big thumbs up. It has POCKETS and is machine-washable (it says dry clean only but I machine washed it because the fabrics are all machine-washable, and it washed beautifully).
My exact style is sold out because it’s from last year, but the brand is Eliza J and they do a variation of this dress with the black top, sash, and crepe de chine skirt every year.
I paired it with my favorite Kate Spade pink bow heels and my pearl choker and Valentine’s Day earrings.
The nicest part about not being responsible for the event this year was that I was home and in my jammies by 10pm (don’t judge!) instead of cleaning up until 1am!
In other news, one of my precious children (neither will admit guilt) left the door on the garage freezer open, and every last ounce of pork and grass-fed beef in there is warm and rotting. We split a pig and a cow with some friends every year and it hasn’t been more than a couple of months since we restocked…so there goes a year’s worth of meat. I’m usually pretty tough (my husband calls me a Spartan woman if that tells you anything!), but I’ll admit that I shed a few tears over this one. I also picked the wrong month to give up wine!
Enjoy your Sunday, friends, and thanks for stopping by~