White Lace Dress (Check out this nearly identical one, this gorgeous button-up one, this beautiful maxi, and this stunning eyelet one!) / Mitch’s Shorts / Mitch’s T-Shirt / Lucy’s Lilly Shift / Emma’s Dress / Emma’s Bathing Suit
This was the first day during which we could “feel fall” this year. The air was warm but crisp–uncommon for the Shore at any point, really–and when the sun sank behind the dunes, we had to pack it in and head home.
J.Crew is offering 50 percent off outerwear today with code “COZY,” and some of my favorite styles are included. :)
My two favorites are the Quilted Cocoon and the Utility Jacket.
Faux Fur Vest: A favorite! Emma has the small and I have the XL. Works perfectly!
Hey, Friends!
I’m checking out early today because I need to get my ducks in a row for this weekend. We’re heading down to the lake house! Charlie and Shirley are getting married in their backyard over Columbus Day Weekend, but tomorrow, we’re having a family-only shower to celebrate Shirley. Mitch will be hanging with the boys (and Lucy), and Emma and I will be in attendance. :) Can’t wait.
Lucy’s Madras Dress and Shorts (Similar) / Mitch’s T-Shirt Polo / Mitch’s Birkenstocks / Mitch’s Shorts
Mitch here!
I’m too fat for my clothes. At least I was two months ago. Getting fat was entirely my fault; I wrote a whole blog post on my love for frozen pizza, for example. Today, though, I’m here to talk about my journey and how, with the help of intermittent fasting, I lost 12 pounds in 60 days.
Jack Rogers Sandals (Also check out the Comfort Collection here!)
My mother recently called to let me know that not only did I miss Noodle’s birthday, but I also missed National Dog Day. 😆 Sorry, Old Friend. One day, you’ll get this kind of attention again. For now, though, thank you for licking Lucy’s toes while she repeatedly pokes you in the eye. You are a good dog, Noods.
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It’s been a while since I talked about Noodle on the blog! The long and short of it is that she’s good. (See what I did there? HAHAHA.) She’s not getting a ton of attention from Mitch and me these days, but she is getting it from Emma and Lucy as well as from our next door neighbors’ little girls. (We’ve decided to let them play together as both families have been extremely cautious during the pandemic.) Noodle is the star of the show; the girls squabble over who gets to hold the leash, and they race up and down the sidewalk with her. Heck, all four girls have matching dresses with teeny Noodles all over them. Let’s just say that if dogs went to high school, Noodle would win the popularity contest–paws down. (I couldn’t help myself with that one, either. 😂)
My parents recently sold “our” childhood Shore house in Ocean City, New Jersey. (I say “our” because in no way did my brothers and I own any part of it; we just luckily grew up going there. 😂)
Several years ago, when grandchildren were on the horizon, Mom and Dad decided to buy a bigger place that could accommodate the growing family. They rented out the old one, which they enjoyed for a while, but it was a lot of work. So not too long ago, they waved goodbye to it. Or “launched it,” as Dad says. ;)
Since I recently shared our family’s summer Amazon purchases, here’s a fun followup!
Woo-ee. The other day, I was trying to find cute jegging-like pants for Emma, and I went down the Amazon Fashion Rabbit Hole.
The famous Sophie Blazer is now available in chevron. I’m obsessed.
Also, J.Crew shoes are 50 percent off today with code “SHOPNOW”
Now that we’ve decided to rejoin society in a few days, I’m getting somewhat excited about fall fashion. Here’s what I have my eye on:
Links at bottom of post
Get ready, guys. I’ve taken a ridiculous number of photos while down here, and you’ll be seeing most of them over the next week. (We do think, btw, that we’re going to head home this coming Sunday! I have a couple of projects I need to shoot in Chicago, and we need to pick up an important packet for Emma. As it turns out, we’re not staying on the Shore for the rest of 2020. Though we did consider it… 😆)
