Being Maroon(ed) Isn't so Bad

Walking into Nordstrom Rack the other day, I couldn’t believe my eyes. Front and center were all the Christmas decorations. I know Halloween has passed but I still wasn’t emotionally ready to see that Christmas is upon us. Let’s just get past Thanksgiving first, shall we? Maybe that’s a little bit of an exaggeration, we all know we have to spend a bit of time before Thanksgiving prepping for Black Friday, especially if we’re trying to get a good deal on gifts.

Now that I worked through my feelings on Christmas being upon us, I can let y’all know we’re planning on putting together some information on the best sales to shop and then further down the road some tall friendly gift guides. Stuff to look forward to!

We definitely won’t be inundating you with tons of gift stuff, have no fear. Our intention is quality over quantity. As the years have past our family has made the move towards more intentional gifting and less about quantity of gifting. In fact, in the past couple of years we’ve chosen to do a trip as a family instead of big gifts. This year we’re still deciding if we’ll exchange gifts with everyone and do a specific budget limit, or if we’ll pick a name, etc.

It makes the season a little bit easier on our family and relieves a bit of the stress and/or pressure that comes with trying to pick the perfect gift. As Christians, we try to keep the reason for the season at the forefront and it’s so easy in our materialistic society to get carried away with wanting to impress people with more, more, more.

Apparently I swung past not being ready for Christmas season straight to discussing all things related, so let’s bring it back to no snow being close – because that’s something I’m not prepared for either. It was in the forecast this last weekend when we were up north, and for once the forecast was glaringly right, and that was pretty rude. We’re just trying to enjoy the fall colors and here comes snow trying to cover it up.

Regardless of that, it’s so wonderful to experience four seasons up north and on a lake. There is a peacefulness that we don’t find anywhere else but there. Plus it is even better to spend some time with our Grandma and cousin doing little things, like working on a puzzle, playing card games, and going for a walk in the woods.

Seasonal dressing – which sounds like something you serve at Thanksgiving is what we’re all about right now. We’re doing our best to keep wearing our skirts as the temperatures continue to dwindle and hang onto the minimal days left of tight-less legs. Once we start, it will be too many months of wearing them continuously to reflect on right now.

For Caitlin, being the queen of comfort; she makes sure her skirts have a good amount of stretch/elasticity to them to make them bearable to wear 9+ hours a day at a desk. Her office setting is more business professional, so they still need to be semi-structured to keep her looking polished. A black pencil skirt is a must have in your closet to mix and match to your hearts delight. She paired it with a cable knit sweater, which never goes out of style, and some heeled booties.

My look is an old silk/satin fabric skirt from H&M I’ve had great luck with their skirts, and think that the fabric always looks so much more expensive than the price tag. It automatically ups your game. I paired it with a mock neck ribbed top I picked up at Uniqlo for SIX DOLLARS while in New York. If you haven’t checked out Uniqlo yet, definitely get to it. They have great basics, including skirts that are definitely long enough for us leggy ladies. I paired it with my new favorite booties from Nordstrom and my Rebecca Minkoff purse that I won off of a radio game! And as always with a skirt in the windiness of a big city I quickly stuck a Dress Down on so I wouldn’t have to worry about my skirt blowing up.