Fall Free-for-All: The Three R's Rodeo

Top: Amazon; Skirt: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

T is for The Tote Trove . . . and Tracy.

Bag: SOL and MER, Marshalls

Hair clip: Emberly, Kohl's

Charlotte's handiwork . . . with a little help from Grandmom.

Dress: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Bag: SOL and MER, Marshalls

The first R is for reading . . . but also romance.

Never too many bangles.  Yellow and pink: PlastiqueHommage, Etsy; Green and blue: Burlington Coat Factory

Cheese, please. Also, leaves.

Shoes: Worthington, JCPenney

When it rains, it posterboards. 

Skirt: Wrangler, Target

Wild Fable, Target

Boots: Universal Thread, Target

Charm initiative.

So many stripes.

Bows: Rivers Ribbons LLC

Lemon Luxe Necklace

A stable kind of label.

Dress: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Boots: MIA, DSW

Ye olde Colonel Cutie Necklace.

Tissue boxes should always be orange.

Bag: Madden Girl, Kohl's

Fall brings out the cowgirl in me.  And also, strangely, the schoolmarm.  I don't know if it's the weather or the home-on-the-range vs. home-school vibe.  But when the leaves change, one thing's for sure.  I'll be on the corner of order and chaos. 🤠📕👢

Big City to Bigger Sky: A Heaping Slice of Humble Pie

Instagram is fun, but I don't think I'd enjoy it if it were my job.  Especially if I had to promote products I didn't believe in.  But that's the reality -- or perhaps I should say unreality -- for influencer Cat-never-Catherine-Cranwell in Melissa Ferguson's Famous for a Living.  And it ends up being a scandal with just such a bogus brand that ejects her from The Montana, her posh Manhattan apartment, to a tiny cabin in Montana the state.  Cat's beloved park ranger uncle has offered her a post as a social media maven.  All she has to do is raise the profile of an unpopular national park amid snakes, grizzlies, and a cast of kooky coworkers while riding out her notoriety.  And the toughest nut to crack proves to be brooding and brutally handsome Zaiah, a man who abhors social media.

You see where this is going, right?

I always enjoy a fish out of water story, especially when the fish in question is as un-outdoorsy as I am.  That's something I can relate to, even if I can't identify with said fish's willingness to wax poetic about itchy jumpsuits.  Also, I like that Cat learns and grows while holding on to what makes her her.  My only note is that I wish there was more about her and Zaiah.  Then again, maybe this is meant to be an albeit-light-hearted, I-am-woman-hear-me-roar-in-the-woods monologue as opposed to a romcom duet.

And now to post this (honest and unbiased) review on -- where else? -- Instagram. 😏