Fun Finds Rewind: Subconsciously Stuck in the '80s

Jacket: Crayola for Kohl's

Top: Madden Girl, Macy's

Clearly Candy Necklace

Pink clip: Wild Fable, Target; Blue clip: Kate Spade New York for Target

Bag: Marshalls

Dress: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Bag: Dolls Kill

Valerie Valentine Necklace

Shoes: Mix No. 6, DSW; Socks: Amazon

Sunglasses and bow: Wild Fable, Target

It might seem like no coincidence that I'm sporting a top with an 82 and a bag with the Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake.  Because I was born in 1982, and '80s babies love the Bears and the Berries.  But I wore these fits weeks apart, then put them together based on their colors.  A pop culture coup it wasn't, just a byproduct of my subconscious.  A subconscious which is, admittedly, nostalgia-and-rainbow-soaked and all of the things.

So I guess it's true what they say after all.  There are no accidents. 

October Outings, Part One: Crabs and Cranberries

October may be over, but its events still demand to be reported, even if I'm the only one doing the demanding.  So I'm moving these momentous (? sure) moments from the back barn burner out into the blaze of the ice cream social media spotlight.

That said -- and I'm sorry if this disappoints -- they have nothing to do with barns or ice cream.

The first outing was a test drive to a baby shower.  I was nervous about having to drive there alone on the day and asked the husband to take me on a dry run.  And it was a good thing I did, because we got lost on account of a teensy mistake I made when entering the address into Google Maps.  (No surprise there, given my issues with all things driving-related.)  But all's well that ends well because we (okay, he) figured it out -- and stopped at an iconic dive for dinner on the way home.  Neither of us had ever been, and it was an experience we won't soon forget.  

The second outing was the Chatsworth Cranberry Festival, which my mom talked me into with the promise of photo ops.  It did turn out to be a golden (and rainbow!) opportunity to wear my new Kohl's Crayola fleece, extremely baggy (but comfy!) Target Wild Fable jeans, and Kohl's So mint green purse.  Also, my old handmade seashell necklace.  Because nothing says fall festival quite like a kids' craft left over from summer.

So yeah, those were two things that happened.  And as per usual, what made them special weren't the activities themselves, but the clothes -- and the company.