First Day of (My) Summer

Hope everyone has had a great week! Sorry I've been AWOL - still. I really thought things would slow down after my son's graduation but - nope! I spent this week wrapping things up for the summer at the day job. One of the things I enjoy about working at a school is having the summer (at least eight weeks of it) off. I'm hoping to spend some of my time off getting the things done I don't have time to do during the school year, wedding planning (my oldest daughter is getting married in January and yes, I was a baby when I had her! ;), reading, relaxing, spending time with family and friends and being more consistent with my blogs! Hopefully you will be hearing from (and seeing) a little more of me over the next few weeks (if I can manage to get out of my p.j.'s and into something cute!).

This was my official first day of summer break. I stayed in my p.j.'s until 11:00AM when my oldest and I remembered we had a dress fitting appointment for her wedding gown at 12:00PM! Yikes! Hence the hat. No time to fix the hair so a braid and a hat to the rescue! I took a few minutes to snap some quick pics since I vowed once my summer began I'd blog more. We made it to the appointment on time and her wedding dress fits perfectly! She's going to be the most beautiful bride!

Hope you all have a wonderful, restful, family filled, savvy and stylish long weekend!

<3 Mz Savvy Style

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

This week has been long, exhausting, emotional, exciting and bittersweet. It started off at my son's state baseball tournament, on to senior recognition at church, sports awards night, my daughter ran for, and was elected as, president of the student council for this coming school year, I traveled to Chattanooga to be with my sister and her baby who was having some tests done (everything came out great!), back to Athens for my daughter's honors awards night and son's senior roast, off to Tifton for the final round of my son's baseball tournament, and ended with my son's baccalaureate service (of which I was the chairperson). I know some other stuff was mixed in but those were the biggies! :)

I did manage to snap a few outfit pics along the way (I tried to work around the tears!). I wore this outfit to the second round of the state baseball tournament, which ended up being the last baseball games of my son's high school career. Very sad. I picked up the shirt on a recent run through the mall. Really, I was running through to pick something up at another store and spotted this shirt as I raced through JC Penny. I love the contrast colors, the high-low hem and the lightweight material - and the price - under $15! I've had these jeans for a while now. Honestly, after being so into the colored jean trend of late wearing plain old jeans feels a little boring! These jeans are some of my faves, not necessarily the wash (I prefer my jeans a little darker with no fading) but the fit. They are my "jeans that fit just right" (you know that country song?). I'm an in-heels-most-of-the-time kind of girl but flats are a must when your at the ball field.

Well, I'm off to another busy week! I hope you all have a savvy and stylish one!!

<3 Mz Savvy Style

The New Pink and Green

Growing up in the 80's, pink and green was synonymous with preppy. If you wore the pink and green combo on a regular basis it meant you were in the "in crowd", had a handle on popular fashion and were probably a cheerleader. I won't say if I did (or could afford) to wear the preppy pink and green "back in the day" but I do think it's the reason I still love this color combo today!

I wouldn't say this outfit post is preppy so I guess it's the new way to do pink and green. When I'm wearing such bold colors together I like to keep my accessories, like my bag and shoes, neutral but I love to throw in a little dash of leopard! The turquoise jewelry is just so fun! (Sorry about the nails - I was in between manicures!)

I'm heading into a crazy-busy week! My son is getting ready to graduate, we've got family coming to town and this is one of the busiest times of the year at the day job (and that's just for starters!). I'm really looking forward to things slowing down a bit in a few weeks!

Hope you all have a savvy and stylish week!!

<3 Mz Savvy Style

Trying to Beat the Heat - Already

It was HOT in Georgia this weekend with record highs today. It's hard to feel savvy and stylish when you're literally melting! As you can tell in these pics (that were taken at the end of this long, hot day) my makeup was completely gone. Even though the temps are rising a tank top and shorts just won't work for the day job so I chose an easy, breezy top and a pencil skirt to help beat the heat but still look work appropriate. I love this top, I love it so much I bought it in three colors! I wore it over the weekend untucked with cropped, colored skinny jeans and decided to try it with a pencil skirt today. The top looks better half tucked with the skirt because it's long. For some reason the colors of the top and skirt didn't show up true in these pictures. Both pieces are much brighter. Some day I will finally figure out this iPhone picture taking thing!

Have a savvy and stylish week!

<3 Mz Savvy Style

Wedges Are My Favorite

I've realized something after going back through my spring blog pictures ~ I wear a lot of wedges! Wedges are definitely my favorite spring/summer shoe. They look great with everything from pants to shorts, dresses to skirts. Wedges are high enough to make you look a little more "dressed up" than a flat shoe or sandal but are comfy enough to wear every day all day (which I tend to do!).

Here are some of my favorites from my wedge collection (yes, I have a collection! Some people collect art, I collect shoes!) :)

Have a savvy and stylish week!
<3 Mz Savvy Style

Chevron Print Maxi

The weather here in Georgia has been crazy! In one week's time it was in the 80's and the 30's! Lots of layering taking place in my daily outfit choices.

I brought this outfit on a trip to visit my family for Easter weekend. It packs well because of the jersey fabric of the skirt and tank. It can be dressed up or down to suit the many occasions that can come up in one weekend. I wore this to a concert, a memorial service and out to lunch in the span of one week. I wore this same outfit without the sweater a few days before these pics were taken but by the time Saturday rolled around the temps had dropped and I was glad I had thrown the cardi in my suitcase! The cardi is long and was overwhelming with the maxi skirt so I tied it at the waist. I feel maxi's look better on me grounded with a chunky wedge heel instead of flats.

I hope you have a savvy and stylish week! Thanks for reading!

<3 Mz Savvy Style

Favorite Things - Spring Break Staycation

Here are a few of my favorite things from the first half of my spring break "staycation":

I finally read "The Help". What a well written and truly great book! I couldn't put it down. I became so attached to the characters that when I finished the book I was really sad to see them go! Now I need to see the movie!

My Easter pedicure and lime green thongs. It's always nice having a fresh pedi! I went with bright pink this go around.

Watching my bff's son (who also happens to be my youngest daughter's "friend") play baseball on tv! How exciting to watch him play for Army and see his dream come true! Later in the week he was named "Patriot League Player if the Week" for the second time this season!

My new spring bag. This is not what I had in mind when I went looking, I wanted something brighter (green or pink) and bigger but I saw this bag and instantly loved it! The gold studded detail, the chain strap and the neutral color will serve me well this season. I just have to adjust to carrying a smaller bag!

The Braves game at the Gwinnett Braves stadium. I'm a baseball fan, can you tell? It's my son's sport. He's been playing since he was four. Sadly he's injured right now and can't play. We are hoping he'll be back for the last half of his senior season. Because of him and his love of the game I've grown to love it too. Of course I'd rather be watching him play but the Braves are alright! :)

My owl necklace. This thing just makes me smile and I find myself reaching for it time and time again!

My Easter shoes. I'm slightly obsessed with wedges this season just like last spring. The bright red patent leather straps and the rattan wedge is totally on trend. These shoes will be getting a lot of playtime this season! (baseball turned fashion lingo! :)

What are some of your favorite things from the week?

<3 Mz Savvy Style