Living on Cloud Nine

FRIDAY FAVORITES POLAR VORTEX WEEK

Happy Friday Friends! I think we have finally crawled out of the polar vortex, the frigid tundra, lol! So cold kids that I did not go anywhere the first part of the week. Northern Indiana was clocking -26° windchill’s. I do have a plethora of fun Friday favs so let's get to it!

Snow

It absolutely was too cold to walk Monday through Wednesday, but when the snow fell on Thursday and it warmed up to a balmy 20°, only 16 windchill, I knew I had to get out and walk around the pond! Call me crazy, but I am one of those Midwest girls that absolutely loves the snow! Our House looked so pretty from my walk around the pond. #snowbunny

The Inauguration Fashion & Dub

And don't get all political on me, lol...

I’m particularly talking George W. Bush and the Fashion, lol.

Since it was a polar vortex day and everything was closed, I pretty much watched the entire inauguration from beginning to end until the national championship game came on. I have to say it was quite entertaining. I particularly loved George W. Bush. His expressions after they introduced him and when he was looking out at the audience like an excited Five-year-old, finding his family in the audience at the Christmas pageant were precious! Just watch the video, darling with his little winks!

And I have to tell you I was quite impressed by the fashion! Especially Melania and her cool hat, JD Vance’s wife, Usha with her bubblegum pink ensemble, and Ivanka Trump in the forest green, she literally had the perfect side bun under that hat that made me swoon!

I didn’t watch the ball, but I saw pictures of Melania and Ivanka's gowns, both black and white and so classy!

Also Loved Carrie Underwood singing a cappella when the sound system wasn’t working. Stunning!

Outfits of Week

Vest HERE // Leggings HERE //

Sweatshirt HERE // Socks HERE // Sneakers HERE //

Red Half Zip HERE // Heart Necklace HERE //

Pants HERE // Sneakers HERE

Sweatshirt HERE // Joggers HERE // Sneakers HERE

Free Assembly

I have a feeling spring fashion is going to be good this year! All the beautiful colors! I am particularly loving the Free Assembly Line from Walmart! Everything is so high-quality on this particular line while it isn’t always on some of their other clothing. But here you have preppy vibes and quality construction like you would get from J.Crew. I ordered some of these pieces and I will be sharing next week!

SS Sweaters HERE // Trench Coats HERE // Skirt HERE // Striped Sweater HERE // Jeans HERE // Hoodies HERE // Pink Sweater HERE // Pink Striped Top HERE // Pink Dress HERE // Blue Striped Dress HERE

Blast from Last

Since I was on sabbatical from blogging for eight months last year, I thought I would throw in a little blast from last year every now and then on Friday favorites. In May, Mr. Nine and I went to a George Strait, Chris Stapleton & Little Big Town concert at Lucas Oil stadium in Indianapolis. We had a blast and I particularly loved our outfits. Just look at Mr. Nine in his Stetson Hat. My Jumpsuit is from Show Me Your Mumu and it is such a great clothing line. It was so comfortable and flattering.

My Jumpsuit HERE // Necklace Set HERE // Red Cuff Bracelet HERE // Mr. Nine's Hat HERE

And you can't see them good but I particularly LOVED my Red Cowboy Boots from Jeffrey Campbell. Worn them lots since!

And my most favorite of all, hanging out with these two is the greatest joy of my life! They LOVE their lil Kitchen.

Stay Cozy

AND HAPPY January WEEKEND!

Linking up with Momfessionals and Between Naps on The Porch // Thursday Fashion Files // I Do deClaire // Hello Monday

xoxo

FRIDAY FAVORITES JANUARY FUN

Happy Friday! It is cold here, but I’m not complaining one bit. Although you won't want to stick your tongue out for snowflake like in the above graphic or it may freeze, lol. But I’ll take cozy in January. Is it January? It feels like one big Monday. But we have exciting stuff coming up next week! We are over the moon that our Notre Dame Fighting Irish will be playing for a championship Monday night!

Family

Truly, the only thing that really matters! As I mentioned, I’m going to continue to keep my family somewhat private, but my goodness my pride for them is just so ginormous that I cannot help but share one of my favorite days of the whole year and

that was having everyone together on Christmas Day!

Don’t you just love our matching PJs From Bums and Roses

No worries on guys, I dropped the busy ball and next year, they'll have matching too.

Most Precious Santa Babes in the World!!!

Snow & Dinner Fun

It was such a great weekend to have a son and daughter-in-law home. Not only was it his birthday weekend, but we got snow and Mr. Nine got to get out his new toy and plow the driveway and around the pond. They had “snow” much fun. We had already had plans to have dinner with our daughter-in-law‘s parents, who we adore, on Saturday night before we knew the kids were coming home, so it was super cool to all celebrate together at a great new restaurant in our area!

Heart Necklace HERE (LOVE IT)

Outfits of the Week

Coat HERE // Socks HERE // Sneakers HERE // Bag HERE // Sweatshirt HERE // Leggings HERE

Sweater HERE // Boots HERE // Jeans HERE

Coat HERE Less expensive version I love HERE // Sneakers HERE // Bag HERE // Sweatshirt HERE //

Pants HERE

Loving Everything from ALO YOGA

This Week's Posts

Hope you read my post from Monday and the review

on the Hotel 1928 in Waco Texas

And did you see the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT Yesterday?? That’s right, the monthly Amazon link-up that Tanya hosted for years is back! Starting Monday, February 3rd, Jill and I will be hosting! Can’t wait for you to join us!

STAY SAFE AND WARM

AND HAPPY WEEKEND!

Linking up with Momfessionals and Between Naps on The Porch // Thursday Fashion Files // I Do deClaire // Hello Monday

xoxo

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

There’s some exciting news in the world of blogging for all the people who follow us and new followers we hope to see joining us. My dear friend Jill, from Doused in Pink and I will be continuing the popular and fun AMAZON PRIME link-up the first Monday of each month.

I spoke with Tanya from The Other Side of the Road, who hosted this link up for many years, and she has so kindly passed the baton on to us. We’re excited that she’s going to be linking up with us and we hope all of you will as well!

Jill and I both know how fun it is to see what other people are ordering on Amazon, so we are so excited to do this with and for all of you!

We will be hosting our first link-up Monday, February 3. The link-up unless otherwise noted will always be held on the first Monday of each month. This graphic includes all the dates for the year 2025 that we will be hosting and are excited for you to join us. If you’re not a blogger, we hope you enjoy all these posts and will hop over to each one to garner inspiration on what’s good to buy on Amazon.