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FRIDAY FAVORITES..VACAY PART 2...WITHOUT KIDS

Happy Friday friends! So today, I’m sharing our vacation recap after the kids left when it was just my sweet Mr. Nine and I! On Wednesday, I shared some more of my vacation outfits. I took some dressier things but truly it is just so laid-back. We were sad they left, but we definitely enjoyed our time together without any place to be footloose and fancy free, lol!

1. Carefree Day & Fireworks

On the day the kids left, we were Out and About.

We went for a walk to our traditional conundrum Café for a crème Brulé frappe for me and beer for Mr. Nine. We had the best french fries in the state of Michigan at Frankz hot dog place, had a ball talking to the owner Joe, Got silly in the Grocery Store, met Mike who is a big Instagram star and works for the Harbor Lights Resort up there while he was helping wrangle a snake that was in the water that wasn’t even a water snake, lol. ( I won't show you the photo of the snake)

My View when getting ready...

Like I mentioned last week, the fireworks got rained out on the 4th so Mr. Nine and I watched them from the deck of our place of the lake the following evening and I have to say, they were spectacular!

2. Sutton's Bay

Every year when we go on a vacation, we take a day trip somewhere! Up north Michigan is literally a plethora for fabulous little lake towns and Sutton’s Bay did not disappoint! It was so darling! We did a little shopping, had a little lunch, and found with us now our favorite brewery that’s far in our years of brewery hopping, lol….

3. Hop Lot

OK, whoever created this place north of Traverse City is absolutely genius! I just wanted to stay there and camp out, LOL! You can get Smore‘s kits for all the open fire pits, they have the most wonderful food that we didn’t know about so we just after for drinks but we will definitely be headed back up there sometime. It is just cooler that I can even note. I think all of you whether you like breweries or not would love this place there were a lot of kids there and they had cute little areas like this one that I got for the web for kids to play.

In fact, before we got the photo, a little boy told me that this was “his” restaurant, lol

4. Kayaking

We literally have the most beautiful day for kayaking the two-hour truck down the Platte River! It was the perfect temperature, and we went early enough that it had not gotten too busy yet! Talk about true serenity!

Then we sat and had some snacks and found a neat little beach area that we had not known about. Our plan was to go back the next morning but unfortunately it rained. Next we were headed to...

5. Sleeping Bear Dunes Climb

We have not climbed the sand dune in years and in fact, it has been even longer for me because one year when the boys wanted to do it, I refused because it was 95° and the sand was scorching. Needless to say, they didn’t go very far but this time Mr. Nine and I made it up to the peak and what a view! Sleeping bear dunes has been noted as one of the most beautiful places in the United States. It is truly a sight to behold.

Side-note, the kayaking, and dune climb were done in the same day and by the time we were done at the dunes I truly looked my absolute worst but Mr. Nine decided it would be nice to have an early bird dinner so we could chill in the condo the rest of the night. I had no make-up with me, but we went to our favorite hole in the wall called Joe’s Friendly Tavern and I didn’t even care, now that is relaxed and vacationing, lol!

Wrapping it up..

There wasn’t much to report on our last day, like I said we got rained out for our original plans in the morning, so we just had a nice little lunch at the storm cloud, sat on the beach for a couple hours, ate our traditional Friday Fish from the Port house in the park, ate ice cream and got to enjoy a Friday evening concert in the park as well! Then it was a beautiful sunset night and a running game of rummy on the porch.

Like Diamonds by Day...Fire at night!

....And on the Way home..last walk & view of our Lighthouse, then clouds part with Beauty in the Bay and a Stop at the Farmer's Market for flowers.

Truly our favorite place on Earth!

Happy Weekend!

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xoxo

UP NORTH UP A NOTCH

Last week I bought you my Casual Beach Town Looks from our time on Lake Michigan. I definitely like to keep it more casual on Vacation but in the evenings, it’s always fun to get a little more jazzed up. We really didn’t have as much opportunity to do that this year and a lot of the dresses I took went unworn. But here are 4 of the little bit dressier looks so I called it up north, up a notch, LOL!

WHITE LINEN & SLEEVELESS SWEATER
The Sweater was love at first sight! It is so darling, and I knew immediately that I would pair it with white linen pants! You cannot go wrong for 20 bucks, and it is such high-quality from Target.

SWEATER HERE // PANTS HERE & HERE // HAT HERE // SANDALS HERE

PINK JACKET

Oh, my friends! It is no secret that I absolutely love the designs from the mother daughter team behind a Clara Sunwoo! Remember the blue liquid leather jacket Post I shared with you this winter. And then the dynamite jumpsuitt they gave us a Grecian Vibes, it happens to be my favorite Jumpsuit ever! But anyway, enter the jacket of my dreams! This Pink Liquid Leather is such a beautiful shade, and I was tickled pink so to say defined an old shed that antique store owner freshened up with some bright colors including a pink door and a pink flamingo on top! How fun!

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JACKET HERE // TEE HERE // PANTS HERE // SANDALS HERE

NAUTICAL VIBES DRESS
This Little Number had boating and beach town written all over it! Well not technically, but with the little rope tie belt I thought it would be perfect to get pictures by the marina. I wore this out for sushi one night. It’s lined super comfy and has a little bit of a twirl factor.

DRESS HERE // SANDALS HERE // NECKLACE HERE

BUFFALO PLAID
Oh, how I love this outfit! It got a rousing “I love it” from Mr. Nine! I shared this already on my Instagram and noted that buffalo check isn’t just for the holiday season. It’s so cute year-round! This top! I could not resist the smocking and the peplum, and the huge plus is that you can wear a regular bra with it! The Shorts are the sailor style, but they are pull on from Sophia Vergara from Walmart and such wonderful quality. I love them so much that I got them in white and they are under $25!

TOP HERE // SHORTS HERE // SANDALS HERE // EARRINGS HERE

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