Black, White & Bold

I love this cotton voile dress from Talbots, love it.  The classic black and white is timeless and a fit and flare is my favorite fit for summer. It's a dress a girl can twirl under the stars in...or a girl's mom.  It's easy to wear now by throwing on a jacket or cardigan while its sleeveless cut allows it to still work in the heat of full summer. 

I had the opportunity on Sunday to try on some fabulous looks put together for me by a Talbots stylist.  Can't recommend this service enough.  Here we added a color punch with the fushia denim jacket and the cobalt necklace.  We added a narrow black belt and a scarf that provides a bit of pattern mixing while providing a great vertical line. 

Outfit details: Nautical Stripe Dress - Talbots;  Denim Jacket - Talbots; Scarf, belt and Necklace - Talbots; Shoes - Michael Kors via Lord & Taylor.

The Mother of the Bride Dilemna

So the good news is that our oldest daughter Meghan is marrying her soul mate on March 24. She is very happy, her Dad and I are happy, we're pretty sure he is happy. There is a great deal of happiness going around.

The wedding is being planned in a short time frame, only four months from engagement to ceremony and reception. Meg landed a dress on her first visit to the bridal salon and her sister, Julie, had the same good luck when she went shopping for her maid of honor dress. Meg purchased a sample dress and her first fitting is this week. Jule's dress is in stock and will be here in two weeks.

Dad gets to wear the custom suit he had made before Julie's October 2009 wedding.

So everybody's ready to roll except for me. It's the story of our wedding life.

This post was written in November of 2011, but only published today.