Anyway, in honor of our furry red friend, lets see what we can find in red today!

(L to R) Gondola Engagement Dress ($80), Blythe Shirtdress ($145), Origami sheath dress in wool crepe ($198), Alamosa Sweater Dress ($80), Artemis Dress ($75.00)

(L to R) red ruffled blouse (sold out), pink pencil skirt ($120), polka dot blouse ($80), red wool trousers ($110), bow tie blouse ($50), camel high-waist pants ($78), cashmere candy stripe sweater ($198), vintage bootcut cords ($70)

And don’t forget accessories! Nothing makes an outfit pop like a flash of red!!

Do you love to shine in red?

Ellie was trying to get Sadie to eat her math homework.
It didn’t work – apparently she just likes to eat ants and spiders.
Is that normal for a cat? Our cats gobble up ants like they’re cat treats.
Perhaps they’re not getting enough protein.

At the car show, Ellie reminded us that she is turning 16 is just 7 years and we should start saving because she wants this car.
Such a sweet, innocent little thing she is.
She has no idea that as soon as she can drive, she’s getting my yucky mini-van
(which is made up of mostly cracker crumbs at this point and has had the nickname Stinky Yuck Van)
and she can drive her siblings around
while I drive a convertible.

Shadow declared the wooden clementine box her official bed, ignoring the nice, plush cat bed that we actually paid money for.
Figures.

We spent most of the week outside.
65 degree days in January are not worthy of working.
We made the driveway into a huge mural, played on the swingset, played soccer… and even grilled.
Remind me of this when its snowing next week.

I have eaten much, much too many of these.

sweater: Loft {buy here – on sale!}
shirt: old navy {buy here}
jeans: the skinny by 7 for all mankind {buy here – on sale!!}
belt: target {similar}
boots: kamik {buy similar here}
earrings: my cents of style {buy here – only $5!}

One day this week was really warm (in January! I know, right?) So I broke out my new custom made dress from United Styles. How cute is this?

dress: United Styles {design your own here}
shoes : Payless {similar}
necklace: lia sophia {no longer available}

How is this little number in my quest to wear pattern and color? I picked up that striped shirt at Loft for only like $7 last week.

cardigan: really old from LOFT {similar}
shirt: LOFT {no longer available} {similar}
belt: LOFT, sold out now. bummer.
jeans: target {buy similar here}
shoes: Target {no longer available} {similar here}

For more style, check out

Can you tell how COMPLETELY TRILLED she is to be at the auto show?  And “the look” is just one thing…

I’m getting the eye roll.
And the “I know, Mom!”
And the “I need my privacy.”

Promise to hold my hand, Internets. I’m not sure I’m ready for this.

We went back to the security office to wait for her.

She walked around the corner with a security guard. Our eyes met and she ran to me, sobbing. Her little arms, squeezing around my neck, as she sobbed. She kept whispering, “I was so scared, Mom. I couldn’t find you.” Her little body was shaking. We just held on until we calmed down. She only let go when her daddy came in, so he could hug her.

They found her on the other side of the convention center. She had realized she was lost and walked until she found someone in a security uniform to ask for help. We had a call on our home phone when we got home – she had told the security guard her phone number and he called it on his cell phone to say he had her. If only we had checked! We would  have found her sooner.

I can’t believe how quickly it happened. We blinked and she vanished. It was completely innocent – she just got confused and was trying to remember what we taught her about being lost. We turned for a second and missed her wandering. The security people said it happens all the time. I can see why.

I am so thankful. I can’t even think about what could have happened. I’ve seen too much on the news lately about the dreadful things people do to children. Grace is having some anxiety still – she has been crying in her sleep is nervous about leaving us. Frankly, I’m nervous about letting her out of my sight as well.

Snuggle your little one. And teach them your cell phone number.

TOMS Shoes is launching ballet flats. Um. HELLO! These are so so so so cute!!! Love the blue! These come out in February.

I’m extremely, EXTREMELY excited about Jason Wu for Target – I’ve been a Jason Wu fan for awhile and this is going to be AWESOME people. I think I really need that dress on the right. Possibly in two colors.

Stella and Dot‘s new spring line is positively divine!! I am colmpetely in love with the Savannah Collection!

he gets a little clingy when he’s sick, so we spent lots of time snuggling, watching cars and kung fu panda and reading…

but the week had bright spots. like my sweet husband

and my sweet girl, who called me her BFF

how was your week?

sweater: old navy {similar}
jeans: the skinny by 7 for all mankind {buy here – on sale!!}
boots: amazing deal on 6pm last year {similar here}
necklace: old navy {similar here}

I’ve been dying to try a denim on denim look with a chambray shirt… but worried about looking either too 1987 or too country. So I paired my shirt with dark trouser jeans, heels and piled on the jewelry. What do you think?

shirt: old navy {buy here}
jeans: 7 for all mankind {buy here – on sale!}
necklaces:
lia sophia*{no longer available}
stella and dot {no longer available}
gift from my mother in law {custom made}

You may have noticed I have been drooling over a certain sweater from Free People. Since I mentioned it here. And here. And here. Well, it just showed up on Gilt. For like half off! That’s what you call Christmas money well spent right there. The necklace is the same one in the picture above – it has a removable locket, which I just love!

sweater: free people {buy it here – ooo! its on sale here too!}
jeans: target {buy similar here}
locket necklace: stella and dot {no longer available}

for more fashion, check out what i wore wednesday, transatlantic blonde, monday mingle and fashion friday!

1. If my husband is around, he’ll usually make comments like “Work it, Work it! You’re a tiger! RAWR!” in an Austin Powers accent. Which usually result in pictures like this:

2. If my cats are around, they will insist in being in every picture. Which usually results in pictures like this:

3. If my kids are around, they make lots of comments. I can’t imagine where they learned to do that. Then the cat will jump in, too! Which usually results in pictures like this:

4. Or sometimes they’ll just walk through the picture, totally unaware of what is going on.

5. Sometimes, my pictures get hijacked completely:

Sigh. Its never as easy as it looks!

Its been fun on top of fun with a cherry on top, folks.

But, I’m so excited to share that All Things Chic has been redesigned! I’m so so excited. My co-founder and BFF Jo-Lynne decided to step down at the end of 2011 (the craziness is contagious, you see) so I’ve been running things, redesigning and mixing things up a bit.

Which explains a bit why Girlymama as been a little dry lately. Sorry. I’m sure we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled chaos before you know it. It is us, after all. We can’t go too long without someone peeing on the iPad or something.

First off, click over and check out how pretty it is. I’m not biased. AT ALL.

Second, if you are a blogger, please consider joining our Chic Blogger Network! We’re starting a place where fellow fashiony bloggers can promote their posts for StumbleUpon, Pinterest, etc. I hope that it can be a Facebook community where we can support each other and share the love! I’ve discovered some amazing sites and even more amazing people through All Things Chic and I wanted to find a space where we could chat and share with  like-minded bloggers. Check it out!