Mother's Day + Giveaway!

We started Mother's Day off with a clean house (thank you, Hubby!) and a morning at church. My in-laws drove down and met us at a restaurant for lunch (where they gave all the mommies a rose!), then we all came back to the house. Husband took S for a bike/trailer ride to the river, FIL took a nap, and MIL and I went to the fabric store. I think that place is my new Heaven and I might like it more than Target. GASP!

I kind of love this picture. I have no idea what face I'm making or why. It looks like I'm about to sneeze or my husband said something totally inappropriate. I'm guessing it's the second one. And no, it's not something S would understand. He's really good about that.

 shirt and pants: Motherhood, cardigan: Filene's Basement, shoes: Guess, bracelet: c/o Poshlocket

I had a very nice Mother's Day weekend and I hope you did, too! I only wish I could have been with my mom! She's my favorite. I'll get to see her in a few weeks for Memorial Day, though, and we'll be hard at work with a deep spring cleaning! 

GIVEAWAY TIME

My friend Crystal is thoughtfully hosting the very first Bitty Bug Designs giveaway, starting today and ending Monday, May 21! I'm giving away an $18 credit to the shop, which includes custom orders, so be sure to check out her post today and enter!!!

Here are some example items you can use a winning credit toward:

Floral and Neon

Guys, I have a confession to make. I miss regular outfit posts! Truth is, I do get dressed most days, so there really isn't a reason not to do them. Would you mind if I started doing more? Guess I shouldn't make any big promises that I can't keep... I'm trying!

dress: Filene's Basement, cardigan: Old Navy, shoes, Guess (from Whitney), belt: Target

My hair is neon. Like the highlighter. Some colors bring it out more than others and I guess blue is one of them because they're almost opposite on the color wheel. Almost. I asked for it! I'm so glad I found this dress in the back of my husband's side of the closet. I forgot about it and it's so soft, cottony, and nightgowny. Yes, that's a new adjective. Friends, only 9.5 weeks left. Phew.

We Love Colors Wednesday: Neon Green

Happy Wednesday! I think it's going to be my new favorite day of the week because I get to be extra colorful! Not that my outfits lack shock factor, by any means. I wish I could have video taped all of the stares I got while wearing my disco ball, yesterday. If people asked me why I was so dressed up, I had a great jumping off point to discuss SBS Awareness, so it was the perfect subject line for my conversation. I knew it was risky to wear what most people would deem cocktail party/club wear to work, but it certainly served my purpose and I'm glad I did it.

Please don't forget to wear your royal blue this month and submit a photo to 

stateofmyheart {at} gmail {dot} com

Each of our little voices can turn into one ginormous one! 

Now, let me stupefy you with my highlighter legs!

dress: APT 9, Kohl's

cardi: New York & Company (OLD- not that you can't tell from its slight greyness)

neon green tights: c/o We Love Colors

flats: Guess, handed down from Whitney

belt: Old Navy

necklace: Body Shop

Can I be honest with you? {yes} Okay, great.

These tights came in the mail and I was scared out of my color-loving mind. Ask Husband! I pulled them out of the package and said, "How in THE hell am I going to style these?" I stood with them in my hands, perplexed for many moons (a half hour), in front of my closet. And you know what? I made FOUR outfits. 4 of them. four. Take that, uber challenging neon green tights!

Bwahahahaha. We shall meet again.

and...

I'll be back.

{Neon green tights are now shaking in their boots... or blue Guess flats.}

I got a comment from Ashley and four emails about how I got my blogger bun to be so ginorm, yesterday. Two of the five askers thought I had stick straight hair. So, I've got to tell you that I'm a liar. I'm sorry I lied! But when my hair is straight, like in today's post, my handy-dandy In-Styler or Chi. For my blogger bun, I turned my rat's nest of waves upside-down and teased the crap out of it! That's why it was a bouncy puff ball!