Tall Tropical Vibes

Good news y’all. By the time you read this, we’ll have had a 40 degree temperature increase. That is no typo, but I’m sure a lot of you are feeling our pain with these extreme temps. Didn’t see myself saying the words, “I’m really glad it will be 20 degrees out” this winter, but here we are.

Also, I may be alone in saying this, but here it goes. I am glad we haven’t taken down our Christmas Tree yet. It makes our living room feel cozier in this terrible weather! We went to a friends last week, and they hadn’t take theirs down yet either. It definitely made me feel better about our slowness. I think it makes the energy of putting it up worth it, because once I take it down our house will feel stark and empty. It’s a little too soon to put up Easter decor, since we have zero chance of seeing anything green outdoors anytime soon. I only say that because Easter seems synonymous with Spring.

We’re looking ahead on our calendars, and we’re excited at where we’re headed. It feels like we’re hitting our stride, and at the same time trying to elevate to continuously improve. We’ll have some fun Valentine’s Day looks for you next week, so stay tuned!

Now seems like as good a time as any to virtually warm up and relive some of our looks from our vacation. If you remember, we headed down to Mexico last week for a family trip! We stayed at Secrets Playa Mujeres which is just north of Cancun. The resort was very cool because it incorporated the natural habitat/foliage better than I’ve seen another resort do. The beach was also gorgeous, unfortunately we didn’t get a chance to use it much because it was pretty windy while we were there.

We ended up doing some last second shopping, to snag some rock bottom prices on warm weather dresses and jumpsuits. Asos to the rescue, as Caitlin has the 2-day shipping. It’s a blessing and curse y’all. The plan was to just not buy anything beyond our hats for the trip, but once the browsing started.. It was over. We ended up buying several options each, and sent back several. We’re really working on only keeping items that we truly love and will get good use out of!

We’ve looked at this jumpsuit several times and just couldn’t decide if it would work out well. As you can see, it is super flattering. Plus, if you’re curvy, it still drapes beautifully and highlights Caitlin’s small waist. The loose flowy fit is super comfortable, and allows you to enjoy that “all-inclusive” dinner where you can sample everything off the menu.

The tropical print is one we haven’t dabbled in often, but we loved that it’s basically a jumpsuit version of the party shirts we love to wear. The super gaudy, delightfully tacky, shirts that originated with the Hawaiian shirts, have long been loved by our Dad. So of course we had to adopt the trend as a family, and now we cruise around the lake in the summer in our “party shirts.” We have since found other excuses to wear them in the off months, like visiting a Tiki bar for my birthday, and aforementioned vacations to tropical destinations!

Caitlin paired her jumpsuit with her nude sandals she found on Amazon. They are inexpensive, and have held up really nicely. They are linked here. Unfortunately they only go up to size 11. They are comfortable on her foot, which she sometimes struggles to find regular sized shoes that are wide enough. Plus, the heel height gives you just enough boost without making it impossible to walk and be comfortable! She also paired it with this H&M purse she received from our dear friend Emily (She helped us build our blog! Shameless shout out).