Rose A La Mode

Guest Post From Joanna at Moda Mama

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You guys, this is Joanna! She and I go waaaay back and decided to swap posts today! Go check out her blog and you’ll see what item I am currently obsessed with. Now, here’s Joanna! 

Hi!  I’m Joanna Haughton from ModaMama. It’s such a pleasure to be here guest posting on Rose a la Mode. Linda has such a great style that works so well for new moms like me.  Except for the heels. Most days I can only dream wistfully about wearing cute heels like hers! Who am I you might ask?  I’m an actor, TV host, writer and young mom.  I share my life with these two little monkeys…

And this big one…

I collect dresses the way some women do cats. Crazy Cat Lady, meet Crazy Dress Lady. Seriously, I’m currently being added to the American Encyclodpeia of Mental Disorders.

That’s me in a nutshell. And here’s what I’m wearing.

The first thing I did when I bought the skirt is toss the matching belt. Well, I didn’t actually toss it, just put it away to use with other outfits. I dislike the whole matchy-matchy thing almost as much as I dislike cooking, maybe more. So, I paired it with a fun contrasting belt instead.

I’m actually very daring today for a mom with a messy baby – white shirt aaaand heels! It’s ‘cause I’m going out for a good part of the day. Yay! New moms get excited about things like that.

And foot massages, we also loooove foot massages.

Visit me at ModaMama and stay a while.  I’d love to have ya!

Finishing The Basement And Blog Love

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Old Navy Gingham Top

Bitten necklace

The Limited Jeans

Cynthia Vincent For Target wedges

Michael Kors Watch

Home Improvements

Old Navy Shirt, The Limited Jeans (similar), Target Wedges (similar and better), Michael Kors Watch, Forever 21 Bangles (similar), Bitten Necklace (similar)

I’m in my basement, we’re in the middle of finishing it! This weekend, it gets painted. (Oh, speaking of which, our friend is helping us paint and he’s amazing. We had another painter come over and he was looking for a mistake and couldn’t find it, so if you’re in the St. Louis area and need a painter, let me know!) But don’t let this screw gun fool you. I’ve done almost nothing down there. Although I did get up at 6:30 in the morning to help Bob unload 50 sheets of drywall (in 2 packs)!

I totally got talked into this shirt by Jill. All she had to do is post a picture of it on twitter and I ran out and bought it. I almost bought a gray one and a blue one about a year ago, but honestly, the blue one was way too trendy and worn by every other blogger around. Even though I copied off Jill, at least I felt like she was the only other one with this shirt.

Oh how I rationalize things.

I am not sure you can buy it online anymore, so you’ll have to get it in this color in the store. Oh, and just in case you’re wondering what else Jill mentioned that I’ll be buying soon, it’s this. Have to have it! Also bought these because of her. Love them!

What are you doing this weekend?

Thursday Latelies

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 If you can’t see the video, click here.

  • OK, Jess is awesome and is a Mary Kay consultant. Check out her site and get a free mineral eye color when you spend $10 or more! Just enter promo code “Rose”. Yea, how sweet of her! She sent me the navy blue white wash pencil. Fabulous!
  • The Dove Chocolate Bars I got  were Caramel Swirl with Milk Chocolate Cashew. Get them!
  • And enjoy the end of the summer! It won’t be here forever, so go get it!
Oh! And I almost forgot to tell you! My hubby is giving away an iPad 2 on his site! Go over there and enter to win! He’s such a generous guy! 🙂