Petite Panoply

(I honestly don't feel like I can write a concise post about this so please forgive me.) On Monday we had to have our 11 1/2 year old English bulldog, George , put to sleep.  His health took a pretty quick decline the past couple of months. He wasn't getting around well anymore. We had to help him onto and off the couch and in and out the back door. He couldn't get up the steps to Mom and Dad's bedroom where he slept and he was too big to carry up and down every night. We had to give him pain pills almost every day to help with the joint pain. (Though he enjoyed getting them because he got a whole piece of peanut buttered bread along with the pill.) His legs would slide out on him when he'd walk and we later found out he had neurological damage to his left side which could have been caused by a stroke or brain tumor.  Monday afternoon he had a seizure. Jeanie called up to me in a panic and I knew something was very wrong. He was unresponsive for about a...

As promised, there's a new Jeanie outfit post today! She paired a green t-shirt with a colorful floral skirt and her new wedge boots. She was towering over me in our pictures together! Jeanie is already a couple inches taller than me so if we're not both wearing heels there's quite a difference. nail polish: o.p.i. - my vampire is buff & china glaze - graffiti glitter I hope you're all having a nice Tuesday. I get to sleep in a little bit today because my first class got canceled. Unfortunately, I have a paper to work on this week and need to get started on that asap. Can grad school be over yet? Happy Tuesday!

Happy Monday! Here are a few pictures from the past month or so. I'll start with the cutest ones:  pictures of us giving George hugs while we were visiting a couple weeks back. George says, "no more hugsssss!" Valentine treats from home. Dove chocolate hearts and a Spider-man mug filled with Mom's homemade cookies. Playing with my Urban Decay Vice palette. Margaritas with Matt. And another George picture for good measure. I'm ready to get back home so I can hug George some more! That will probably be my main activity this  upcoming spring break. Unfortunately, I still have to get through a lot of school work until then.  Have a great start to your week! * P.S. I keep forgetting to mention, you can get 20% off of your eShakti purchase through 3/20 with the code  PETTEPNPLY  . I'll have an outfit post in a pretty new spring dress from them very soon! *

Life lately has been a tiny bit boring, but that's okay. I spent last weekend at home with my family eating delicious homemade deep dish pizza and watching TV. This past week flew by and this weekend is gearing up to be a superbly lazy couple of days.  The most exciting news was that my Modcloth order came! Matt's car finally needed a repair that cost more than the car itself, so we had to say farewell. It was kind of sad. He took me to homecoming in that car! Pink leopard print nails! A favorite outtake: I've been playing with makeup a lot lately. I'm loving this brown smokey eye. According to pictures, all I eat lately is pizza. I wish.  I'm doing my best to catch up on all of your blogs and respond to comments this weekend. I just get overwhelmed looking at my Bloglovin' feed when it says 1000 at the top! I'm also thinking of blog posts for February and perhaps a series of guest posts. We'll see!  ...

It's Christmas day! I feel like we've already been celebrating for so long. We'll be having one more get-together dinner tonight, then I think the festivities will be officially over. George is especially ready to go home to Georgia and sleep on his favorite spot on the couch. I hope you all have a great day and spend it with the people you love most!

It was in the 70's here the past couple days, so I've had to pick light outfits that also look like I belong in the month of December. It gets difficult sometimes. A good go-to for warm December weather is to put on pair of shorts with tights and then throw a cardigan on top. I hadn't worn my green lace tights for a while, so it was time to bring them out! shorts: levi's - thrifted | cardigan, tights, flower hair clip: forever 21 | top, scarf: thrifted | shoes: xhileration - target | earrings: great grandma collection Today is George's 11th birthday and I'm sad I don't get to see him. Mom took this picture of him with his birthday crown on though. I'm pretty sure his slumber had been disturbed, but that's easy when you sleep 20 hours per day. Happy birthday George! Happy Wednesday!

I enjoy when bloggers post random life pictures once in a while. Occasionally I'd like to share little pictures from other parts of my life that aren't necessarily clothes-related. I've done posts like this before, but I'm just letting you know I intend on doing this semi-regularly! The majority of these pictures are Halloween-related, but oh well! Here are some scenes from the past month or so. My favorite tree back home starting to change color. Some delicious coffee I've been enjoying. Donuts. Halloween nails. Sleepy George. Possibly my favorite fall beer? Rainbow leopard print nails I'm currently sporting. Based on this Chalkboard Nails tutorial . Halloween decorations at home. This is how Matt wrapped my birthday present.  Happy Wednesday everyone!