Monday Round Up: Family Time + Fall Maxi Dresses / My Monochromatic Life

Happy Monday! Welcome to another full week. Now that Halloween is over I am in full countdown to Thanksgiving. How many of you thought I was gonna say Christmas? I do not do any Christmas related activities until the day after Thanksgiving.

I had a pretty busy weekend so let's get to it.

Friday after work I hit the gym really fast because I had a styling appointment at My Sister's Closet for the Innovations Minnesota Fashion Show on November 13th. (pssst. if you are local get your tickets!) My two sisters are my models so they joined us. With the help of the shopowner, Rosemary, we put together some amazing looks. My one sister will actually be wearing Oscar De La Renta shoes and I'm dying about it. I am really excited about this fashion show and thrilled I get to be a part of it. I can't wait to share it with you all. After the appointment we met up with my mom for dinner, which was necessary as I was starving!

Saturday was equally as busy. I hit the gym again then went to pick up my niece and nephew. My mother-in-law was watching all four of them so I took the oldest two to a movie to give her a bit of a break. I tried to take them to Trolls but it was sold out so we saw Storks instead. Apparently all children's movies just are one word titles. The movie was pretty cute, but they were kind of disappointed we could not see Trolls. What are you gonna do? Afterwards I ran home to get ready for my Nonna's birthday dinner. We went to Saji-Ya in St. Paul, which is on of those places where they cook in front of you. It was pretty cool, my only problem is that doing it this way the food is pretty slow. It was great to celebrate my Nonna.

Sunday was the only lazy day. With two really full days I planned to keep it low key. I worked out at home while the Vikings play, which was a great distraction from their terrible playing. I took care of a few things around the house. I fully intend to just straight up not leave the house. I had to order out because I did not have anything for dinner but the wait was too long. I did end up having to leave to pick it up, but it was not so bad.

The weather lately has been staying warm. Like almost 70s warm. It is kind of weird but I won't fight it. It does get chilly at night though so dressing in layers is still necessary. I have been trying to live in stretchy pants and dresses these days, due to a forgiving waistline. I saw this dress on Proper & Prim's instagram page and knew I needed it. It fits huge like a night shirt. I knew I needed to add a piece to add some shape to it. Thankfully I had this vest already in my closet. If I was not pregnant I would also belt it, either with or without a vest to cinch in the waist. It is so comfortable, which I am loving right now. I paired this with my new favorite booties from Target. They have a red tint to it so I topped the whole look off with this red blanket scarf from Zara. Perfect for these warm Fall days.