Monday Round Up: Black + Suede Fringe / My Monochromatic Life

Happy Monday! Hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing weekend. We are almost out of January, typically the coldest month of the year. Hopefully we will be out of the woods soon. Although, I shouldn't complain as the temperatures around here have not been bad as of late. Hope it i has been good by you too!

This weekend was pretty uneventful by design. I am 37 weeks pregnant so we are just trying to get our head around this and make sure things are ready here at home. Friday I had a really busy day at work and my co-workers threw me a baby shower. It was really sweet of them. They decorated the lunch room, got a cake and had some gifts. It was really kind. After work I just didn't really feel like doing anything. I ran one quick errand to Ulta before heading home. It was kind of a beauty weekend for me. I needed to pick up a few things for my hospital bag. Just because I am having a baby does not mean I can't look good. I have been slowly picking up travel items to take with me. While I was there I got to see the Tarte Maneater palette in person. I could not resist, I had to pick it up. Stay tuned for a review soon. I also picked up Kylie Cosmetics matte lip in Ginger. I saw it on another local blogger and had to make it mine. It's amazing.

Saturday was a strange day. I had a really hard time sleeping on Friday so I overslept on Saturday. D got up early and did a little cleaning, I was supposed to help. We ended up going to the gym but really late in the day. Then we ran a few errands so by the time we got home to eat 'lunch' it was 5:00PM. A little bit later my friend texted if we wanted to meet up for a late happy hour. We met them at their local favorite spot for a couple apps and drinks. By drinks for me I means Sprite. Hopefully not for long! C'mon baby!

Sunday was another slow day. D cleaned the carpets that desperately needed it. I did a little bit of cleaning but not as much as I planned. I really did intend to do more cleaning.....and then I didn't. Next weekend for sure. On Sunday I also got my newest Vox Box with some fun lip colors. This will also be coming to the blog soon so stay tuned! After running a couple quick errands we came home to just relax on the couch.

Oh I also worked out from home and it was super hard as I am now enormous. I intend to work out until baby arrives. You can't work out basically at all for 6 weeks so I am trying to gear up.

Last weekend I stopped by Primp's St.Paul location because I found myself in the area. I really wanted to buy the whole store. They had a bunch of great oversized sweaters perfect for my shape these days. This caught my eye initially. I mean, it's black so 'hello' it's basically mine. It won me over with the suede type fringe on the bottom. I thought it was a unique way to wear fringe I had not before. I have seen it on sleeves or with cloth but not separately attached this way. Also, it's long so it works perfectly with a pair of leggings. Leggings are the most comfortable pants to wear these days. These Tart ones I got from a Stitch Fix have been a serious closet staple. What I will do without them post pregnancy I will never know. They do have the fun moto detail on the knees to make it a bit more rock n' roll. I topped it off with some simple jewelry and my go-to ankle boot and voila! Perfect look for that Saturday happy hour.

p.s. These pictures have some sun spots in them. I thought I should retake them, but then I thought this is the most sun I have seen in a while so I'm leaving it :)