Floral Top + Cozy Cardigan

Hello everyone!  I am so glad to be back posting today.  I am also very excited to introduce y’all to my new blog design!  Yay!!  I have wanted to do this for a long time.  I was using a free blogging theme (not that anything is wrong with that), but the design options are very limited for someone who does not know computer code.  I wasn’t sure when I started this whole gig if I would enjoy it, understand how to do it, or how long I would keep going?!  So, I didn’t want to invest too much into it in the beginning.  With my new theme, I feel like my site looks so much more modern and updated!

If you have visited my site during this transition period, I apologize for the confusion.  You probably wondered what in the world is she doing??  LOL  I didn’t want to take my site down as it still took me a little while to put in some new colors, check off all the boxes, and learn how to use this new design.  You see some bloggers who change up their design seemingly overnight.  In that case, they not only purchase a new theme but hire the designer to set everything up for them or design something entirely new for their site.  Of course, that requires an even bigger investment!

Anyway, I hope you all like the redo.  You are welcome to look around!  Some of my excerpts of older posts on the home page do not have a continue reading button.  This is because I used a different method with the old theme to capture the excerpt on the front page.  You can still read those older posts by clicking on the post title.  If you have any other questions on how to use my site, please let me know!

Now, let’s talk about fall fashion.  I don’t know about you, but I am not that impressed with the fall fashions out there right now.  There is not anything out there that just looks awful, but there is not any new designs or trends that just stand out to me either.  I don’t know if it’s just me after everything that has happened lately or if it is because it still feels like summer here (which I am not one to complain about the warm weather).  So for today’s post, I pulled pieces I’ve had for a while out of my closet plus this New Cardigan.

Cardigan | Floral Top | Jeans | Similar Shoes

I absolutely love this Circle Cardigan from Barefoot Dreams.  It is sooo soft!  In fact, it is the softest cardigan I’ve ever owned.  It is pricey, so I purchased mine for much less during the Nordstrom sale back in July.  Even then, it was more than I would normally spend on a cardigan.  Yet, I wear a cardigan much of the time in place of a lightweight jacket, so I know I will get my money’s worth out of this purchase!  I will wear it all through the fall and winter.  In fact, I am sure you will see it often here on the blog!

Speaking earlier of this year’s fall clothing selection, the color yellow seems to be popping up quite a bit on other blogs I read.  I do have a little yellow on my blouse, and my shoes are gold.  I like gold but am not a fan of yellow.  I hear a lot of women say they think it is not a good color for them to wear.  Do you all feel that way too?  How do you feel about the styles coming out for fall?

Now, I want to mention a few more things about using my blog, specifically using the shopping widgets.  You will notice they are now at the end of my posts.  You can also find them on the Home Page of my blog too along with the corresponding post excerpt.  Sometimes, I may have more items in the shopping widgets than what you see on the screen.  If so, there will be an arrow at end of the widget allowing you to scroll through the rest of the items.  Also since I’ve been away, a new feature was added to the shopping widgets.  You will notice a heart symbol underneath the product info when you hover over an item.  If you are interested in an item but want to wait until the item goes on sale to buy it, you can click the heart symbol and get an email alert updating you as to when the item is on sale – very useful!

I just want to say once more how grateful I am to all of you who have prayed for me and my family during this difficult time!  Keep us in your prayers!