Try-on Haul with Try.com!

I'm sure like so many others I often get nervous to order clothes online just because I don't know how well they will fit or if I will like them once I put them on. And don't even get me started on trying to order clothes for Daphnie - kids sizes vary so much between brands, it's so hard to know what size to order!

Let's be honest, so often I end up keeping the items I'm not happy with and they just take up space in my closet. I couldn't even tell you how many items {with the tags on} I have hanging in my closet, it's sad. I am so excited to introduce my new favorite online shopping buddy - Try.com!

With Try.com you can order whatever you would like from the supported retailers without paying anything and then once you receive the items, you have 7 days to try them to see what you like. The website is really easy to use and shows you what has shipped versus what you have decided to keep or return.

For the month of October, you get a $25 credit towards your Keep purchases over $100! 

I wanted to try the service for myself, so I ordered a few outfits for Daphnie and myself so that we could try them! I ordered from Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack, two of my favorite retailers. Check out our outfits below, I added links to everything under each image for easy-shopping, but first install the Try.com chrome extension so you can start 'Trying' your favorites for yourself.

Sign up for Try.com HERE!

Ahh - look at all of these great finds!

Leopard Skirt  ||  White Skinny Jeans (only $35!)  ||  Colorblock Cardigan  ||  White Balloon Sleeve Top  || Black Balloon Sleeve Top  ||  Moss Sweater  ||  Pink Waffle Tee Dress  ||  Girls' Balloon Sleeve Cardigan  ||  Girls' Zella Leggings  ||  Ruffle Sleeve Sweatshirt  ||  White Platform Sneakers  ||  Leopard Sneakers (alternate here) ||  Open Toe Booties  ||  Girls' Wedge Sneakers

Leopard Skirt  ||  White Balloon Sleeve Top  ||  White Platform Sneakers

Black Balloon Sleeve Top  ||  Leopard Skirt  ||  Knee High Block Heel Boots

Black Balloon Sleeve Top  ||  Distressed Jeans  ||  Leopard Sneakers (alternate here)

Moss Knit Sweater  ||  Distressed Jeans  || White Platform Sneakers

Beige Balloon Sleeve Cardigan  ||  Pink Waffle Knit Tshirt Dress  ||  Gold Booties

Ruffle Sleeve Sweatshirt  || Zella Leggings  ||  Metallic Wedge Sneakers

Zella Leggings  ||  Ruched Zella Sweatshirt  ||  Metallic Wedge Sneakers

Colorblock Cardigan  ||  White Skinny Jeans  ||  Knee High Block Heel Boots  ||  Ruffle Cami  ||  MK Bag

Ruffle Sleeve Sweatshirt  ||  Zella Leggings  ||  Metallic Wedge Sneakers

White Balloon Sleeve Top  ||  Distressed Jeans  ||  Leopard Sneakers (alternate here)  || MK Bag

I hope you like our finds as much as we do! 

Sign Up for Try.com HERE!

October is Fire Prevention Month!

Thank you First Alert for sponsoring this post. October is Fire Prevention Month - practice safety in numbers to ensure your family’s super prepared too!

There is nothing quite like being awoken by the chirping of a dying smoke detector at 3am, and then having to search the house to find which one it is, waiting in each room between beeps while you're still mostly asleep and heavily relying on the walls to keep you up because you have no balance. This happened to me about a week ago. Somehow my husband was able to sleep right through it.

I am thankful that it did happen though as in the morning I had realized that the smoke detector had reached it's end of life, which means that the rest of the smoke detectors in the house would soon be reaching their end of life. Since a fire isn't something I wanted to risk, I was sure to stop by the store to pick up a few replacements.

As it turns out, October is Fire Prevention Month, so I teamed up with First Alert to provide some facts and great tips to being prepared!

Let's start out with a few alarming {no pun intended} facts:

• According to the NFPA, in 2016 there were 352,000 home fires.

• 3 out of 5 fire deaths occurred in homes without smoke alarms.

• The #1 leading cause of house fires is unattended cooking.

• Carbon monoxide is the #1 cause of accidental death.

• Less than half of homeowners have an escape plan.

A home fire can happen to anyone at any time. Here are a few tips to help you prepare:

• Have smoke and carbon monoxide alarms on every level of your house, including the basement, in every bedroom and outside of bedrooms.

• Have an escape plan, discuss it with your family and practice it! This is so important when you have kiddos. I just went over our plan with Daphnie again the other day, so she knows exactly what to do and where to go!

• Another important thing to go over with your kiddos is how to dial 9-1-1 in case of an emergency. 

• Test your smoke alarms regularly and replace every 5-10 years (depending on the model). 

• Smoke & CO detectors like these I linked here can detect both smoke and carbon  monoxide. These are sealed and have a 10 year battery life. This ensures that you replace the alarm after it reaches it's end of life. 

• Keep a fire extinguisher in your kitchen and readily accessible. 

• CO (carbon monoxide) is invisible, tasteless and odorless. It can be produced from any fuel burring device. CO alarms detect this poisonous gas and provide early warning.

For more information, please be sure to visit https://www.firstalert.com/firepreventionmonth/ 

I hope that this information helps you and your family become super-prepared!

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of CLEVER and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.

My Favorite Long Sleeve Dress Styled Multiple Ways for Fall!

I love this dress so much I just had to write a whole blog dedicated to it! This design is so easy to wear and extremely flattering. I have worn this dress with a scarf, boots, a poncho, booties, denim jacket, flannel and sneakers. There are seriously endless ways to style this dress and I cannot wait to show you a few of my favorites below!

This dress is already pretty reasonably priced, {under $60!}, but I was able to find an Amazon dupe of it for only $17! That is a steal. I will say that the Amazon dress does not have near the quality of the designer dress, (the fabric is a little thin and the bottom hem is raw), but it still looks cute! One of the colors below is the dupe, see if you can tell which one it is!

(This dress color is from last season, I do not know if it will be restocked, linked the color I want this season!) 

Dress { or dupe here}  ||  Poncho  ||  Hat  ||  Bag  ||  Boots  

Dress {dupe}  ||  Dress {designer}  ||  Hat  ||  Bag  ||  Boots

Dress {designer} ||  Dress {similar dupe here}  ||  Flannel{similar HERE} or {similar but less expensive HERE}  ||  Bag  || Sneakers {Similar HERE}

I'm curious to see how everyone else styles this dress, so if you have it or you buy it, tag me in your pics on IG, I'd love to see them!