Friday Fab Five

Now that I'm a housewife, stay at home mom - I have fallen in love with pinterest.  There's so much inspiration out there!  Thought I'd share 5 boards that are inspiring my current projects/obsessions :)

1. Men's Fashion - Spring Style

I am obsessed with men's fashion.  Probably more than women's.  Maybe its because I don't mind looking at men in tailored suits all day long.  These are some of my favorite men's fashion look book styles that came across my feed this week.  I'm definitely going to use these for inspiration when shopping for Nick as I love these looks!

2. Home Décor - Sofa Shopping

Right now Nicholas and I are trying to find the perfect new sofa/sectional for our condo.  These 2 pins have been providing me inspiration with what I've been looking for, to match a grown yet sexy, west coast beach/nautical theme.

Nicholas & I have been talking about this for awhile & are finally ready to make our purchase!  My checklist requires that it's some sort of blue or teal color, sleek & condo sized.  Nick's checklist is that it's as comfy as those big bulky cushiony sofas that you can sink in.  Since we both had different ideas of what we wanted, its taken some time to find the perfect one for us.  After looking at many options in Vancouver (without having to go down a custom route) I think we might be going with this one from Urban Barn.  They have a sale going on for 2 weeks with 15% off too!  Hopefully it will pass Nick's comfort test.

3. Travel - September Ideas

One of my favorite things to pin right now is destination ideas to visit!  Nicholas and I already know we are planning a getaway in mid September to celebrate our 1 year wedding anniversary.  One of the places I'm narrowing it down to is Santa Monica.  I've been there quite a few times already, and absolutely love it, and think it would make an amazing getaway with Nick.  Although I've explored Santa Monica/Venice Beach/Malibu quite a bit - I'm finding quite a few fun ideas to do there thanks to pinterest that I never even thought of!  I definitely want to explore this waterfall and this cave if we choose to go to Santa Monica.

4. Storage - Tie Organization

One thing I love about our condo is that we have a walk in closet!  Our clothes are perfectly organized, but not our accessories.  Purses/clutches/hats/belts/ties don't really have a home that showcases them in a neat and polished - yet stylish way.  For my first accessory project, I'm on the hunt for something like this.



5. Quotes to Live By

Some inspiration that caught my eye this week.



Happy Friday darlings!  If you're on pinterest - you can find all my pins here - http://www.pinterest.com/streetstylestef/

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Im a housewife! Day 1

Hello darlings and welcome to my very first post.  Although my maternity leave officially started on Friday last week (black Friday and I needed my final pre-baby shopping fix), this is my first post about the chronicles of being a housewife/soon to be mother.  Currently, I'm 39 weeks and 3 days - due to deliver a baby girl this Saturday.  Apparently only 4% of babies are born on their actual due date - so we shall see when she comes :)

I've been pretty blessed this pregnancy.  I only had a few days of morning sickness in my first trimester, and have had perfect blood pressure, and no issues with sugar or protein.  Our daughter has been very active inside of me, and has recently started her drop!  I haven't gained too much weight either, and I've had a pretty good amount of energy.  Since I've started maternity leave, I have enjoyed sleeping in, as well as taking several naps throughout the day.  I've got to get my rest now right - since I wont have much soon!

So what does one do during their first week of being a pregnant housewife.

1. Black Friday Shop!

This is my first year not Black Friday shopping in the states - & since I'm so prego, I went to my local mall to take advantage of some deals & finish off my Christmas shopping!  I also have been taking advantage of many fab Sephora deals lately, since I know Ill need them to look well rested soon - and luckily they had some great deals on many of my faves :)

2. Shop at Costco & do ridiculous amounts of cooking.

I've been reading how important it is to have pre made meals that are easy to warm up for the days when you first come home from the hospital - so I've been doing lots of cooking, so our meals don't all have to be delivery when I'm too tired to cook in the days to soon come.

3. Pack our hospital bag.

That's one thing I've been procrastinating on - but finally checked it off.  I must say, picking out what outfit our darling little Sophia will come home in is truly special :)  I'm also thankful for the Burt's Baby Bees mini travel kit, which has all the baby necessities I need, so I don't have to pack such large bottles of everything.

4. Watch Walking Dead mid season finale.

I'm not one to watch a lot of tv - but I do admit I'm a regular when it comes to Game of Thrones, Suits and Walking Dead.  Walking Dead - what a crazy mid season finale - and now no episodes til February :( 

5. Put up as many decorations as possible & mail out our Christmas cards.

Christmas is my absolute favorite holiday of the year, and I have no problem putting decorations up a month early :)  Plus, I wanted to make sure I had them all up before Sophia comes home.