September was the fastest month of the year for me! Between finding out the gender of our baby and traveling to Lake Tahoe for my sister-in-laws’ wedding, there was a lot going on. It’s so crazy we’re already into fall and I have a feeling life won’t be slowing down any time soon. We spent the weekend running errands, buying things for baby and cleaning the house… it was very productive and now I feel ready to take on the week! Hope you all had a great one. 🙂 Here are some highlights from September.

I’m trying to get creative with my “fall” looks because it’s still SO HOT here. I really wanted to wear this tunic with jeans, but we shot these pictures on probably the hottest day of the year so jeans were out. Luckily I pulled out my favorite booties and a purse I haven’t used in awhile and forgot about our lack of seasons.

I have a lot of purses but I tend to keep it pretty simple day-to-day. I’ve been using this bag as my “everyday” bag for work and switching out the a smaller bag or crossbody for nights and weekends. But now that it’s fall I have my eyes set on a brand new bunch of bags. I’m loving the style and color of this one and the faux fur detailing on this one. I’m rounding up all my favorites for fall.

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Which is your favorite?!

It might be fall according to the calendar, but I’m still over here sweating like it’s mid-July. One thing I’ve tried to adapt recently is to dress for the season not the weather. This can be tricky when it’s technically autumn but temps are above 100 degrees. My solution? Pick pieces appropriate for the weather in colors for the season. I tried to follow that here with this blue maxi dress but it might be a little more summer than fall. I think I made up for it with my cognac accessories. So while I’m still wearing open-toed sandals, I’m feeling a little more ready for the pumpkin patch.

I’ve been so lucky and have had a pretty easy pregnancy so far. No first trimester morning sickness or anything other than crazy fatigue and hunger, but it’s still been an adjustment. I was prepared for all the diet modifications and lists of foods and drinks that were off-limits, what I wasn’t prepared for was all the beauty products you can’t use. Obviously anything you put on your skin is absorbed into your blood stream, and you don’t want those things to harm baby. Luckily I’ve found (and already had a few) great pregnancy approved products I wanted to share.

belli oil, palmers belly butter, bio oil, pouf

Since today is the official first day of fall I thought I’d celebrate by wearing a new LWD. Kinda backwards, right? Just trying to keep it interesting and I really did just get this dress and couldn’t wait to wear it. It’s super comfortable and runs true-to-size (I’m wearing a small and it’s roomy). Not to mention, it’s such a steal at under $30!