I don’t follow every trend, just the ones that feel like me and still feel classic, which is really why I love watching the runways. It’s less about copying a look and more about getting a visual for colors and textures, then figuring out what I’m inspired by and what I’m fine skipping. So after going through my favorite designers’ fall 2026 shows, here are the six trends I really love and how I’ll bring a little of each into what I already wear without spending a fortune. Everything listed below is under $300.

The thing I loved most about this season wasn’t a single piece, it was the styling. Prada sent models out who changed their look on the runway in real time, and one stylist said it made her want to go home and see what else she could do with what she already owns. Celine did it with rings and belts, Bottega and Tory Burch did it with a collar peeking out of a crewneck, Valentino did it with a sash. It’s a good reminder to get creative with the pieces I already own, and it got me thinking about the few additions that would make my closet feel new again, which is where this list comes in.

I’m drawn to cotton and natural fibers when I can find them, especially for the everyday basics. If it’s a base layer I’m going to wear three times a week, a tee or a sweater or a button-down, I want it to be cotton or wool or cashmere, because those are the pieces that hold up. If it’s a more structured, stylish top, something for an occasion, or outerwear (especially anything that needs to be waterproof!), I’m not too picky about the materials. But gone are the days of spending quite a bit on a top I think I’ll wear again and again, only to find out it’s an itchy 100% polyester.

I kept all of this in mind when selecting the pieces below, being as mindful about materials as possible:

I love the styling of a full-length trench. It just reads more luxe, it moves better, and it makes even a tee and jeans underneath look so chic. What I’ve been drawn to lately is that English countryside look, the kind of thing you’d wear to walk a garden in the Cotswolds (I’ve never been, but it’s on my list, it looks gorgeous!). Being out in my own garden and inspired by fall, I’m interested in pieces that are weatherproof but still versatile for everyday life, and it turns out the runways had the same idea this season. Ralph Lauren, Hermès and Stella McCartney all sent out riding boots and tailored jackets, Chloé did check blazers belted with what looked like horse tack, and Acne Studios and Paloma Wool went country in their own way too. Stella McCartney even had ponies at her show. Tweed and waxed cotton were everywhere with it, the heritage fabrics that only get better as they wear in, and a cropped tweed jacket over a white shirt is the fastest way to get the whole look in one piece. There were also beautiful funnel-neck coats, like this one I just got.

The styling I loved most was at The Row, where the trench was worn with gray tights and nude pumps. I usually think of a trench with boots or flats, so seeing it with a heel turned it into an evening look without changing the coat at all.

Here’s my favorite picks for english countryside:

• a full-length trench coat

• a relaxed trench in beige

• a wool-cashmere cocoon coat

• a tie-belt wool trench

• a twill safari jacket in khaki

• the corduroy barn jacket in camel

• an organic waxed cotton barn jacket in forest green

• a workwear jacket

• the casual waxed jacket

• a cropped tweed lady jacket

• Luxe woven tote in dark chocolate

I didn’t currently have anything cobalt in my closet. Then I watched the Chanel, Givenchy and Bottega Veneta shows back to back and it was the only color I remembered and how effortlessly it was styled multiple ways. Mugler put it right next to chartreuse just to prove a point (chartreuse is not my vibe, I'll leave that one on the runway, but I love the blue). The bigger idea on the runway was two bold colors worn together, which Marc Jacobs, Valentino, Prada and Tory Burch all did. Tory Burch and Bottega did it with just a collar or a cuff of blue under a crewneck, and that's the version I'm stealing. I love this way to style it:

It feels like a fun color to add while still keeping it true to my personal style. I love adding it with accessories if you don't want to go all in with a sweater, and the cinched waist of a belt is a really cool way to incorporate it. Here’s my favorite picks for cobalt:

• cashmere scarf

• a midi trench in blue

• a blue denim jacket

• an organic cotton boyfriend crew in sapphire

• a cashmere crew cardigan in blue

• a cashmere knit scarf in blue

• a cashmere and wool triangle scarf

• a pleated cummerbund belt

• a leather shopper bag in vibrant blue

• a blue shoulder bag

• a cinched blazer in cobalt

• a funnel neck buttoned jacket

Red is always so stunning for fall, and poppy red is the fresher version for this year. It was everywhere on the fall runways, in long red dresses at Valentino and Fendi, red leather at Ferragamo and Balenciaga, and bright red knits at Chanel, Alaïa, Prada and Celine. I love it with a trench most of all. I just got this red scarf and I already know I’ll wear it constantly, knotted at the neck with the trench or tied around the waist. Here’s my favorite poppy red picks:

• a collarless tailored blazer in poppy red

• an oversized cotton cable sweater

• an oversized V-neck sweater

• a red boatneck sweater

• the wild rag scarf in carmine

• an embroidered cotton cap

• a mini shoulder bag in red leather

• a half-zip cotton sweatshirt in red

• a stand-up collar jersey top

• a cinched blazer in red

• a scoop rib knit cardigan

• a funnel-neck jacket in negroni

• a long red trench

• a draped top

Plaid is the one print I’ve never gotten tired of, and this season it was everywhere, but what I loved is that no two designers did it the same way. Acne Studios made it feel like horse country, Celine and Dior made it feel like a private school uniform in the best way, Chloé went soft and bohemian with it, and Chanel turned the classic tweed jacket into something that almost looked like chainmail.

It’s also a little nostalgic for me. I recently went to a dinner for Boden and the whole theme was tartan, which took me right back to high school. I was on the cheer team at Glendora High in CA, and our team name was, no joke, the Tartans. The mascot was a Scottie dog in plaid, other schools loved to point out that we were named after a piece of fabric, but the cheer uniforms were always so cute and I spent four years decked out in plaid and grew to love it.

Here’s my favorite plaid/argyle picks that feel fresh for right now:

• a checked cotton twill shirt

• a plaid poplin overshirt

• a cropped cardigan in brown and navy argyle

• a cropped barn jacket

• the quilted jacket with the tartan collar

• a cashmere tartan scarf in oatmeal and red

• an alpaca argyle neckerchief

• a blouse in navy and lemon plaid

• a plaid zip top

• a check flannel trench coat

• a plaid hooded jacket

I’m all for oversized looks, but this season was more about tailoring. You can still wear an oversized shirt, but the waist is cinched so perfectly. The silhouette moved closer to the body. Ralph Lauren and Jacquemus did skirt suits, Jonathan Anderson restyled Dior’s Bar jacket, and the tailoring at Givenchy, Gucci and Saint Laurent was sharp and fitted rather than slouchy. The theme was define the waist. An easy way to do that is belting what you already own, tucking in your shirt, or sizing down on your next jacket, which is a great way to make something you already have feel fresh again. But if you want one new piece, make it something with a waist.

This blazer I wear so often. I’m 5’10” and wearing a size large, and I could have gone down to a medium for an even more tailored fit, but I love the cut of it. It’s not under $300, but I’ve worn it so many times I’ve definitely gotten my money’s worth!

Here’s my favorite picks for a cinched waist:

• a belted wool-blend wrap coat

• a fitted jacket with a defined waist

• a cinched jacket

• a fitted black top

• a fitted-waist cotton shirt in white

• a cinch-waist long sleeve top

• a peplum sweater tank

• a knit fitted-waist tee

• a fitted-waist interlock top

• a long waisted blazer in black

• a linen vest with an elastic waist

• a cinched-waist peplum sweater in black

The jewelry on the runways was one big piece instead of a stack. Chanel did chunky collars that looked like sculpture, Chloé put oversized charm pendants over turtlenecks, Nina Ricci brought back the choker in a Marie Antoinette way, and Saint Laurent sent out necklaces so big they were paired with earrings just as big. The idea is that one heavy piece carries the whole outfit, and for someone who loves a white shirt and jeans, that's something I was really drawn to. Here’s my favorite statement pieces:

• a layered freshwater pearl statement necklace

• a gold and brown pendant necklace

• a sculptural gold necklace (I just got this one and it looks so cool with a turtleneck or a tee, and the pendant comes off so I can wear it as a plain gold chain too, love it!)

• beaded statement earrings

• flower pendant earrings

• polished brass bow earrings

• embossed metal earrings

• a statement stone necklace

• a gem pendant necklace

• molten glass statement studs

• a gold-plated topaz statement ring

• a molten metal pendant necklace

My favorite shoes for fall

Not really a trend, more the ones that work with every outfit above and that you'll wear again and again:

• black leather ballet flats: love the square toe

• a glove flat in camel: these are sooo comfortable and zero “breaking in” period, which I worry about with new flats sometimes and getting blisters. Not these ones, I have them in caramel color.

• penny loafers in chocolate brown leather: I just got these in the chocolate brown and they feel very luxe.

• a pointed toe suede: love the shape of these and suede always adds beautiful texture to an outfit.

• leather boots: I love the flat heel on these and the rounded top.

• a heritage western boot: I’ve worn cowboy boots here so often mainly because a classic pointed toe looks so chic with jeans, and these are so durable in any weather.

• classic nude pump: perfect for that Row trench look.

The elevated basics underneath

Not a runway trend exactly, but every outfit above starts here, and this is where I hold the line on natural fibers. Chanel did a lot of tan and cream this season and Pantone's color of the year was a soft white, so a cream tee and a good pair of jeans are more on trend than ever and feel very fresh!

• a balloon-sleeved cotton blouse

• a merino wool tee

• white long sleeve tee

• a 100% cotton long sleeve white tee: I just got this and it fits SO cute.

• a 100% cotton oversized sweater

• Pima cotton tank: these are my favorite tanks, I have in white and black.

• soft white turtleneck

• elevated button-up

• low-slung baggy jeans

• high-rise wide-leg jeans

• classic dark high-rise jeans

A few I’m leaving on the runway

Not everything grabbed me, and that’s the point of following your own taste. The Art Deco moment was beautiful, all those beaded flapper dresses and drop waists at Chanel and Fendi, but drop waist isn’t flattering on me (especially after multiple babies). Animal print is having another big year, and I was there two years ago, wore it constantly, and just donated two leopard coats, so I’m sitting this round out. Chartreuse and bright yellow are not my vibe, however good they looked next to cobalt at Mugler. And sheer, which Prada and Khaite did so well, is one I’ll admire on other people but doesn’t feel as practical for me at the moment.

xx Brittany

We’re currently at the park, and the kids are smacking sticks together saying they’re playing music while I make these voice notes. I’ve been thinking about a few things lately and wanted to get them all out, so if this feels a little jumbled, it’s because I’m doing voice notes on my phone.

First of all, I’ve seen a couple of posts recently from what

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We’d never been to 30A, (I hadn’t even heard of it until we moved to Franklin). People here kept asking if we’d been, and it’s the way many people here visit the beach without getting on a flight. It’s about a seven hour drive, and if you leave early enough in the morning you’re there by the afternoon, so it’s doable with kids. We left later than we wanted to and and stopped more times than originally planned, we ended up getting in by 10pm, but we eventually made it!

The area is named after Scenic Highway 30A and the communities are strung along it one after another, Seaside, WaterColor, Grayton Beach, Rosemary Beach, Alys Beach, and Seagrove, which is where we stayed. Each one has its own feel, some planned out and some older and more lived in. There’s a paved bike path running the whole length of it so people get around on bikes and golf carts, and the water is so clear and turquoise it almost looks like the Caribbean.

We were looking in Seagrove specifically. It's right in the middle of everything, Seaside a few minutes one way and Rosemary Beach a few minutes the other. It's one of the older parts of 30A too, it grew on its own instead of being planned out all at once, so it's live oaks and magnolias and beach cottages mixed in with the bigger houses. I loved the trees and nature along the houses, I kept forgetting the beach was so close.

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The house we stayed at is called 10 Palms 30A and it has ten bedrooms! That sounded like way too much house when we were first looking at it and then we counted our six, plus everyone who wanted to come, and it ended up being perfect. There was enough space to have the kids nap in a quiet area while everyone was being loud in another part of the house. And traveling as a family of 6 now means we'd most likely need two hotel rooms, especially as the kids get bigger. So finding a house that felt like a hotel resort but we had our own private pool and space felt so nice! People usually book it for bigger groups too, company retreats, bachelorette parties, a few families going in together, etc.

My friend Jenna met us there with her husband Kevin and their two little girls who are five and one. Jenna and I met at cheer tryouts in high school in 2001 at Glendora High School in CA and we've been close friends ever since. She's in Colorado now and we would typically see each other when she'd visit CA, her family has a beach house in Newport Beach. But we hadn't seen each other since we moved to TN and had been trying to figure out if we would go out to her or she would fly to us, and they had been wanting to check out 30A too and had never been. So we thought this would be the perfect spot to go and for both of us to have a beach vacation. Our friend Jeff came from Miami, which would be a nine hour drive for him, so he flew. We originally met him in 2016 when he was shooting street style photos in New York, and he and Anthony connected at our first Coachella and have been friends ever since (10 years!) And Anthony's family drove down from Tennessee for the last half of the trip. None of us had been before so we weren't sure what to expect. It was also the last trip we did before Jadyn went back to college, so having all of us together was what I was really looking forward to.

We booked through 360 Blue and Natural Retreats. It felt like staying at a hotel but with the ability to make food and do laundry, that was key, I packed so much lighter knowing I could wash clothes there. There was concierge service the whole week, so if we needed anything I could just text them and they’d handle it, they were so great!

The beach access with the house was private. It was a three minute walk, you go down the path off 30A to a gate, and there's an attendant who walks you over to your set up, chairs and umbrellas already out for all of us, every morning. It's right next to the public beach and so much less crowded. The water was so clear, and my kids would not stop talking about how soft the sand was, it was really powdery and white!

(I’ve had this swimsuit for two years and it’s one of my favorites! It’s sold out in red but linked the black one)

It was Clive’s first time at the beach. The water was so warm I could let him splash in it for a bit, and he sat there chewing on his hand, happy, the water coming up over his feet.

Our days were spent with beach for the first part of the day, back to the house to swim in the pool once everyone was hot and hungry, then the walk back down for golden hour, which was SO pretty. At night we’d put a movie on out by the pool and the kids would swim while it played (we did ISR swim lessons earlier in the summer and this trip was even better knowing my kids could swim!). It reminded me of our Disney Cruise in a way, because we would go to the beach off the boat and come back later and swim while they played a movie on the deck, Anthony said the same thing too.

There was a coffee shop called Prema Organic around the corner and we walked over each morning and got their Balance Latte.

The house had a golf cart so we took it around and explored, and we ended up at Coastal Rancher for eggs and snacks, they had grass-fed beef, pastured eggs and raw milk too, which is not what I expected to find on a beach trip. And we got donuts delivered from Heirloom, which fries theirs in beef tallow.

We cooked together every night in the kitchen. With a large fridge we shopped for groceries when we got there and I brought supplies to bake and that made it convenient to eat as a large group, going out to eat would have been a bit tricky with more than 10 people. Anthony made his burgers, which are my favorite because I love how they’re seasoned:

Anthony’s Burgers

2 lb ground beef
1.5 tbsp salt
1.5 tbsp pepper
1.5 tbsp onion powder
1.5 tbsp garlic powder

Mix, roll into balls, smash down into patties.

Poppy turned five while we were there. The kids swam most of that day while I worked on her cake and made sourdough for dinner, and then we walked over to see golden hour at the beach and came back and she opened her presents.

On her actual birthday we did a 5 year old pancake which is a yearly tradition, and she wanted the chai tea from Prema around the corner, so we walked with me to get it that morning and she felt special, she told me she “felt like she was 5 now!” So cute!! Also how has it been 5 years since she was born??

Towards the end of the trip we took a pontoon boat out to Crab Island, set up by 360 Blue with Destin Party Pontoon (you can set up excursions through them too). It was one of our favorite moments of the trip! Clive, Poppy and Elliott had their life vests on for the ride over (I was dying with how squishy Clive looked in his!), and once we docked the kids took theirs off to swim out to the raft with us.

My linen button-up (size Large)

The water there is so shallow that people are standing around in it playing and swimming, and it’s so clear it felt like swimming in a pool, everyone hanging out on their boats and so many kids out there. Clive was on the raft with us for a while and then slept on the boat for his nap, and Anthony’s mom was there so she kept wanting to snuggle him while the rest of us swam. Poppy and Elliott were jumping off the rafts the whole time. There was a fresh fruit boat going around taking orders that we were able to have coconuts delivered too.

As for the house, there was so many different areas to explore… ping pong, shuffleboard, the views from the fourth floor deck, the kids never ran out of things to do. It felt relaxing because we didn’t have an itinerary.

My dress | Bag | Heels

We’d end up around the couch or the table talking too late and the kids would be off playing together in the house. We originally thought we’d go out and explore the downtown areas more but we were all content hanging at the house and being together.

White one piece | Earrings

On the way home we stopped at Salty Bottle, which is a popular spot Jadyn saw on Tiktok and wanted to try it, and it was so good, there’s something fun about trying out cute new coffee shops.

There’s so much of 30A we didn’t see, and we already know we’re going back, everyone was saying it in the car. Next time we’ll explore more of it!

xx Brittany

Our packing piles have officially started in the living room. We leave for 30A soon (our first time going!), and it's about a six-hour drive with all four kids (well, Jadyn is an adult kid, but you know what I mean). With a road trip it's easy to overpack, there are no TSA restrictions to hold me back, so I had two choices: get systematic or bring too many things we won't use and waste space in the car. I got systematic, and now I have a good system down for staying organized. I like to pack early in the week so I know if I need to get any supplies, and have enough time to grab them if I do.

Clothing:

This time I'm packing the kids sudoku style, and it's such a great space-saving idea! Poppy and Elliott each get a 3 by 3 grid laid out on the bed: three tops across, three bottoms, and three layers. The rule is every top has to work with every bottom. If a shirt only matches one pair of shorts, it goes back in the drawer. The pieces are overall pretty neutral, so everything can be mixed and matched. That's 27 outfit combinations from just nine pieces!

Because it's a Florida beach trip I'm not doing heavy layers, but this method could easily work for any trip, even one where colder weather layers are needed. And instead of one of Poppy's layers, I opted for a sundress she can wear over her suit to go to the beach.

Each kid's grid goes into their own packing cube, and all three cubes fit inside one suitcase. (Jadyn packs her own bag, 19 years old and well past letting me plan her outfits.)

And because our rental house has a washer, I'm only packing enough PJs and swimsuits for half the trip and doing one load mid-week, three PJs and three swimsuits each. That means we're traveling with half the clothes we'd typically pack, because I'd normally do a full outfit per day per kid and always end up with items they never wore. Now that I'm packing for Clive too, I need to be really efficient with space, because I have his diapers and extra supplies to pack.

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Food:

Being prepared with food on the way is a huge help, I do this for planes and especially for road trips. On the way there it's nice to pack a lunch because it eliminates a stop and any wondering what's for lunch. Egg salad sandwiches, beef sticks, goji berries, chia pudding, cheese, and fresh fruit, all packed the night before, and we eat at a rest stop or a park where they can run around for fifteen minutes.

And for the meals we do eat out on the road, we use the Seed Oil Scout app to find restaurants near us that cook the way we eat at home. It's a map with little color-coded pins that show what each kitchen cooks with, butter and tallow versus seed oils, and you can filter for things like grass-fed beef. It's how we find the organic spots in towns we've never been to before, and I love using it to find good coffee shops too!

The drive:

Poppy and Elliott get one small backpack each of toys and books for their seat, and whatever fits is what comes. We typically don't do screen time at home unless it's Friday, when they get to watch a movie. But on the road they each get to watch two movies, and they'll nap and do activities in between. The week before the trip, we don't do any screen time at all, because I told them we're saving it for the drive, and now they're looking forward to it.

The backpacks and movies keep everyone happy on the drive. Keeping everyone healthy is the prep I care about most. Especially when traveling, vitamin C is a must for us. Summer asks more of our bodies than it looks like, long days in the sun, travel, new environments, and nobody is getting sick before Poppy's birthday beach trip if I can help it, so we've been on top of our doses. The front seat gets the console kit that I always have on hand in the car: snacks that don't melt, wipes, and a little zip pouch where our vitamin C lives. That's Pique's Daily Immune, the vitamin C plus elderberry we take daily, and it's become one of the few supplements I never leave home without. It comes as a little packet you drink, no water needed (but it tastes so good added to water too).

I used to take the pill version of vitamin C and thought that covered it. It's not just whether you take vitamin C, it's whether your body is able to use what you take. Regular vitamin C is water soluble, so a lot of what's in those pills passes through you before your body puts it to work. Pique's Daily Immune is liposomal vitamin C, meaning the vitamin C gets wrapped in a tiny layer of healthy fat, almost like it arrives in its own little delivery package. It's designed for superior absorption, so more of it gets delivered where your body needs it instead of washing out, supporting daily immune health and collagen production for brighter, more radiant-looking skin. And healthy skin isn't just about what you put on your face, it's about what your body has to work with every day. It's also made with real organic elderberry juice, no artificial sweeteners, no fillers, and the kids loveee the taste, so they each get their tiny bit and feel very included.

If you want to try it, my link is piquelife.com/brittanyvc, for 15% off, and every order has their 90-day money-back guarantee.

Arriving

Before packing our beach supplies, we checked what our rental provides, and they really thought of everything! Chairs, umbrellas, even a golf cart to drive around. So we’re not packing beach chairs or towels, those will all be there. We’re bringing an ice chest with our fish and meat from the farmers market, because we can count on the quality, so that just leaves the sides to buy from the store (I’m also bringing all the dry ingredients to bake Poppy’s cake and cupcakes there). Depending on what time we arrive, we’ll hit the local Whole Foods that night or first thing the next morning. I like to get the food set up for the week early, so we can grill while everyone swims and pack lunches to take down to the beach.

And when we pull in, there's an order to it: the ice chest comes in before anything else does, fish and meat straight to the fridge, then we deal with the rest of the car. After that we always unpack, it's the method I've followed on past Disney cruises to stay organized, and I'm doing the same here. Living out of the suitcase seems easier, but by the end of the week it's a mess and nobody can find anything, so each kid's cube gets organized into a drawer. It especially helps to unpack the toiletries and get settled that first day. I pick the laundry corner the same night, I bring a portable laundry bag that all the dirty clothes go in, so the mid-week load is grab and go instead of a scavenger hunt around the house. And the beach bag gets packed before bed for the next day and lives by the door, sunscreen, hats, water bottles filled, so mornings start on the sand instead of hunting for things, and the vacation begins! :)

I’ll share how it all goes! Thank you for being here.

xx Brittany

Last week Jadyn and I went to an event together for Altar’d State. It’s so sweet because they’re faith based and started as a Christian book store. Then they started selling clothes, noticed the clothing was doing well, and expanded from there.

They don’t only carry faith based clothing, it’s other styles as well, but I loved this tee:

The event was first at their new store in the Green Hills mall then at Cheekwood, which is a gorgeous botanical garden that we go to often to walk around.

My jeans are from Abercrombie and I love the fit of these. They’re slightly baggy and high rise, I’m wearing the tall length. They’re one of my most comfortable pairs of jeans and I’ve been wearing them non stop postpartum (more on that in these posts here and here). My top is nice for hot weather as well as breastfeeding friendly, I’m not wearing many high neck tops at the moment to make it easy to nurse him on-the-go.

Antiquing

Last week Jadyn, Poppy, Clive and I went antique shopping while Elliott spent time with Anthony. We checked out the Franklin Antique Mall for the first time and it was so fun to walk around and look at all the items with so much history.

I found two of these chairs for $25 each and thought they would be great in the garden!

We usually love going to estate sales each weekend, and here are some of my best tips and how to find them in this post here. Antiquing feels like the more curated version of an estate sale. It’s already been sifted through and the better items are there, so you pay a bit more but you have better options in front of you.

In my garden

We’ve been harvesting mini sweet peppers, onions and tomatoes. The kids have especially been loving the sweet peppers and eating them as snacks. These Hunter boots have been my go-to for all things gardening and I just ordered this color for fall, especially because they’re on sale right now! These Mate 100% cotton leggings are so comfy and I wear them all the time. I also have them in black.

Fresh tomatoes are growing so nicely, I’ve been loving them with salt and pepper eating them fresh but they’ve been also so delicious for hamburger night.

Onions are also from our garden.

New arrivals

I haven’t been in a Target store in quite a while. I usually order delivery (more about our drive times and how we live here in this post). Clive was taking a nap and Jadyn said, should we get a matcha and go to Target? Anthony was going to stay back with him, so we hurried to get Poppy and Elliott ready and the four of us headed out. It was my first time leaving Clive at home while going out and it felt so weird!

We wanted a strolling Target run rather than one for necessities, which is when I’m most likely to get myself in trouble. I’ll pick something up, tell myself I need it, then put it back two aisles later. I’m pretty good about making sure what I buy will be useful and beautiful. I narrowed it down to these:

This doormat is for Jadyn’s door. I don’t have a butter dish and liked the look of this one. The berry bowls, I already have the white one and loved the cranberry. They’re so great for setting the table with berries or any fruit that needs airflow. I’ve been looking for a good roasting pan and this one is stainless steel. I was standing in the store looking up the reviews to see if it would last, and they were great, so I got it. That night I made chicken and potatoes in it. Such an easy weeknight dinner with plenty of leftovers for lunch.

The kids picked out these figurine toys and they’ve been playing with them all week. Poppy picked The Little Mermaid and Elliott picked Toy Story.

I’ve been investing in kitchen items that make weeknights more efficient to cook. This pan is so nice with all the functions it can do. I love the steaming option, I didn’t have anything that makes steaming easy. It can do all these things which is pretty cool: braise, sear, steam, strain, sauté, fry, boil, bake, roast and serve, and it’s oven-safe up to 450°F! The sage color is so pretty too.

Clive is getting so big. He’s 2.5 months, wearing 6-12 months and 17 pounds!

Love this little striped set for summer.

Sometimes when I get him from his nap he’s on his back, having rolled over from his tummy. None of my other kids ever rolled this early. I don’t think he knows his own strength yet!

This organic cotton mat is perfect for picnics or the beach. This photo is from Cheekwood recently at their summer night event.

We’re planning our beach trip to 30A, which is somewhere we’ve never been before and where a lot of people here vacation. It’s on the Florida panhandle, about a 6 hour drive from us. We’re really excited to check it out for the first time. My long time friend Jenna and her family will be going with us too and we’re celebrating Poppy’s 5th birthday there. More about what I’m packing in this post here.

xx Brittany

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