Apparently I’m just gonna be wild all week. First it was pregnant profanities and now its wild leggings. I have been known to rock a wild legging (exhibit A) but a small part of me wondered if I was channeling Kim Kardashian’s couch dress incident in these pants! HaHa.

But like any pregnant lady, I love a good stretch pant. Not to mention these ones were $5.99 at Ross. And wild as they may be, I also think they are fun and Spring-y.

Pregnancy Status: 31 Weeks 6 Days

Outfit

Floral Leggings: Ross ($5.99)

Shoes: Sperry Top Siders (via TJ Maxx) $29.
I was getting pretty upset with the fact that none of my shoes fit anymore and I popped into TJ Maxx to see what kind of cheap temporary options I could find. I had actually tried to check out a pair of Vans like this over the weekend. But when I asked to try them on I requested my pre-pregnancy size and there was no way these feet were fitting in there so I left defeated. Pre-pregnancy I usually wore like a 6.5 or 7…occasionally a 7.5. When I tried these on at TJ Maxx the toe might have fit for a size 7.5 but they felt tight and uncomfortable, so I ended up purchasing a size 8. Once I have the baby and the swelling goes down they will be too big for me, but right now they are just the right amount of roomy.

Oversized Blue Tee: Old Navy

Long Gray Tank Layer: an old Forever 21 purchase

Gray Beanie: Stolen from husband

Jean Jacket: Old Navy

I thought this sweatshirt was hilarious and awesome. I didn’t think anything of the fact that I am pregnant and about to be a mom. When I showed John he was kinda of like “you cant wear that”. Not in a bossy way, but in a “I’m pretty sure that’s frowned upon” way. It had never occurred to me and I thought, “aww man, do I look like a dirt bag?” But this morning when I decided to wear it he said I looked cute. Plus, my hair covers most of it. It is repeated on the backside but its black ink on a black sweatshirt so it’s much more subtle.

The sweatshirt is from a web store called….SheInside. Yeah. Weirdest name ever. As you can imagine, not only based on copywright infringement but also on that name, it is not an American company. I was hesitant to buy from the site initially but after finding another blogger who had purchased from them before and seeing that they had free international shipping I decided to go for it.

Pregnancy Status: 31 weeks 4 days

Outfit:

Sweatshirt: She Inside ($28) – apparently no longer available. But here is a similar Comme des Garcons parody

Hat: Vans ($30) – John got this for me while we were out shopping on Mother’s Day weekend. He likes me in hats, but I don’t wear them all too often. I figure, if you are going to have a baseball hat, and you are not at a baseball game, this one is pretty fun.

Shorts: American Eagle (via TJ Maxx) – non maternity shorts, just several sizes larger than my pre-maternity size so they sit lower on the hips, below the belly.

Watch: Nixon – The Kensington ($175)

Earrings: Chanel

Shoes: unbleached Converse All Stars ($45)

You guys may have seen this dress a handful of times. (Like here and here) But unlike some Hollywood starlet, I don’t have a new dress for every day of the week (nor should I). Its a little bit harder to disguise this dress as something else (compared to my Black Liz Lange dress). But I love a stripe (maybe too much) and I think this dress is fun and I still feel good in it. So I will continue to rock it as many ways as possible with slight variations and accessory changes and hopefully its not old news for you all.

PS my friend mentioned today “you wear the converse a lot lately huh?”….um yeah, they are all that fit, aside from flip flops. Blurg. Right now my biggest issue is water retention and swelling but I think my feet might also be slightly bigger (although its hard to tell when nothing fits anyway). I realllly hope they don’t change in size after the baby. It would be so sad to have to retire so many of my beloved shoes.

Pregnancy Status: 31 weeks 3 days

Outfit

Dress: H&M Maternity ($15!!!)

Chambray Button Up: TopShop Maternity ($60 – a gift from the hubs)

PS hope all you mamas out there had a great Mother’s Day!

Inspired by this non maternity look I spotted on Pinterest I thought it would be fun to pair a crop tank with a maxi. To be honest, this is the only crop top I own. I mean. I’m thiry years old. It’s kind of a wonder I own even one right? I used to wear this one over another tank pre-pregnancy and I thought it would be fun over the maxi today. If you squint you can almost see the mama inscription and tiny diamond on my ring in the next shot

Pregnancy Status: 31 weeks (hello month 8!)

Outfit

Maxi: A GILT purchase
Embroidered L.A. Tank: Brandy Melville – full length version here

Denim Vest: Target (similar)

Shoes: Converse All Stars (unbleached) – This maxi is starting to get a little short thanks to the babe, so I actually think the converse look a little better than sandals with this one.

Watch: Nixon (The Kensington)

Bracelet: Target ($8)

Brass Arrow Earrings: These were a gift from John but I’m guessing etsy

With less than 10 weeks left I may have to get creative to keep you inspired with my daily outfit posts. I’ve stopped shopping and things have stopped fitting (including shoes). There may be more stretch pants and flip flops in my future posts, but hopefully I can still keep it cute. I mean, we saw a girl last night while picking up dinner who was wearing sweat pants and John said “She’s given up. And shes not even pregnant.” So if the time comes that I wear my sweat pants out, at least I can play the pregnant card. But for now I will continue to fight them haha.

This week my hormones have me feeling totally overwhelmed and anxious. This is unfortunate since my husband struggles with anxiety on the daily. I am usually the calm force in our lives. Needless to say, I am doing nothing to help his anxiety and he’s having a hard time calming me down. The countdown to baby is getting smaller and smaller and I feel like I still don’t feel ready. Part of it is just the emotionally overwhelming and new idea that I will have to actually birth this thing (that’s enough on its own)! And part of it is a running list of things I want to get done before his arrival that I feel I never have time for. In addition, I think I have started nesting and the everyday messes around the house are starting to driving me bonkers. I feel like I can’t start on my list of things to do until the house is in order and it never feels in order.

Ugh. Hormones.

I’m going to have to do my best to remind myself what is important and to try to just breath and know that all that needs to get done will get done. And remember to thank and love my husband for putting up with days like today when I freak out about how he needed to scrub the sink out with bleach because I can’t do it and I asked him three times.

You can only take it one day at a time. And unfortunately some days are more filled with hormones than others. Sorry husband.

Pregnancy Status: 30 weeks 4 days

Outfit

Red Skinnies: Old Navy Maternity

Black Oversized Tee: Old Navy

Sweater: Forever 21

Oh my gosh you guys, this…top….used to be a dress!! How is that even possible? I mean. I know I got bigger, but I MUST have also shrunk the dress right? I cant wrap my head around it haha! I mean, you could barely call this a tunic! Shits a shirt.

None the less, I guess it still fits…..in some form!

Pregnancy Status: 30 weeks

Outfit

“Dress”: A 30th birthday gift from my girlfriends

Belt: Old Navy

Shorts: American Eagle (via TJ Maxx of course) Love the gold sequin pocket details (so fun). These are non maternity. They are just a bigger size so they sit below my belly.

Sandals: I had these hand made in Positano Italy on our European dream vacation

Sweater: J.Crew (The Jackie cardigan)

Oh and here is the sad proof that this thing was once a dress! (and the awesome truth that I look bad ass on a tricycle)

I always feel a little silly wearing a hat to work. I sit at a desk all day (as a designer) and it seems sort of weird. But the thing is I work 7 days a week so that leaves little other time for hats! John got me this panama hat last season and sadly I honestly don’t think I have had a chance to wear it until today! I always want to bring it on vacations or something but that’s always a challenge and as you can see from my Mexico photos I chose to bring my other sun hat, and bringing two was just not gonna happen. We are having some weird weather here in the LA area. Its forecast at low 90′s today and tomorrow with possible rain on Sunday. So I say it calls for a sun hat. Even if I only get my sun during my lunch break!

Super Sas!

Pregnancy Status: 29 weeks 6 days

Outfit

Panama Hat: J.Crew

Chambray Shirt: Lucky Brand (Believe it or not I think I found this gem at Marshall’s and I seriously cant wear it enough! Even after 3 years!)

Skirt: This a pre-pregnancy skirt I found at Ross for $8. It is pretty short (in other words can be pulled up over the belly) and so it had never occurred to me to wear while pregnant until today. I pulled it down low below the belly and just for added sensibility I used a black belly band at the top. This helps make it feel more secure and also makes sure I don’t accidentally flash any tummy.

Sandals: These are old but I believe they were also from Ross at one point.

Orange Lipstick:  Revlon Creme Siren

Earrings: Kate Spade