Gal Meets Glam Collection & Life Updates

Dress: Jane Tie Waist Midi Dress via the Gal Meets Glam Collection. Shop more beautiful midi dress options here! | Heels: Past season, however these block heel pumps are almost identical! Lots of great block heel options can be found here. | Earrings: Vintage. These Kendra Scott options are so lovely! | Jean Jacket: J.Crew. Classic Denim Jacket

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Writing a blog is a lot like working out. When you do it, you generally feel great about everything that just happened. But sometimes, especially when you’re busy and full of excuses, you push off a post until “tomorrow” and all of a sudden it’s been a month. << Insert palm to face >>

I hate going dark over here, not just because this space is such a happy creative outlet, but because I know many of you regularly check in and I don’t like potentially disappointing you. I trust you’ve been keeping up on Instagram though, ya? The truth is that I also tend to be a bit quiet there too when life gets busy, but at a minimum I’m more consistent on Instagram since it takes less time than a full blog post.

File all this under #BloggerProbs that’s likely irrelevant, but hey, I wanted to address my silence. Gotta live life offline, right? I know you get it.

In an interesting turn of events I actually have been working out a lot! I’m training for a half marathon in October, so the morning time that I’d use to write prior has been filled with running. It’s felt so good to get back into shape and have a fitness goal to strive toward. But I’ve got to find a better way to also manage things over here. I’m going to chalk this past month up to adjusting and trust that I’ll get the hang of it all. Thank you for sticking with me as I navigate the craziness of this move!

Anyways. Hi! How are you? How has your August been?

I figured I’d update you with some of the happenings around these parts.

Still living out of suitcases and in our parent’s basements.
Still crossing my fingers that we’ll be moved in with 2 weeks.
Started to finalize remaining details of the house, like paint and appliances, so hopeful the above is realistic.
Stopped putting pressure on a timeline because the alternate was getting too stressful.
Stopped being annoyed over rotating the same 5 outfits because of said living out of suitcases, and instead am embracing the simplicity.
Still so happy we made the decision that we did. Michigan, especially in the summer, is wonderful. And we’ve loved being with our families so much over the past few months.
Still fully embracing summer and even some travel in the midst of all the move craziness. In the past 60 days I’ve been to Nashville for a bachelorette party, Chicago for work, Lake Michigan with our family, Mackinac Island for Doug and my’s first couple’s getaway of the year, and Traverse City to be in one of my best friend’s weddings. Whew!
Started to think all of you wishing for fall are crazy. Where did this summer go?!

More to come in the coming days, like some fun trip recaps and lifestyle posts I’ve been working on for a while. I’m feeling a bit more adjusted and am devoted to being a better blogger. Giving a pound cake to myself. (Like a fist bump, “Yay”, pound cake. Not a literal one. Though, now that I think about it….) Emily’s getting her groove back, ‘yall!

Jane Tie Waist Midi Dress

Before I end this post, I’d like to share the most lovely dress from the Gal Meets Glam Collection. (I’m just a little obsessed with this dress line!) It’s the Jane Tie Waist Midi Dress, and it also comes in black, hydrangea and navy. When I wore it, common compliments included “You look like you stepped straight out of the 50s!” and “That dress is so sophisticated!”. Thank you, Julia.

If you’re looking for more fabulous dress options, be sure to check out My Top 10 Go-To Brands For Dress Shopping. Even though it’s approaching the end of summer, sundress season is still in full swing, and right now you can get some great deals. Also, if you have a fall wedding coming up, definitely swing by here to browse so many amazing, more formal options, and swing by here to browse dress shoes galore.

Hope you’re having a wonderful week so far! xx