New Denim & TBB Asks Back-To-School Edition!

Hello! Happy Labor Day Weekend! For some this means it's back to school time, but for those of us in the South, we just welcome a break from the FOUR weeks already invested in school life! Just the same,  I am happily joining some of my blogger friends in this special Back-To-School Edition with the TBB blogger group. 

In addition, I thought it would be a great time to share my second and latest pair of denim by Judy Blue. After all, you can't beat the clothing sales featured during the Back-To-School season! Not to mention, the coming chill in air that makes me excited about slipping on a pair of jeans. So if you're not off the grid, I hope you can share in on today's fun, starting with these jeans. 

I stumbled onto Judy Blue denim at a local boutique, Marisa Jill's, in one of our quaint, downtown squares in Georgia. They are soft and stretchy, molding to your body in all the right places. The distressed patches are not yet gaping holes, where bulges of leg protrude to rudely remind you that you've long left your exercise routine in the past.  They are nicely priced at $39.00, so I wasn't overly worried about how long this trend would stick around!

The handbag was a birthday gift from a friend by Patricia Nash Designs. My friend informed me that she found it at Nordstrom Rack. Of course! Some of my best finds are from there.Aren't the leather roses beautiful and the details so fun? I love it. 

The shoes are nothing fancy and were my first Clark's sandal. I needed something with good support!

Outfit Breakdown:

Top: Entourage (similar)/ Jeans: (Judy Blue)/Handbag: Patricia Nash (Fun Option) /Shoes: Old/Necklace & Earrings (Cashmere by PD and Cleo by PD)

Linking up with the TBB, Start The Week Stylish, Living On Cloud Nine, Spread the Kindness Link Up, Not Dressed As Lamb, High Latitude Style, A Pocketful of Polkadots, Fancy Friday, Elegance and Mommyhood, Weekend Wear Link Up

Ok! Let's get to answering these back to school questions that caused some major reminiscing! 

1. Love school or hate it? It was always mixed emotions for me. The beginning of the year would start out with excitement and optimism, only to be disappointed once the work load came along.

2. Start school before or after Labor Day? I started school after Labor when I lived up North, but reluctantly had to adjust to before once we moved down South.

3. Wake up? Eager beaver or Slow poke? The sun is shining and the birds are singing - let's go!

4. Favorite breakfast? eggs and toast or yogurt parfait please

5. Favorite cereal? Captain Crunch. Though I don't know why, it always tore up the roof of my mouth.

6. No school uniform! However, I did go to a private school for a few years, where I was only permitted to wear skirts or dresses to the knee or longer. Culottes were for sports and swimming. Swimming was so interesting in culottes.

7. New outfit for the first day? Ocaisionaly

8. Walk to school or ride the bus. I walked to school in elementary school but when I transferred to a private school, my mom drove me.

9. Jansport Backpack was my method of transporting educational items

10. Eat school lunch or packed lunch? Mostly endure school lunches, with the exception of pizza day. Everyone loved pizza day.

11. Oh I remember the milk cartons. Chocolate when I could get away with it.

12. If I packed a lunch it was a paper bag.

13. Favorite thing to do at recess? It is terrible that I don't remember a recess time? All I'm able to recall is PE.

14. Favorite back to school item? Lisa Frank folders and pens!!

15. Chalkboard or Dry Erase? Send in markers please!

16.  Regular pencil or mechanical? Click, click, click.

17. Homework as soon as you got home or after dinner? In the afternoon with a snack please.

18. Favorite after school snack? Vanilla Wafers. How random. Mostly had to pick from what was available. We didn't have a lot of snack type food to choose from.

19. Favorite after school show? Ah, the television. What a way to unwind. ;) Unwind and dream about my own possibilities of becoming a tv star. Ha! I watched House and thought I might make a good DJ. I'm not sure I understood the concept of casting, but c'mon, an ethnic DJ would have been fabulous.

Full House

I never did get to act, however I am left with this little memento from a short-lived modeling "career"...

20. Favorite subject in school? Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou? Oh and chorus.

21. Least favorite school subject? Something times something equals what?

22. Name of your best friend in high school? Amber. What's up girl??

23. High school mascot? Bronco

24. SAT or ACT? SAT

25. Favorite year in school? Senior Year. Honestly, I was a late bloomer and couldn't wait to get out.  Just not enough confidence.

26. Class ring or no class ring? No class ring. Honestly I wanted a leather jacket more, but I received neither. No worries though. Somehow I turned out just fine.

27. Attend or Not attend high school reunion? Not a single one. Tragic.

How about you my friends? Did this post trigger any memories from your school days?? As always, I love to hear from you.

Chrissy
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