Happy Monday, loves! I hope you all had the most fantastic weekend. We did, and I loved every second of it! I know I say it all the time, but we are so fortunate to have had the same amazing friends in our lives since long before any of us had kids. We all got… Continue reading Being Content: Finding Happiness Right Now
Happy Friday, loves! Funny story – I did not have a blog post scheduled for today. I’m writing this on Thursday, scheduling it for Friday morning because it’s currently on my mind and I’m feeling a bit passionate about it. If you’ve been following along the past few years, you already know my family and… Continue reading Friday Thoughts: Growth and Confidence
Happy Thursday, loves! I love that this new year is already off to such a great start. It’s been a few days, and it’s already been one of those weeks when you just sit back and embrace life to the fullest. I basically took the past month off work. Almost entirely other than the two… Continue reading Instagram Roundup
Happy Tuesday, loves! And Happy New Year! Want to hear something funny? This is my least favorite time of the year. Well, December 26 – August 31 is my least favorite time of the year. I live for September 1 – December 25. The rest of the year I could actually care less about. There’s… Continue reading 2018 Reflections and 2019 Goals: Happy New Year
Happy Wednesday, loves! There is nothing I love more this time of year than the feeling I get when the holidays are here. I can’t explain it, but you know what I mean. It’s a feeling of contentment. Happiness and joy and love and excitement. It’s everywhere, and I’m in love. One thing I always… Continue reading Hostess Gifts to Keep On Hand
Happy Thanksgiving, loves! Before the turkey goes in the oven, before the formal dining room table is set, before our guests arrive, I like to wake early and sit outside with a hot cup of coffee and my thoughts. I love the back deck this time of day (or the front porch or lanai if… Continue reading Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving
Happy Tuesday, loves! What about this week is so magical?! I love Thanksgiving. I love opening my home to the people we love, hosting a beautiful dinner, spending the day in the kitchen with my husband. I love so much about it. I’m not even that bothered by the kids being home this week because… Continue reading Life Lately & An Instagram Roundup
Happy Halloween, loves! I love Halloween so much! It’s one of my favorite holidays of the year with Thanksgiving and Christmas. Let’s face it, I just love this time of year so much. It’s cool and beautiful outdoors. Well, as cool as can be in Florida. It’s still in the mid-80s all day, but the… Continue reading The Best Fall Closet Staple: The Basic Tee
Happy Monday, loves! I don’t know about you, but I am so excited for the beginning of a new week. I feel so refreshed and relaxed after such a great weekend with my loves. Friday night was all about relaxing and unwinding at home. We were all tired after a busy weekend before and a… Continue reading Weekend Recap & Great Hair Days with Sexy Hair’s New Control Me Thermal Heat Protection Formula
Hey, loves! I know, I know. It’s been a minute. But, I have a good excuse for not blogging in a second. I was enjoying my life. I’ve been a little social media MIA off and on, too. It’s been nice. Life is busy for this mom of four/wife/person who does it all. This season… Continue reading Living Life and Enjoying Every Second
Happy Friday, loves! I am SO excited about this weekend! It’s my BIRTHDAY! Well, Sunday is my birthday, but you get the point. I’m turning 35, and I’m so excited. I’m excited about all of my birthdays. It’s my favorite day of the year because it’s all about me and myself. With four kids, a… Continue reading 35 Things On My 35th Birthday
{ Greylin Red Artemis Jumpsuit $30 Rent the Runway - I'm wearing an XS and it fits perfectly } { Christian Louboutin So Kate Pumps } { Kate Spade Bow Clutch - old but I like this one, too } { Givenchy Sunglasses } Happy Thursday, loves! Friday is just around the corner, and… Continue reading Fun and Flirtatious Date Night Look
Happy Friday, loves! This week flew by! Perhaps it was being gone all last weekend, or maybe it was our daughter’s Safety Patrol Induction ceremony and all that went into planning that (hey, surprise! I’m on the Safety Patrol committee….because what committee am I *not* on? Oh, none, that’s the one I’m not on), or… Continue reading Quick, Healthy Pizza With CauliPower!
{ Dress from Amazon, Michael Kors Wedges (sold out) similar here and here, Sunglasses by Givenchy } Happy Tuesday, Loves! It’s such a beautiful day in the Sunshine State today! It’s also the second day of school, and the mood in the Raiford house is a good one. There is nothing like the feeling of… Continue reading Midi Madness – The Perfect Midi Dress for Under $22
Happy Monday, loves! It’s the first day of school, and we have the most excited kids you’ve ever met! Addison begins her first day of 5th grade, Ava begins her first year as a 2nd grader, and the twins begin VPK. We are all so excited about today, and we can’t hide it! Addy can’t… Continue reading Transitioning Back to A School Routine and Schedule for the Whole Family
Happy Monday, loves! Or, as I like to call it, Happy Last Week of Summer Vacation! There aren’t any back to school blues around here, if it’s not already evident. I know so many families struggle with that feeling, and I do empathize. It’s hard to send the kids back to school in this day… Continue reading Self-Care Tips to Get You Through the Last Few Days of Summer Vacation
Ten years. That’s how long daddy and I have been parents. You, our sweet baby girl, Addison Grace, were born on this day in 2008. You came into the world a week before your due date, and only about six hours after you decided to make it obvious you were arriving. My contractions started late… Continue reading 10 Years of Parenthood: An Open Letter to Our Sweet Girl on Your 10th Birthday
Happy Wednesday loves! I have no problem admitting I’m vain. I like to look good. I take care of myself, and I like to maintain good health for aesthetic purposes. However, I really like to maintain good health for a few other – more important – reasons than just my outward appearance (though I believe… Continue reading Staying Healthy When Time is of the Essence
Happy Monday, Loves. Can I let you all in on a little secret? Well, it’s probably not much of a secret, to be quite honest. I was born in the wrong era. I mean, so wrong. I would have lived large and well in the 20s or 30s. I was born to dress for dinner.… Continue reading Formal and Fabulous in Gold Sequins on Date Night
Happy {almost} Fourth of July! I love two things about this specific holiday. Number 1 – I can officially say that “the month after next is my favorite time of year,” because it’s almost September, which is my birth month and the official start of “Fall” in my house. Number 2 – Our besties… Continue reading Fourth of July Dresses You Can Wear Again and Again
Happy Wednesday, loves! It was The. Most. Fun. Weekend. It was all fun in the sun with our amazing people, and I’m exhausted to a point I can’t even describe. We spent the weekend with our four favorite couples on a Royal Caribbean cruise to the Bahamas, and we laughed for four straight days. Oh,… Continue reading Rompers and Jumpsuits in the Caribbean
Happy Friday, loves! I hope y’all are as excited about this weekend as I. Today is our daughter’s cheer camp performance to round out the week. It’s Donuts with Dad day at the twins’ school, and that means lots of family time and enjoyment…and a very laid-back Friday night. The rest of the weekend is… Continue reading Chic and Sophisticated: Which Silhouettes Create This Look
Happy Friday, loves! We are 6 kids deep in the Raiford household this week, and we are so ready for the weekend. We have a lot of fun planned, but we’ve also had a lot of fun this week. We have our 5-year-old nephew because his mom is out of town, so we have him… Continue reading Friday Fix: Add A Knot to A Too Big Dress for A Better Fit
Summer is HERE! Y'all already know this is my least favorite season, but that doesn't mean I don't love certain things about summer. I really love not being 100% pasty. That 5% color I manage to hold onto throughout the summer is everything. Summer means we're all spending more time outside (wishing the humidity wasn't a million… Continue reading Five Summer Staples Under $100
Sometimes you just need a break….and I’m taking one. I’ve been relatively absent from the blog for the past two months, and I apologize for not being more consistent. My client work is demanding, and my kids’ lives are very demanding this time of year. We have dance recitals, rehearsals, cheer tryouts, PTA events, cheer… Continue reading Be Right Back…in June
Happy Cinco de Mayo Eve! I’m probably not going to lie to you…I have zero clue why Cinco de Mayo is a celebration, only that it means good times for most of us. I do, however, promise that I will look up this information, stat, as a way of educating myself. And also because I… Continue reading Cinco de Mayo Cocktails With La Luna Mezcal
What. A. Weekend. Happy Tuesday, loves! Well, I’m hoping for a lovely, happy Tuesday. As I write this on Monday afternoon, I’m not very happy. Honestly, I had a whole different blog post in mind for today, but I’m inspired by my own bad attitude and moodiness. Nothing makes me happy today. We had the… Continue reading Bad Days: Sometimes You Just Can’t Change Them (and that’s all right)
Happy Friday, babes! Isn’t April just gorgeous? I love this time of year in Florida when the temperature is warm during the day but cool in the mornings and evenings…the open doors and windows, the late nights outside, and the fun we have with the people we love the most. Halfway through the month and… Continue reading Friday Favorite: Working Out to Feel Oh-So Good
Spring is here. Or so I hear. It's just hot in the Sunshine State. The humidity is back. The air is on. My makeup is melting regularly. So, good for you if you have spring. And yes, you do infer a bit of sarcasm in that congratulatory phrase. Now that spring has allegedly sprung, it's… Continue reading Three Closet Staples For Spring
What. A. Month. Busy is a gross understatement in our home these days, but hopefully things are calming down a bit in the coming weeks. This time of year is always such a crazy time for us with kids and their activities, and three of our littles have birthdays two days apart in March. And… Continue reading Instagram Roundup: What I’m Wearing Lately
Four years ago today we welcomed our last babies into our world. Our twins, Carter and Charlotte, were born. I was 36 weeks and 6 days pregnant when they made our debut at 3 lbs. and 5 lbs. They spent a week in the NICU, and we spent a week living at the hospital –… Continue reading Happy Birthday, Babes: Answers to the 10 Most Commonly Asked Questions We Get About the Twins
Hey, y’all! Happy Wednesday…and happy cooler weather, Floridians! I’m so happy to have this gorgeous 70-degree high situation back in my life. This weekend was spectacular – and in more ways that one. We had a house full of kids and family all weekend, and we got to spend a child-free night being treated like… Continue reading FAQs: Answering a Few of the Most Commonly Asked Questions I Get On Instagram
My husband and I are big fans of date night. While we can’t quite squeeze one in every week with our hectic schedules, we do manage to sneak out at least every other week. The rule in the Raiford house is never to allow more than two weeks without a date. We are more than… Continue reading Classic LBD: The Perfect Date Night Look
I have to share a secret you might have noticed; I have such a uniform depending on the season. Also, seasons are impossible in Florida. We had a kind-of winter for a few weeks. Just enough to realize we have nothing appropriate or anything below 60-degrees, and now we’re back to 50s in the mornings… Continue reading Instagram Roundup: What I’m Wearing Lately
Happy Monday! I am so happy to start this week – the last month of my life has been the most stressful! I’ve been lying, sneaking around, acting like a shady beach…I’ve been planning a surprise party for my husband’s 35th birthday. And it made me a little crazy. Let me tell you how difficult… Continue reading 8 Colorful, Fun Scarves to Transition from Winter to Spring (Under $100)
I like Monday. I love the routine and schedule of a Monday. I love weekends, too; don’t get me wrong. I love the unstructured morning schedule of sleeping in, the fun we have, and the laidback-ness of it all, but I’m so schedule-oriented. I like Mondays because I love what I do, and I like… Continue reading The Benefits of Sweet, Slow Sundays: Quality Over Quantity
The week is half over, and that means you’re either pumped for the weekend (all the raised hands over here) or beginning to feel frantically overwhelmed with all that’s left to do (all the raised hands over here). Take it or leave it, the weekend is right around the corner, and you can do what… Continue reading Back in Black: 5 Amazing Black Sweaters You Need This Season
Happy Monday! I’m having a love/hate relationship with this day for a few reasons. It’s warming back up in Florida and I miss the really cold weather, but the kids will go back to spending all their time outside playing and we can open the doors and windows again…and I love that. The kids are… Continue reading Best Buys of The Holiday Season: 3 Classic New Favorites
I shared a few of my own personal favorite stocking stuffers for the beloved ladies in your life on Monday, but what about the men in your life? Husbands, fathers, boyfriends, best friends, brothers, the mailman…hey, I don’t know what you do in your personal time. My husband loves when the items in his stocking… Continue reading Stocking Stuffers for Him Under $100
One. Week. And it’s the most wonderful time of the year; I love everything about this time of year, but I have one small complaint. I despise stockings. Nothing makes me crazier than “stuff,” and it seems everyone just fills stocking with “stuff,” just to fill them. You won’t find “stuff” in our stockings. You’ll… Continue reading Stocking Stuffers from Sephora Every Woman Will Love
Motivation isn’t easy to keep, y’all. This is a tough week, too. Thanksgiving is two days away, we all have things to do, people to see, activities to enjoy - kids home from school. But then there are people like me who take on a new client and a new contract at the beginning of… Continue reading Organized Chaos: Tips for Staying Motivated When You’re Just Not Feeling It
Listen, I can't stop myself. When I find something I love, I must have them all. Why do y'all think I have four kids? Maybe it's a sickness. Maybe it's genius. Maybe it's just me. Maybe it's all of us. I don't know. What I know is that when I find a piece of clothing… Continue reading The Tunic You Must Have in Every Color
I have been so MIA lately…I know. This season of life is so busy for us! Between Hurricane Irma disrupting life for two weeks, a long weekend in New York City, birthdays, Gator Football, PTA-momming, and everything the fall season brings our way, I’m so busy I find myself unable to breathe some days. But… Continue reading Instagram Roundup: What I’ve Been Wearing Lately
Diamonds might be some woman’s best friend, but I prefer handbags. Of course, this really does surprise so many people since I rarely change out my handbag for anything other than date night. I’m a one bag at a time kind of woman, and I have my reasons. I’m a mom. I need the biggest… Continue reading The Do’s and Don’ts of Handbag Shopping: How to Make Sure Your Splurge Doesn’t Give You Buyer’s Remorse
Being a lifelong Floridian probably makes it a little ironic fall is my favorite season, but I like to be a little bit of a rebel. So what if it’s 96 degrees today? My front door is flanked with fresh mums (not yet dead from my lack of green thumb) and my house is… Continue reading Cozy Fall Moments With Wayfair: How I Bring Fall to Florida Year With My Decor Year After Year
{Before and After using Smile Brilliant's At-Home Whitening Trays} I have terrible vision. I’ve worn glasses/contacts since I was in middle school. It’s a family trait on my dad’s side of the family, but I can’t complain because along with horrible vision comes beautiful teeth. In my almost 34 years, the most my dentist has… Continue reading Professional At-Home Teeth Whitening with Real Results: How A Busy Mom of 4 Gets Pro Whitening Results On the Go {And a GIVEAWAY}
{#floridastrong Our sweet girl offered to sweep all the leaves and branches off the drive the morning after} Hurricane Irma. What a bitch. To say that we are exceptionally thankful right now is a gross understatement. We have a home We have no damage We have power We have one another The worst of the… Continue reading Surviving Hurricane Irma With A Grateful Heart
It turns out being a grown-up is entirely too overrated. I mean, honestly. You guys…we are facing some serious problems here in Florida. Serious problems – and this is a serious post. I know you want fashion and lifestyle tips and things like that, but this week things these seem a little less important than… Continue reading Difficult Decisions in Difficult Situations: Family First Always
Is anyone else keeping an eye on the tropics like it’s their job? As a lifelong Floridian, I’ve been so exceptionally blessed to have never been through a major storm. The worst was back in 2004 when we had three or four back-to-back hurricanes and tropical storms come our way. It pushed back the permit-pulling… Continue reading 3 Classic Ways to Style a Blazer for Instant Chic
{Dress: Essie by Lilly Pulitzer | Lipstick: Mod Pop by Clinique | Earrings: Sugarfix by Bauble Bar for Target | Sunglasses: Rayban | Bracelet: Chatelaine by David Yurman Friday, Friday, Friday... What kind of plans do you have this weekend? Ours is – as usual – busy. One day we will have a weekend that… Continue reading The One Classic Staple Dress Your Closet Needs for Under $100
Tiffany Raiford 