Rain, Rain Here to Stay

Yep, you guessed it. It's been raining.

Above is an example of the printed pants. They are a lot easier to wear than one may think. And even if you don't like them, don't hate! Basically, my rule is, especially if you are pattern shy, is wear a solid color top, choosing one color from the print. Pretty simple outfit idea. Of course, if you're more daring...pattern mixing is fun, too.

Wearing: 

Shirt: Forever 21

Jeans: Kohls

Necklace and ring on fore finger: Local church bazaar

Ring on middle finger: Jeanine Payer

And the final look:

A close up of my jewelry

Eben Ice Cave

Where have I been? Dear me, I know I haven't been here in months, but I needed a break. Whenever I have free time I've been going with whatever I want to do, which hasn't been blogging, obviously.

Now this post isn't even about clothes, but I wanted to share this because it shows how awesome Upper Michigan is!

This is the Eben ice caves and this was the first time I've ever been out there. 

It's out in Eben, obviously. And it's on state land, but to get there you end up parking on someone's personal property. They have a parking lot nicely plowed and porta-potties. That's U.P. hospitality, offering someplace to pee. Anyway, it's a good hike into the woods and down some slippery hills. A couple times I just went down on my butt, but it was worth it. 

The Eben ice cave is actually more of a rock over hang and all this water flows over it and freezes which makes it more cave-like. You can walk through (under) it. This was actually taken from inside.

There were tons of people out there!

Vintage Marigold

I've been breaking out my vintage again. I haven't worn any of it in awhile so I've been mixing it up with my new pieces like below.

Dress: Vintage

Sweater: Old Navy

Boots: Born Shoes

Belt: Target

Bracelet: Found at a Farmer's Market

Rain brings the Mushrooms

I have never seen so much rain fall recently. Yesterday it just kept falling in buckets on and off. I was way more rain than we got in spring. The grass is green and there are mushrooms everywhere. Seriously, clumps of mushrooms everywhere. The only sign that it's actually fall is the withering leaves crunching beneath my feet. Poetic, eh?

Sweater: Kohls

Dress worn as a skirt: Forever 21

White shirt: I've had for so long I don't remember

Shoes: Anne Klein

Let's go a hay-ridin' and a bar-crawlin' through the corn field

What does one wear to a hay-ride, bar crawl? 
This past weekend we hit up just this event in Stephenson and it was so much fun. Due to work my husband and I missed the beginning, which started at noon (we didn't get done until 8:30 at night). We also missed the pumpkin catapult ( sad, right? Maybe next year.), but we still got in a lot of hay-riding and bar crawling. 

Back to the question, what to wear at a hay-ride, bar crawl. Jeans and boots was what I thought immediately. As our October has been cold and rainy, my next thought was layers. From the pictures it looks like I'm not wearing many, but under armor is my go to keep-warm layer. And thick socks.

The day turned out to be beautiful and my layers weren't needed. It was the perfect fall day and it was so much fun. The event was actually a fundraiser. At the end was the American Legion where we got a good dinner.  

The tracker that pulled our trailer.

Shirt: Forever 21

Turtleneck: Thrifted

Jeans: Levi's

Boots: Born shoes

Here is some shots from around Stephenson.

Yes, a horse in a bar. There were two girls on horses and they just rode up into the bar, did a circle through and walked out. 

The U.P. is God's country. Though, I have no idea where this beer is brewed.

 And our choice of beer for the day.

Isn't this a gorgeous house? I think this was in Dagget. There were some gorgeous houses out in that area. Grand, stately affairs which I thought was surprising in farm country. 

All in all it was a great day. Probably one of the best Fall days so far this year.