For our date night a few weeks ago I convinced Trevor to go to the one year anniversary celebration of the Madewell store in the Mall of America. We go to the MOA together pretty much never (or shopping at all for that matter), so even though I may have fibbed a bit and told him there would be men’s clothes, all was smoothed over when we learned they were serving craft beer. It was a fun start to our night – I found a couple of great staple pieces, and Trevor picked out these pants, claiming to “love them” when I came out of the dressing room. I like them because they live up to the caption on the Madewell site: “all the cool factor of leather, but the ease of a jean,” but I also happen to feel like a Storm Trooper when I wear them. This is also, I believe, the real reason Trevor loves the pants. You saw the look on his face in the Antiquing post when he was looking at the vintage Star Wars figures, right? Going with the space theme, I thought we’d take a jaunt over to my mom’s hometown, Cosmos. I recalled from my youth a rocket or something or other on the playground that I thought would hold the kids’ attention while we took some pictures. 

Madewell Jeans | Ann Taylor LOFT top | Tory Burch flats | Tory Burch handbag | Banana Republic necklace and earrings | Tag Heuer watch (old) | bracelet (old) | Tory Burch sunglasses

 

A few years ago my mom gave me this charm bracelet, made of my dad’s tennis and basketball medals from high school. It’s a sentimental statement piece and I don’t wear it often, but I figured this was a perfect occasion since they met at the time my mom was a Cosmos girl (yup, high school sweethearts). Reality Check. So, we were taking these shots at the base of the water tower, and Trevor commented that although the picture wasn’t that great, there was a “really cool shadow thing happening.” Now I see why. Take a close look. Anyone else think it bears a striking resemblance to Darth Vader? And the cool playground equipment to hold my kids’ attention? Non-existent – clearly the budget is earmarked for that snazzy painted water tower. But then again, what more does a kid need than a tire swing?