When temperatures inch toward 40 in the winter in Minnesota, people get a wild hair to do things like drive with their convertible top down or run around the lakes in shorts. The warm weather bug bites me too, but in the shopping form, like when I had a real pull the other day to head into the Sperry store for Top-Siders. I was surprised to find that Sperry had clothing as well, and pleased to see it was 60% off that day. The cropped style of this poncho and the vibrant navy and green combo will work well for when the warmer temps stay for more than just a day or two.

Sperry capelet | Anthropologie shirt (old, similar here) and pants (old, similar here) | Tory Burch boots | Kate Spade handbag | J Crew earrings | Michael Kors watch | Madewell bracelets (here and here)

Reality Check. We often take these pictures during the weekends, when my parents can sit with the kids for a few minutes while Trevor and I head out for a bit. Therefore, we usually have to work with the weather. On this particular day it was crazy windy and we tried twice to get pictures – they were terrible. I was about to scrap it when we were back at the lake and the wind died down, about 5 minutes before sunset. Which also happened to coincide with the last 5 minutes of the NFC Championship Game. Trevor shot me a look as if to say “don’t even,” so I grabbed my mom and she snapped a handful of shots right before the sun disappeared for the day.