The Big Change {Fashion & OOTD Post}

So!As I mentioned in my last post I started a new job this week! Finally moving on to a big girl job! Ultimately I believe that I would like to go into banking and financial advising. SO Today I started at Suntrust! I am going to start posting more frequently about how to look stylish in the office! I am starting to find its hard to keep one's fashion identity when you are confined to suits! I have found alternate ways to spice up my outfits!

First Day of Work! by yourjacqueline featuring a sterling silver locket necklace

First off I found this AMAZING unique blazer on super sale! Like... 30 dollars yall! Not even kind of kidding! I am seriously big on the super sales now a days! My Go-to pants are always Banana Republic because they make petites and lets face it my legs are quite stumpy! If you are lucky like I am there is a factory store somewhere near to you and you can get them on sale! Because lets face it, when will black pants ever truly go out of style! I absolutely adore my vintage jewelry that has been passed down from my great grandmother and I have really loved using it to spice up the usually boring outfits! Since today was my first day I did not want to go too crazy so I paired it with this lovely heart locket that Daniel had gotten for me awhile back! And my shoes came from my favorite place to find shoes Off Broadway!


So I decided that if I had a new job I was going to change everything up! I cut all of my hair off and am absolutely loving it! It is so much easier to do in the morning and truly a blessing to only spend 10 minutes on my hair!

What big changes are yall making for the fall!?

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Apple Picking and Wine "Tasting"

Well Since I kick off my new job tomorrow, my mother and I thought it would be a good weekend to get away and just spend some time together! None of the boys were allowed to come even though they missed us terribly I am sure (Yeah right)! We decided it was the perfect time to go out to our favorite orchard in the Western Part of Virginia!



My Grandmother is originally from a town out that way called Lynchburg, and a decent part of her family still lives out that way including her wonderfully classy mother, whom I strive to be on a daily basis. So we already had a place to stay when we got there! My mother and I piled in her brand new Fiat which we have affectionately named "FiFi" and headed down the country roads listening to my awesome iPhone which for some reason has decided to give me every song I have downloaded since I was 13 as music options! SO! That was super fun! We enjoyed singing our hearts out until we could no longer talk! We got to Lynchburg and passed out shortly after Supper. The next morning we met up with my Great-Aunt Jackie (Obviously who I am named after)and headed down to the Farmers Market!



I have always been in love with this market because its absolutely enormous! They have everything including breakfast and every seasonal fruit, vegetable, jam, and preserve you could ever dream of! We met up with one of my closest friends Rebecca (who blogs over at LifewithrMe) I loved walking around with her and listening to her awesome week in which she got tapped into a pretty exclusive club at Sweet Briar! We ate breakfast and bought quite a few veggies and this life changing taziki goat cheese. Not lying yall... I ate the entire container with some fresh baked bread!



Afterwards Mom and I headed out to Drumhellers Orchard where we picked an entire bushel of apples! We picked a great Saturday to go because they were having some sort of fall festival there and there was live music, great food, and cute craft vendors!


I am absolutely in love with these spider pumpkin holders, I have got to figure out where to get them!

... And these hats! Ohmigod SOO cute!

And... I have a major addiction to fresh homemade pork rinds. Judge me I dont even care!

Afterwards we went on to some real fun! We went to three different wineries and a cidery all along the road! I absolutely love Bold Rock's Cider and it is kept in our beer fridge at home on a regular basis! My mom had never been to the three wineries we went to and they were absolutely stunning to say the least! We ended up with 4 or 5 bottles of wine!


Please ignore my silly face, Mom told me to smile!! (Plus! Chopped all of my hair off for the new job)

DelFosse Vineyards! I loved it here! the day before they had a wedding here and I could tell why! The vineyard in general was absolutely stunnign with an impressive tasting room and over 300 acres of exploring space!


Mountain Cove Vineyards Which just happens to be Virginia's oldest vineyard! It was absolutely magical with is rustic buildings and incredible views! I loved their wine!


And last but certainly not least Democracy Vineyards Which was a dramatic difference from Mountain Cove up the road from it! It was a brand new modern looking building with fresh labels that looked a tad out of place in a lovely countryside of Nelson County! But! Their wine was good and their Sangria was even better!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful fall and going on several adventures of your own!

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Cinnamon, Oh Cinnamon

So we have established that my obsession with Fall is in full swing! That paired with my obsession with my brand new kitchen is making Daniel quite fat. Every time he comes down for work there is a whole new thing that I have decided to bake. I absolutely love baking, its my comfort blanket kind of like Linus in the Peanuts! Seriously, when I stress out my loved ones generally come home to find something like 100 cupcakes all frosted and decorated. I do not even generally eat sweets, but I just love the smells, the absolute perfect recipes that have been handed down for years and the way it lights up my favorite little one's face! Growing up my favorite cookie was a snickerdoodle and it always has been! My mothers recipe was good but after the first day they would harden and you could build houses with them! (Sorry Mom!!!) So I tinkered around with the recipe and changed a few things around and VOILA! Perfect snickerdoodles! Next year I am going to try and mess around with maybe pumpkin ones or apple ones! But one thing that any good Southern Woman knows is that you always share your recipes with those you love! SO here yall go!



Jacqueline's Fantastic Snickerdoodles
1/2 Cup of Butter
1/2 Cup of Shortening
1 1/2 Cups of White Sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
2 3/4 Cups of All Purpose Flour
2 tsps Cream of Tartar
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp Salt


Cinnamon Sugar:
2 tbsp White Sugar
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon



Directions
1.Preheat oven to 400 F
2. Cream together butter, shortening,white sugar, the eggs, and the vanilla.
3. In a bowl sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt.
4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in four parts.
5. Shape the dough by rounded tablespoonfuls (I use a melon baller)
6. Roll the balls in the cinnamon sugar! (The best part for the little ones to help with)
7. Bake 8 to 10 minutes on parchment paper (Until set but not too hard) remove immediately from the baking sheet!






I hope that everyone enjoys this recipe!
Happy Thursday everyone! My lovely mother and I are headed out to the mountains this weekend to pick apples, go to the awesome craft breweries and wineries, and just spending time together!

What are yall doing for the first weekend of fall!?!

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Falling Back Into Things {DIY &Update Post}

So the past few months have been absolutely crazy for Daniel, Snow, and I! We moved our entire lives down the road a bit so I have spent the past month unpacking all of the craziness! I also had a shoulder surgery that pretty much put me on my behind for a solid 6 weeks. I couldnt even drive yall! But luckily all of that nonsense is over and we can start getting back to normal! The first thing I unpacked naturally was my cookbooks! They are now proudly on display in my kitchen!



Snow is settling in nice as well, he loves having the space to run around and play. We live so close to the water that every night he demands that we go and play in the water. Most nights Im enjoying sitting on my nice back deck area and he comes running up with the harness and just whines until I take him. His new favorite spot however is in the kitchen by the back door. I find him here regularly, I think because he loves the sun shining on him and plus... He's just plain nosey.



The cool air this week has made me crave everything fall, So just like every other season I start the great hunt for things to decorate my house with and every recipe that I could possibly bake(Coming in a later blog post). However, I don't know if yall have been to the store to buy a wreath recently but... they are ridiculously expensive. I am sorry, but I refuse to pay 40 dollars for something that is hanging on my door...SO! I did what any other southern lady would do. I went home and looked in my email for those lovely Joann's coupons. If you dont get them, you can sign up Here!! Turns out I could use like four of them! So I went in search of the perfect things to put on my wreath!



I ended up buying these lovely orange and maroon silk hydrangeas, a roll of 4 inch wide burlap, and a 14' wreath form all for 8 dollars! Seriously! The coupons are totally worth it! So I came home and got to work putting it together! All I needed was a hot glue gun, which I already had! So I excitedly spent 15 minutes wrapping the whole wreath form in burlap and hot gluing it as I went! Then I just attached the hydrangeas with florist pins and hot glue and Voila! Instant fall!



What are yall doing to get in the mood for fall?!

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