Giveaway: Macys Gift Card

I am so excited to announce my very first giveaway! As a thank you to all of you for spending a little time with me everyday I would like to raffle off a $25 gift card for Macy's. I love Macy's. My favorite thing about Macy's would have to be the shoe department. Not surprising I'm sure, ha ha! Just last week I found an amazing pair of shoes for twenty-one bucks! Take a peek at those beauties below. So many goodies, so little time and budget. Hopefully, the lucky winner can experience the magic of Macy's (I couldn't help myself) for themselves.  The rules for the giveaway are very simple. All you have to do is:


-Be a follower of this blog via Google Friend Connect
-Comment on this post telling me what you'd get if you win
-You can earn additional entries by following me on Facebook, Instagram, twitter and tweeting about the giveaway.
*If you join my Instagram party be sure to let me know you're following and leave a comment on this post with your Instagram name.

The gift card will be delivered via the US Postal service to the winner. It can be used in stores and online. Good Luck everyone!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

*This giveaway is open to residents of the United States and Canada only.*

this pic isn't really doing them justice. be on the lookout for a stylish saturday post featuring these!

Le Corner Blog Hop

Hello everyone! I am co-hosting a blog hop with Reese from Being Resse. The rules for the hop are below. Please click to follow my blog and all the other ladies labeled as hostess and co-host.

Hello there!

Welcome to the first Le Corner Café Weekday Blog and Social Media Hop! I don't discriminate here, so if you've got it, please feel free to link it up.


I'm looking forward to getting to know you guys! Don't be shy, shoot me an email every once a while :) Now, grab a nice hot cup of coffee, get comfy, and prepare to go meet some new friends.

However, I have a few simple requests

• Please follow me, the hostess of this lovely gathering. I worked hard to get this hop established, so please return the love.

• Be sure to follow the lovely ladies labeled as co-hosts. You will find them at the top of the list. They're great so you won't be disappointed.

• Make sure that you spend a bit of time mingling with the other people. You can't just put your name in the linky and expect people to magically come to you. Get out there and work for it :)

• Finally, if you could, just spread the word. Grab a button, tweet, or facebook share. It's not a requirement, but the more people who know about this hop, the better for you. If you're interested in co-hosting, shoot me an email at tasutton22@gmail.com.

Enjoy!

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Chic Review: Glade Expressions Collection

I am very excited to be reveiwing my very first product as a Buzz Agent! Buzz Agents get to try out amazing products and share the news (and coupons) with our readers. This campaign was all about the new Glade Expressions Collection. I got to try out the Oil Diffuser and Fragrance Mist kits. I love trying something for free!

I decided on the lavender and juniper berry oil diffuser and the cotton & italian mandarin fragrance starter kit. I really enjoy the fragrance of the fragrance kit. The cotton and mandarin scent is amazing. As for the oil diffuser, it smells good but it isn't as strong as I was hoping it would be. Every now and then I get a whiff of it and it's divine. I was expecting it to be a constant aroma floating through the house. It is really pretty to look at. Have you tried these products?

Hopefully I can get the coupons to link to my new Facebook page for the blog. Find me there at The Chic Stay at Home Mom. 

Sunday Social

1. What is the name of your blog and how did you come up with it? The name of my blog is The Chic Stay at Home Mom. Since I consider myself to be somewhat of a chic person I figured I'd attach that adjective to my new job. Boom. There you have it.
2. What do you love the most about blogging? I love connecting with other people and reading their stories. 
3. What are your 2 favorite posts you've written? My two favorite posts would be my series on potty training and Don't Judge. Some other notables would be Love and Embrace Change.
4. What is something you'd want to tell someone just starting out in blog world? I would say relax and have fun. Join blog hops and find other blogs that you love. Send lots of support out and you'll get it back ten fold.
5. Biggest blogging learning experience you've had? Quality is better than quantity. In all aspects of blogging.
6. Give us 3 blogs we NEED to be following that you love. Lipgloss and Binky This Cookn' Mom Southern Glamourista
Please check out my Friendship Friday label to see all of the amazing blogs I follow!
Have a great Sunday! We'll be having a small dinner today in celebration of Savannah's Birthday. It's still a little early to be celebrating her birthday but what the grandparents want, they get!

Stylish Saturday: The Savannah Edition

Today Savannah and I had quite a few errands to run. I had really been hitting up the clearance racks lately and wanted to put her in this super cute tank I found by Genuine Kids by Osh Kosh. This line is available at Target and offers cute affordable items. I scored this tank for four bucks!! Before we left the house I snapped a few pics of my busy toddler. Happy Saturday everyone!

busting a move

Shirt- Genuine Kids by Osh Kosh

Shorts- Gap, thrifted

Shoes- Payless Shoe Source

Headband- Target, clearance

-posted with my chic iPhone

Coming Soon...Giveaway & Blog Hop

Just in case you were wondering next week there will be a fabulous giveaway going on here! I am so excited about launching the giveaway and having some with it. For the other chic bloggers out there you will also be able to participate in a blog hop. Blog hops are a great way to find new blogs to read and get the word out about your own piece of the world wide web. Be sure to swing by here on Monday because everything goes down then!

Oh and just to update you, in case you missed it, we got a house on post in Texas! I am thrilled! Beyond thrilled actually. It will be bittersweet leaving next week but I know great things are in store for us. I love positive growth. Right now I feel like I am surrounded by it. What's something positive happening in your life right now? I would love to hear about the great things happening in your life too!

Labor Day Weekend Review

Summer is officially over. Womp. Womp. Unless you live somewhere that keeps the heat until mid October you're probably already getting some cooler temps already. I'm still in Georgia and I have been loving the cooler days. By cooler I mean anything below one hundred degrees. You can actually be outside during the evening. It's been amazing. 

I love Autumn. So the fact that I'm pretty much extending my summer with this move to the Lone Star State makes me kind of sad. It will get cooler there eventually. I can't wait. I even got the little one some fall boots today, so cute! Anyway, I spent my last weekend of the summer with my little family bouncing around Atlanta. We started off at the Imagine It! Children's Museum of Atlanta. We had a blast...until it got really busy. Even though I'm a Mom I still haven't gotten use to tons of kids running around. Places like Chuck E. Cheese still drive me nuts. 

I thought the museum was great. There were tons of activities for the kids to enjoy. I even enjoyed the live show that they put on. I would definitely go back. It was also great seeing some of our friends from our previous duty station one last time.

The Soldier, me, Sav, my teenage brother (Uncle Reege)

She made a little friend

Giving apples to Daddy

Going shopping

Going up the slide. Against the rules.

You can actually milk this cow. Educational but gross.

Everyone is ready to go

                                            

                                                          Closed eyes. She's giving someone the mean eye, LOL

After the museum we ventured over to Atlantic Station to meet up with some of our friends from college. They were in town on a couples trip to see some of the college football games over at the Georgia Dome. It was great to see them and have a little lunch. We ate at The Burger Joint (BGR). I had a delicious Greek burger. I highly recommend it. The lamb was cooked to perfection and all the toppings were super fresh. 

If you can believe it we went somewhere after lunch. I couldn't believe it either. Savannah seemed happy as a clam. At one point I asked her what she was doing in her stroller and she said, "shopping". We ended up at Lenox Mall. A place one should never go on a Saturday. Between all the football fans, black gay pride weekend and the local fashionistas I could not handle Lenox. Which really irritated me because I wanted to check out a couple stores while we were so close. We zipped inside a couple stores before calling it quits. I was done. I enjoyed my busy little weekend. How did everyone else spend their last weekend of the summer?

on our way home. happy.