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Meagan Rigney

Weekly Looks// November Week 4 + gift ideas for the hard to buy people in your life!

December 2, 2019      Leave a Comment

Good morning my friends! Happy Monday! 

I am home from our trip to Florida and have been busy meal prepping for the week and getting alllllll the laundry done, and looking forward to settling back into our routine;) I am one of those people that really looks forward to Monday’s and new months….I love a fresh start!

Let’s get into my weekly looks! A lot of what I have been wearing is on sale, so that is fun! As always, you can shop each look via my Shop My Instagram page on my blog. I update that daily, and share a video of me wearing each look on IGTV on Monday’s at noon CST.

Also, a quick note…

* It takes a lot of time to research, link, and write detailed newsletters + posts, and I DO get a commission if you buy something from a link I give you. That being said, some stores are harder to get this commission from. I just ask, if you love something I suggest from Target or any in person store, I appreciate if you buy through a link I give you and either ship it to store or to your home. That is how I get paid! I appreciate any thing you can do to help me continue to create content for you that helps and inspires you!

Weekly Looks// November, Week 4

Teddy bear jacket + Leggings + Furry boots

Okay so REAL TALK…I didn’t wear this outside my home because I would have died of heatstroke, BUT! I have been dying for one of these jackets forever, and it was 60% off. (It still is!) This jacket is uber cozy and even though I live in Alabama, I still hoard coats lol (maybe I’ll move back to Michigan next year!) This jacket does have a “fake” feeling to me, the fabric feels more polyester than other teddy coats I own, but I was okay with that. Just surprised I guess? I ordered a size small and it fits well, but if I were to wear heavier sweaters underneath I would size up one. And these boots are fun! An inexpensive Ugg find that work for chilly bus stops and car rider lines and Walmart runs… And I’ll talk about these amazing leggings below, they are on sale!

Cardigan + Tunic +Leggings + Mules

Okay, let’s chat these leggings! They are on sale this weekend and into Cyber Monday and are the only pair of leggings I wear (other than my Spanx faux leather leggings, which are also on sale!) I’ve had these for 4+ years and they look like new. They are high waisted, feel amazing on, and look awesome with casual looks. I wear a size small. Also, let’s discuss Barefoot Dream sweaters! These are the softest things you will ever OWN, I buy mine through QVC when they have deals, I’ll link them there so you can go see. They are true to size, I always wear the small!

Shop Barefoot Dreams on QVC HERE (so many great prices right now!)

Band tee + Mom jeans + Leopard boots + Bracelet + Crossbody bag + Hoop Earrings (30% off through Cyber Monday!)

One of my favorite outfits is a graphic tee and ripped mom jeans! I like to spice up the accessories, too, with leopard boots and a cute crossbody (30% off right now!) I also just grabbed these Old Navy jeans and they are AMAZING! They are twelve FREAKIN dollars right now…. I am wearing them as I type this, they are true to size!

Sweater + Mom Jeans + Boots + Heart Earrings (30% off through Cyber Monday!)

One of my favorite and softest Target sweaters! I sized up to a large and I love the fit. This is so soft, I reach for it a couple of times a week. And these boots are the Lamo brand from QVC and are amazing! They are the same quality of Ugg for a fraction of the price. 

You can shop Lamo at QVC HERE

Dress + Leopard boots + Hoop Earrings

When we were in Florida for Thanksgiving my in laws watched the kids so my husband and I could go on a date night! I’ve had this ruched dress for a couple of years and it is the best thing to wear. The ruching is really forgiving in the stomach area, and I love this black version because I can dress it up with heels or down with simpler shoes. I am wearing a small, which makes it pretty body concious, I have worn a medium as well (see below!) and that makes it a bit looser and longer. It just depends on your preference for fit! 

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Okay, let’s chat random gift ideas! So I have some #tricky people to buy for, only because they buy all they need and I just find it hard to shop for them! I have been scouring ideas from the internet and found some good stuff! 

**The hardest right now are my kids. They are pretty much out of the toy stage and like mostly electronics, so it is a balance of electronic gifts I’m willing to buy them, and stuff to keep them creative! 

For the hard to buy men in your life…

Yeti Rambler coozie (buying this for my dad! He likes a cold beer lol)

Thermal socks (sending these up for my Grampa who lives on a lake in New Hampshire)

Sous Vide cooker (I have no idea how to use this, but I am buying this for my husband who loves to cook!)

Apple airpods (I bought these for my husband last year and he uses them daily.)

For the tween girl…

Letterboard (I kinda want this myself…)

Ukelele (my daughter has been begging for one of these!)

Wrap bracelets (I have these and my daughter always wants to steal them.)

Vans slip ons sneakers (for the non girly girl on your life…mine hates pink and loves the skater look.)

For the tween boy…

Gravity maze (my son loves these, and will create stuff when I shut him off from electronics lol)

Kindle Fire (my son is getting one of these since he has a defective Kids Kindle…)

Foot ball throwing net (we have this and love it!)

For boys and girls…

Longboard (my daughter wants one of these this year!)

Laser Tag Set (for both, we have a bunch of neighborhood kids that come over daily and this looks awesome)

Hoverboard (I’m not getting this this year, but a ton of kids around us have and love them.)

Ipod touch (my compromise to my daughter over her not having a real phone yet. This does all of the things with an Apple id and wifi.)

Go Pro (this would be fun for older, creative + active kids!)

Echo dot (both of mine are getting one of these so they can play music and set alarms)

For the ladies in your life…

Makeup brush set (this is a gorgeous brush set that I may gift myself…)

Satin pillowcases (these are so good! I’m making a gift basket for my mom with fun self care items in it)

Slippers (these are all the rage right now!)

Wearable blanket (tell me this doesn’t look SO COMFORTABLE?!)

Accupressure mat (I lie on this everyday and it really feels so good!)

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Whew! I hope this was a little bit helpful for you! We can do this! I’m setting an intention for PEACE this holiday season, and I hope I can bring a little of that for you.

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Grateful for…my husband (he makes me laugh everyday and is my best friend), my kids (the funniest, kindest, most awesome kids on earth), my family (who always make me feel loved), my friends (can’t live life without you,) my co-workers (I’m obsessed with you all, how else do I teach without you lol), and just feeling settled after 20 years of moving. 

Looking forward to another year teaching high school (I hope all my students know, Mrs. Rigney adores you!) and just another year of being grateful for this beautiful + amazing life I’ve built. ❤️
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Also, an ombré mani that I can’t stop staring at. I feel like in the winter I like nail art and in the summer I like simple neutrals. 

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This weekend…. Picked up our oldest after 11 da This weekend….

Picked up our oldest after 11 days away at summer camp (with no phones/no contact!) and it was amazing. Love this kid!
Travelled 3 hours across state for a lacrosse tournament that even included an afternoon at the beach 🙌🏻
On Sunday drove 1.45 hours to pick up Molly from camp, then drove 1.45 hours back to watch the boys play in the championship game (lost by 1, boo…), then drove 3.15 hours back home. 
But! My babies are back home and all is well. 
Our hotel had Direct tv so I was reunited with my beloved Hallmark and watched a few Xmas in July movies 🙏🏻

Anyone know how to steam Hallmark? I need it back in my life 😞
A little over two years ago my family started watc A little over two years ago my family started watching wrestling together. It kinda became our thing, following the story lines and becoming invested in each character. My husband grew up watching it, and he wanted to share that with the kids. Then, slowly but surely, I got a little bit invested myself. 🙃What I love the most is that we all watch this together, and anything that we can all enjoy as a family is what makes me happy. 
Anyway... @allelitewrestling came to Detroit and we knew we had to get tickets. We went the other night and it was awesome! The lights, the music, how invested the crowd was, I kept looking over and seeing huge smiles on all of our faces. This was what we did during the pandemic, in the uncertainty of quarantine and the world, we watched a lot of movies and we watched wrestling. Getting to see it live sort of felt like a full circle moment. We had survived, moved across the country, and settled into this new life of ours that we love. If you had asked me 3 years ago if I would have enjoyed a wrestling match I would have rolled my eyes, but sitting there the other night in an arena full of magic and energy, it was just magic. 
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*Also, is this what one wears to wrestling? Bodysuits? Wedges? lol 😆
When the looser jeans of our youth (long live the When the looser jeans of our youth (long live the 90's!) came back, I resisted. You weren't going to pry my Madewell black skinnies off of my body! Those of us who have lived it already know how bad low rise was (2" rise, baby), or how our pants used to be shredded and dirty b/c they dragged on the ground, or how the fit of everything was just off. 
 But then I got sucked into buying a pair of "dad jeans" (which is funny because I use to borrow my step-dad's jeans in high school), and after I got used to styling them I like the look! First of all, my legs can breath lol. The key is to show of your waist in some way and just not take yourself so seriously. The older I get, the less I care about wearing what other people think looks good and wearing what *I* want. Are my skinny jeans more flattering? Yes. DO I feel more comfortable in these? Also, yes. Life is too short to wear anything other than what YOU want, end of story. Wear the skinny jeans, or the baggier ones, buy the cropped tank or the oversized flannel. Forget about what is "right or cool" or what you think you *should* wear and just wear what makes you happy.
My mom sent me a package filled with old pics and My mom sent me a package filled with old pics and report cards that are hilarious and embarrassing! 

My faves....skiing in jeans in the 90's?!
The leaning my chin casually on my hand school pic. 

The fact that I have maybe 10 pictures of myself in high school but took probably 20 selfies of myself yesterday.

Report card comments..."A great worker, sometimes I need to interrupt her independent reading to call attention to the next class discussion." 😆
"Meagan needs to "buckle down" a little more on her studies and a little less on her artwork." 🤩
Turns out, my independent reading has turned me into a Language Arts teacher, and my art has turned into an Etsy shop. 

(There’s still no reason for skiing in jeans.) 🙃
A few self care things I do on the regular... *eve A few self care things I do on the regular...
*every two weeks I get my nails done. I get gel on my real nails and often get designs or fun colors, and seriously have a Pinterest board and a special album saved on my phone with ideas. It just makes me happy to have pretty nails. 
*I schedule in workouts. I don't do well with "winging it," I have to be really intentional with my time. I work out after work on Tues + Thurs and also on Sunday, and will sometimes add an extra day. I feel my personal best when I am active.
*A couple of months ago I finally started the habit of flossing my teeth. I just started at night and for some reason it has stuck and I am on a streak and I feel like a real grown up. You CAN teach an old dog new tricks at 41:)
*Every Sunday I cook a lunch for myself to bring to work, and I pack it into 5 pieces of Tupperware. I find a simple dish and will eat it all week. That way when I get up I just throw it in my lunchbox and I have a healthy option to eat. 
*I research affirmations and have them written in a word document. Typically during my lunch break I will open up and read the document, and then I have a running list of things I am grateful for that I type out. I also have a couple fave self help books at my desk and I read a chapter or two. 
*Every Sunday after my workout I apply a face mask and let it sit, then shower and apply a hair mask and exfoliate. Then after my shower I put my self tan on. Love starting the week feeling refreshed and with a little color on my skin. 
* I have days I do certain things that make my life easier. Saturday I meal plan and order my groceries. Sunday is for picking up groceries, meal prep, and laundry. Tuesday and Thursday I work out when I get home and wash my hair. Linking certain days to activities takes the thinking/anxiety out of running my life.
*Reading daily, lots of sleep, lots of water, painting, writing, etc.
Celebrated a friend for her bday with a fancy dinn Celebrated a friend for her bday with a fancy dinner out! It’s been awhile since I got to dress up and wear fancy necklaces and drink Prosecco and I really, really enjoyed it. 😊
Part 2: In my last post I talked about learning to Part 2: In my last post I talked about learning to appreciate what is, versus thinking the next big goal will bring happiness, particularly with weightloss. Spoiler alert: being skinnier won't bring you contentment, I promise. 
Here's the deal, there is no 'finish point' when it comes to our physical self. If you are lucky, you will change in a million ways as you grow old and live a long life! Bodies are meant to evolve in many ways, and it is pretty amazing what they can do. 
The big question I want to ask you is, "How do you want to FEEL on a daily basis?" I know I want to feel healthy and strong and I want to be able to do active things with ease. That fires me up. So then, how do we get there? I believe habits are the key to change rather than grand resolutions. Adding small changes into our day that are easy to achieve. This year I am building in habits that will help me FEEL better in my physical body, and they aren't based on weight or pants size. 
The key? Keep these habits SMALL. Like, stupid small. One habit I made was to go to CrossFit 1x/ week during the school year. I could have set a bigger goal, but I wanted to build my confidence that I could do this one thing. And I have! I am adding more to that since I know I can, but that benchmark is still there when things are hard. Another habit is to eat more veggies, so I buy a ton and cut them up on Sunday to have. I like to ask, 'What can I ADD to my life" versus taking away? More water, more veggies, more mindful movement. I'm also adding in more fiber (Hello Metamucil #thisis40) and flossing at night. 
I'm not looking for a dramatic physical transformation, I am looking to FEEL better on a daily basis with small, achievable habits. When it comes to adding these in ask yourself, "Can I do this for the rest of my life and be happy?" If the answer is no then it probably isn't for you, or it's a quick fix.
Part 1: I'm not a resolution person, as in, the ty Part 1: I'm not a resolution person, as in, the type of person that promises to make huge changes on January 1st in the blind hope that this year will be different. (I used to be!) I think for a lot of us, we assume that achieving something big (weight loss, more money, a new job, marriage, kids, etc) will bring happiness. And honestly, it probably will for awhile. However, I have learned something in the past couple of years that has really helped me put perspective on the whole, "I'll be happy when..." thing.
Here's the secret:
If you can't be happy where you are RIGHT NOW (even if it isn't your ideal,) you won't be happy when you achieve your big goal.
You might enjoy checking the box that you did it, but then your brain will switch to 'keeping up' or it will look for the next thing to get to. This will go on forever (or 41 years in my case lol.) One day you will wake up and see all the time you were wishing for something else, life was happening right in front of you. 
I think about this the most with body image. I look back on ten years of photos from my blog and social and life, where I was at my fittest, and I was never satisfied. I always saw myself and thought I had 'let myself go," or I looked better the year before. AND YET, since I have been working on shedding diet culture ideals and disordered eating and have gained the weight that I always dreaded, I can see how messed up that thinking was. I was NEVER HAPPY with how my body looked, even at its thinnest. I always found fault. So then, what if I taught myself to love what is, instead of always trying to shrink myself smaller? What if you were to look like you do right now, forever...can you learn to be grateful for your body, from a standpoint of what it allows you do (like breathe and LIVE?!) Can you dress the body you have and appreciate what is? Can you stand in front of a mirror and just say THANK YOU and know that what you weigh is the least interesting thing about you?
My first baby turns 14 today. The night she was bo My first baby turns 14 today. The night she was born (3 weeks early!) I had driven myself to the hospital because I thought there was no way that I was actually in labor, and at one point called my husband at work and told him not to come home early from work (he ignored that, luckily.) Molly Amelia was born and I remember holding her in my arms and staring into her face and wondering who would she become? This tiny, 5 pound baby, with the head full of dark hair and squished little nose. I can still smell her newborn smell and feel how tiny her hand was in mine.
She taught me how to be a mom, and she taught me how to be myself. There is no greater mirror for reflection than through your children's eyes. They will humble you to the core and drop your to your knees. From day one this child has brought a light into my life and my days, she was the piece of a puzzle to myself I didn't know I was missing. Watching her grow has been the biggest gift of my life, and I will never take it for granted. 
I wish I could describe the magic of my daughter. How she lights up a room and how she can tell a story that holds the attention of everyone in a room. She is dynamic and sarcastic and funny and empathetic. She is 1 million percent smarter than I was at her age, I love watching her navigate the world and can't wait to see who she will become.
It is beautiful and heartbreaking to be a mom, because I know that with each year she grows I will have to eventually let her go. I can't keep her forever, safe at home with us. I want to bottle up each year and say, "This! This is my favorite!" I want to freeze time and hold her tight, as my baby, forever. But I can't. We never can. Instead I will fill her up with love and grow her self worth and give her the knowledge that she is magic and to never, ever, ever forget how special she is and how she is a gift. She is the most beautiful gift I have ever received. She is my heart, forever,
I just finished the first season of ..."And Just L I just finished the first season of ..."And Just Like That," and I have some thoughts!
I've heard so much negativity around the return of this show and I get it. If you watched the original season and was as invested as I was, it can be hard to feel like you want things to stay the same when they just can't. Let me get this out of the way, though. I loved this new season. I knew from episode one that there was going to be a journey, and I had to be patient. As much as we all like a happy ending, I think we all needed to see something deeper. 
You know what I loved? I loved seeing vibrant, amazing women in their 50's being shown as they are. Women age, things change and often the world is not ready to see that. While I'm still in my early 40's, I can see and feel how these changes become more and more apparent, and it's OKAY. It's okay to age and not always look like you are in your 20's anymore. If life continues as it has for me, each year I get more confident, I feel more amazing in my skin, and I become more and more who I authentically am. I want to see more women that are older and vibrant and real in the media. I think the show showed us that.
I also loved the portrayal of motherhood from a  teen-age perspective. So much is covered about early motherhood, the baby + toddler + elementary age. You rarely see people parenting teenagers in a real way. I have seen the issues Charlotte portrayed parenting her children in both myself and my friends children. I want to see more of life and motherhood from this perspective in the media, and not the cliched stuff. There are so many weird horror stories of parenting teens in this day and age (that I don't really agree with), and I appreciate seeing more angles and stories that I can relate to.
I liked that no one has their stuff figured out, too. Just because you age doesn't mean you know what you are doing, or can't change. Life is dynamic and wonderful. I think the show showed that.
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