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Outfit Day! After some fun holiday outfits we had to have a more classic look this week. It was Eros' turn to model this week. Here's what we had on:

Back to our favorite color scheme. Just like coming back from a vacation, green and tan also feels like home for me.

Bridle: Pinnacle
Brow Band: Boy O'Boy Bridleworks

I love this bridle on him. Both he and Shiny look lovely in this lighter color bridle. I got the darker one for Al. 

Saddle: Butet
Half Pad: Mattes
Baby Pad: Ogilvy

Ogilvy had a nice Black Friday sale that I took advantage of for a gift for my stepmom. But I'm horribly irresponsible so I also treated myself to a few new pads. I got two turquoise ones with silver trim to match my new boots and then I also got two of these hunter green with gold trim. The metallic trim I'm pretty sure is new this year and I was excited to see it in person. I might like to do a couple with brown trim and gold piping in the future. 

Wraps: Eskadron

We've been using the climatex polos more than we've been using these lately, but I'm behind on laundry so I pulled them back out. I do like these also, especially in winter. I feel like the added layers may be hot in the summer time, but this time of year I don't worry so much. 

So that's what E was wearing, and here's what I had on:

Nothing too flashy, but kept me warm and comfortable all day long!

Helmet: One K Avance CCS with Mips

Yeah, sorry. I forgot a new helmet photo today. But I wore this one. The "usual" of late.

Sweater: Old Navy

I got this sweater and a tan one that's the same at Old Navy I think last winter? Maybe the one before. I wear them frequently so I'm certain you've seen them a bunch by now. They're perfect for the barn, and even though they aren't wool, they are pretty warm. I don't think they'll hold up for years and years, but so far they're doing okay!

Belt: Zazzle

Last year at holiday time I put the farm logo on some wintery backgrounds and used them for wrapping paper because I'm ridiculous. But I also used those images for this belt! This side is green with snowflakes for Christmas wrapping, and the other side is a ligher blue with snowflakes meant to be for Chanukah. Silly but fun!

Breeches: Dover Wellesley

I really love the Dover Wellesley breeches for the winter. They're a heavier weight than TS but not too thick. I'm weird about thick pants. Hate them. Not a fan of most winter lined breeches. So I recently found myself checking out the Dover site to see if they had new colors. They did not. In fact, it seems they may be done with this style, which is really disappointing. I better take good care of my collection of them. 

Boots and Half Chaps: Celeris UK

I also forgot a boot photo. Sorry again. I'm in that weird out of sorts just got back from vacation space, and let's just appreciate that I knew it was outfit day at all! Lol. Anyway... I wore the sheepskin lined half chaps and boots today. The color is Petrol which some people consider to be blue, but I think these lean more green and I love them.

And that's it for today! Any favorites? Also, I'm a couple weeks behind on blog reading, but plan to catch up this weekend and Monday. Hope you're all doing well and I promise to be caught up soon!

What's Up Wednesday: Vacation Edition

 

I haven't seen my horses since last week's What's up Wednesday, so I have absolutely nothing to report on that end... I haven't heard from the barn, so I'm assuming no news is good news. Fingers crossed there! I'll be there tomorrow though, and can't wait to kiss those noses!

I'll try to keep this short since you're not really here for a horseless vacation post. But figured I'd share a little about my trip anyway for posterity. 

We flew the day after Christmas down to the Bahamas. We spent a few nights at the Atlantis which has become a pretty regular destination for us. It's fun there, with a water park for the kids. When I was in college I enjoyed the bar scene and casino there, but now that I'm old it's less of a draw. I do enjoy the warm weather though! The days we were there were a little cool and cloudy with some rain sprinkles, but nothing too bad. The kids did some water slides (seriously, do children feel the cold?) and us grown ups enjoyed a pina colada and relaxing. We all enjoyed a solid round of putt putt. None of us are terrible at it, so that was super fun. 

Home sweet home boat

We wound up spending an extra night at the Atlantis as there was a lot of wind and the seas were pretty high. Our next destination was a three and half hour boat ride away. And I'm not sure if you've ever been on a boat with children... But it's much more pleasant if it's not rocking and rolling. It was the right choice for sure, but we all agreed we could have used another day at the second spot. Which was Harbour Island. 

We had just two nights there so we didn't get to do all the fun boating things we had planned. But that's okay. A solid vacation is one that leaves you wanting to come back again. Anyway, we arrived there in the afternoon and did a little island tour and then spent some time on the beach. The beaches are pink on Harbour Island and the sand is super fine. Really beautiful.

Then it was dinner and bedtime. We're a wild bunch. Haha! The next day was New Year's Eve and our only full day here. We took the tender out after breakfast for snorkeling. I'm not much of a snorkeler so I opted to stay on board, but enjoyed the time out there. We got to see some turtles and they were so friendly! They swam right up to the boat and to our swimmers. One of our crew got the best photos with his Iphone (did you guys know that they truly are waterproof now?!):

Above photos are not mine, but shared with permission. Beautiful, aren't they?!

Most of our day was spent out in the tender doing fun stuff like above. We came back to the boat for lunch, went back out for more turtles. Quite a day! And then it was New Year's Eve! 

We're a bunch of boring old people and a couple of kids so we just had dinner together on the boat. Our crew set up some really cute decorations for us complete with party hats and headbands and whatnot. The marina lit off fireworks promptly at 10 which, I don't know about you guys, but that's exactly the right time for me! And then we retired to our rooms to either watch the ball drop on tv or just go to bed. 

And then it was time to come home! We had the morning for a delicious breakfast. The kids had time for a quick pool swim and my younger brother and his girlfriend got in some beach time before we had to get to the airport. We stopped in North Carolina for customs, and were landing in CT by 4ish. 

I'm all snuggled up with Rita at home now. I probably could have and should have unpacked tonight, but I didn't. I'm pretending like I'm on vacation until I wake up tomorrow. I don't think that's unreasonable. 

I hope you all had a safe and fun New Year's Eve, and that 2025 is kind to all of us! Happy New Year everyone!!!