#RealTalk, a Giveaway, and #YOLOmondays Link-Up!
{{Dress: Ross
{{Belt: Target
{{Shoes: TOMS
{{Necklace: Caroline G. Shop
{{Bracelet: ILYCouture c/o
Okay, it’s time for some Real Talk (or #RealTalk in hashtag speak).
#RealTalk: The dress I’m wearing in this post isn’t even a maternity dress, but it fits like one. And I love it. Boom.
#RealTalk: Golden Double Stuf Oreos are my new favorite cookie. They are so much better than regular Double Stuf oreos.
#RealTalk: I’ve gained too much weight in this pregnancy and I’ve genuinely tried to do what I can to keep it down and not gain too much, but it’s so hard. (This is totally unrelated to my new love of Golden Double Stuf Oreos. I promise.) I’m really trying to eat everything in moderation, but I fight this weird fight of being STARVING one minute and then four bites in to my meal I’m full. I hardly finish what I eat anymore, but I’m still gaining weight. Also, exercise is tough. Those pregnant women you see running races and being all active and stuff? Those women are heroes and I want to be like them, but sadly, I’m not. I’m trying, though!
#RealTalk: While I love my belly right now, I hate my body. I feel like in the last month everything has just grown OUT. My hips, my feet, my arms, my chest, my legs… it’s all growing OUTWARDS. Everything is getting wider. And as someone who has struggled with body image issues her whole life, it’s not helping that people keep asking me if I’m sure I’m not having twins. YES, I AM SURE I AM NOT HAVING TWINS. There is one baby in there. ONE. Like, I know it’s lighthearted but, come on. How am I supposed to take that? Asking a pregnant woman if she is sure she isn’t having twins is basically telling her you think she’s huge.
#RealTalk: Sometimes I want to vent about stuff like this just to vent about it. I’m not really looking for a solution or advice… sometimes I just want to vent.
#RealTalk: The Wendy’s by my house has caffeine free Diet Coke on tap… and it makes me happy. So yes, I go to Wendy’s JUST to get a fountain drink. Sue me.
#RealTalk: My husband got me this purse as a Mother’s Day gift (the one on my wish list!) and I am obsessed with it. Yes, I know it’s kinda weird that a purple purse would make me so happy, but it does.
#RealTalk: I am rewatching the entire series of Arrested Development in preparation for season FOUR coming to Netflix on May 26th. I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am. Most hilarious show ever.
#RealTalk: I’m super excited to bring you a FABULOUS giveaway from the adorable and oh-so-gorgeous Sandra of Litva’s Jewelry. You’ve seen her on here before as she’s been one of my amazing sponsors for a few months. Well, today’s she’s giving one lucky reader a $40 gift card to her shop! YES! $40!
And considering most of her jewelry is in the $10-$20 range, that’s preeeetty awesome. That’s like two pairs of earrings! Or something. 🙂
I have a couple pairs of her chandelier earrings and I absolutely LOVE them (pictured to up and to the right).
So, without further ado, use the Rafflecopter tool below to enter!
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- Follow your hosts Molly @ still being [molly] ,Carly @ Lipgloss & Crayons , and your guest host for the week Susannah @ Simple Moments Stick
- Grab a button and / or post a link back here in your BLOG POST (NOT your blog’s main page) so your readers know what all the #YOLOMONDAY-ness is about. We love you guys linking up and we do go through and read all your posts… so if you do not give credit, we will have to remove your link. That’s no fun, right? Right. So be nice and share a link! Pretty please?
- Link your blog post up using the linky tool below! It can be ANYTHING! An outfit post, a giveaway, a story, a recipe, whatever. Why? Cause it’s #YOLOMONDAYS!
- Visit a blog or four that you’ve never been to before and leave a #YOLOMONDAYS comment – you never know, you might “meet” someone new that you will lurve!
- Have fun! Cause #YOLO!
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I would get the Jasper Gemstone Triple Wrap Leather Bracelet!
I love your dress, you look great. If I won, I would get the Turquoise Gemstone Chip Cluster Hoop Earrings and possibly the Olive Green and Black Extra Long Feather Earrings Wire Wrapped.
Thanks, Megan!
I gained “too much weight” with all three of my pregnancies (I even had a RUDE woman at church ASK how much weight I’d gained!!!) but I had three healthy babies and I lost the weight in time. You look beautiful! XO
yeah strangers think they can ask anything! thank you!!
I am in love with the Topaz, Blue and Pink Czech Glass Silk Knotted Adjustable Bracelets!!!!
i love those, too!!
Love the Topaz Yellow Green Blue Czech Glass Silk Knotted Adjustable Bracelets. You look great BTW 🙂
love that one, too!! and thank you, april!
I am a newer reader but I just wanted to say that I love your style and love all of your outfits. As a fellow prego (26 weeks) I so get it! I am working out but the pounds are still packing on and there is nothing I can do about it! At least a sweet baby at the end of this will help forget about the unwanted pounds. I know I also have a 14 month old and was not happy with my body before number two came along. Thank you for this post!
oh amy thank you so much for your sweet comment!! i’m so glad that there are other women out there that feel the same way i do!
You’re allowed to talk however you want – and sometimes you just need to get it out!! I’m sorry you’re going through a bit of a tough time right now. It’ll all be worth it when your wee one is here!!
you’re so right, jamie! thank you so much!
Snowflake Obsidian Gemstone Triple Wrap Leather Bracelet
love that one!
It’s hard Molly not to get discouraged at how much your body has changed and will continue to change. You look beautiful and keep focusing on the fact that you are growing this beautiful baby inside of you.
Agi:)
vodkainfusedlemonade.com
thank you so much, agi! <3
Ooo pretty! I would get a few of the wire wrapped pearl pendants in different colors! I looooove pearls!
me too!!
Try to ignore that scale because you look beautiful and amazing! I know its hard, but remember you are growing a life inside of you, so cut your body some slack.
you’re so right, jessica!!
I love the Amethyst Czech Glass Triple Wrap Leather Bracelet!
i love that one, too!!
Your dress looks amazing on you – maternity dress or not! Great print, too. You look super chic and crazy comfy.
If I won the giveaway, I’d be all over the Snowflake Obsidian Gemstone Triple Wrap Leather Bracelet – it’s so boho-chic.
xo
Kym
bitty.and.bunny
aw thank you so much, kym!!
I love the pattern of that dress! I also feel like I am continually growing outward…haha. Enjoy your pregnancy and I think you look fabulous!
Tara
Penniless Socialite
aw thank you so much, tara!!
BTW: totally weird and not creepy at all, you were in my dream last night – we worked together at my current company and we went on a business trip to the midwest together and decided to ditch the business events and go shopping and eat cheese. is this real life? hahaha!!
I WISH that was real life! Cheese and shopping with the one and only Molly would be awesome!
heck yes!!!! hahah but seriously i giggled so much when i woke up! i was like so random!!
I think you just keep getting cuter as you get further along in your pregnancy. When people think you are realllly getting huge, they stop making the twin jokes. That’s when you should start to worry, lol. If I won, I would get the Wire Wrapped Amethyst Gemstone and Czech Glass Pendant , or the silk knotted turquoise and lapis lazuli gemstone chip necklace. All of her jewelry is so pretty. I like all of it!
aw thank you so much, karen!
Yey my first time doing #YoloMondays and I cannot wait to check out everyone’s lovely links. I am following all the hosts on bloglovin and Molly I love this outfit with the strips and Tom’s shoe – plus I also love Oreos 🙂
Laura x
http://www.sidestreetstyle.com
YAY!! thank you so much for linking up, laura!!!!
Venting is what we girls do with no hope and definitely no desire for a solution. We get you!! And I wouldn’t worry because it doesn’t sound like those biscuits have any calorie value at all. Thanks so much for hosting. You are a fabulous mummy to be.
absolutely!! so glad you get me, charlie!!
You look beautiful, as always! I love these earrings: http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/gallery_item/LitvasJewelry/137287
Happy Monday!
-Mary @ Style That Moves
thank you so much, mary!
People are SO inappropriate. Who asks that?!? You don’t look like you’re having twins, that’s ridiculous!
Carly
i know, right? 🙁
People ask you if you’re having twins!? That is so weird and rude! Regardless of how you are feeling, I think you are looking really great. Beautiful as always. 🙂
xo, Yi-chia
Always Maylee
i know, right? ahhh good times!! thank you so much, yi-chia!
love that dress so cute!! and hope you have a good mommys day, your husbands the sweetest!
thank you so much, kay!
Hey Molly! Thanks for featuring my BBQ Chicken Salad and thanks for being so open and real. I loved your Mother’s Day post yesterday. Many blessings to you!!!
anytime, morgan!! and thank you so much, girl!
How sweet of your hubby to buy you that purse…enjoy it! That is SO rude that someone asked if you were having twins. People should really think before they speak sometimes!
-Sharon
The Tiny Heart
$50 PayPal Giveaway!
i know, right?? people can often be rude when they don’t really mean to be rude.
Love that dress! And I like the crochet necklaces.
thank you so much, marie!
Purple is my favorite color, I’d be excited over that purse too!
Sorry you’re having body issues at this stage in your pregnancy, I’ve had friends go through the same thing!
thank you so much, steph!
Love the Aloe Green Freshwater Pearl Wire Knitted Cuff Bracelet
that one is beautiful!
Oh Molly I love you. Thank you for being honest. I’ve gone through phases during this pregnancy of having such a hard time with how I looked to loving my belly. sometimes within a day. (let’s blame part of that on hormones) It is such a strange thing that is happening to your baby. I try to remind myself this is temporary. and of course you know it is all worth it and would look any way but it is really hard. and people are dumb with what they say – there are some things that should just be a given that you don’t say but apparently people don’t know that. you keep doing what you are doing and remember that so much of what is happening is not in your control. you are growing a baby – YOU are doing that and it is amazing!! and as a plus you are beautiful and stylish!
oh katie i love you, too!! and thank you for being so supportive and being my bloggy partner in all of this! lol 🙂 you are amazing!!!
Molly, I totally get how you’re feeling! I gained was HUGE when I was pregnant. I gained 45 pounds and my doctor told me if I didn’t stop, that I’d never lose the baby weight. My face was so puffy, my fingers were puffy, my feet were puffy. My thighs and butt were like big giant marshmallows. I hated that part of it. But chin up, m’dear! Despite how you’re feeling, you are absolutely beautiful and you look adorable!! Soon enough, your little precious baby will be here and all of this will be a thing of the past!
thank you so much, tiffany! it’s been so comforting to hear from other women that experienced the same things!
I love this post so fun! And the giveaway I so want to win!
good luck!
I would love to win the Wire Wrapped Amethyst Gemstone and Czech Glass Pendant.
I had gestational diabetes and that helped me limit what I eat. I was super active during my pregnancy and actually continue to kick box until I was 8 months and walked 4 miles the day before my baby arrived. All that didn’t help – my face was a giant ballon and my body was so bloated.
You are looking beautiful!!
Alice
http://www.happinessatmidlife.com
thank you so much, alice!!! and wow – you are a superwoman!
Aww sweet! This is the first time I’ve been featured! You just made my day, Molly! 🙂 As for venting, I get that. My sister always insists on playing devil’s advocate and I just want to punch her sometimes! haha
Lindsey
High Heels and Training Wheels
anytime, lindsey!!!