Galentines Day Out At Twelve Oaks Mall. This post is sponsored by Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi MI. For more about Twelve Oaks go HERE.
Galentines Day, you may be thinking “What is that?” Well let me tell you, its an opportunity in February to celebrate a female friendship in your life. That can mean anything from having brunch together to planning a vacation, for Liz from the blog withwonderandwhimsy.com and I it was spending the morning at Twelve Oaks Mall. We shopped, we ate and we had some real quality time. In todays post I want to delve into how important those days can be, especially in the winter when the months and days can grow long. Having a space to go and spend time with a friend is essential.
Meet My Galentine…
Liz McGuffin is a woman that I met through Instagram, she recognized a photo background of mine as her home town and reached out to me. We planned to have coffee and when we did I couldn’t help but laugh because we were instantly friends, we just clicked. Liz and I are very similar people, we went to the same college, abandoned the same career, married young, are close with our families, and the list goes on and on and on. On that first meeting we talked about those things and planned on having another coffee date. That was four winters ago. After that fateful day we started getting together, planning blog posts, we hosted our own fashion show and used the money we raised to go to NYC for a week!
We did the thing THAT IS SO HARD TO DO we became close friends AS ADULTS. This past year we forged ahead in with personal life goals, Liz listened to me and supported me every step of the way through my pregnancy, I listened and cheered her on as she traveled the world and went farther than she has ever gone. We did all of those things, HUGE THINGS but you know what? We still love to get together just like we used to, grab some lunch and do a little shopping. Its simple, its special and its our time to talk it all over, model outfits for each other, and cry into our wine while we talk about crazy life events. Spend quality time together, two friends at the mall.
Shopping Day…
On this particular February day, with my six month old in tow I took off for Twelve Oaks Mall with gusto. I wanted to shop, share my finds on Instagram and I wanted to talk about all the things Liz and I loveee to talk about. You know the ones I am sure, our husbands, our jobs, and what we were finding at the mall. This has been my first winter with a baby, and the CABIN FEVER is real I have been getting out and about but its always rush to the errand and rush home. Running in and out of the grocery store, the Doctors office, you name it. Its all about keeping the cold air off my baby, but at Twelve Oaks Mall you can get in the door stash your coat under the stroller and spend time walking around and enjoying being out without the pressure or rush of keeping out of the cold. As a new mom I NEED THAT TIME, as a new mom I NEED the time to do the things I used to do before I was a mom, things that I LOVE like wandering around the mall and laughing in the fitting room with my best friend.
My little family is off on vacation next week (hello Florida) so I was shopping with warm sunny weather in mind, luckily for me many of the Twelve Oaks retailers had this same thought, resort styles and spring pieces are starting to roll in. Liz and I spent time looking at spring trends, pushing my sweet baby around and passing him back and forth as we tried things on. THIS FREEDOM as a new mom to feel safe, and welcome at the mall is so so soooo important.
Which brings me to my next thought… Self Care
Spending the morning with a close friend shopping and picking out things that make me feel beautiful and special is a form of self care. Having a safe and welcoming space to take your kiddo and a friend is so important, for me and so many women in the area that space is Twelve Oaks Mall. Galentines day no matter what day you celebrate it in February is a form of self care.
I challenge you to try out wandering around the mall with a friend as self care, get out of the house and into a space where you can be warm and free to have some fun. Call a friend and just spend a few hours shopping, get a bite to eat, let your friend hold your baby while you try on a dress or two. You need it and its time well spent.
Where we shopped…
Being best friends Liz and I love to shop the same stores! For this shopping trip we both found things at the Twelve Oaks Nordstrom, and Eloquii. We also shopped the plus styles at the Twelve Oaks Athleta, the handbags at Michael Kors, Coach and Kate Spade! I FINALLY got Liz to try the Nordstrom Cafe and it was delicious as always!
I have been lusting after some Veja sneakers and picked up a pair at Nordstrom and then found a dress on the sale rack at Eloquii that I loved when it first came out(last summer) but was way to pregnant to wear. Well not anymore, I grabbed that beauty and got it for such a steal! I am looking forward to styling the look together on vacation next week, keep up with me on IG to see it!
Thank you so much to Twelve Oaks Mall for sponsoring this blog post, this is a mall that I grew up going to and one that so many of you message me about! I love being able to pour my heart out into these posts and be able to share this shopping space with you.
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