La Pause Café: The Design Files

New feature I'm trying out today: La Pause Café is designed for all of you who sometimes have to eat lunch at your desk to get all your work done. Some cool websites to escape to for 5 minutes. Let me know what you think or have sites to share!

Une nouvelle rubrique à essayer: La Pause Café. Conçue pour ceux et celles qui doivent rester au bureau durant le lunch pour compléter leurs tâches. Des sites cool pour une petite escapade de 5 minutes. Faites-moi signe si vous aimez ou avez des suggestions!

The Design Files

Office Chic: Burgundy Lion

Burgundy is an understated color that will fit well with all the black you have in your wardrobe.

Office Chic: Florals

With daylight savings, we get to do a full day of work and pick the kids up at daycare when there's still daylight. Gotta love it.
Here's some inspiration to get ready for spring. Sprinkle some floral prints into your work wardrobe without looking like a wallflower.

The Book Club: Lean In

A book for the big kids today, Lean In.
Written by Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook.

'Internal obstacles deserve a lot more attention, because they are under our own control.'

Who Let the Belly Out

Hatch offers great looks to enjoy during pregnancy and post-delivery. Here are my favorite looks:

Wear to Work

Action Mom

Monday mornings are tricky. It feels like starting the same new routine over every week, and by the end of the week, you're glad you've mastered the organized chaos and its little surprises.

Whenever I feel like wearing pajamas to work, I think of all you cool moms out there. This morning was definitely one of those mornings so I went straight to my no-fail website, The Glow.  

Here's a glimpse at their inspiring and fashionable moms.

Laura Garcia

Winter Style

Less than a month to go with Winter! Some street style inspiration to get you going.

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Il ne reste plus qu'un mois à ce chaleureux hiver. Voici des belles images pour nous motiver à en profiter avec style et grâce.

Planning the Spontaneity

With a little planning, I got to be 'spontaneous' and bought last-minute tickets to Maroon 5.
It was one of those really long days at work so scoring front-row tickets made the hard work all worth it.  How about you, planning anything spontaneous in the near future?

Until the next time, enjoy some rock-star pics from Adam Levine's Hollywood Hills house.

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Street Style @ Work

Fresh new street-style looks to get you to work. Happy Friday!

How to carry two bags to work in style.

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Unbrushed Hair & Business Meeting On the Go.

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Not an actual work look but wouldn't you want to know where he works. A hat shop maybe?

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Deux c'est mieux

I have a confession to make. I can't carry just one bag to work. I usually need two, and maybe three if it's gym day. A small one to sneak out for a quick lunch time shopping trip. A bigger one to hold my lunch bag, a magazine, diapers, toy cars and some snacks in case of a kid tantrum. Here's my favorite two-timing combo right now. The Gap, meet your new little sister, The Row.

Source: The Row Python Bag @ net-a-porter.com via Words of Wismom on Pinterest, Neon Leather Tote@ Gap.com

The Morning After

Forgive me right away for the misleading title and the stylish outfit. This post ain't about 'The Morning After a Fabulous Night Out with your Friends', it's more about 'The Morning after the Whole Week the Kids had the Flu'.

Fortunately for us, the same sloppy chic style applies. After a week of runny noses, saline nasal mist mania and minimal sleep, this outfit might even make you look forward to the next round, which is in about 7-10 days if you're lucky.

Flu season officially started for us last week with both kids being sick back to back. This meant pushing all work deadlines until the last minute and finally waking up at 4 am on Friday to prepare for an 8 am presentation.

WOW tip:  A gorgeous bag like this Celine one helps take the attention away from a less desirable kind of bag, the under eye ones.

Source: sincerelyjules.com via Words of Wismom on Pinterest