In Durham, where I live, breweries and bottle shops are very dog and family friendly. Most of the breweries have areas separate from the bar where parents can gather with their friends and kids to have a beer and play a few board games. Some of them even have nice outdoor spaces where kids can run around while parents hang out with their pals. I’m thankful for this because it allows Nick and me to go out for a drink last-minute without having to find a babysitter. And after a ridiculously long week, that’s exactly what we did. We headed to a small bottle shop near our house with Sebastian in tow. And this is the outfit I wore!
Regardless of how family friendly it was, I still felt a little like this:
We weren’t out for very long, maybe an hour at most. I had one glass of wine, and Sebastian slept most of the time so I don’t feel bad about it. But I did want to feel like I was actually going out instead of having a drink at home in my pajamas so I grabbed this new pair of jeans I got from a recent Stitch Fix. I wasn’t sure how I would feel about the frayed hemline of these jeans but I slowly warmed up to them. While these may not be the first pair of jeans I reach for, I definitely wear them a bunch. And I will probably wear them even more now that the weather is starting to cool down ever so slightly.
A few weeks after Nick, Sebastian, and I went to the bottle shop together, we met up at the bottle shop with our neighbors who have a kid who is slightly older than Sebastian. It was a fun time all around. I’m sure the bottle shop won’t be the last crazy place we take our baby.
True story:
Where’s the craziest place you’ve taken your baby?
Shirt: via Le Tote | Jeans: via Stitch Fix | Shoes: Banana Republic | Necklace: Old Navy | Watch: Target | Clutch: Nordstrom
Looking good girl! i love this look.
Haha my fiance worked at one of the bottle shops in Durham for a while and he said it’s extremely common to see babies there. For one baby the bottle shop was the very first place they ever went besides home and the hospital! (Either the parents were mistaken by the term “bottle shop” or they were store regulars there 😉 ) But in all honesty, most of the bottle shops and breweries are pretty chill and it’s nice that the parents can still get out for an hour or two in a low-key social environment for a change of pace 🙂 Plus the kids are cute and no one complains about seeing babies. I’m glad you had fun!
Liz, my husband also worked in a Durham bottle shop for a while and loved it. He learned so much about beer that he didn’t already know. And yes, there were lots of babies and dogs that came in all the time. I love that vibe about Durham; it really is the best!
I say there always is a reason to get dressed up even if it is on a causal day just for yourself! Going to the store and get ring dressed up just to feel amazing that day!