i’m wearing: anthropologie dress, jcrew necklace, michael kors watch, jewel of the nile bracelet c/o jewelmint and ann taylor heels. i actually bought this dress for luckyfabb west back in april. it was on sale at anthropologie and i remember thinking it was too “fall-ish” because of the colors but i just couldn’t pass it [ Continue Reading … ]

i have wanted to visit catalina island my entire life. this past weekend my mom, brother and i FINALLY made the trip. it is only a short drive/boat ride over so i really can’t believe none of us had ever gone. it was a weekend of firsts for us…starting with ZIPLINING!!! i am terrified of [ Continue Reading … ]

by now you guys know that i am a HUGE birchbox fan. but what you may not know is that birchbox also offers boxes curated just for MEN! when birchbox offered to send my husband a box, i’m not sure who was more excited…me or him. we actually fought over who was going to open [ Continue Reading … ]

when my bloggy friend karin let me know she was throwing a HUGE bloghop party to celebrate the launch of her new blog trophy mom diaries, i couldn’t wait to get in on the fun! karin is giving away not one but TWO $500 gift cards to two readers (payable in paypal cash, AMEX gift [ Continue Reading … ]

if you follow me on facebook, then you may have seen some of these ootd pics that never made it to the blog. for one reason or another, i just don’t like something about the outfit or the pics just don’t turn out well and they don’t make the cut. and once again my friends…it [ Continue Reading … ]