Showing posts with label weekend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weekend. Show all posts

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Weekend Whimsies: What I'm Reading

Happy Sunday my loves! 

We only have 2 more days until the big holiday is here!

Are you all ready!? I'm as ready as I will ever be!

Just wanted to let you all know what I've been reading over the weekend. Each week the ladies over at IFB do a round up of cool posts and I made it into this week's edition. There are always some really good reads on the site and I wanted to make sure you all had first dibs on reading some of these wonderful and informative posts. If you're interested in submitting something of your own, the instructions are down below (all the way at the bottom)!

Happy reading!


Holidays are Coming

Edited by: Emily of Sugar & Spice Less than a week until Christmas, we’re all dreaming of what might be inside the beautifully wrapped presents under the tree come Christmas morning. This week’s collection of posts have a festive feel but will also inspire your crafty side this holiday season, how to recycle your summer wardrobe for colder weather, last minute gift guides for loved ones, or yourself and top tips on how to shop better particularly as the post-Christmas sales begin. So, whilst you enjoy all of the wonderful contributions this week, all that remains is to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

LINKS À LA MODE: THE IFB WEEKLY ROUND UP: DECEMBER 20TH



  SPONSOR: Shopbop Dresses: NuBra, Retrosun, Annabel Ingall, Renzo Kai, Salvatore Ferragamo, Giambattista Valli, Ferretti, PilyQ, Wang Satchels, Jean Paul Gaultier If you would like to submit your link for next week’s Links à la Mode, please register first, then post your links HERE where you see “Links a la mode next week’s date (official)”. The HTML code for this week will be found in the Links a la Mode widget on the right side of the blog, and will be published later today. ~ Jennine


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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Weekend Whimsies: Walk Across the Room like Naomi Campbell

So the girls and I attended a new store opening/fashion show last week and it was more than amazing to say the least. The store Bevello, is located right in the heart of Towne Center within walking distance of two of my favorite restaurants, The Cheesecake Factory and PF Changs. They were showcasing their new line of summer/fall fashions and also celebrating the opening of their gorgeous new store.

(SIDENOTE: Visit IFB's 'I Love My Neighborhood' segment to see what other cool places and events your favorite bloggers have visited and become inspired by this week)

The owner was soooo cute and even offered us 20% off of EVERYTHING in the store to thank us for celebrating with her. While linking up with IFB's Project they asked us to tell why this specific place that we visited has brought us inspiration. You see this cute girl here:


She's young, fun, and doing what she loves. She's the owner of a beautiful boutique in an even more beautiful location. She inspires me to keep going after my dreams and do what I love to do. Life is too short to be stuck doing things that you hate. This is how people become miserable and eventually turn out to be evil little old people. You know the ones who sit in the rocking chair giving you the mean grimace every time you visit; the ones who never have anything nice to say. Yeah, those are the ones who hate their lives because they grew up either working at jobs that they despised or because they continued to stay  in a horrible relationship and now they're stuck with an evil little old man that constantly hides their denture glue. 

Do what makes YOU happy! Because at the end of the day, no one has to deal with you but YOU!

What types of things make you happy?  


It was a little hard for me to capture all of my fave runway looks because there was a huge mass of a man standing in front of me. Each time I moved he swayed right along with me and managed to appear as a big blob of fabric in almost all of my runway shots. Ugghhh, why was he there...in my way and on my nerves!!!

I did get these though.


 That coral dress was SUPER SEXY!!! But this is the dress that I had my eye on....


With a price tag of $128, even 20% off would be a stretch for me considering my obsessive need to be thrifty. I just admired it from afar all night long. All in all, the event was great. There was free food catered by California Pizza Kitchen and even better....free champagne of which I had at least 4 glasses. Annnnndddd it was mixed with a splash of watermelon juice. Talk about tasty!

Oh how I wish I had more pics of the actual event to share with you. Oh well.

Here's what I wore:




A slight mix of lace and floral. See how everyone else is mixing their patterns here.

Trousers&Belt-Thrifted/Tank-TJ Maxx
I love these trousers. Even though they are polyester and hot as all get out, I love the fact that they are high waisted and they stop right at my ankle so as to create a clean, classic look and showcase whatever shoe that they're worn with.



The shoes (which are barely visible here) are sky high nude platform stilettos that I got on clearance at Target. I had been eyeing these babies forever. I've seen many of my favorite bloggers with them but I just couldn't bring myself to pay full price for them. Soooo, I waited and voila....

Purse-Thrifted/Shoes-Target


Don't we look shopped out! My girlfriend purchased that super sexy coral dress pictured above. I, on the other hand, purchased nada. I just held her bag  for visual effect-because I thought it would look more uniform if all of us held bags. I'm such a cheater!!




 What do you and your girlfriends do for fun?

Post Title From: Get Me Bodied by Beyonce

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Rule Breaking Monday
Color Brigade
All Dressed Up
Thriftaholics Weekly
What I Wore Wednesday
What They Wore Wednesday
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