happy weekend.

Cheers to a holiday weekend.  I'm so excited to have three whole days with my husband to bounce around the city.  We don't have a ton of plans, so I'm looking forward to just seeing where the weekend takes us.  Ohhhhh, and if you want to start your holiday off right, get to Trader Joe's immediately.  I was tempted to buy every single bunch of peonies they had in the store.  Gorgeous!

updo.

This fall I'm going to be a bridesmaid in a dear friend from college's wedding (yay!).  I'm on the search for a cute updo.  I rarely ever wear my hair up, so it's really hard for me to find something that I like and that I think will work for my hair.  My hair is naturally stick straight, so getting any kind of body out of it is a bit of a task.  I've started pinning a few styles that I like, but any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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a few of my faves.

I'm been trying (rather unsuccesfully) to put a halt on shopping.  I've been looking around our home and truly appreciating all of the "stuff" that we already have.  Like our bourgie lamp and my favorite pair of lace booties.  And I've also been figuring out ways to wear what I already have in my closet with different pieces.  Like my new go-to date night outfit, pairing any of my sequins skirts (or dresses) with a chambray top.  A little sparkle and a little jean is the way to go.  And to top it all off?  Well, you can never go wrong some ban.do in your life.  I own two of the gold hearts that I wear in my hair, on my shirts, and as shoe clips.  They are golden heaven!

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found.

I have been on the search for this J.Crew dress for what seems like ages.  I was in love with the print and the style (long sleeved minis are awesome).  It quickly sold out online, in-stores, and I couldn't find it anywhere on eBay.  Then last week I decided to give it another whirl, and there it was on eBay and in! my! size!  Oh and almost half of the original price tag.  done & done!  Don't you just love it when stuff like that happens?

 

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weekend.

This past weekend we grabbed our gold flatware and headed to the park to soak up some much needed sunshine.  I may have also come home with a sunburn, ouch!  Ha, can you believe that I got a sunburn in San Francisco?!?  Yep, that happened.  This weekend was so fun and reminded me once again why we love living in this city so.very.much.  After our picnic, I swapped out my shorts for a flowy skirt and we headed off to more afternoon fun with friends and eventually ended up at an impromtu dinner.  What an amazing weekend!

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