Friday, September 28, 2012
High Five For Friday
Friday, Friday, Friday! Give someone a high five because we
came to the end of another week! Woohoo!
As always, I’m linking up with Lauren over at From My GreyDesk for this High Five
For Friday post.
1.) Even though I’m
not the most tech savvy person out there, my husband sure tops the list. Sweet
Tolar got up super early to stand in line at the Apple store and score us both
the new iphone 5. Ah, the benefits of having a husband who loves new gadgets. J Thank you sweetie!
2.) My awesome church, DC Metro Church (yes I talk about the
church a lot – because it rocks!) held a Vision Partner's dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steak
House to discuss where the church is heading in the next five years. The night
was packed full of awesome people, amazing stories, a beautiful view of D.C.,
an incredible vision for the D.C. area and of course, yummy steak! I love going
to a church where the Pastor has such a heart for furthering God’s kingdom.
3.) My super awesome friend Nicole had a birthday this week
so my co-workers and I decided to celebrate her. She is the usual treat fairy
bringing in delectable (fun word!) goodies for us to try all the time; it’s
about time we returned the favor. I made these cat cupcakes to wish her a Happy
Birthday.
4.) I finally figured out that you can assign labels to the
alarms on your iphone. I had a little fun with mine, hoping the labels would
entice me to get up. They haven’t
really worked thus far, but I still have hope!
5.) Fall shows are back! And even though my new favorite show, Revenge, doesn’t start again until Sunday, ABC gave us a little treat by playing a special episode that catches you up from the whole first season. Yes, I’ve seen all of season one, but I still watched the special – the show is just too good!
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Current Crush: Gallery Walls
I
realize I am extremely late to this trend, but I'm currently crushing on
gallery walls. They are just so pretty, eye catching and unique.
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Tolar
and I have collected some awesome prints from our travels and we want to
display them in a distinctive way, that doesn't look cluttered. I'm searching
for the right arrangement for our prints and trusty Pinterest is definitely
helping. Here are a few groupings that I like:
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I
love that gallery walls can include anything; photos of people you actually
know, design prints, maps, letters, the possibilities are endless. They
definitely give you the chance to display your personality in your house (or
apartment – wherever you live!).
Once
I complete my gallery wall, trust me, there will be a before and after blog
post. I can't wait to finish!
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Everyone Needs A Laugh
Happy Wednesday everyone!
This week has totally turned crazy pants on me; there is so much to do and not enough hours in the day. But I have found that in order to maintain some sanity and keep a smile on your face, you just need to laugh. Life is too serious all too often, let’s take a few minutes and just laugh.
This week has totally turned crazy pants on me; there is so much to do and not enough hours in the day. But I have found that in order to maintain some sanity and keep a smile on your face, you just need to laugh. Life is too serious all too often, let’s take a few minutes and just laugh.
So I give you, Shocantelle Brown:
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Very Jane
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In today’s economy, many people are looking for a good deal,
yours truly included. Which is why I’m super glad that I discovered this
awesome boutique deal site called Very Jane. I compare Very Jane to Living Social and Groupon, it’s
a daily discount site just like those two, but the deals are for awesome
products or gifts instead of restaurants or events. Most of the deals offer 50%
or more off of the products.
I have bought some great things through Very Jane. I got my
first bubble necklace from a vendor who worked with Very Jane to sell her products.
These bubble necklaces have been EVERYWHERE, so when I saw a deal for one, I
jumped at the chance to purchase the necklace.
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I [unfortunately for my bank account] have bought a lot of
other things too:
-this awesome white jelly watch
-super cute stickers for my sister to use when taking photos
of my nephew
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-an adorable pillow cover (I bought the one with the “&”)
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-plus some great items that I am saving to give as Christmas
presents (sorry I don’t want to list them on here so they will still be a
surprise come Christmastime)
Very Jane is simple, go to their website and sign up for an account and wait for
the daily deals to arrive in your email inbox. The hard part is not buying
every single deal you see.
Happy Shopping!
Monday, September 24, 2012
Seattle Bound
Tolar and I are getting ready to travel to Seattle for an
extended weekend trip and I couldn’t be happier! I’ve never been to Seattle or
even Washington State, so I’m ready to check another state off my list and take
in all that Seattle has to offer, with the man I love by my side.
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We are in desperate need of some time away just the two of
us. Yes, we do get to spend time together here in D.C., but so often my OCD
brain fills our time with cleaning and organizing the house and working on
projects that we don’t get a chance to just relax and enjoy each other’s
company (I definitely plan to work on that!) With our anniversary being at the
end of March, we didn’t get to take a nice summer vacation this year. Yes, we
did get to take an AWESOME anniversary trip to Hawaii in April, but we still
need a break after working all summer long.
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| Me and Tolar at a luau in Honolulu, Hawaii. |
Being OCD, I’m making a list of all of the places and
restaurants we need to check out while we are in Seattle. Of course, visiting
Pike’s Place Market, the Space Needle and taking a ferry to Puget Sound are on
the list, but we also love to check out the hidden gems when we travel to new
cities. Have you ever been to Seattle and do you have any travel tips/awesome
places to share? If so, leave a note in the comment section and I’ll add it to
my list. Thanks in advance for your fabulous suggestions!
Friday, September 21, 2012
High Five For Friday
Ok, you know the drill – it’s my favorite day of the week:
FRIDAY! So here is a high five to you and a list of my top five moments from
this week.
(Linking up
with Lauren over at From My Grey Desk for this blog post)
1.) I love my new Anthropologie coffee mug, it is a huge cup
that I can fill with plenty of yummy goodness to start every day off right. I
love to drink a cup of coffee (or two!) and read in the morning.
2.) I got to be in the house of the Lord (DC Metro Church) twice this week, outside of Sunday
services! Tolar and I started our fall group through church and we are so
excited. We signed up to take a Growth Track class concentrating on Freedom.
The first class was great and has me pumped for the rest of the semester. I
also attended an awesome DC Sisterhood service; filled with worship, a powerful message and plenty of
beautiful ladies. I love my church! God is doing some amazing things in my life right now, I can’t
wait to share them.
3.) I got a new Michael Kors catalog in the mail – this can’t
be good. For my 30th birthday this summer, I bought myself my very
first MK bag and I am hooked!
4.) At work, we held our very first (and may I add super
successful!) social media call to promote our next show Black Watch. This
is a production coming to our theatre from the National Theatre of Scotland and
it is truly one of the most powerful pieces of theatre I have ever seen. It
tells the story of the Iraq war through the eyes of the Scottish soldiers. This
was the second time I saw the production and I was moved to tears because it is
so heart wrenching and puts the war into perspective. If you live in the D.C. area, RUN to buy
tickets to the show!
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| (Photo from the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Social Media call, with Black Watch director John Tiffany (center) and Black Watch cast members Scott Fletcher, Ryan Fletcher, Robert Jack and Chris Starkie.) |
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| (Check out his awesome onesie that my Mom got him!) |
I hope you had an awesome week. Leave a note in the comment
section telling me about a great moment from your week.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Current Crush: Pattern Mixing (an intro)
Pattern mixing is such a cool trend, but I have always been
scared to try it. Will people look at me and think I got dressed in the dark?
Will they think I’m colorblind or something? Yes – these questions have crossed
my mind. This week I finally got up the courage to try pattern mixing and the
results were great!
As I said in my polka dot post, Old Navy got their groove back – and this outfit further
illustrates that. Both my polka dot tank and my dalmatian print cardigan are
from Old Navy. I actually tried them on together in the store just to make sure they would
look ok with different colored shirts and I ended up liking the look.
These patterns are similar enough that I don’t look like a
five year old helped me get dressed, but still different to help me conquer my
pattern mixing fears. I really enjoyed this outfit because I felt like the
patterns and colors helped add an extra bit of sass to my work ensemble
(besides the sass that already exists in my personality!).
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| Cardigan/Tank: Old Navy. Necklace (old): Charlotte Russe. Pencil skirt: LOFT. |
(I’m linking
up with Kristen over at The Wright Stuff for this post. Go check her blog out and maybe find a new blog or two to
enjoy!)
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The Pink Post
Pink by me on polyvore
Yes, my favorite color is pink and it has been for most of
my adult life. Of course it makes me happy and keeps me feeling girly when I
wear it, but there is a real reason why I love pink so much; and not just
because I have a great love for Elle Woods from Legally Blonde. The origin of
my love for pink is deeply rooted in my past (dramatic much?) dates back
to when my older sister and I were children.
My sister is just two and a half years older than me, so
growing up and still to this day, we did almost everything together. Whenever
people would buy us presents as children, they would typically buy us items
that were alike, just different colors.
“So Lindsay, how did they determine which colors to give you
both?” Great question! They went by our eye color! My sister had brown eyes and
I had blue (my eyes have now turned green – which I love!). Of course, you can’t
give a little girl something brown so my sister ALWAYS got the red or pink
item. And I always got blue because the item matched my eyes. Not that I wasn’t grateful, I just wanted a pink
item every now and again. Being the youngest, I also wanted to be just like my
big sister. I think that want and the jealousy of her getting the “girl” items
made me fall in love with pink for good!
PS – if you’re
curious, my sister now loves purple.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
September Birchbox
My September Birchbox arrived and this one was packed! Like
I said last month, I
anxiously await the arrival of my Birchbox each month, just like its Christmas
morning. Which reminds me, for any guys reading (Austin – I’m looking at
you!!!), a subscription to Birchbox is a great gift for the ladies in your life.
This month featured beauty products, organization and
fashion – three things I adore! In addition to the actual products that were in
my box, I received a Fall lookbook. It’s full of trends for hair, nails, face
and fashion for Fall.
And now onto the items that came in my box:
1.) Color Club nail
polish in Status Update: This is a dark blue/grey nail polish that is
perfect for Fall nails and since it’s such a dark color, it can also take me
into Winter. Love that!
2.) twistband Hair
Tie: I’ve only ever used boring black hair elastics for pulling my hair
back, this super cute neon band doubles as an elastic and a ribbon.
3.) tili bag: I
absolutely love this since I love to be organized! It’s a cute zipper bag to
keep all of my travel beauty products in that could otherwise leak in my suitcase. I love
the sassy print!
4.) Kate Spade New
York fragrance/Twirl: Every Birchbox comes with a fragrance sample which is
an awesome way to test out new scents on your own skin. A little goes a long
way with this Twirl scent, but I did like it. However what I liked best was
that the fragrance sample had its own sprayer.
5.) Boscia Oil-free
Nightly Hydration: I’ve been searching for a night cream and I can’t wait
to give this one a try.
6.) WEI to Go Sleep
Over Kit: This kit included cleanser samples as well as a face tint (which
I assume is like a beauty balm – I’ll give it a try!). Skin care is such an important
part of my beauty routine and I’m always looking for new products so I’m ready
to put these to the test.
One super cool extra that I received was a coupon to the
store Madewell. I’ve been reading about Madewell on a lot of blogs recently and
this coupon is just the push I need to get me into the store. We’ve got one in
Tysons Corner and one in Georgetown, so I’ll have to check it out (sorry in
advance for any bank account damage I do, Tolar!)
Monday, September 17, 2012
Polish Swap
When I first started blogging, I signed up to participate in
a Nail Polish Swap. I love painting my fingernails and toenails, especially
during the summer, but I often get stuck in a rut of wearing the same color (my
sister often teases me about this and tries to get me to branch out). So I
thought participating in the Polish Swap was the perfect way to try new colors.
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The premise of the swap: I signed up on Carly’s awesome blog,
Lipgloss and Crayons,
filled out a simple form describing what I liked in nail polish colors and then
I was paired with another blogger who would pick out two colors for me. In
return, I picked out two colors for my partner and mailed them to her. I was
paired with Sharee who blogs over at Mom Fitting It All In. Sharee sent me two
colors from OPI.
She sent me a neutral color (Coney Island Cotton Candy) and
a bright red (Danke-Shiny Red) – gotta love the names OPI gives to their
colors.
I used the neutral color on my fingernails. I have honestly
never used a color that neutral before and I have only had a French manicure a few
times in my life. While the color wasn’t my normal bright pink, I did like it.
I thought it gave me a nice shiny look to my nails and still gave me that
pulled together feeling I get when I paint my nails. Also, since it wasn’t a
bright color I didn’t have to worry about making my nails perfect, because you
couldn’t see if any mistakes were made (that was a bonus!).
I used the bright red on my toes. I absolutely love this
color – its super shiny and vibrant, almost like candy apple red. I feel
confident that this color will be put in regular rotation. In fact, when it was
time to take the toenail polish off, I actually reapplied the same color
because I love it so much.
I have never purchased OPI products on my own before, I have
only ever used them when I get a pedicure. However, I will be purchasing OPI in
the future. The polish is so smooth and goes on like a dream. You don’t have to
worry about it being too thick and the polish applies very evenly. It’s
basically the most user friendly polish I’ve ever applied myself. I didn’t even
need to worry about mistakes!
Friday, September 14, 2012
High Five For Friday
Yippee! It’s Friday again. Even though this was a short work
week for me, I’m exhausted and ready for another great weekend.
1.) Of course the birth of my nephew is top of the list and is
the reason this was the best week ever!!! I’m so in love with the little guy; I
totally cried when I had to leave him. Aunt Lins wasn’t ready to be 7 hours
away from him.
2.) I hosted a Thirty-One gifts party. The product line is
full of cute bags, totes, purses and other organizational items. We need to
spread the word about this product line up here in the “north.” Southern girls know all
about the greatness that is Thirty-One!
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| My friends April and Marcy checking out the goods. |
3.) My church (DC Metro Church) celebrated 5 years on Sunday! DC Metro Church is the
most amazing, life giving church. You should check it out if you live in the
area.
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4.) While my sister and brother in law were at the hospital
with our nephew, Tolar and I stayed at their house (along with my Mom Beckaroo!).
This meant that we got lots of attention from their sweet dog Madison.
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5.) Tolar and I went with some of our friends from church to the
Hillsong concert up in Baltimore. Hillsong is a worship band from Hillsong
Church in Australia and they have some awesome worship songs. The lyrics to so
many of the songs are beautiful and extremely moving. It was so amazing to be
in a place packed with thousands of people on a Thursday night worshipping God!
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| We had an awesome time driving up there and back with Kathy and Leslea (Layla - haha!) |
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Current Crush: Statement Necklaces
Clockwise from top left: 1.) LuLus 2.) Stella & Dot 3.) Storenvy 4.) Kate Spade 5.) Target 6.) Stella & Dot
For anyone following my blog, it is no secret that I LOVE
accessories. They complete an outfit and can give new life to a closet staple.
I’m crushing on statement necklaces right now. They are simple
to work with, available at any price point and can go with so many looks. I
have also found that statement necklaces are great conversation starters. When
I wore my bubble necklace from Caroline G, I got so many compliments and then started telling
everyone about where I found the necklace. You know an item is worth the money
you paid for it when you get tons of compliments all day. Doesn’t that just
make you feel good?
(I’m linking up with Kristen over at The Wright Stuff for this post. Go check out her link
up!)
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