Saturday, March 31, 2012

Formal Love

Tonight at my school is Gridiron, better known as law prom. I just love getting dressed up for formal events. Here is my dress for tonight:


It is really nice and classic in person and I'll likely just wear black heels, gold jewelry, etc.

Here are some other formal styles I like:


I love this... it seems like they are coming home from a gala at the Met.


Besides the fact that Natalie Portman is my absolute favorite, I love this style too.


My event tonight is definitely not this dressy, but this is gorgeous.


Enough said.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Poolside Love

Today was the second time in a week that I've been able to lay out by the pool with the girls. It is such a nice break from studying. Really only a month until finals and then it will be real summer!!


I'm on the lookout for a cute straw hat to wear at the pool and, if it is monogrammed, even better!


Need a cooler like this to bring poolside with us!


I don't normally wear one piece suits but I love this one!


Love the monogrammed lemonade dispenser


Essentials


This is the pool I'd really like to be in!



Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Leopard Love

I recently got some leopard flats and I am trying to find more classic ways to wear them. I think leopard can be very sophisticated if worn in the right way, but there has to be a balance. All other parts of the outfit must be classic. I have only worn my pair once and I wore it with dark skinny jeans, a light pink wrap cardigan from J.Crew and pearl jewelry.


These look like the ones I got.

Here are some cute ways to wear leopard:










xoxo

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Polyvore Love

I just discovered how fun Polyvore is tonight! How did it take me so long?! I think it is so fun... like I need something else to do instead of study!! Go to mine here.

Summer Gingham

Nautical for Work
Dressed Up Jeans

Mom Shopping Day Love

My mom and I went shopping the other day in Fort Worth and it was so much fun! I really needed a fun day because I had a tough day the day before. I wasn't really looking for clothes but I did need several accessories and other random things.

The main thing I was looking for was the perfect pair of heels. I'm going to Houston this weekend for the boy's sister's wedding and I'm meeting his whole family for the first time. I have the perfect dresses but now I need perfect shoes! I want beige patent pointy-toe pumps with a 2" heels. So far... no luck but I'm trying Nordstrom tomorrow.

I did get some candles for his mom and sister. Voluspa candles are my favorite and I wanted to give his mom and sister something that looks nice without being too much.

I got some really cute turquoise sandals... I'm not sure of the brand. I don't have an exact picture but they look a lot like this:


I have been wanting to get this little journal so I finally picked it up! I always want to keep a journal but I don't have the patience. This one is so classic looking and each page has space for five years. You write a few lines each day what you did that day and then you compare every year what you did the year before on that day!


I also bought my favorite game so I could teach my parents since I'm home on spring break!




I also got a new iPhone 4s the other day so I had to get a cute Kate Spade cover!


Shopping days with the mom are best! xoxo

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Love for Myself

I saw a super cute questionnaire on Style Me Swanky's blog, so I thought I would give it a go too so all my new blogger friends can get to know a little about me!

1. Favorite Color: Definitely PINK!! I am a big girly girl! Until recently, I didn't have much pink in my closet but I bought a ton of hot pink recently, along with some purples, etc. I'm loving the colors! Navy blue is my typical stand-by for clothes though. It's so classic with gold accessories.

2. Favorite food that you make: I do not cook. Ever. I will make myself tostados or something easy like that but I just do not enjoy cooking. My dad did the cooking in our house so hopefully I'll be like my mom and never have to learn!

3. Favorite Food Network Chef: As evidenced from #2, I do not cook so I do not watch cooking shows either!

4. What is the last beauty product you bought, and are you liking it? I wear Chanel Inimitable mascara in black and I just love it!That was my most recent purchase... another tube of that mascara. It is definitely my favorite. I have really black eyelashes anyway so I just use it to curl them a bit and add a little extra something.

5. What are your top 3 beauty products?

My first is Lorac Breakthrough Performance Foundation. It is just fantastic and I do use powder also, but this foundation makes my skin look great! I have freckles so it covers them up some without covering them all the way.

Second, I use Smashbox trio of eyeshadows in Filter. I only use a really light tan on my eyes so I use mostly that eyeshadow of the trio, but I also use the darker one when going out.

Third, I love my black eyeliner. I use Lorac 3-in-1 waterproof eyeliner in black. Can't live without it.
7. Essie or OPI: I'm definitely an Essie girl!! I'm starting to grow quite a collection! Tart Deco is one of my favorites.

8. How often do you workout? I don't do typical workouts (I HATE the gym) but I dance. This month I haven't had time to go to classes because of spring break and a huge appellate brief paper, but I plan to start them back up next month if I have time before finals. I do ballet, zumba, hip hop, jazz and modern, and I go to typically six classes a week, give or take a few.

9. Iced or hot coffee: I don't drink coffee... I'm a Diet Coke fan!

10. Favorite Celebrity Couple: I don't follow celebrity news, so I probably wouldn't even know who is a couple now!

11. Place you have never been but would like to go: I've never been to South America so I'd really like to go there... starting with Brazil or Argentina! I'd also love to go to Egypt someday.


12. What gift did you get from your wedding registry that you get the most use out of: I'm not married yet! So I can't answer this question but I was just talking the other day about how much fun it will be to register. I love weddings.

13. Biggest pet peeve: It's hard to pick just one... and some of mine are really silly! One of my biggest, besides the usual bad drivers and things of that nature that everyone hates, is people wearing pajama pants in public. I hate it so much. Just put on some jeans at least! It's not that hard! It just looks so much like people don't respect themself at all when they can't even put on regular pants.

14. Best guilty pleasure: Definitely chick flicks. I'm so addicted to them! They are really the only kind of movies I like, but I own almost every one ever made!


15. Favorite Book: The Hunger Games! I want to read them over and over. I can't wait to go to the midnight showing this Thursday!!

16. Do you subscribe to any magazines? Yes, I subscribe to Town and Country. It is my favorite magazine... so classic. I did subscribe to Time too but I cancelled my subscription when I went to law school so I wouldn't read that instead of study. I'll prob start it back up next year.


17. Favorite Halloween Costume: I'm not sure I just loved any of mine... I was a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader one year and that was really fun. This year I was a pirate with my friend Alex. Next year my roommates and I are planning to be rock, paper and scissors... I am paper!

18. Drink of Choice: Hands down, Diet Coke!!

19. What advice would you give your 17 year old self: Two things: it will get better, and not to chase the boys! I was having a tough time then and my parents were even kind of worried about me! Luckily, I went to college and everything got a lot better! I also still didn't understand that you had to let the boys come to you. I think once you figure that out and don't try so hard, things start to fall into place!

Xoxox



Shift Pillow Giveaway Love

Miss Southern Prep is holding the cutest giveaway! Wamozart12 Sews is a super cute Etsy shop that makes things with Lilly fabric. I've been really wanting to get some more of the crafty Lilly items and the Lilly-inspired wall canvases that people sell (maybe even try to make one myself, though I am an awful painter!). The giveway is for one of the Lilly shift pillows and it is just so cute!! Go here for Miss Southern Prep's blog and to enter the giveaway!

Monday, March 19, 2012

Texas Love

Lilly Pulitzer is doing a contest to turn five states into a print! I would just die for some Texas Lilly stuff. Vote for your state on the Lilly Facebook page... preferably only if you're from Texas :) Round 1 voting ends Wednesday.

Lilly Facebook



Rainy Day Love

There are supposed to be thunderstorms all day here in Texas, though you wouldn't know it just from looking outside right now! I'm planning a day of nothing so I don't have to go out in the storm. In honor of the rainy day, here are some of my favorite rainy day outfits (they almost all involve Hunters, since they are my favorite rainboot!).


Next winter, I will get a puffer jacket! I also love the duck boots, but it just doesn't get cold enough, etc. where I live to justify a purchase of them!


I actually saved this picture for those Gucci flats that Ilove, but I like the Hunters with the plaid shirt too.


This just looks so comfortable for a day at the library! I have the black Hunters like this and I think they are the most practical, though I'd like to get pink sometime too!


For a wedding!If it rains on your outdoor wedding, at least you can make the best of it!


I like dressing up the Hunters a bit too.


Love plaid with Hunters.


Sarah Vickers in duck boots.


I obviously adore Sarah Vickers.


I have a RL dress like this... it's cute with wellies.


My staples on a day like this are my Hunters, a North Face rain jacket, and my pink Lilly umbrella. What are your rainy go-tos?