Jersey Girls

Long time, no see! I just went to New Jersey. It was a fabulous time filled with cute nautical outfits, crab cakes, beaches, boats, lighthouses, casinos, and far fewer tan juice-head guidos than MTV lead me to expect.

We started the trip off right with a quick sun soak in the backyard.

Night Circus

We wore cute rings.

Chevron Ring

Anchor Ring

 I made us some fabulous t-shirts by dip dying them and using the freezer paper method to apply the design.

Along with matching t-shirts, we all had matching friendship bracelets!

Madewell Friendship Bracelets

We took a boat ride and saw pretty things.

We had goodies waiting for us when we arrived!

We made raspberry summer brew.

 

We walked into the sunset together.

There were many patterns and nautical accents.

Colorblock Cardigan, Triangle Necklace

Nautical Bracelet, Costa Blanca Tank

Tribal Bracelet

We went to Long Beach Island and climbed a light house.

 

 

We wore cute kicks.

Keds

And no kicks.

 

 There were also a lot of J. Crew Patterns (lobsters, anchors, ect).

There were also long walks on the beach.

And skips on the beach.

And polka dots!

Cheap Necklaces

So, I know knock-offs are terrible for the fashion community, but I can't resist what Ebay has to offer. A $16 fringe necklace?! Yes, please! Not to mention bubble necklaces, bib necklaces, Anthropologie & J.Crew lookalikes, ect!

A Very Classy Easter

My Easter was interesting. As with most holidays over the past year, I joined Sister's Bakery for some sugar cookie decorating. I just celebrated my One Year Anniversary with Sister's, thank you very much.

Then we went to church of course... 7 am church! Cute outfit, huh?

(Don't know how well you can see those pockets, but they each hold a wine bottle perfectly!)

Then my husband decided to drag me on a 100+ mile joy ride with a bunch of hooligans while I was wearing my Easter best. Nothing more traditional than a Volvo Tokyo drifting around Missouri with a polka dot clad screaming wife!

Then we celebrated Easter/Mom's Birthday with a cheese tournament (complete with bracket...sort of), wine, and a macaron cake (more on my macaron obsession later).

Top Models: Part 2

That's right. More pictures from our "modeling" experience. It's been so cool seeing pics from so many different photographers. These photographers are located in Kansas City, St. Louis and San Antonio. Take a look! I'd definitely recommend all of them!

Photo by Stephanie Watts http://stephanienunley.com

Photo by Stephanie Watts http://stephanienunley.com/

Photo by Natasha McGuire http://www.natashamcguire.com/

Photo by Natasha McGuire http://www.natashamcguire.com/

Photo by Stephanie Watts http://stephanienunley.com/

Photo by John Mcbrayer http://www.jmphotosa.com/

Top Models: Part 1

My husband and I were asked to model for photography workshop over the weekend. We pretty much love getting our picture taken, and I think we're relatively photogenic! What do you think? These shots are by Aimee Geis Photography. Check out her website!

 Handsome, right?!

My Valentine's Day (According to Instagram)

... Because everything looks better with filters.

Hey everybody! Come see how cute I look in my layered necklaces! Top one is from Francesca's, bottom one is from Ebay.

Valentine's Day brought about another successful cookie batch!

... and cake pops... and weird tasting red velvet sparkling drink!

Husband took me for lunch at Succotash. Unfortunately, he did not buy me this cake.Sad face.

Mmmm. Salmon salad.

I have a new office now! I wore pink pants. I got flowers and Hallmark cards, of course!

Minnesnowta

My lovely friends and I ventured to the great white north (Minneapolis) this weekend. What were we thinking going to Minnesota in February?! We were thinking - I really want to drink a lot of wine and get trapped in a blizzard!

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Does anyone utilized Pedialyte as much as I do to cure those days after you drink a box of wine? Well you should. Sometimes I crave Pedialyte, not because I feel sick, but because I'm pretty sure I could feel better!

We bought these lovely BFF necklaces from Francesca's. 

We took pictures of random things: owl necklace, tassel necklace, turquoise flower ring, Essie nails in Turquoise and Caicos, Holly Lolly nails, and of course a Franzia box.

When we weren't drinking Pedialyte, we had delicious espresso!

We stole some guys glasses/he left them at our home. Looking geek chic, huh?!

Then we drove home in a blizzard... followed by rain, followed by fog, followed by wind. Oh Midwestern travel!