comfy as can be + $300 piperlime giveaway!

Ugh, after so much resistance on my part, fall has finally arrived in Seattle. I know because I am obviously wearing a sweater on this post, lol.  Sarcasm aside, I hate to admit that Fall has taken over Summer as my favorite season and with that said, I am just as excited as other fall lovers out there to finally take that soft, comfy sweater out of hiding and slide it over  my head while my hot tea and my fleece blanket await me. I decided that these transition-to-fall  floral jeans are my way of saying ‘I hate to see summer go’ which I honestly do (cannot really make up my mind over which season it is that I like better!!). My go-to fall uniform is a loose sweater over skinny jeans so it is only fair to usher in my Seattle fall donning this outfit! I have also participated along with several other amazing blogging  in a giveaway to win a $300 PIPERLIME gift card. To enter, check out the details below, click on the rafflecopter giveaway link and you are on you way to winning the gift card!!

 As always, thank you so much for reading and see you on my next post!

Sweater: Urban Outfitters    Jeans: Uniqlo    Shoes: a gift from a sweet friend :)     Bag: Prada    Necklaces: Jewelmint/gift from another friend    Watch: Michael Kors

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I am so excited to bring you this lovely giveaway with these amazing bloggers! This giveaway is open internationally! :) good luck!

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carrie bradshaw moment + styling Tulle for fall

Today, my blogger BFF Rhea of rheaetcetera.com and I  decided to do something  fun and share with y’all our take on the Tulle skirt. We never talked about what our outfits look like or how we styled them but I loved how it turned out when I saw our pictures side by side! The contrast between Rhea’s beautifully styled ultra-feminine, dreamy pastel-colored tulle and my darker ensemble made this little collaboration of ours perfect.  Head on over to Rhea’s blog at rheaetcetera.com to see how she styled her Tulle skirt!

 

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Admit it, we’ve all had our fair share of envisioning  ourselves wearing a tutu since the day we’ve laid eyes on Carrie’s pink tutu from Sex and the city.  Okay, maybe not a tutu but doesn’t that TV show just make you want it too? Hahaha, maybe not but I’ve gotten myself one around 2 years back but when I brought it home, hubby was laughing at it!! I know he doesn’t know squat about tulle skirts but I ended up returning it anyway. I still wanted to rock one though so when I saw this navy number at a consignment store, decided to take it home because 1) it was a great deal  2) I thought since it is a darker color, I can pull it off better with no laughing spouse in the background and  3) if I ended looking like a Disney character, I wouldn’t feel so bad about this purchase.  As it turns out, it didn’t look too bad! Infact, I think it is rather cute without looking overly sweet. This is probably how I want my Carrie Bradshaw (SATC opening credits) moment to look like. J

            Top: HM    Skirt: from a consignment shop    Shoes: Zara    Bag: Rachel Roy at Macy's     Watch: Coach

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culottes

Here is something we do not see everyday. One that I certainly do not currently have in my closet and has kind of a funny sounding name, to me at least. I know in the past years I have owned a pair of culottes or two and I remembered always gravitating towards them. So when I saw these at Zara, I thought hmmm what a cute print and I secretly have been wanting to rock a pair since summer began (at this point, I refuse to talk about the impending cold weather, so please let us save that on another blog post. Lol!)  I like the fact that they pretend to look like a skirt from a far but up close, they are actually aren’t. I have worn this at work and it certainly has been a good conversation piece, eliciting both positive and negative comments (“hey that’s cute”/ “what the heck are you wearing”). Either way, I wanted it so I am wearing it. It is comfortable, different and they remind me of my younger years. Hahaha.

Thank you so much for reading and see you on my next post!

 

  

             Top: HM  Pants: Zara  Shoes: Zara  Bag: Tory Burch   Earrings/Necklace/Watch: Jewelmint/Marc Jacobs

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take me back to hawaii

 

 

I got this dress a few weeks after a trip to Hawaii in late March for my sister in law’s wedding.  We had such a great time but it was such a short vacation that I felt like I would’ve loved to stay longer, as with any  tropical getaway… nobody ever wants to leave! Back in the real world (which is Seattle lol), I happen to see this dress as I was leaving HM and for some crazy reason, it screamed “take me back to the Islands with you!”  Such a trendy mirror print dress but with how cheap it was, I couldn’t leave it behind.  Didn’t bother trying it on, i just took my “hawaiian” dress home with me, tried it on and then love ensued. Lol, okay that might have been a little dramatic  but I did surprisingly end up loving this impulse purchase on me! Don't we ladies just get excited when that happens?!!

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 Dress: HM    Shoes: Sole Society   Bag: Rebecca Minkoff   Earrings/Bracelet/Watch: old/Jewelmint/Marc Jacobs

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lace shorts

 

 

Shorts are a rarity in my closet as I much prefer dresses over them during the summer but I decided to go for these because I couldn’t stop looking at them and kept taking them back with me to the fitting room! So I finally decided to pull the trigger with the idea that I would walk around the house in them for a few hours and see how I feel. Well, it turned out that I have almost completely forgotten about them as they have been sitting in my closet for over a month now. Time to bust these babies out, I guess.  I’m not entirely smitten with these but too late to return hahaha, the good thing about them is that they are black which are easy to style. I decided to go the black and white route as it makes them less casual than what shorts normally are and I’m quite happy with the turnout.  In case you are wondering, I threw in that random photo in the very end of me wearing flats, I initially wore flats with them but decided I wanted to dress it up a bit with a nicer looking heel.  Either way, this outfit is idiot proof--- no thinking required!

Thank you so much for reading and see you on my next post!

       Top/Shorts: HM    Shoes: Zara Heels/Report Flats   Bag: Rebecca Minkoff   Earrings/Necklace/Watch: House of Harlow/Baublebar/Marc Jacobs

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