Happy Easter + Weekend Roundup.

I hope everyone is having a fabulous Easter weekend! I just had lunch with my mom after spending my entire day Saturday inside waiting on my new bed to arrive. Even after wasting a beautiful day inside, my bed has been totally worth it! Since my Saturday was uneventful, I'll just share some pictures from Friday's trip to Lupe Tortilla and my first week on Instagram!

  

Instagram Dump!

 

First Attempt!

Dress: Charlotte Ronson Sunglasses: Tory Burch Jewelry: Marc Jacobs, Mango Shoes: Michael Kors

This is my first real "Outfit of the day" post! I'm not a natural poser and my friends know how I hate most pictures, but for my first attempt at this I'm pretty pleased! This is also the first time I wore my Ronson dress and I absolutely LOVED it!! The high low cut was a perfect flow-y. This dress is already one of my favorites for the season. I could have done without the Marc Jacobs bangle, but I can't help but still love it!

One Day Without Shoes

I love my Toms. I own two pairs and could own so many more. They are the most comfortable pair of shoes I own and can wear them with just about anything. As many of y'all know Toms is a "One for one company." For every pair you buy, they donate a pair to a child in need. That's reason enough to buy them!

 

 This April 10th is Toms One Day Without Shoes! Go a day without your shoes so kids don't have to. For more information visit www.onedaywithoutshoes.com

Things & Places I Love.

I have no basis for a post today, so here's a picture place of things & places I love! Hopefully I can give something of value to write about tomorrow!

Bikes! I don't own one myself, but I love adorable bikes like this one!

North End in Boston! Such a charming little neighborhood!

New York City! The center of the world...need I say more?

Cannoli!!! I suddenly got hungry just thinking about it...

 Hats! (As previously posted about)

Meneki  Neko cats!

Doughnut Plant! The BEST doughnuts you will ever have in your life.

Love is a Four Letter Word

I tried out my Urban Decay Naked 2 palette this morning for the first time and absolutely love it! The picture I took with my webcam doesn't do it justice since you can't actually see it, but I received my first compliment at the mall this morning on the color! The entire palette is filled with natural colors, so I can finally wear my eyeshadows on "lazy" days without feeling like I dolled up in the middle of the day.

Last week I finally purchase Bliss' facial cleasner + toner, No Zit Sherlock. I've read raves and rants over the product...mostly raves!...and decided I wanted to give it a try myself. I finally received the kit in the mail yesterday and began to use it last night. Bliss, in my opinion has the BEST face/body products on the market. The prices on some of their products can be a little steep, but totally worth it.

 This will be my first time with the No Zit Sherlock kit. It comes with the cleanser + toner, moisturizer, and correcting serum. An easy 1-2-3 system of such a cleverly named product! I have troublesome skin with the tendency to break out and I'm a hot mess without makeup on! I read this product is good for sporadic breakouts without leaving redness behind. I've only used it once last night and once this morning so far, but no complaints of dryness yet-like some other reviews have pointed out! So let's hope for the best and that it works well for me!

I walked into Off the 5th today and spent about 20 minutes at their Jonathan Adler kiosk debating whether or not I needed porcelain coaster. I love Jonathan Adler products!!! I received this Muse Blanc candle from my friend Katrina last year on my birthday. She's probably the only other person who loves Jonathan Adler as much as I do and gets the obsession over his home decor. I've only used this candle about twice because I love it so much and don't want to burn it out yet, although it smells of fresh cut flowers and would be perfect to light during the Spring months! I have this candle on my coffee table in my living room alongside Jonathan Adler's Happy Chic Accessorizing book and a Laduree' box and it's probably the cutest thing I've done since moving into my place!

My absolute FAVORITE musical artist, Jason Mraz has announced a world tour today! I'm so ecstatic that Houston is one of his stops on August 12th. I've been following him for over 10 years, when he was doing coffee shop shows and have traveled to various cities to see him perform over the years. His new album, Love is a Four Letter Word, comes out April 17th and I have been anticipating it for years! I took this picture the second to last time I was able to see Jason Mraz perform live in Austin, 2009! I'm so excited for the new album and the new tour!!

 Instagram finally came to Android! Now I can have pretty phone pictures like everyone else!

Reiss Kenway Sun Hat.

I love hats! A lot of times I just try on various hats in stores without the intentions of buying them, but I love seeing hats on my head. I always say my head is too big for a lot of hats, so I'm very picky to owning hats.

As Summer approaches, I wanted to find a beautiful sun hat to wear to the various beach/river trips my friends and I have begun to plan out. Last weekend we spent a day at the beach and I hated being the only one without a hat! Not even for the looks, but that darn Texas sun is nothing to joke about!!

Next weekend, we are spending the weekend in a cabin on the Guadeloupe River and figured now would be the best of time to finally purchase a sun hat!

A few months ago I received a gift card from Reiss. The only problem with it, is that it's only good in store and the only U.S stores happen to be in New York, California, and Florida! And of course it's the one store I see the hat I loved and must have. This beautiful wide brim hat, named Kenway, comes in various colors, but I fell in love with the cappuccino one. It's has a brown, skinny leather trim with gold rings to enclose it. The best part of the Kenway hat at Reiss.. it comes in different sizes, so girls with big heads like me can wear wear it too!

Luckily for me, my sister lives in New York City and has agreed to pick up the hat for me and ship it back to me just in time to have before a weekend on the river with my friends!

I'm so excited to have found a perfect hat, I had to post about it being receiving it!

You can buy the Kenway hat along with other great accessories and clothes at Reiss Online!

Weekend Buys!

I went to the mall this weekend in search of a new mattress for my bed and ended up walking out with a little something extra for the Spring/Summer!

I know most have or tried the Urban Decay Naked eyeshadow palette. It's been a must have of mine for months and I always use my friend's palette when we are getting ready together. I decided it was finally time to own it myself. I decided to go with the Naked 2 palette because there a few more colors I would use than the original one. Sephora Beauty Insider is having a 15% off coupon right now until April 6th, so it was a great time to buy!

I found this Mango necklace in a bin of lots of jewelry. I thought it was unique and would go great with the dresses I just purchased. To my surprise the price tag on the necklace read $8.00 and I considered it a steal for how great the necklace was. Once I went to the registered the necklace kept ringing up as $48. There was a misprint on the tag and I managed to pick up the only one with it. The sales lady honored the price and I got it literally for a steal!

I walked into Sears for the first time in years to check out mattresses to buy a new one for my bed. On my way to the second level I browsed the clothes in the Kardashian Kollection out of curiousity. To my surprise the clothes are actually really cute, but I felt the prices were a little steep for Sears. I walked up and bought my mattress and with it they gave me a $15 gift card. Since I never shop at Sears I decided to just use it then and walked out with these Red, White, and Blue Maxi dress from the Kardashian Kollection. I actually really love it and can't want to wear it!

I love white lace and have been wanting a pair of white or black lace shorts to wear this Spring, but ended up finding this dress instead by I Heart Ronson. Paired with a belt and wedges I think it will be extremely cute to wear!

Another I Heart Ronson dress, it's the type that's short in the back and long in the back. It's nice and flowy and a lace grey strap. It will be fun to wear over Saturday margaritas with the girls!

I dog sat this weekend too for Katrina's absolutely adorable puppy, Lolita!!! Isn't she just the cutest little dog ever??