A Little Gift Guide

It's that time of year where bloggers everywhere are doing gift guides. 
Their top picks of -insert amount of money here- and under gifts to give you some ideas and inspiration for your friends and family's Christmas presents. Well with ten days left until Christmas I decided it would be fun to do one too! Mine of course has mostly things I would like for myself on it... but I tried to add a little variety and not just have this be a personal wish list ;)


A cute print from Christie Scibior's shop


Who doesn't love this phrase?
Why not have it on a bag?


This pretty calendar made by bloggers Julia and Yuriy. 
15% of the sale goes to benefiting His Kids Too


For the mustache lover in the family
(there's always one... or five)


 For the Iphone user in the family.
Turn instagram photos into magnets!


A Baggu bag
So many styles and all so affordable! 


For the Alice in Wonderland lovers


For the nerds


This too
(I mean... who wouldn't want Lord of The Rings themed word magnets??)


A state necklace by Maya Brenner



For the owl lovers 


For pets, or pet owners


A leather wallet


A print from Nan Lawsons shop
(Check out her adorable Max one from Where the Wild Things Are)


These super cute clips are to die for


For the traveler


For your blogging friends.
Get their blog made into a book!

Sorry for the lack of mens things... I couldn't find that much that wasn't super expensive or that I even liked really... So I hope you've bought all your men lovely things already!

Back to getting some things done.
Christmas you are coming too fast!


Sephora

I recently was invited to attend an after hours event at a local Sephora store hosted by bloggers Jayme and Mendi of Her Late Night Cravings! It was a lot of fun and I even had one of the makeup artists do my make up for me. She made me look so glamorous and it only took her a few minutes! I'm not used to wearing that much makeup (I learned from my Mother that the trick to wearing makeup is to look like you're not wearing any) however if I were given a more step by step tutorial on how to do my make up better I would consider wearing more of it because it sure is fun!
Also in attendance were friends Sydney and Larissa who I enjoy seeing as always.
Check out some photos from the night below!























Thanks again Jayme and Mendi for putting the event together! You guys did a fabulous job. Thanks so much for inviting me and I look forward to attending more in the future.

As always, see more photos here.



Snip Snip

It's good to have bangs back.

Of course I'll probably change my mind in a week or two when I decide I'm tired of them getting in my face....
But for now I like them.

A Giveaway!



So today is the start of a giveaway I'm doing over at my new friend Ashley's blog Sloanbook! 
Check it out and enter!
I'm also offering a code for 10% off your purchase at the shop.


How was your weekend?
I'm trying not to get overwhelmed with all the things I have going on before Christmas. So much to do, so little time in which to do it. A lot of custom orders need to be finished (bring on the Parks and Rec, The Office, Modern Family, New Girl, Pan Am and Parenthood hulu episodes I've missed for the past few weeks!) not to mention Christmas gifts. And blog posts. And articles to write... and photos to edit... hmm...
Crossing my fingers I get it all done.

Stay tuned, I'm going to be doing my very best to (sanely) keep up with everything despite the full work week and Christmas #1 happening this upcoming weekend!

Tell me about your weekend.
<3


RVAFB Meet Up

So remember when I mentioned going to an RVAFB meet up? Well it was a wonderful success and I think all in attendance had quite a lovely time. I know I did. Thanks again to Larissa for putting the whole thing together!
Here are some photos of some of the bloggers who were there.
And don't forget to join the group if you're a local RVA fashion blogger!


Brittany of  The Turnstyles

London of Young Dumb Love


Sydney of Chic Stripes

Lindsay of RVA Fashionista 

Breckenridge of Breckenridge Clare


Brian of Dirty Richmond

Jayme and Mendi of Her Late Night Cravings also came however they had to leave early before I could snap their photo!

And then here was my outfit (photo's courtesy of Brian McDaniel):  


(And a not so great phone shot of my hair)

Outfit details

Shirt: Target
Skirt: Vintage
Belt turned necklace: Vintage
Shoes: Rue 21
Watch: Michael Kors
Bracelets: Vintage and thrifted 

Feel free to check out more photos here!
Also Breckenridge's own post here!

(I loved her photo of Sydney and I below)


The Gap

Short Pump's Gap celebrated their one year anniversary a few weeks ago. In celebration they had a mini fashion show with some live models and local Turnstyle owner Joanna Oremland to DJ the event.
Check out some of the photos from the days events!

  
 Joanna at work
The Gap has lots of cozy knits to keep you warm this Winter!
One of my favorites are their striped sweaters
 Onlooking customers
 The holiday displays and decorations were excellent


See more photos here.




Today's Happiness


Today's happiness equates to

1. Falling in love with my new camera 
(see above for the first photo ever taken with it! I know I look sad... I promise I'm not)

2. Going to Urban and exchanging a pair of shoes that I got for my Birthday that didn't fit and getting four new pairs of shoes for the price of the returned ones! Yay sales.

3. Going to Panera (yea, I go there a lot) and having a little date with myself and a chocolate chip bagel.

4. making lists

5. Doing a button exchange with this cute gal. 
(If you're interested in doing an ad swap/button exchange, email me!)

6. Figuring out what to give people for Christmas

7. Talking to some new friends from the RVAFB meet up last night! Can't wait to post some pictures from that.

8. Having all the cashiers at all the places I went to today be super nice and friendly. 
I love it when people smile and are conversational despite crazy lines, hectic shoppers and grumpy managers.

9. Eating pickles

10. Finding things to be happy about even though I'm running on 4 hours of sleep



What made you happy today?