I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

All was bright and cheery on my end. I was clearly on the nice list this year (obvi.) and got nearly everything I wanted and needed - I feel very lucky to have such amazing friends and family. Tis the season indeed. Although, it would have been nice if it was a little cooler in Florida. Oh well.

But most importantly, it was so much fun to give as I love watching my friends and family get excited over the gifts I bought them. My mom was pretty excited about her custom cutting board...which turned out to be the size of her hand. (shame on me for NOT double checking dimensions)

I got a few pics snapped of my Christmas day attire. I kept it simple with a red shirt and jeans since we were running around visiting everyone. And I am in LOVE with my monogrammed clutch gifted to me by my bestie!

I love the holidays. For many reasons of course but one of my favorite reasons is because I really love getting dressed up. There's just something about throwing on a cute dress and pumps that excited me!

So my company holiday party was recently and I snapped a few pics before.

I didn't want to go out and buy anything new (it IS the holidays, y'all) so I repurposed a dress I bought last year and added some bright shoes and clutch with a touch of gold!

The shoes are one of my FAVORITE pumps by Guess. They are called "Carrie" and I literally own them in 7 different colors. The best part? They are SO comfortable.

Yep. I'm back at it. Traveling from here to there.

I was so blessed to be able to head to Georgia (on the day of Thanksgiving might I add) to see my family! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to spend the entire week up there with them but I was sure happy to spend some time with everyone. Lots of laughs around the fire, target shooting and sad, sad ice skating. But nevertheless, I was one happy girl.

My grandparents just bought a house in the mountains in Georgia and my oh my y'all, it's breathtaking.

I'm sorry that my inner child got loose and I couldn't help but take photos with the leaves. Coming from Florida, where there are none, the opportunities were endless in Georgia.

When it comes to shopping, we all want to get the best bang for our buck. I love to shop for smaller items that can be given in a stocking or put in a cute basket. The more the merrier, right?

Take a look of some of these adorable gifts!

I am loving those houndstooth gloves! And this initial notebook is literally everything. Ok, so basically I want all of this for myself too. Mmk thanks.

Can you imagine the look on my face this morning when I randomly came across the Kate Spade surprise sale? Yeah. Shocked.

I know it is the holidays and we should be shopping for everyone else out there...and I will get to that in the next few days but I couldn't help but want to share some of the adorable deals from the sale. I'll take it all please.

I mean, TYPE as fast as you can and SCOOP up everything because these deals are amazing.

Shop the entire sale here.

The holiday season is right around the corner.

Wait, I think it's already here.

Anyways, when it comes to shopping for that special man in your life, you are left with so many options. Ha, just kidding.

But what is a safe option? A watch. But not just any watch. A really nice watch.

Like this one below.  And if you are sentimental like me, possibly have the back of the watch engraved with something? I always wanted to do that.

Recently, I came across invaluable.com. It's a really neat site that acts as a bidding system for designer watches, but not just watches, jewelry too. After browsing the men's watch section here, I fell in love with this Rolex. I mean come on. I love how the colors are so deep and eye catching.

I put together an outfit that I think would truly compliment such a watch. I don't know about you but I usually put together my outfits around a statement piece, and let's be honest, men really should too. This is certainly a statement watch. You don't want to outshine the watch with the outfit. Casually sexy I think. Thoughts?


So like does..anyone want to find me a hottie to throw all of this on? Mmk, thanks.

Find all of the clothing details here.

Isn't that the saying or something like it? Well, indeed it was such a good idea. And to prove it, here are some pics that I got from the weekend.

I was there less than 48 hours but the amount of things that I accomplished made the entire trip worth it. Not only because of the people that experienced it with me, but that they helped make my trip even more memorable and put up with my "blogger" pics.

Let's see..

I explored Central Park. Those colors though! Ain't nothing like that in Florida y'all. Can I go back?


I went to the New York Public Library. You know..the place where Big and Carrie should have gotten married. smh.


I traveled the streets like a pro.

I took the train.

I hailed a cab.

I soaked up every minute of being in that City.

I love New York. I love the fact that I was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people that were all going in different ways. And to me, that is complete and utter chaos and it just gets me.

Favorite quote of the weekend: "Who needs bigger bathrooms when you have bigger dreams?"

Amirite? (Just get ME a really big closet)

Oh why hello! It has been one heck of a week celebrating Fall, Halloween and the newest month, November!

I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked from my costume, but I think you will get what I was trying to accomplish from the ones below.

It all started with this little inspiration. I've always wanted to dress up as a flapper and one time in college, I quickly put together a black dress and a feather headband for a house party but I never actually went all out with hair and everything. So this year, I thought I'd go a  la Great Gatsby and dress up as Daisy! The end result - I loved it.


So after some much needed "Pinteresting" and "Googling," I settled on finding a lace dress and lots of fun gold and silver accessories. Good thing was, most of this was already in my wardrobe.

I found the dress below at Forever21 for a mere $24.80 and scooped up the headband for $3.80. Oh, how I love Forever21. I then stopped at the craft store and picked up a few feathers that I later hot glued to the headband.

I watched a YouTube video on a simple updo style - this one and I am actually pleased at how it came out! It was definitely easy to do. I'm sure if I had given myself a little more time, I would have been able to perfect it better but regardless, it came out great! What do you think?

I am SO in love with this dress. I got it on super sale at the Ann Taylor loft outlet a few weeks ago and I seriously cannot stop wearing it. Eyelet fabric is so much fun to pair with different styles. I decided to add all things patent and I am loving how this look came out.

I met a friend last night for happy hour and appetizers so I thought it was the perfect time to catch a few night photos. The restaurant we went to was right on the river and the sunset was absolutely stunning.

I love that I can still wear sleeveless this time of year but here's to hoping the weather starts to cool off soon in South Florida!

Long time, no talk! It has definitely been a busy few weeks over here.

Let's see, where to begin.

So I got braces...again.

Yea, shocked me too. They are only on my bottom teeth thankfully. But being a perfectionist is kind of in my blood so here's to the next few months with braces feeling like a sixteen year old girl all over again. Follow along with me as I learn how to smile again with this brace face.
I also started a new job! My new title is Director of Public Relations. I'm over the moon excited y'all. I'll update you with more soon but in honor of said job, I've noticed that I'm loving wearing dresses and blazers to work. The new company has a strict dress code than my previous job so it's been exciting to have to piece together previous outfits for a more chic and formal look.

I was gifted this dress by one of my girlfriends recently from Forever 21. I usually try to stay away from black and white but I decided to add a little purple for Fall and top it off with a white blazer. I'm loving the overall look.

What do you think?

Oh hi there! I'm back and with a new outfit post showing off one of my recent steals of a purchase from none other than my favorite store, Target.

I fell in love with this one from J. Crew, but as a single fabulous woman living on a budget, I couldn't allow myself to drop $128 on a denim jacket.

Voila! Enter Target. For $29.99, I made this beauty mine.

My last name. Blonde. Beaches. Boston. Boys. Baseball. Beer. Besties. You name it.

Where have I been the last few weeks, you ask?

Oh, anywhere and everywhere I tell you. Allow me to catch you up with some pics. Because pics are so much more fun than words.

So I went blonder. Shocker, I'm sure. I knew it was coming. I just feel more myself as I layer in the highlights. I'm loving it.

I also took some time off. Ok, a lot of time off. I may have played hooky and also taken a vacation.

I spent some time with my little sister. Hard to believe she's only 12. She's my little mini me I tell you. My mom is in for some trouble.

The beaches in South Florida are my favorite. Especially the quiet ones. Deserted almost. Peaceful.


Then I went to Beantown. My first time actually. It was a BLAST. The city, the atmosphere, the accents and especially the people. Oh the people. So brutally honest, loud and hysterical. I think I may have just described myself as well. The whole visit just really sat well with me.


I went to Fenway, the Boston Library, Quincy Market, you name it. I walked over 10 miles of that beautiful city and I dream of the next time I will visit.

Oh hey! Long time no see, huh? I've been running from one end of the state to the other these past few weeks. However, I did get to do my last installment of my Life's a Beach photoshoot. This time it involved more of the dock and views rather than the actual beach. Nonetheless, it was fun.

I usually always wear my hair down and I thought showing off my amazing amusing attempt at a fishtail would be different. Like?

Yep. I saw Beyonce and Jay Z in concert. It happened. The performance. The outfit changes. The chemistry. I was there to watch it all and good lord y'all, they are one power couple.

I was able to snap a few pics of what I wore before the show because they didn't allow cameras in the stadium and my iPhone pics didn't turn out good. Figures. Oh well, at least I have the memories.

If you get the chance to see them perform, DO IT. You won't regret it. It amazes me how two people can have such chemistry together both professionally and personally. My personal favorite song they performed was '03 Bonnie and Clyde. Come on.

Happy hump day to all! Today I bring you a trend spin linkup with Walking in Memphis in High Heels and this week's theme is florals!

I had a lot of fun with this outfit. Little do you know that the red top is actually a dress. Stay tuned for more outfit posts using this staple piece. It really is the perfect little red dress.

I think it is important to reuse staple pieces in your wardrobe and it allows you to wear things differently. I spiced up the dress a bit by adding an adorable floral skirt and lots of jewelry. What do you think? And how pretty are those flowers?

It's National Flip Flop Day and I'm back with another outfit post and linkup with Walking in Memphis in High Heels! And it's also the fourth installment of my photo series, Life's A Beach.

It's a very simple outfit post today, complete with a white tank, dark jeans and these adorable starfish flip flops. Sometimes I feel the most comfortable in a simple outfit like this, don't y'all?

This weekend officially kicks off Summer and I'll be spending it down in the Keys with my girlfriends. To say I am excited is an understatement. Hopefully the weather cooperates. Wish us luck!