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Kamis, 21 Juli 2011

stay-cation with my love

As you all may know, I took a little vacation from my blog for 3 days while my sweetie was in town for a home visit. It was a bitter-sweet stay-cation because of course it was amazing to see him... however only three days, it went by so so fast.


We had a dinner date at the Cheesecake Factory, it was very yummy but the food was very rich - I got a stomach ache afterwards, I guess I am more a casual dining kind of girl - give me Chipotle and I am the happiest.


My sweetie is such a good sport - he got a pedicure with me, he even suggested that we go to get them together because he knows that I love pedicures.


Here we are just before leaving Lowe's... while my love was in town we picked out paint colors for our living room, I am going to paint as a little weekend project while he is at work so that when he comes home our place is complete... once I get the paint up and my baby is back, our house will feel like home.

I had to show off my "Love" hat... J really liked it a lot, it was c/o Swagger, who is a lovely sponsor of my blog... go check out all the new items recently posted in the FB Swagger store! Like Swagger on Facebook and let them know that you came from my blog.

Selasa, 28 Juni 2011

closet chronicles - a peek inside my dressing room

I have always loved to organize and decorate... one room in my place that I enjoy organizing the most would be my closet. Some days I like to go through my clothes and re-group them based on color, style, intended use... its a little like shopping, but only its free and the store never closes. I have labeled the pictures below to better describe each section of my closet. take a peek at my current closet set up:


Shoe Organization (a): I bought this shoe rack from Target for cheap, threw it together in about 5 minutes and now have lots of room for my current rotation of summer shoes.  Yes, Febreeze... for refreshing shoes that get worn frequently. Next to the shoe rack is a bin, also purchased from Target to hold various sneakers, flip-flips, and yes... leopard print house slippers.

Full Frontal (b): This is a view from the doorway, as you can sort of see its a "U" shape and I am lucky enough to have a large shelf so I bought some smaller bins, yes - Target, and use them for various items... work out clothes, bathing suits, pool/beach cover-ups, one even holds my hat collection.

Cardigans/Accessories (c): Above the shoes portion of my closet is a high shelf and hanging room, this is where I hang cardigans, blazers, shorts, and my belts and scarves on specialty hangers - both were purchased at Bed Bath and Beyond for under $10.00 each.  You can also see the built in shelves where I keep a memento box of keepsakes shared between J & I, all of my purses and wallets, followed by jeans.

More Shoes (d): Above my collection of belts and scarves I have plastic shoe boxes where I keep special occasion or lesser worn shoes. Next to these boxes live a pair of cowboy boots and my "winter" boot collection - for a Florida girl, I somehow have 4 pair of cold-weather boots.

Finishing Touches (e): My jewelry selection has been in hiding for some time while I searched for a method to organize all my items... I found a bathroom organizer and some drawer inserts that fit together perfectly at none-other than Target and created a little corner of accessory heaven using unexpected items. Each drawer insert has 3 compartments and is clear plastic - perfect for separate chunky necklaces... I also have a mini 3-tier fruit basket from TJ Maxx that use for my bracelets.  Other items such as earrings and rings, real gold or silver live in a small jewelry box on my bathroom counter.

So that's it... my closet in a nutshell... let me know what you think.  What are some unexpected items you have found that work for organizing your closet? How do you separate your items, by color? Style? Intended use?

Jumat, 25 Februari 2011

it's moving time!


Its been a while... I have been a bad blogger with so much going on for this busy work week and my pending move.  Above is a little photo collection of the new apartment complex.  By this time tomorrow, movers will be setting us up in our new place.  I am very excited, I can not wait.

Sadly, I am feeling under the weather today, I hope that I am not getting sick, there is so much to do this weekend that I cannot ALLOW myself to feel run-down.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend, expect way too many pictures to come from me by the start of next week, I feel like a little kid waiting for Santa. I am so very happy to start my little life with my sweetheart.