A Little Piece of Heaven

Here's a sneak peek at some of my pictures from my vacation to the wonderful Outer Banks of North Carolina. This was my 19th summer vacation here and I'll tell you what...it gets better every single year. This year was particularly special, as it was my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary. They were completely surprised when we had a priest show up at the house so they could renew their wedding vows. It was such a touching moment to see them holding hands and repeating their original vows. There were very few dry eyes in the room. Then we celebrated with a huge cake and party at a delicious local restaurant.

Spending time with three of my closest cousins was another part of vacation that I always treasure. My cousin Emma who is from LA/Colorado is adorable. I can't believe she is 17 now. Unfortunately I don't get to see her as much as I would like but she is such a gorgeous, sweet girl. I can't wait to do a posting on her great LA fashion sense. My two younger cousins are also so fun! They love trying on all of my make-up, shoes, and clothes. They are as adorable as can be and I love them to pieces.

I totally enjoyed all the fun I had with the BF at the beach as well. Since we live so far apart for half of the year when I am away at school, I really treasure every little bit of time we get to spend together. The BF and I had fun successfully learning how to ride waves, going for bike rides, and just being together. He's so great.

The beach was a blast! After all, isn't this the main reason we go to the Outer Banks!? We couldn't have been luckier with the weather...it rained once and it was in the middle of the night. Everyday was sunny and warm, perfect waves, the ideal beach weather. The last picture I posted is such a funny picture of my three brothers enjoying the waves.

I miss the beach already. It's hard coming back to reality, especially when you've just spent 12 days in your favorite place in the entire world. I'm missing my camera cord to upload the rest of the vacation pics, but I'll try and get them up tomorrow!

Back to Reality!

I've returned from my wonderful vacation. Sorry for the lack of posts, it was difficult finding an internet connection. I am picking up with my 21 day promise of posting daily from where I left off. I'm off to work this morning look forward to a great post about my vacation tonight. I took lots of pictures :) Hope everyone had a great 4th of July! Where has this summer gone!?

Wish You Were Here

Vacation has been going wonderfully! I'll be posting pics today or tomorrow. So far...great weather, lots of food, and lots of fun. Hope everyone is having a great week!

Chandeliers!

Continuing with yesterdays post on my desire to start a chandelier collection of my own, I've collected some of the most unique chandeliers from this awesome website called Chandeliera. They sell every Chandelier and fancy lighting fixture imaginable! It's a really fun website to look at if you're into design. They even have an inspiration photo gallery.

Anyways..If you could pick one of these Chandeliers which would you choose? Where would you put it?

I love reading people's opinions so make sure to leave a comment!!

I'm off to my much awaited vacation tomorrow...stay tuned for pics!

Zebras & Glitter & Chandeliers...Oh My!

If you haven't caught onto this by now...I have a lot of loves & obsessions. Particularly when it comes to design and style. One of my all time favorite blogs, Desire to Inspire, feature the most amazing apartment. That's where these pictures came from. Every aspect of it just screams my name! Zebra print, chandeliers, hot pink, glitter, mirrors etc. etc. Let's just say I'm in love with it all. I'm especially impressed that the owner of this Brooklyn loft has 12 chandeliers hanging up around this place. This has totally reiterated my plans of starting a chandelier collection. My other favorite parts are the 2 black Kartell Ghost Chairs, the chalkboard wall, the hot pink kitchen with the Lucite stools, and the curved white leather couch. Gorgeous!!!

What's your favorite part of this awesome loft?

Prepare to Drool

Okay, Okay I know this is totally cheesy but I truly enjoy grocery shopping. Tonight when I walked out the door to head to one of my all time favorite grocery stores the sky was just gorgeous so I knew I was in for some good shopping. Sprouts Farmers Market is amazing! They sell tons of organic foods, specialty meats, fresh fruits and veggies, and my favorite...the aisles of "scoop your own" trail mix! Their trail mixes are to die for! My favorite is the Carmel Delight full of chocolate chips, dried cranberries, almonds, and delicious little chewy caramel balls. The S'mores mix is also fabulous! And how could I possibly forget the tasty cherry yogurt covered pretzels.

The Queen of List Making

I love making lists. To-Do lists, packing lists, shopping lists, wish lists, grocery lists, you name it...I'm obsessed. My purse if full of lists that I've made over the past couple of weeks. I usually end up starting a list at a completely random moment and place. Therefore I've decided a little notebook would be nice to keep in my purse to organize my crazy list making. I've rounded up some of my favorites. Which one would you go for?

1.Green on White Damask
2.Pink Moleskine
3.Thoreau Quote Journal
4.Blue Floral Damask