Fashion Friday {Dallas}

 I’m off having a fantastic time in Texas. A little work, a little mommy vacation time. I actually don’t mind alone time so much. When you only have to worry about yourself. It’s nice to take a little breather from everyone else and just decompress. Don’t you think?
Take a bath, eat in bed, sleep in. This is definitely a belated Mother’s day present to me. The hubby was in school during mothers day and it was too much to do anything. Too bad I can’t throw in a massage this week. But stuffing my face with some In n Out will have to do.
Please follow along on my music instagram to see all about my trip.
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Hope you are having a relaxing, stress free friday and rest of your weekend!

Fashion Friday {Festival Fashion 2}

Hello! I'm back again with another Coachella inspired outfit. I'm happy to report that leopard is back in again for spring/summer 2019. Which I'm so excited about because I love leopard and animal print.

So it's a win-win for me. What's been your favorite trend for the season if you have any? 

I've been slaving away at my to-do list. I came to the conclusion that I don't know how people do it. When they have their hand in all these things. People like J.Lo for instance. How does she do it ? I'm brainstorming a lot of ideas and managing being a mom, and wife. I'll let you know when I got a handle on it. Not sure if I like being super busy yet. I will let you know on that too. I have been having a hard time focusing. I blame my impatience. I want everything done at once so I try to do it all at the same time. Maybe I should blame it on society telling me I can have it all. That I can handle it all. That's too much deep thinking for a beginning of a weekend. 

I thought we would have a little fun this friday. 

We are coming to the end of our fall tv lineup and I might be just now catching up on some shows but I wanted to share what I'm liking right now and what I'm ok with them cancelling. 

1: The Fix

A 10 episode mini series on Fox that Marcia Clark co-wrote (OJ Simpson Trial) 

While it's slightly intriguing it has a lot of OJ Simpson vibes and some not so good actors. If this was a regular show and not a mini series I would see it getting cancelled. But I will finish it through to see who killed who. 

2: Proven Innocent:

About a woman who was wrongly convicted for killing her best friend (supposedly). Now out of prison after 10 years she is now a lawyer on her crusade to help those falsely imprisoned. While she goes up against the same DA who put her away as well as still trying to solve her friends murder. There's a lot of familiar faces so it's worth checking out for now.

3: 9-1-1 

It's already on season 2 but the first season definitely gives you a lot of Final Destination vibes. A lot of crazy near death situations. You definitely fall for the characters as well. Definitely a good one. 

4: A million little things

I wasn't sure about this one but there were some familiar actors in it and I just binged the first season. It definitely gives you the feels. It's ABC's version of This is us. We shall see how long it lasts. It's definitely a complicated emotional show. 

5: The passage

At first I thought it was a new zombie show with ZACK MORRIS a.k.a Mark Paul Gosselaar which I was excited about. It turned out to not be zombies but vampires. It has a familiar vibe but I can't put my finger on it right now. He's great in the show just don't know if I want to do another vampire or zombie show to be honest. 

6: Manifest

A lot of familiar faces again and I just like to see them working. You like them in a previous show and it gets cancelled or ends and you root for them. They pop up again and it just brings me joy to see them still working and hustling! Intriguing plot about a plane that goes missing for 5 years but to the passengers its only been a day. Each new episode is a new mystery that feeds into the bigger mystery of how can a plane full of people just disappear. It's got Fringe and some X-file vibes. Worth it but not sure how long they can keep it going. 

7: Good Girls

Interesting concept but not original. Three normal ladies stumble into a life of crime and now every episode is how they get themselves out of it while keeping it a secret from their families. It's on season 2 now so we'll see how it goes. 

I'm sure you are wondering how I am watching all these shows.

First I am a Tv Junkie that will never change about me. 

Second It's on my list of things to do :)

Happy Friday!

Fashion Friday {Summer is Here}

I know some of you have a couple more weeks. But we are officially on summer vacation. Our first attempt at the pool though lasted only 45 minutes because of rain and thunder. Summer in the south right? I'm putting together a list of summer ideas to entertain us especially on those rainy days. Hopefully I will get that blogged soon. 

In the meantime what are your favorite things to do in the summer?

Lace kimono: Agaci, Top: Target, Necklace: Forever21, Shorts: Forema Boutique

Fashion Friday {Let's get real}

Ok, I have to confess something to you. I'm not really a shopaholic. I can actually go months without looking online at a store. I can avoid certain aisles in stores. I can actually go into Target and come out with nothing. I'm not always looking for the great deal. Usually how it happens is I get bored of what I have in my closet. Not because I love spending money. Because putting outfits together is art for me. I know I've probably said it before but it's true. Fashion is a creative outlet to me. I love pairing patterns, textures, styles. So when I feel I need a refresher I will venture out. Like getting new brushes or paint for an artist. Or new pencils and paper for a writer. So I'm not going to be posting about sales going on. I might share the awesome deals I got. Because who doesn't love a good deal. Basically! I'm not your typical fashion blogger. I like to use what I got. I like to be frugal. I have a shopping rule now. I can only buy it if I can make 3 or more outfits out of that one item. It's served me well. You have probably seen these jeans a million times over in my posts. You've definitely seen these shoes. Because I am NOT a shoe addict! This bodysuit was clearance at Forever 21 and these lace kimono was maybe $10 at Ross! If that's your type of shopping then follow along with me. Let's be creative and frugal together! 

Happy Friday!

Fashion Friday {I AM A SURVIVOR}

Today is my Canceriversary as I like to call it. I am 8 years cancer free! It's still strange to think that that is my life. Well it's not entirely hard to forget when I have to take that little pill every morning before I can start my day. In the more recent years I have developed a calcium deficiency because of it. I'm not sure if it was a combination of my last pregnancy or not. It actually started a year before I even had Caleb. So, maybe it was amplified by the pregnancy. I ended up spending my Christmas Eve getting a MRI because the right side of my face had gone completely numb. They thought I was having a stroke. We didn't tell anyone we didn't want to worry anyone if it was nothing. So we suffered in silence during that holiday season til we got the results back. No brain tumor thankfully just a calcium deficiency. It's amazing how we really need all these things in our body and how we can take them for granted. I thought I would be able to go back to normal but they just added more pills over the years. So looks like I'm stuck with it forever. But I can't complain because a lot of people have it way worse. They have get so sick and deal with chemo and hair loss. Where I have to deal with pills and regular checkups and scans. 

Nevertheless here I am. I am a survivor. A Cancer survivor. 

Top: Stylesforless, Kimono: Target, Jeans: Pacsun

Fashion Friday

 I love this kimono! I love the color of this Kimono. I don't know if you've noticed but Target has been stepping it up in the fashion department lately. I love a lot of the stuff that they've been putting out. When I saw this I had to snatch it up quickly before it was gone. They also have it in white and right now they are buy one get one half off right now. Pretty good deal if you want to grab both colors which is what I did. 

We made it through the first week of school and all went well. It's looking to be a good year. We might just do a back to school fashion series of all Riley's cute back to school outfits. 

Happy Friday everyone!

Kimono: Target, Bodysuit: TJMaxx, Shorts: H&M, Boots: Belk

Fashion Friday

It's been such a whirlwind the last couple weeks. I'm finally home after a crazy week in Dallas and then a crazy week in Orlando. Then I finished it off with some laziness this last week until the hubby went back to work. Then I have to play catch up before I get more summer. I plan on blogging about all that next week because it's a lot of stuff to sift through for it. Lot of exciting things. 

In the mean time it's Friday and you know what that means. It's been so hot here that I can hardly stand being outside for too long. My makeup will just melt off my face, my hair gets poofy and frizzy. I'm seriously contemplating doing my pictures inside until the summer is over. I'm just thankful for air conditioning! How are you surviving the summer?