Red White and Blue

I cannot sit still at work. I leave tomorrow for Newport for the weekend with 15 friends, and cannot stop thinking about it. I still think the week before a vacation should just be time off as well. I might as well have not been in the office this week...

REAL work aside, I did accomplish a lot this week. Most importantly, I compiled my packing list! (I know this sounds totally lame, but I LOVE writing out a packing list. Or any list for that matter. I think I have 4 different ones for this weekend alone). Anyways, this trip is a bit different. Not only did I OBVI want new clothes, but I told my friends that I would wear nothing but red, white and blue all weekend long. This is what I have come up with...

I fell in love with this Rebecca Taylor Printed One Shoulder Dress when I saw my sister, S, wear it to one of our cousins graduations. Naturally I ran over to Saks after work, and had them do a search of S's purchase. Success! Dress was in the mail! Sorry I didn't tell you I bought it, S, but I knew you would be mad! And if you don't read this post, you will be even more mad when you see me wearing it in my facebook pics! Oops! (Sorry, I'm not sorry!). Anyways, got the RED portion of the holiday covered.

Now, on to the white portion. S had this Velvet Dimona Long Dress in navy last year, and I was obsessed with it (sounds like I should just go shopping with S from now on). I purchased it in white. Probs going to rock it with a navy cardigan and some big necklaces, duh.

Lastly, the Blue portion of this national holiday. I LOOOOVE this Rugby Maxi dress (which unfortunately I cannot find online anymore). Def wearing this on the 4th with this equally as awesome necklace that I just made last night. Two words: Red, Coral. Pictures to come.

Nothing says "God Bless America," like a Red, White and Blue wardrobe! Haven't begun to think about the small things that need to miraculously make it into my suitcase by tonight, but I have a feeling those things are on a list on my desk somewhere.

peaceloveandpatriotism.

C

C, do you need to slim your neck?

Then check out the Neckline Slimmer, just one of The 9 Craziest Beauty Gadgets!

Or The Face Trainer.

Hahaha. Ew. Some of these are just plain weird and I do not understand why anyone would fall for these traps.

Then again, I did have the Food Saver on my Christmas list for a good 4 years in a row. . . never got it. Never got over it, either. . .

peaceloveandlusciouslips.

R

Stumbled Upon....

This Tory Burch laptop case just screams HLR.

And the fact that it's on sale? Pull the trigger, HLR. Pull.the.trigger.

peaceloveandgchat.


R

Bad Hair Days.

They come a lot more frequently than I had anticipated when chopping 11 inches off my hair 2 years ago. No more throwing my hair back and running out the door. Unless, of course, it is 90 degrees out when you wake up, and have no interest in blowing heat at your head for 20 minutes (yes, it STILL takes 20 minutes to blow dry my little bob).

So this morning, I decided to let it dry while walking to work, and thought I would just throw it up when I got there. Wrong. Forgot a pony tail holder at home....

Instead of my hair looking like this picture of Kate Bosworth's beautifully styled bob,

I look like this 5 year old, who's mom forgot to brush her hair before dropping her at preschool for the day (minus the crazy eyes)...

You may think I'm kidding, but I am not. I actually think I may look worse than this child. Needless to say, I scrounged around the office for a rubber band, and have resorted to using that to pull my hair back. It's a look, right?

peaceloveandgchat.

C

Insane!

We had a crazy storm last Wednesday - take a look at this video to see lightening strike our three tallest buildings in the city (Sears (Willis), Trump, Hancock).

peaceloveandgchat.

R

HOVA

He is a lyrical genius. And I want to be Beyonce, just so I can spend time with him. Oh, and the fact that he loves New York as much as he does, makes me love him more. This video merely backs up obsession. Yah, I went to that concert-no big deal.

peaceloveandjayz

C

we are great online shoppers.

Gchat convo from today.

R: OH man.

the shoshanna dress i ordered? with the ruffle?

tried it on last night.

OBSESSED.

C: OH GOOD!!! yay

C: OMG THE TOWELS

IM OBSESSEDDDDDDDD

the orange is AWESOME

R: YESSS

we are great online shoppers.

Our lives are a little lame, but it's fine.

peaceloveandgchat.

C&R