The search for the Perfect Perfume: Anthropolgie

If you've been following my blog since the beginning, you may remember a while back I posted about trying to find a new perfume. I lamented about how every time I find a perfume that I like, the company quits making it! So I've been on a search for a new perfume for a while. While in Las Vegas, Joel even agreed to letting me pick out and buy a new perfume. 

We spent quite a while in Sephora smelling, what seemed like, every perfume in the store. I didn't like a single one!!

Well, I think I finally found the one! My mom discovered it first.

It's from Anthropologie and it is:

Royal Apothic Conservatory Eau De Parfum in English Rose.

After we recover from paying our taxes last month, I'm going to go for it!

Fun fact: Tomorrow starts my birthday week, and only 5 more weeks until summer vacation!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Sweet glitter headbands and bright lipstick I am 27 years old today.

This week I was mistaken for a high school student and I was told I didn't look a day over 22.

I'll take it! 

In honor of my 27th birthday, I am sharing a bucket list I recently made.

I've kind of had an "unofficial" bucket list going for a while now, but I think it's time I make official by sharing. Maybe that means I will actually do it!
So here is my bucket list of 27. In no particular order.
BUCKET LIST

1.       Travel—freakin’ EVERYWHERE

2.       Create a dance crew/troupe/company and dance and create for ME again

3.       Learn to play the banjo

4.       Do something CRAZY outside of my comfort zone that I would never do

5.       Go on a hike in all 50 states

6.       Go backpacking

7.       Die my hair burgundy

8.       Go to a rodeo

9.       Visit India on a mission trip

10.   Smoke a cigar

11.   Bless someone anonymously

12.    Hike the South Sister

13.   Have children

14.    Buy a house

15.   Go to the Oregon country fair

16.   Learn to speak Spanish

17.   Go snowshoeing

18.   Throw a surprise birthday party for my husband

19.   Sell a painting

20.   Host a dinner party

21.   Actually wear a flower headband in public

22.   Own a piano

23.   Run a half marathon

24.   See a show on Broadway

25.   Smoke a cigar in a fancy bar oops! Had this one twice!
25. Take golf lessons

26.   Have an epic girls weekend

27.   Take self defense classes

  Happy Monday! :) 

Valentines Day Date Night

My hubs & I wanted to go out somewhere special for Valentines Day, but like I mentioned in an earlier post, everywhere we called into was already full! When I got home from the dance competition, my hubby called in to a local place to check if they had any cancellations, and they did! He called at 4 and the opening was for 5 so we kinda had to skedaddle to get ready, but luckily it is close by so we were not too rushed.

The floral kimono I'm wore is actually something I bought to wear for Valentines Day last year but I decided I didn't have the right outfit to pull it off so I wore something else. I'm glad I finally figured out how to wear it this year!

What I wore: Kimono: Forever21 (old) // Dress: Target (old) // Belt: Betsy Johnson from Marshals (old) // Heels: Christian Siriano for Payless (old) // Clutch: Target (new!) //

Car selfies, ha. The sun was setting so the light was hitting me in weird ways. I originally put on MAC "snob" lipstick, but I felt it was a little too pale of a pink so I added a rose colored Loreal lipstick over the top. I'm wearing MAC eyeshadow from a travel palette I bought last year. The base color is "bordello", the highlight color is "skimp" and the crease is "lost" . The sunlight threw off the true colors a bit, but "bordello" is a mauve-y pink color, and the "lost" is kind of a purple-y brown color.

The restaurant we ate at is called "Latitude One". It's in a very small but cute down town area.

I loved the decor of the restaurant. My husband and I both love the old exposed brick and I LOVED all of the pretty mirrors they had hanging on the wall.

I love twinkling lights and this handsome guy :)

Just another little nook.

I decided to go outside my box and I ordered a pomegranate martini, it was a little too sweet for my taste, but it was still yummy.

We had a four course meal starting with cheese, bread and fruit, then we both had lobster bisque with a little bit of caviar, the main course was a pork but (it was delicious) and we finished with a special Valentines dessert to share.

Adorable.

I love him.

My husband bought me pretty roses for the Valentines day and we finished the night at home with wine and the NBA all star game (or maybe it was the skills challenge, I don't remember, we watched both this weekend, haha!)

I bought this wine at Cost Plus World Market around Christmas time because I thought the labeling was pretty. I decided Valentines Day was an appropriate time to bust it out.

Finishing off this post with my Valentines tradition. Ever since our first Valentines Day together, I make Joel his favorite dessert, Grasshopper pie. I never really follow one recipe, so it's a little different every year, that's part of the surprise ;) This year we already had dessert at dinner so we saved for later. I get to have one piece, and then I save the rest for him since it's his gift--it was so good!

I hope you all had a splendid Valentines/Galentines/President's Day weekend!
Back to the grind! Happy Tuesday :)
  

New Year's Eve

Finally posting about New Year's Eve! Here is a look at what I wore. Sweater is from Forever21, but everything else is old! Shoes are from Gap, last year, earrings from Kohls.

Obviously I wake up looking gorgeous every day, as you can tell by the picture on the left (I don't even look that great when I wake up, that picture was taken late afternoon!) I have really straight fine hair, and all my life, my hair does not hold a curl! I started using velcro rollers, and I either have to sleep with them in or wear them with wet hair for a few hours, but the curl holds!

Here's a picture of the back of my hair. I just tuck, pin and use a million pounds of hair spray.

My brother-in-law & sister-in-law hosted a New Year's Eve party for the second time this year. When we walked in to the party we were greeted with festive decor, music, and treats.

First, played a trivia game with questions about 2014. Later, we played "truth or dare Jenga". It was really just "dare" Jenga because last year we had a label maker and we printed our own dares to put on the pieces. We get a little crazy ;)

We then had our 2nd annual "Just Dance Off". A bracket is created and we have to dance off against each other until we have one winner. My brother-in-law and I started off dancing to "Let it Go". I won my first round, but lost the second round. For the second year in a row, the biggest under dog of the group won. This year it was my Father-in-law! Always a fun competition!

  It was a good workout too!

We rang in the new year out in the front yard with noise makers, balloons, sparklers and, of course, kisses. 

So long 2014, you were a year of ups & downs. I have a feeling that 2015 may be a year of adventures. Considering that my word for the year is "Brave", it has to be right?
Happy Monday!

Seahawks Selfies

OK, today's post is kind of heavy on selfies. Sorry. My Dad got me a Seahawks shirt!! I wore is yesterday since they played, unfortunately they lost...to the freakin' Cowboys :( It's OK I'm still a fan!

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 I haven't really payed any attention to NFL for most of my life. I rooted for the Beavers and that was about it. Oregon doesn't have a professional football team, but if you asked me who I rooted for in the NFL I would say the Seahawks, since they reside with our neighbors in the North West. Then I met my husband who was an avid Bears fan. So I switched to the Bears for a while. But then a guy from my hometown who went to my high school started playing for the Seahawks, so I switched back, and then they went to the Superbowl and he got to play! It was really exciting for my hometown. Anyway, he left the Seahawks to play for the Browns, but I decided to stick with the Seahawks. I still root for the Bears, and now the Browns too, but none of them have a quarterback as attractive as Russel Wilson! ;) I have an aunt & uncle & cousins who all live up in the Seattle area as well, so it is fun to root for the same team as them.

My new favorite eyeshadow is by Wet & Wild. It's a trio of colors called "walking on eggshells". It's a great neutral palette and the color stays on all day. I haven't had any problems with creasing or fading. It has one color for the lid, one for the crease, and one for the brow. It comes with a a small brush which I use for the crease of my eye. A makeup expert probably wouldn't use the brush it comes with but I think it works just fine for my everyday look. I was trying to show off my hair in these pictures because I styled it differently than usual. Lately I've been wearing pigtails everyday, because my hair has grown out to a mullet, but I haven't had time to get it done! So I put it in pigtails, poofed the back & curled. It was fun to wear it a little different because I usually only have time to wear it straight.

I made these outfits on Polyvore right after it was determined that the Seahawks were going to the superbowl. Wouldn't it be fun to wear these?

 Happy Monday all!

Fashion Friday

Last weekend My husband and I went to a family gathering for his Dad's side. We were planning on meeting a friend at a restaurant with a rooftop bar afterward, but we were having such a nice time visiting that we ended up staying at the gathering pretty late. So I guess I was just a little overdressed for the event.

My husband was making fun of me for taking selfies in the car. To be honest, I feel a little silly & vain posting them, but I thought I looked pretty, and I wanted to show off my headband! 

What I Wore: Dress: Target (similar) // Sandals: Target // Headband: Maurices 

And here's the one picture I got with my husband as the photographer. At the end of the night after we got home in our ugly parking lot. Oh well. The dress & the sandals are both from Target and I couldn't find them online but I found similar items. You can probably find them in stores still because I got them only a few weeks ago. The dress was only $20 and the shoes are actually a size 2 from the little girls section. If you like them and have smaller feet, they probably go up to about a size 6 (size 4 in girls is often the same as 6 in women's). For once having child's size feet worked in my favor.
Well, here's to hoping I have a real reason to dress up again at some point during the short summer I have left!
Have a great weekend!

Favorites

Sorry this is a last minute post! I thought I would share a couple of my favorite things right now before I head off for the weekend!

green tee // striped tee // navy tee

These vintage v-neck Tees from old Navy are great! They are really soft and and they come in a variety of colors and I wear mine to work out in and just for a casual look. They are also a decent price!

Maybelline Baby Lips in Pink Shock

Love this color, love the smell and love how soft it feels on my lips.

And I know I've posted this before but this time I really am off to the Mountains. Camping here I come! 

Have a great weekend!
Happy Thursday :)

I'm 99.9% Sure I'm a Disney Princess...

Last weekend a friend asked me to dress up as Cinderella for her daughter's Cinderella themed birthday party. I hesitated for a split second and then I thought--Yeah! I could be a princess-heck, I AM a princess! So I did it! I dressed up and showed up to the party and then gave all of the little girls makeovers with glitter to boot! The little girls bought it and they were so sweet. They were all dressed up as princesses and they really liked getting their makeup done.

 I got the dress at Ross Dress for Less for $14.99 and my mom made the cape. I already own several tiaras from courts I was on in High School, and the shoes & jewelry are old.

One little girl, who was 3, came up to me and said "I know your real name...It's Cinderella!" 

You can't really tell but I did wear glitter on my eyes and I saw glitter for days after! It even made its way onto my husband (not the first time). My husband has just gotten used to the fact that glitter will always be a part of his life as long as he is married to me--and I have accepted that football will always be a part of my life! ugh!

Happy Tuesday!