Restaurant week YUM.

TGIF! Hope your Friday evenings are finding you well... lots of merriment and fun and the like.

If you can't already tell by previous posts, I love me some food. And Dallas is the place to be for that. Most restaurants per capita than anywhere else in the Nation...

But I digress.

Here is what I'm wearing! Woohoo!

Dress: Rachel Pally batwing dress
Shoes: Nine West brown platform pumps


Necklace: old Express, wayyyy before the statement necklace was a statement :)

Oh I love Rachel Pally so much! Her stuff is so soft... and my fave word: COMFY.

I'm late! Gotta go!

Couldn't hold out any longer....

Sorry, fiancee of mine. But you can't hold me back. I'm like a crack addict that never recovers. Shopping is a part of me. Just learn to accept it, K? tee-hee. O:-)

Loooook how preeeeety! Courtesy the beautiful Yoon of Thejewelrybar on Etsy:

I need some nice, not-costume jewelry, and at a price of $38 for gold and real gems? Sold! Done! Sign me up! Fini.

Check out her stuff; you won't be sorry. I promise.

In addition, I've decided to do the very bad thing of buying at least $75 worth of F21 clothing to get free shipping with the intention of returning most of it.

Read: intention.

So once that arrives, I'll do a little review of some pieces I'm afraid to let pass me by. So much lately has sold from right under my feet... err, cart. Gotta stop letting that happen. Honestly, I've seen people asking how to shop at F21, given their overwhelming selection and sometimes messily-kept shop. Here's my tip (if anyone wants it... Tim Gunn?? HA.)-- BUY ONLINE. Free shipping over $75, and you can get refunds! The way to go.

F21.... Always good for some fun cheapies. I know, I know... I totally just posted about how I have to stop buying crap. But, on a very tight budget (I'm getting paid NADA right now...), a love for passing trends, and a seemingly stepped-up quality (is that just me? have you noticed that, too??), it's ok. Right? Yes. I'll just buy my jeans, shoes, purses and coats at Nordstrom. OK. Good.

And for some brain mush that I could NOT stop staring at last night, courtesy Conan O'Brien: PUPPIES DRESSED AS CATS. Omigod. Love.

Ummm.. AWESOME.

Just have to brag here, for a second...

Tim Gunn definitely just commented on my blog.

Wow.

Guess that's what happens when you know people in high places (i.e., my fashion-industry father-- thanks, daddy-o!).

Big smiles!! :)

Fun Finds...

Hey lovies! My day is still very busy. Boo. But, I have a find. Yay!

I tend to scour Etsy because I'm convinced I'll find some pieces I can have and hold forever and forever... and it's pretty true! My wedding jewelry was made by a wonderful shop-owner (thanks, PenelliBelle! Love my stuff...), and I have the most adorable skirt ever from Babooshka Boutique (I'll model it before the summer's end). Here is a new store that I think is so romantic and flirty... some items that would be great staple pieces: Zelaya.

Here are some images of the items I plan on snapping up:

Ohhhh, ahhh, pretty. I love the wrap featured above. The cascading flowers? The color choices she offers? The fact that its a jersey wrap? Yes to all, please. And her prices are affordable. Which makes life on a budget just a liiiiittttle bit easier.

And on another note: I closet-dove the other night. Have you ever gone closet-diving? It's when you remember that you, at some point in your life, owned an item you loved and haven't seen it in ages. This happens to me. A lot. Because:

A) I'm not very organized with my clothes.

B) I'm not at all organized with my clothes.

C) I have too many things to remember what I have. Which sounds great, but admitedly, most of the stuff is crap. I need to stop buying crap.

Well, lovies, on my closet dive, I found this several-season-old Charlotte Russe military-style cotton jacket that is (fortuitously) back in style this season! Yay! When it gets just a tad bit cooler, I'll model that one, too. I can't wait... it's like a new item! But without the wallet-dent! :)

whew BUSY DAY

Sometimes my days are so slow I want to pull out my teeth, one at a time. Sometimes they are full of drama and work.

Today is the latter

So again, this post is an apology rather than something fun. You're going to have to live with it, lovies. I can only be spread so thin! :)

Good news, though. My amaaaaazing wedding photographers sent me my pictures from my bridal shoot today. They are so pretty and vogue and glossy and everything I wanted. I want to post the link, but I'm a little worried about the world seeing me in that personal of a sense. And I can't post individual pictures until after the wedding. So... I will for sure share some. But not now. Just be understanding again, ok? OK.

To leave you with a fashionable thought, here are my new fave shoes, found on Endless today (Velvet Angels, love):

Why do I have to want everything I find? Argh.

Holy Crapola.

My super-amazing FSIL (future sister in law, thanks Cathy!!) pointed these out to me today whilst searching for the perfect bridesmaid shoe... although these are not it, they are MINE MINE MINE. That is, when I can spend money again. OMG I want them right now.

I'm feeling a 2-year-old temper tantrum come on. I apologize.

Nina, $99

Gaudy? A little. Amazing? Yes, 100%. I mean, they would have the sole (gahh, no pun intended... ok yes, PUN INTENDED!) purpose of dancing and sipping martinis while on my feet, but whatever. I do that! Sometimes. Everything else would be simple and muted... LBD, possibly. Maybe they'll inspire me to create an outfit around them with Polyvore. Stay tuned, lovies...

You liked that dress?

Well if you did, check out what Shopbop just put on their website. Looks just like my dress, only a white tee shirt version! Funny how I find this the day after blogging it:

Torn By Ronny Kobo, $99

Well... if that doesn't suit you, there's also this:

Free People, $148

It's with silver embellishments, not the gold, but it's the exact same dress otherwise.

Maybe I'm being a bitch... but I like the gold better. Heh. :-P