Ladies, get on the deals......

I am a girl who loves a good deal. I usually refuse to spend the normal price amount of items if I know I can getter a better deal somewhere else.......

With the fall season coming up, the deals are spurting up left and right and you must use them to your advantage!!!

Last week I bought a pair of Sperry's I have been wanting since I saw one of my good friends wearing a pair. They are ADORABLE and I'm so glad I finally got my own!!!!

They were on sale on the Sperry website for only $50 dollars!!!!!! So, I jumped to my credit card and bam... they were mine....

As you can see, you can wear them either up or down. I really like them down, but either way looks great. I am going to buy some weather spray for them and spray them up before we get more snow....

Another great deal was with only the BEST... STILA!!!

Today, and the next 5 days you can buy their tinted moisterizers and their one step foundation for only 5 DOLLARS!!!!! 5 Dollars!!! They are going to discontinue them, but for 5 dollars and all the amazing reviews, I did it..... and I'm excited!

  So girls, get your credit cards out and start searching the web for some GREAT fall deals :)

They won't last forever.....

** I have been really sick the past few days - including today - so this is something that is starting to make me feel a little better. Shopping seems to always do that for women. IM EXCITED!**

It's Wednesday!

Today is the first day I can honestly say its feeling like it's fall and it's amazing!!! It's cold. Rainy..... I love it! Tonight I can only imagine me sitting on my couch with my cat, blanket and homework watching a rumbling fire and Modern Family. That's actually the worst, trying to do homework on Wednesday's and Thursday's when ALL the best shows are on. A new show I am totally hooked on like the commercial said I would be is.......Revenge! Yes PLEASE! Love it!

So, today I was running a little late and put together and outfit piece by piece deciding what I was going to add to which room I walked through and what I found. It wasn't intentional, but it worked out pretty well. I put on my legging pants and sweater on in my room, headed to the bathroom where I found my hair clip and earrings sitting on the cupboard from where I dropped them off last. I walked into the living room and looked through my shoe box and found my leopord shoes. Walked into the kitchen found my pearl ring and right before I walked outside the door I spotted my blue blazer and scarf on my coat rack and boom.... that was it. Here is how it turned out:

Oh, PS - I was running so late I had to take my pictures in the bathroom at my work ( real professional, I know )

( without my blazer )

I really like how my sweater sleeves are longer that my rolled up blazer sleeves....

Blazer: Forever 21

Sweater: Kohls

Scarf: Forever 21

Earrings: Forever 21

Ring: Forever 21

Shoes: Payless

( Man I should seriously be a rep for Forever 21 )

Whatta Think???

This week I also bought a new makeup product and I love it! I'm posting it because I suggest you go out to the store and buy yourself some, your skin will thank you.

I have oily, acne prone skin with pretty large pores and this foundation completely covered all my flaws up, and made my pores look smaller - that NEVER happens! I am not one usually for liquid foundation, but I decided to give it a try and I really, really am happy I did.



What's really cool about this foundation is that it has a make up brush already attached. Earlier in my life I didn't realize the importance on using a brush to apply cream foundation, but it makes your application so much more flawless and plus- you don't touch your face which means less breakouts.

I really enjoy how this make up is " Age Defying " because me being 24 it's time to start taking really good care of my skin for my older years. Again, another thing that I used to never think about, but this is the skin that I will have for the rest of my life. It's time to start protecting it. A great plus to this makeup is that it has 18 SPF in it which is pretty great for a make up....

Today I chose a nude colored lipstick with a shimmery gloss.... worked very nicely with the color of my scarf...

Well, I'll leave you off with that fact I am excited for tonight - minus homework! Dan and I think we will make soup and sit by the fire ( I hope ) and watch our favorite TV shows... Sadly I am coming down with a nasty cold that I hope leaves me in time for the weekend..... So lots of tea, fluids and mediactions will be in my future as well.... Have a good night!

Ruffles, Ruffles, I love Ruffles!!!

There is nothing more I love than soft pink clothing items except for maybe... ruffles!  Oh wait, there is something better..... a soft pink ruffle dress! The best of both worlds....

Nothing makes me feel more girlie and beautiful than a dress like this. It was the first time revealing this outfit out to the world and I was pretty happy about how it came out....

I pared the dress with one of my favorite heels.... they always make me feel so business woman...I'm not sure why??? I think that they have a sophisticated look to them.....and they colors matched perfectly....

When putting the outfit together I wasn't planning on wearing a necklace or much jewelry... I thought my large gold hoops would do just fine, however every time I looked in the mirror something was missing. I took a gander at my necklace wall and found a necklace that would be a beautiful with the dress..... gold and light green....

 Perfecto!

I decided to leave my makeup somewhat simple. I created of course my new favorite look, the winged eyeliner with a very light eye shadow..... I completed my look with my favorite peach lipstick and suckered my pout for you guys.... :) Hope you enjoy and get some idea's for your next outing... or just piecing an outfit together. Remember ladies, sometimes simplicity is just what you need to look your best....

Dress: Forever 21

Shoes: Nordstrom Rack

Necklace: Forever 21

Cardigan: Forever 21

Earrings: Nordstrom Rack

Brown hair season is on the verge......

I love dying my hair, especially with the seasons. Summer of course I always want the blondest hair a human can possibly get, but once the weather starts getting colder, I start to crave the brown.... and this year it's hitting me hard. Everywhere I go I just look at the girl's hair around me and the hair color that I notice the most is brown. I think it's just beautiful on women. A dark chestnut brown.....seriously can you think of anything more sexy???

A hair color style that came out last season called "ombre hair " is a look I am thinking I am going to try and create this fall/winter season....

If you don't know what "ombre" hair is, it's when you have darker hair on the top by the roots and towards the bottom and ends its starts to get lighter. I think its so pretty and eye catching. It remind's me of when your natural hair gets lighter in the summer and then once winter starts it starts to get darker again.

Here are some examples.....

Now, I tried to create this look last winter season and it turned out "okay" but I did still enjoy it....

For the past, I say 10 years, I have dyed my hair brown at least once every year and I honestly love it, but I try to lighten it up a week into the change. I don't know what's wrong with me honestly. I think its because I am a natural blonde and I naturally gravitate to that color.

Anyways, last year I had much longer hair than I do now and I am not sure that the "ombre" look would look good with my shorter length cut?

What do you think? Would I be able to try and pull it off again with much shorter hair? What do you think about going a darker hair color for winter???

Pretty in Pink and Sweet Butternut Squash Taco's......

I love the color pink and I'm not afraid to hide it :) Funny thing is, when I was younger I hated pink. I liked boy colors like blue and green. I still do love those colors but I have found quite an enjoyment with pink since then. The older I have gotten I have become more in tune with my inner girlie girl and today's outfit definitly shows that.....

I decided that I would pair this dress with my white cardigan to add more of a clean look and also my black flower wedges. Usually I walk to work and the day's I'm not working I am on campus all day so I rarely get to wear heels or wedges, but on Friday's I treat myself by driving to work and wearing nice shoes :)



By adding the white cardigan to my outfit I thought a great pearl necklace would finish this outfit really nicely. When wearing longer necklaces, I don't really like to wear big earrings so I stuck with a small pair of flowered crystal earrings...

I added my FAVORITE lip color and lip gloss to finish up the look....

Dress: Ross

Cardigan: Forever 21

Shoes: TjMaxx ( Steve Madden )

Necklace: Forever 21

Earrings: TJmaxx

Lipstick: Wet and Wild " Just Peachy "

Gloss: Sephora " Nude "

**Now who ever said you can't look good on a budget!!!!**

BUTTERNUT SQUASH TACO'S

Earlier this week Dan I bought a butternut squash from the store and we were honestly oblivious on what to do with it. We roasted it the first night which was yummy-yummy-yummy, but last night we decided we would make taco's from the left overs. Dan and I make sweet potato taco's all the time and didn't think this would be much different. It wasn't that much different except I can honestly say I liked the butternut squash more than the sweet potato version. We also added our black bean mixture we have recently come up with which we seem to crave quite often.

Once put together we added Queso Fresco, pickled red cabbage, tomatoes, red onion, grilled white corn and hot sauce..... SOOOOO good. I am still drooling about it now....

We have also really been into making our own tortilla chips lately, so of course we made a batch because what compliments tacos more than chips???

Enjoy!!!!!!

Harem Pants.....

Hey Everyone!!!

So, today I wore a new clothing item I have never tried and got many compliments.. I was actually very surprised...... Harem pants.

When I bought them I was all about them, but when I brought them home I wasn't so sure I made such a great decision. The past few weeks they have been tucked into my pant drawer. I would look at them everyday and have the thought to myself......" maybe today is the day?" It never was.

I was too worried of what people would think, and that I would look like a dork so I kept them in the bottom drawer until.... today....and I'm glad that I took the chance.

When I first put on the outfit this morning I paired the pants with a pin striped tie button up. I added a chunky belt and my sequin shoes. I loved it. I think it looked very sophisticated and put together. However, because it was a school day I decided it might tone it down a little bit so I took off the pin strip shirt and threw on a white t-shirt....

Yepp... I'm in to it!

For my jewelry choice I decided to go with gold accents to match with the brown pants....

( I know this is the shirt I was wearing previously, but I kept the same jewelry on )

Pants: Forever 21

Shirt: Nordstrom Rack

Love Bracelets: Forever 21

Earrings: Forever 21

Necklace: Nordstrom Rack

I think if you have ever had an interest in them, you should do yourself a favor and buy a pair. I got so many compliments on how cute they were today I couldn't even believe it.... I wonder what they will look like with boots?

What do you think about Harem pants???