Bloom with Happiness: PNW Tulips, Petite Maxi Dresses and Peace

PNW Tulips, Petite Maxi Dresses and Peace I sat down to write this post feeling very in-cohesive and unsure what my objective was. The doubt and uncertainty overwhelmed me and I didn’t write the post or share these pictures for a year. A year. That’s…

Shopping Saturday: 10 Floral Dresses for Summer Under $150

Floral Dresses for Summer As soon as the weather begins to warm, I begin to anticipate wearing dresses for summer. 94.5% of the time I want (need?) it to be floral. However, I don’t want a peppy, preppy Easter floral dress. I want deeper, richer…

Learning to Live Again: 3 Ways to Try a New Look

  I am known by my friends and family for wearing black. I have always worn it and I always will! After all- black is the new black. I loved pink and turquoise and burgundy (obviously) too once upon a time, but then the depression…

Here I Am: Onward and Upward, Finding Happiness

Why hello. It’s been a while. Have you ever said life just got away from you? Where you were caught up in the timing of unplanned circumstances? Paulo Coelho said, “Life has a way of testing a person’s will: either by nothing happening, or everything happening all…

I Want to Like Skirts but There’s Just Something …

“We were emerging from the period of war, of uniforms, of women-soldiers built like boxers. I drew women-flowers, soft shoulders, fine waists like liana and wide skirts like corolla.” -Christian Dior I have a love hate relationship with skirts. I want to love them but…

Shopping Saturday: Top Spring Style Trends for Under $100

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” -Leo Tolstoy I’m so ready for warm weather! We’ve been having 50 degrees and sunny recently, which is just a taste of things to come. Are you ready for some warm sunshine and longer days? Of course,…

Happening Now: Nars, Star Wars and Cape Town

I’ve typed and retyped a million clever intros for this week’s Happening Now. None of them clicked enough to hit the publish button though. Sometimes I have to remind myself to KISS- keep it simple sweetheart. So without further ado, I will let these news…