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cozy rainy day

I can't wait for fall to come - I love a good fall day with a venti Starbucks and a pile of magazines!

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top knot

So...I've always gone thru phases my entire life - food, fashion, hair, etc. Right now I'm going to discuss my current hair phase: top knots/top buns. I kept seeing the pictures pop up and sometimes I thought they were cute, but sometimes I just thought they were weird looking (mainly when I see those people who make their top buns into tall, skinny buns.) That, I don't like. But one day I tried out the super high bun and..."ooh la la!" I loved it! and have basically been rockin' it every day since. (I think my hair is pretty much going to die and fall out soon from being all scrunched in elastics every day.) I'm going to have to buy some of those cute "fancy" elastics that are better for your hair. (That's really just an excuse...they're just cute.)

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want.

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perfect pinks.

I have so many pink nail polishes, I can't even tell you how many I have. I'm constantly on the search to find the long sought after "perfect pink." I've found quite a few.  ...quite a few. But sometimes I find myself thinking "I just need a perfect light pink" or "I just need a perfect Barbie pink" etc, etc.... 

The other day I was in quite the mood for pink nails, so I went thru my suitcase, if you will, of nail polishes and just as I [thought that I] had decided on the perfect color combo, I came across an old color that I frequently pass up and had simply forgotten about - Revlon's Fushia Fever and gave it a go. Along with one of my perfect light pink's, OPI Pink Friday, I have now found possibly my favorite color combo!

favorites of the week.

This week went by pretty fast. I wasn't necessarily busy, but there were quite a few little things that seemed to fill up my week. First, of course, I have been all-consumed by the Olympics. I DVR everything that I can't watch (or am not awake for) and spend a good amount of my day playing catch-up, rooting for Team USA...and occasionally throwing a couple others in there. Then over the weekend I found a little kittykat wondering around in the busy road with no collar or microchip, so we took her in (well, ok, I took her in) and she stayed with us for 4 days until we finally found her owner. It was a bittersweet parting - I always wanted to find her home but, in the end, we fell in love with her...even her loud, crotchety old lady meow. There was also a great spur-of-the-moment trip to the zoo, some new local food discoveries, and the realization that I can, in fact, keep my garden blooming - one petal at a time.
All in all, a pretty good week.

An all-too-relatable view of the Olympics, living here in Seattle.

super excited about the new Turkish food truck down the street!

My favorite animals, tied with elephants.

The super soft and dearly missed lil' kitty.

Poppies that I'm super proud of!

splurge v. steal

You know when you see an outfit and you love it and then you realize how much it is and then you get really, really sad. ?  Well, I think I'm going to start doing Splurge v. Steal posts. 'Cause I love those articles (that I may have stolen the name from) that have all of the articles on clothing that you can find for much cheaper...or dress like a celebrity....or "under $100"...etc, etc, etc....