Lookbook (All By My Lonesome)

{Top: Kensie, Jeans: True Religion, Belt: Target,
Necklace: Forever21, Shoes: Jessica Simpson}

So today was an anomaly. Hubby is out of town and with the little munchkin's ever changing schedule, it somehow worked out that I had the day all to myself. :::sigh::: I wish I could say that I got a million things done, but really I did diddly squat. A couple of errands, then popped into Anthro to scope out possible open positions and a quickie stop at Nordstrom Rack where I picked up an adorable Trina Turk chanel-esque cardi. That's it. Now that's what Fridays should be like.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Splurge vs. Steal (JCrew Dapple Dot Cardi)

{Cardigan: Marshalls, Shorts: Urban Outfitters, Belt: Kohls, Shoes: Coach}

I picked up this cardigan months ago and I have been waiting for the weather to cool off to break it out. I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day than today. Not sure what it is about Colorado, but it seems like people are a lot more chill and they actually stop to appreciate beautiful days.

When I bought this cardi, I knew that it had a JCrew vibe, but didn't realize it was a complete copy of the JCrew Dapple Dot cardigan. It is missing the little sparklies from the tabs in the front and the dots are just dots not "dapple dots" but they share the same silhouette. If you feel like a treasure hunt, there may be one or two of these still hanging around. I saw one just last week when I went on my ranting rampage here.

Hope you all had a fabulous Thursday!

Seven Year Itch

Hubby and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary this past Monday. We married in hubby's home state of Pennsylvania, but I had always longed for a wedding on the beach. A couple years after we were married we vacationed in Maui and I wanted to capture this time in our lives where we were care free and young so 40 years down the road we can reminisce. Even looking back at these pictures just five years ago seems like a lifetime has passed.







One of my dearest friends jokingly asked if I had the seven year itch. Maybe just a little itch, but not about the marriage. Now that our lives have evolved to this family unit, my only longing is pursuing a different career path. My passion has always been fashion and design, but the coercion of family and my practical side nudged me toward a career in finance. Now that my life has been put on pause on the career front, I feel more inclined to pursue something in line with my passion with fashion and design. I have been daydreaming about visual merchandising. How fabulous would it be to be a visual stylist for Nordstrom or a display coordinator for Anthropologie? It is really a pie in the sky dream, but I feel it calling. I've dabbled in many artistic pursuits like photography and event design. I've worked on various events with the famous Mark's Garden, i.e. Tori Spelling's first wedding. Yes it was crazy over the top and the Manor is equally as crazy and over the top, but I loved every moment of it. With design stints here and there it still makes me low man on the totem pole compared to kids today with degrees in visual merchandising. Back in the day this type of job was not as popular it is today. In order to break into this type of career it means that I have to work on the retail side to get my foot in the door. If only I would have pursued my original goal as an interior designer. So there you have it. My seven year itch. Should I itch it?