Monday, August 11, 2014

Cute Clothes for Walking

Hi Ladies,
Two weeks in my new city has made it abundantly clear that I need some good shoes for walking! I live within a mile of great shopping and eating, but terrible parking. Also, many places are about a half a mile away, which makes me feel really guilty to drive to, and my flip flops aren't cutting it. Firstly, it's kinda cold here and secondly my heels are killing me! So, I've decided to see if I can rock the cute, bright running-shoes-with-chic-clothes-look that I've been seeing for a while. :)

Here are my inspiration photos: (I've pinned a lot more here.)
 
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Here are some of the cute running shoes that I looked at this weekend. I bought the bottom, right pair.


I also bought a bunch of these Zella Live-in capris at Nordstrom. They are really comfortable and slimming. (I would size down though.)
 Any ideas? What is your comfortable, walking outfit?

 Take Care!


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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Petite Fashion News - 2014



Hi Ladies,
I thought I'd share some of the cool things I've seen recently that should make being a petite easier...let me know if you've found anything I missed! :)


 Land's End, who has recently started running really cool ads (see below), also sells petite plus. (Ok, I don't know that they started doing this recently, but I just found out about it.) :)

J. Crew Factory started offering petites this year. Yay, now we can have the cool J.Crew style on the cheap!

The Limited started offering petites too. Woo Hoo! The Limited has grat sales and style, and I'm glad I won't have to alter their clothes as much now. Check out my review of their petite line here.


A couple new online boutiques, catering specifically to petite,s have been cropping up lately (or maybe I'm just getting on the know, so if you are like me...I'll tell you about a few.) Carolina Alvo reminds me of Theory for Petites and sells up to a size 14.









Well, take care for now. I'm still trying to move 2 bed rooms worth of stuff into a teeny, teeny apartment, so I think it's going to be  a two post week. Take Care and I'll talk to you soon. :)
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Monday, August 4, 2014

Black & White Stripe Maxi Dress

Hi Ladies,
I want to share one of the cool things I found out when I became a blogger...that is how many of my friends have creative side projects too! One of my old classmates has a mommy blog and one of my closest friends in high school has her own Etsy shop! It was really cool to find out...I don't remember her being into jewelry, just studying all the time, but there you go. :) Therefore, I want to introduce Quinana from Postively U.

 *Alterations Note:
I don't have before and after pictures, but I raised the waist on this dress. I strongly recommend this if you find a misses knit dress that you love. If it doesn't have a zipper, then it's easy for the tailor. Plus, since most dresses are too long on petites, raising the waist will automatically shorten the length by that amount.

Dress: here




Turquoise Bracelets: here
 
Turquoise Bracelets: here


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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Things I loved about Phoenix

Hi Ladies,
As you know...I'm moving from Hot-as-Heck-Phoenix and starting a new life in San Fran! By the time you read this, I will probably (god willing) have moved into my new apartment. Yay! A lot of people may not know anything about Phoenix...except that it's the place where escaped convicts go to live out the rest of their lives, people get relocated for witness protection and that it can be substituted into any sentence that calls for Timbuktu. For instance, "After Sam ratted on the mob boss, I heard he was moved to Timbuktu or something...yeah...Phoenix." - OR - "Such and Such escaped off a prison bus some where in a small town in Arizona...yeah...he joined a pack of Coyotes and loves rattlesnake meat!" 

Maybe this is just my perspective, since I'm from the east coast, but until I got offered a job there, I didn't even know where Arizona was on the map! I certainly didn't know that it's the center of a party vortex (exactly 6 hours from Los Angles, San Diego and Las Vegas). I've also learned that there are quite a few magical things about Phoenix that you would never guess! :)

- It rains about 10 times a year here! This may not seem like a plus, but if you like outdoor activities, like biking, hiking or taking pictures for your blog...you will be able to do 365 days a year. If it does rain, it's only for about 10 mins.

- There are also so many animals here and they are always about! During spring, which runs from February to May, everything is hatching.
 I took the picture on the left from my car with my iphone. Sorry the quality is so bad, but I doubt the birds would've waited. :)This is a mommy quail (or daddy) with her little babies following behind her. So cute...you can barely tell, but there are 5 of them. (The picture on the right, is what the babies look like up close.)

This is the underside of the roof of my car port. There were 3 baby bird nests this year! I don't know what kind they were, but one day I got to see a wobbly one, stand on her feet at the edge of her nest...I assume she was about to take off, but it looked like she feel asleep and I couldn't wait for ever. LOL

 This is the view from outside of my living room. I go biking here. (You can't see it, but there is a trail.) I see a lot of Coyotes and rattle snakes here.

However, I also get to see cute stuff like this. These little bunnies are everywhere in Phoenix and there are tons of babies during spring.

Well, there you have it! A tour of phoenix from an animal lover's perspective. :)

Have a great week! :)
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