affordable christmas wish list...

1. forever21 // street-chic lovely sweatshirt // $19.80
2. charming charlie // emerald city necklace // $20.00
3. charming charlie // carmel crossbody wristlet // $19.00
4. forever21 // i need lipstick midsize cosmetic bag // $8.80
5. urban outfitters // embellished-cuff beanie // $34.00
6. h&m // fake fur waistcoat // $34.00
7. urban outfitters // quay kittie cat-eye sunglasses  // $40.00
8. h&m jersey skirt // $21.00
9. francesca's // portico trinket dish // $14.00
10. francesca's // denver sequin scarf // $24.00
11. francesca's // hi! & bye! convertible gloves // $18.00
12. charming charlie // crystal bauble satchel  //$39.00

this year i wanted to put together a very affordable christmas list.
because...
i am getting my very own puppy this christmas!
i am going to be adopting her from a shelter in about two weeks.
i am so excited!!
but i am also so thrilled to get other small, pretty items as gifts this year.
my list includes a few of my favorite local stores.
we just got a charming charlie.
does anyone else love this store??
everything inside is just adorable!
i also included some things from francesca's because there is nothing there that i don't want.
and also h&m, forever21, and urban outfitters.
i am loving anything this season with jewels or glitter.
i am also loving emerald green!
and fur, and blush pink, and on and on.
i hope that you all are enjoying your christmas shopping!

xo

the holidays with my family {as seen through my iphone}

this christmas may have been a little odd, being away from the cold weather and all, but it was still an unforgettable one.

 my family was able to come down and spend two whole weeks with me.

we were able to spend a day in disneyland- it was really special because i haven't been to disneyland at christmas time since i was little (we used to go to disneyland every other christmas). 

it was as fun as it always is- my family will never grow out of disneyland!

we spent christmas eve slaving away in my aunt's kitchen.

my mom made it rock, however, because she made all of us girls our own aprons. 

christmas eve i performed my first real haircut on my brother!

and let me tell you- we have it on video and that is something that i will be saving to look back and laugh at when i am through with school and experienced.

(it was kind of a whole entire family affair!)

we were able to spend a day after christmas in palm springs- my first time.

the giant statue of marilyn monroe was by far my favorite thing about it! (see below)

my mom and i were able to spend a day, just the two of us in laguna beach.

and she may or may not have talked me into skipping school for that ;)

we spent new years eve in san diego.

while there, we went to a museum in balboa park that had a special exhibit that was all about human torture machines.

yeah- if you ever find yourself in balboa park, don't go to that. 

then on new year's day, the rest of my family came to california for my granddad's memorial service which was held later in the week.

that was a very painful day for us all, but it honestly has brought my family much closer, especially my cousins and i. 

it was an amazing two weeks. 

i cried and cried for days when my family left me. 

we are already planning their next trip to come and see me.

i already can. not. wait. 

now- time for picture overload!  

hope that everyone had an amazing holdiay! 

xoxo

with december comes my christmas wish list...

very sad news- my computer died on me this last week :(

so i am borrowing my roommate's computer for this post.

no photoshop (so depressing), so i am resorting to polyvore to bring you a few items on my christmas list this year. 

i don't know about you, but i can not wait to open my stocking christmas morning!

i can't imagine a christmas without my stocking.

i will never be too old to find joy in this tradition.

here are a few things that i have been drooling over and wouldn't mind seeing in my stocking or wrapped underneath the christmas tree..

1. cozy socks- a must for my stocking. $56 here
2. marc by marc jacobs wallet. $445 here
3. i love getting kitchen items for my future home. this anthropologie dessert plate is perfect. $12 here
4. my stocking would not be complete without some pretty underwear! $9.50 here
5. i love all of kate spade's iphone covers, especially this one. $40 here
6. wildfox couture is seriously adorable. $100 here
7. i could always use cute new journals and notebooks. $22 here
8. juicy couture bracelet- gorgeous. $98 here
9. tory burch riding boots- need i say more? $495 here
10. an all time favorite stocking stuffer- lotions and body butters. $16 here

happy december! 

holdiay coziness...

being away from my home and my family, things just don't feel quite like christmas.

and the fact that i am in the warm southern california weather definitely doesn't help either! 

so after a long week of school (i only got thanksgiving day off), i broke out my christmas candle, and i have the justin bieber holiday station playing on pandora.

and i must say- it is beginning to feel a bit like christmas in my little room.

i laid out my outfit for tomorrow already and i picked capris and a short sleeve top.

and i'm just wishing that i could wear a warm cozy sweater with boots and mittens...

if i could, i would pick an outift just like this one.

Wildfox couture
$160 - donnaida.com

Plaid shirt
delias.com

Jasmine black legging
$16 - awear.com

J Shoes brown leather boots
bohemiadesign.co.uk

Marc Jacobs leather shoulder handbag
barneys.com

Mitten glove
$7.97 - matalan.co.uk

Butter london
beautybar.com

holdiay coziness... by babymeg featuring leather shoulder handbags

my smash book...literally

so have you heard?

there's this little thing called a smash book.

it's rapidly growing in popularity.

and i have one.

i got it for christmas actually.

and you should have one too...

it's like a scrapbook, but without the time and intricate details put into it.

you can just throw in whatever you want- notes, receipts, magazine clippings, pictures, etc.

there's no pressure.

and that's what is so great about it.

i keep everything- movie stubs, clothes tags, receipts- you name it, i save it!

i just can't let things go if they connect to a special memory.

i usually just throw these things in a box at the top of my closet, but the smash book gives you a way to actually display these little precious memory joggers.

so this was perfect for me.

today i had my first go-at-it in my smash book.

and it was quite fun.

here are some pictures of my smash book (prior to my work today).

every page is different and unique.

here are some of my favorites:

you can buy all sorts of smash products too!

there's tape, string, paper clips with flags, and some of my favorites below:

a date stamper, what more could you want?!

calendar pockets- to store basically anything your little heart desires.

a smash pad- full of lists that you can create to remember special details (and other fun stuff).

so now that you have a better idea of a smash book, here is the page that i completed today:

(it was a page about this christmas, by the way).

i don't know if you can read the tag, it's labeled "favorite gifts".

i kept some of the tags from my gifts and displayed them on top of a picture of my new camera bag (yep you guessed it, my favorite gift!).

so these are some of the receipts from gifts that i bought for other people.

is it weird that i saved them?

it just brings back really special memories of shopping at christmas time.

i know, i am such a dork.

just can't let go...

so here's a pocket that i jammed full with pictures.

i thought that the pocket was rather drab when it was bare, so i added some chipboard scrapbooking letters.

and that might have been a mistake- here's why:

one page down and the book will barely close!

so i guess that's why they call it a smash book- cause you have to smash it, literally!

sit on it even...

that's probably what i will have to do.

but that's ok because i love it.

so, thank you smash book creator...

where do you get your great ideas??