camo and plum...

camo is one of my very favorite prints right now.

it's doesn't always give off the most feminine look, however.

so i decided to pair it with a flowy dress and some girly accessories like my plum head band and pink necklace.

together i thought it worked as a very feminine fall look.

are you loving camo too?

dress: mimi chica via t.j.maxx

jacket: american eagle

boots: vince camuto via dillards

headband: monroe & harlow

necklace: rue21

xo

welcoming the spring season with a splash of floral...

my parents are visiting me this week in california for their spring break.

my mom and i were excited to do an outfit post together since this was one of our favorite things to do when i lived back in idaho.

we have so many memories of driving around searching for interesting picture spots, trying to catch "magic hour" and taking silly pictures.

she's a true blogger mom and i'm so glad to have her back for the week! 

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i got these adorable leggings for five dollars on clearance at t.j.maxx! 

i was going to buy them even if they didn't fit- just to say i had a pair of floral bottoms! 

i think they are the perfect touch for the beginning of spring.

and i love them paired with this casual tee from forever21.

and as for the purse- it's my new favorite addition to my closet!

my parents gave me money for my birthday and i headed straight to nordstrom rack for a new purse for the spring/summer seasons.

there aren't many feelings that are greater than buying a pretty purse.

don't ya think?

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what are you indulging in for the upcoming seasons?

top: forever21

bottoms: t.j.maxx

shoes: steve madden via nordstrom rack

purse: vince camuto via nordstrom rack 

bracelet: 36th street garden center (boise)

earrings: gifted

-xoxo

shopping therapy (via insta & pixlromatic)

seven years ago, during my sophomore year of high school, was the first time that a boy made me really cry. 

i'll never forget the day.

although i can't remember exactly what the boy did to make me cry, i remember my mom being very upset about it when she found me crying.

my best friend was with me, and my mom decided to take us out for "shopping therapy".

living in such a tiny town, the only store that we were able to go to was maurices.

that was the first day that i realized how much shopping can heal a broken heart.

ok- maybe not permanently, but it can sure help for a little while!

throughout the rest of my years in high school, my mom and i had to take many, many trips to boise for shopping therapy.

in fact, we still do it to this day.

today, to be exact.

shopping therapy has never failed me.

not once.

we took pictures that very first day that i experienced shopping therapy in maurices.

and i dug them out of a box just to show you...

these last few weeks i have been desperate for a little bit of shopping therapy with my mom.

so we decided to go today and take tons of pictures just like we did the very first time.

here was our day...

you can never start a day of shopping without drinks from a coffee shop...

after hitting some thrift stores (where i got some uh-mazing finds that you will definitely be seeing in some upcoming fashion and diy posts), we met up with my cousin and aunt for lunch and nordstrom rack. 

i NEED this black leather studded vince camuto bag, but i can't afford it right now :( 

i need it, and it needs me! 

my mom and this kooba bag needed each other too- but much, much too expensive.

now, it was off to t.j. maxx for my mom and i- to spend more money that i do not have :)

 you will be seeing these sunnies in an outfit post soon...

enzo angiolini boots- i NEED!!

ehh... uggs i could do without...

so i'm usually not a huge fan of juicy couture purses... but this one needed me even more than the vince camuto bag at the rack. 

ahhhhh... (totally cuter in real life, seriously)

i love sparkles. 

so- every time we are in a dressing room together, we have a party. 

first time in pleather pants- i will buy when i find a pair that aren't so papery and uncomfortable.

i so should have bought the sparkly shorts...

no, not her every day look- we were on the hunt for clothes to make a lalaloopsy halloween costume.

 so she fell asleep- it was a long day. 

to top our oh-so therapeutic day off, we had some keva juice and a photo shoot for my upcoming fashion post that will be up in a few days!

hope you had an amazing labor day! :)

my new love...

i am finally back to the blogging world after three weeks!

what's crazy is that it feels like it hasn't even been a whole week since i was last on here.

i hate that time goes by so fast.

during times like these when things are so chaotic, you look back and it seems like you missed the whole thing.

and people tell me that it's only going to get worse as i get older.

and i hate that...

definitely cause i'm a year older now.

yep, i turned 22 on the twelfth and it still just shocks me to say the number "twenty" in my age. 

there's just a part of me that wants to stay a little girl forever.

it's probably because i'm so spoiled by the people that love me and i just don't ever want that to go away!

(so if you're one of those people that love me and you're reading this, don't ever let that go away...you know who you are.)

hopefully within the next week or so i can get on here and share some special things from my birthday.

but for now, i have another outfit post- featuring my birthday present...to myself.

ahh these vince camuto boots.

i don't think i've ever loved a pair of shoes so much.

i was so excited when i found them on clearance at dillards.

one pair left, just my size.

it's one of the most exciting feelings in the world.

but that feeling was soon ripped from me when they couldn't find the matching boot in the back.

i was left standing there with one left boot, trying to decide if i should just buy it anyways.

but i decided to track them down online instead of awkwardly walking out of the store with one boot and not much of a plan of what i would do with the boot after that. 

so i found them on the designer's website.

not as much of a markdown but i didn't even care.

i was desperate at this point.

so now i have them and i'm never, ever going to let them go.

 

 top: downeast basics

shrug and bracelet: maurices

skirt: rue21

belt: calvin klein (marshalls)

boots: vince camuto