One... Two... Three

At this point, adrenaline is not just running through my veins, it has fully replaced my blood. I've been working like a mad woman on actualizing a passion project these past few weeks so I thought I would take a nice vacation. Ahhhhh... wouldn't that be fantastic if I had time for that? In the meantime, I've decided to try an emulate relaxation mode by sporting this dress I picked up in Bali. A nice breezy light cotton dress makes for a good pretend mental vacay. 

PS - I'm all island out - my bracelet is from Boracay, Philippines. 

Oh yeah, it's a true vacay outfit now, homies.

Bracelet, from Boracay, Philippines

Dress, from Bali, Indonesia

Shoes, GoMax via Ambiance

Friday, October, 21st, 2011

Date night with the hubby - sexy time, oh yeah! Ew, TMI, Marie. TMI.  For a split second I wanted to get all dolled up and go to the gorgeous Meritage at the Claremont in Oakland. A couple of hours beforehand, I realized I wasn't in the mood to play dress up. All I wanted to do was be with Mikie and talk, laugh and just hang at a casual romantic restaurant. And that's exactly what we did, my friends. It had been too long since we had a solid block of time, and so we exchanged stories, food and kisses. 

I love that man so much. 

Romance is alive and kickin. 

Necklace, VerreEncore
Jacket, F21 (the most awesomest buy ever!)
Tank, H&M
Jeans, thrifted Levi's original sample
Shoes, MIA

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Event hopping calls for layers. 

This is where all my Man Repeller stalking comes in handy - Leandra is a layerin whiz! Of course, my layering skills are much more conservative and tamer that hers, at least this time around. 

Walking around in the cold going from place to place, I started soff fully loaded (uh, not that kind of loaded - that comes later in the evening ;) ). Layers are all ON. I always view my outfit in its layered stages since once  I'm at the events, and consume a couple glasses of Proseco, I slowly peel off each layer. Cue stripper music. Not!

Jacket not pictured. D'oh.

Ya know my long kimono hot pink vintage jacket? Imagine that over le outfit. 

Now, good job using your imagination, kiddies :)

Headband, F21
Bracelets, variety
Sweater, Bluefly (can't remember brand - bad Marie!)
Tank, H&M
Pants, Madewell
Shoes, Sam Edelman

Orange You Blue?

*I apologize for the delay, this outfit is from yesterday*

I took my daughter, Daisy, to Gymboree today and 

Oh. My. Gawd. The babies were obsessed with me. 

I was thinking to myself, aha! they recognize a good mama when they see one - that's why they're all crawlin, waddling and walking on over  to hang with me.

Turns out they were all just jonesin my major neck bling! 

Oh ego, why must you think everything is about you. Le sigh.

Several tiny hands were reaching, grabbing, playing and pulling my necklaces - yikes!

But alas, the lil angels did not a break a single strand - *phew*.

Next time you want to attract babes (as in babies - duh!), you know what to do.

Sunglasses, Liz Clairborne

Necklaces, from a variety of sources (Erica Bowman, Zafirenia and a gift from my mother)

Vest, F21

Dress, Nordstroms (I forget what brand - sorry!)

Sandals, Go Max via Ambiance

Nada One!

I'd like to thank the one and only gorgeousness from the fabulous blog: Style On The Couch for introducing me to this lovely convertible dress from Ravon by Von Vonni.

Nada one good picture came out from this shoot!

Sometimes life gives ya lemons so ya gotta suck it up and make lemonade...

So instead of not posting anything, I decided to just go with it and pretend there's a 

Dorkiest Shot  Blogger Contest and find the goofiest submissions possible :)

Which one do you think should be crowned winner of the

Dorkiest Shot Contest?

Should it be:

#1 Scrunchie Face 

#2 Itch On Me Back 

# 3 Givin the World A Hug 

# 4 Swingin It

or

# 5 Well, Hello There 

Tha Bling Thangs:

Necklace, VerreEncore
Bracelets, a gift from India
Dress, Ravon
Shoes, GoMaxx via Ambiance

All Girl.

Two posts in one day?! Holy shenanigans!

Some days I just want to feel like a super girly girl and this outfit does just that for moi. 

Makes me feel darndiddlydarn good - and damnit, who doesn't want to feel good?! 

I've recently learned that it's sooo important to take care of yourself, love yourself, and just feel good. 

We are all unique beautiful creatures and we need to embrace that, like, yesterday homies.

Here's a lil rap from me to you:

Can I get a beat, yo?!

nnts nnts nnts nnts nnts

aw yeah aw yeah

here we go, here we go 

Form fitting on top and flowy down below

 This is the super girly way I go

Got my big hair blown out

A dash of pink on my pout

World - I'm ready, I'm set

This is what ya gonna get

All girl - YEAH - that's me

Just trying to feel a lil pretty

With a swish of my hula girl hips

Got my world at my fingertips

Just tryin to love who I am

Yeah I'm my own #1 fan

Awwww yeah

Now, on to the good stuffs...

Today's competition is the Hawt Diggity Dayum Shot.

And the nominees are:

And the winner of the Hot Shot contest goes to:

Thank you for playing!

Necklace, gift from a friend

Top, F21

Skirt, Free People,

Shoes, GoMax via Ambiance

Scouts Honor.

I never made it past being a Brownie in the Girl Scouts but I do remember admiring the older Girl Scouts in their mature blue and green uniforms while I was stuck wearing poo brown :(. 

OoooOOOooo how I longed to be older when I was but a simple (well, maybe not simple) happy lil bugger. What's that saying now? Ah yes, youth is wasted on the youth. As I reflect back on my early days in life, I must concur. Man, it feels like only yesterday I remember my mother telling me, Don't grow up too fast! Of course I did the complete opposite. But now, as a mom of an almost two year old lil munchkin, I am supremely aware of the true urgency in those words that were once said to me, and well, repeated to me over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. So here I am, years later, trying my best to not grow up too fast.

Necklace, from my grandma's stash
Dress, from a boutique on Haight in SF
Shoes, Ambiance

Bold Mother Earth.

Today I felt connected with the earth in a most empowering way. 

I went through a very difficult personal situation last weekend and wept for days, felt like there was no tomorrow, and was utterly completely devastated. The world was muffled in both the visual and audio sense.  It was hard to see any light at the end of the long dark tunnel...

Until today.

Don't know what it is about this particular day, but all of a sudden things started getting better. A true smile found its way to my face. I felt the need to pay my respects to mother earth while grasping the bold happiness that I was finally able to feel again.

And so I let my outfit speak my truth on this fine day...

PS - The colors are totally muted on these pictures for some reason but appear bright and bold when viewed through iPhoto.  Anyone got a clue as to why?

My dance tribute to the gloriousness that is this day! :)

Headpiece, Claire's

Sweater, Nordstroms

Dress, from a boutique in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Shoes, Ambiance

Still Summer Over Here Homies!

Luckily, in the Bay Area, we get an extended summer through October (aka Indian Summer). 

Obviously  this fantabulous since I am an island girl deep down inside.

I sliped a nude slip underneath my black cover up dress and add a red hot macramed belt with shells and  

 ta daaaa! I get that summer lovin feelin.

Yeah, it's a little short, but you know what? I'm gonna be complaining about not being able to wear shorts, skirts and dresses soon enough - so for now, I be flauntin my stems yo.

Bonus points to this dress for lookin asymmetrical - totally on trend without even tryin!

PS - I was at Nordie's today on the look out for some cute fall boots and man - I realized, I can totally sport this dress come the cold with some hot knee highs. Score!

Shades, F21
Dress, H&M
Slip, F21
Belt, from Boracay, Philippines
Shoes, Ambiance

Block This, Biyatch.

I'm so ready to hit the beaches, biyatches!

With my Long Island vacation round the corner, I was inspired by the colors of the vast ocean that I'll soon be viewing, swimming, and frolicking in.  A little royal blue, tid bit o' sea green, and a dash of turquoise complete this I wish I were on vacation attire. 

Extra points for my mother pearl bracelet - oh yeah! 

Don't you love that I so freely give myself extra points?!

Bewbies.
Obviously, this shot was taken by a man, baby!

Sunnies, Liz Clairborne

Top - ?

Skirt - ?

Shoes - Ambiance

Necklace - from my Mom

Bracelets - from Carmel, CA

Hot Pink Cardigan + Long Blue & White Striped Dress + Rope Sandals

Now that I'm on the path of habitually waxing da armfeets (that'd be pronounced armpit in the English homies),  I gather up all my willpower to not shave between appointments or else my waxing lady will yell at me in Portuguese (she's from Brazil!). And as sexy as it is to be yelled at in a foreign language, she's got full control of the ooozing hot wax that goes on my poor tortured but fuzz free bod. 

So, what do you do when you've got a cute spaghetti strap dress you're dying to wear but da feets (short for armfeet) bears resemblance to the lush Amazionan jungle?

We Hot Pink Cardigan It!

Hot Pink Cardigan, a gift from Mom
Dress, F21
Shoes, Ambiance
Turquoise Necklace, a gift from Mom