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

K.I.S.S.

I hereby dedicate this post to the *smack* 

K.I.S.S.   a.k.a   Keep It Simple Stupids!

The thing about dresses is that they're an instant outfit and mos def fall into the KISS category.

Ya can dress em up with bangles and treasures, add a funky ole belt, wear some killer shoes.

OR if you're running late, ya can just super KISSIFY it, slip it on and 

ZZZZOooooOOOM

run out the door in 2 minutes flat, as I did this fine mornin'.

Sometimes it's just best to KISS and tell, ladies. ;)

Sniffin' out the scene with my mongrel, Bongo.

Well how dee how do!
How're yoooooooouuuu doin?!

This is the
 I'm so terribly cool and important (HA!)
pose. 

Followed by belting out the National Anthem.
Nah, just kidding - but good guess!
But whatever could it beeeeee?

That's right!
You guessed it!
BEES, homies, God damn freakin, BEES took over. :(
At least they make the oh so sweet, delicious and nutritious honey.
And just for that, I forgive them for scaring the food babies outta me.

Sunnies, Liz Clairborne

Purple Dress, H&M

Shoes, H&M

Beige Top + Red, Blue, Brown Plaid Button Down + Skinny Jeans + Converse

Beige Top, Nordstroms

Plaid Top, Hubby's

Skinny Jeans, DKNY

Shoes, Custom Converse

SunDaisies.

My curly-haired cutie's adventures this past week:

Summer Day(sies)!

Goofin' around on the gee lide (green slide).

Apparently her chicken sandwich likes to give her kisses.

Lashes.

Can't beat natural curls!

Daisy and her other flower princess buddy, Plumeria. 

Custom Converse.

Last year I threw away my pink Converse that I had for seven years. Seven years! Me and my choose were tight, yo. It was a such a saaaaaaad day that I couldn't bear to get new ones right way.

Well, I'm glad I waited because recently, I found out about custom Converse - where YOU (the customer) gets to be the designer. 

Instead of going the boring solid color route, I funked it up a little by mixing and matching  prints and colors.

I hand picked everything from the print of each side and the tongue, to the color of the lace and stitching, to the side lettering that reads Mars Bars - a family nickname, to the color of the side panels and even the lil metal circle things that the laces come through! 

Ch-ch-check out my new digs. 

They be fly and sh*t. 

Jeans on Joyus.

Check out the Joyus jeans shopping sale. 


Recognize booty number 3? 
It's Me! ;)

About Joyus:

Joyus is a brand new online shopping experience to help you discover and buy the things you'll love.  Joyus makes great style more accessible to everyone by harnessing the power of video. Each week Joyus' amazing curators - bloggers, stylists and other experts - share their special finds with you and then show you how to make them work for you. Each item is available for sale for a limited time through their exclusive video sales platform, making it easy for you to buy the things you love.

Lace Blazer + Long Sleeve Blue T + Black Mini Cords

When I'm having a 

'I feel sorry for myself, I feel gross and bloated, and my hair is terrible, are my nose hairs showing' 

type of day, I like to disguise my insecurities with a large amount of chunky bunch of necklaces, a LOUD leopard headband, a sweat texturized lace blazer. Really, just anything to make the world think that I'm thinking:

Hey! Look at me! I'm wearing funky stuff! I think I'm awesome!

And so VOILA, an outfit is born out of I feel like a chunk monkster feelings. 

Lace Blazer, Modcloth,

Cords, Mango

Blue Long T, H&M

Leopard Headband, gift from a friend

Sunglasses, H&M

Necklaces, from Grandma, Erica and Zafirenia

SunDaisies.

Man, Daisy's got a busy lil schedule:

Hangin out with cousin Indigo, Fourth of July BBQ, Uncle Paul's Birthday... 

The kid's a social butterfly!

Indy and Daisy.

Up Close and Personal.
Check out her lashes! 

Helpin' Papa clean the grill. What a hard lil worker! 

Hangin' with Anne Mars and JT.

Daisy Duck.

Blowin' out Uncle Paul's B-day candles.

Daisy and the Uncles and Titas!

Lola and Munchkin.

Purple Dress + Bright Aqua Sparkly Top + Flat White Shoes

Let's do BORING!

Boring boring bo boring

Bananafana fo foring

Fe Fi mo moring

BOOOOORRRING!

Let's do AWKWARD!

Awkward awkward bo bawkward

Bananafana fo fawkward

Fe Fi Mo Mawkward

AWWWWWKKWARD!

Dress, from Hong Kong
Top, ?
Shoes, H&M

Sway Chic

Yay! One of my fave stores, Sway, has finally gone online. It's about freakin' time!

Although I'm glad they're on the web - I still prefer physically going to their stores in San Francisco, Alameda, Berkeley and Concord. There's more merchandise and the vibe's always fun. 

BUT if you're not livin around the Bay Area, hit them up online! Here's a sneak peak at a couple of items from their site that I'm jonesin:

Holey Sweater + Hot Pink Tank + Mid-Length Pinstriped Shorts

These shots don't do the outfit justice. Wah, freakin, wah. Hubby wasn't around to bang, bang (not in that way!) me, so this is what we're working with.

Today I had a shoot for the awesome new online fashion video site, Joyus. 

I had a couple of dresses planned but then decided to go the fun casual route. They're gonna dress me up in their clothes anyhoo, might as well wear whatever I want :) Little did I know that they ended up letting me use my top as I showcased three pairs of ah-mazing jeans! I've been told that the video will officially be up and running this coming Monday. 

Stay tuned!

Hi Daisy! Hi Bongo!

Holey Sweater, Nordstroms 
Hot Pink Tank, Thrifted
Mid-Length Pinstriped Shorts, Thrifted
Shoes, Sam Edelman

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