New York City Spring Break Haul

Forever21 Cutout Yoke Chiffon Top in Black

Forever21 Sequin-Embroidered Tank Top in Taupe/Bronze

Forever21 Tweed Fit & Flare Dress in Cream/black

Forever21 Dolphin Hem Blouse in Black

I actually purchased this shirt in black but I couldn't find it in black on their website anymore but I also love it in the white or hot pink colors because both would be perfect for spring time.

Forever21 Tweed-Paneled Sheath Dress in Black/Beige

AG Adriano Goldschmied Legging Super Skinny Denim in Jetsetter

7 For All Mankind Mid-Rise Dark Skinny Jeans in Classic Dark

Marc by Marc Jacobs Crossbody - New Q Percy in Sea Aqua

MICHAEL Michael Kors Selma Mini Messenger Bag in Fuschia

Christian Louboutin New Simple Pump 120mm in Black Patent Leather

So I wanted to do this post to share with you guys some of the items that I purchased while I was in New York City on spring break. I actually purchased the Christian Louboutins at Bergdorf Goodman (but I couldn't find them on the website anymore) and had them shipped to my house because I was too scared to travel back home with them plus I wanted to be able to keep the box and unfortunately I purchased too many other items while I was there and the box wouldn't fit in my suitcase. They were my big splurge for the trip and I could not be happier with my selection. I have had my eye on them for about 3 or 4 years now.

I purchased the 2 pairs of jeans because I hadn't purchased a pair of designer jeans in a while and I typically buy them only at outlet stores so I can try to save some money on them. Also, of the pairs that I own none of them are skinny jeans and I really wanted some nice expensive skinny jeans that will last me a long time.

Also, I purchased the Michael Kors handbag at Bloomingdales but they no longer had it online so I found it on Macy's website. My mom technically purchased this bag for me for my Easter present. I also purchased a few more items but I could not find them online. I hope you enjoyed seeing what I purchased and I also hope it helps give you some inspiration next time you're out shopping.

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Currently Craving

1) Jessica Simpson Lattice-Back Cover Up in Cool Mint | 2) Rebecca Minkoff Fiona Thong Sandal in Winter Mint | 3)Marc Jacobs Highliner Gel Eye Crayon in Top Seacret 88 | 4) Triangl Milly - Candy Pink | 5) Sam Edelman Lynn Espadrille Flat | 6) Lilly Pulitzer 3" Walsh Short in Ariel Blue Hippy Hippy Shake | 7) Makeup Forever Artist Plexi-Gloss in 207 - Candy Pink | 8) Makeup Forever Step 1 Skin Equalizer in Smoothing Primer | 9) Glamglow Supermud Clearing Treatment | 10) Tory Burch Beach Dipped Large Zip Tote

So I decided to do a post about what I am currently craving clothes and beauty wise for this spring and summer. The three makeup items are fairly brand new and I can't wait to try all of them. The skincare item (Glamglow mud mask) is something that I have tried before and I absolutely love it. It is literally the best face mask I have ever tried in my entire life. The reason I am craving it is because I recently ran out. I have already owned two containers of this particular product and I really want to buy more but it is pretty expensive and I also recently purchased the cleanser version which is fairly new and I figured I should give it a try before I repurchase the mask.

I have recently become obsessed with espadrilles. I owned a pair about two years ago before they were even popular and I wore them so much that I had to throw them away because they were starting to fall apart. I was so sad when that happened and I haven't really been able to find a pair that I love as much as those but I still think that they are adorable and I've find about 5 different pairs that I want to purchase. 

Most of the fashion items are related to the laying out by the pool and/or going to the beach because I live in Florida. However, I really don't actually like going to the beach where I live because it is a very crowded beach but I do enjoy going to the beach on the east coast of Florida because the water is sometimes clearer and the beaches are not as populated. I do enjoy going boating though and I hope to maybe do some exploring of Florida this summer and visit some new beaches and maybe a couple different state parks. 

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Spring Break 2015: DC Day 8

Hey guys, 

So day 8 was our last day in DC and honestly I was so ready to leave because by this time I was getting sick and so I wasn't feeling well plus I was also really tired of the cold weather. I just wanted to get back to warm sunny Florida! 

This was also the day that my sister left but she actually flew home because she had to be at work the next morning. My parents and I ended up driving home. We were supposed to stay another night but like I said, I just wanted to get home and sleep in my own bed. So we headed back home in the afternoon and drove until like 6 to eat dinner and spend the night in a town in Virgina. 

We ended up getting to see two museums very quickly before we left. The two that we went to were the national museum of natural history and the national museum of American history. 

We checked out the Natural History Museum first and while we were there we checked out the animal exhibits, the dinosaur exhibits, and a jewelry and gem exhibit. The jewelry and gem exhibit was my favorite because all of the necklaces and rings that were on display were insanely gorgeous and a lot of them were owned by royalty. 

The second and final museum we went to was the National Museum of American History. We mostly went there to look at the dresses that the First Ladies wore for important events. After we finished with that exhibit we walked my sister to the metro and she the subway to the airport and got on her plane. We ended up going back to the same museum to look at a couple other exhibits before we headed back to the car to leave.

I will not be doing a post for day's 9 and 10 because all we did was drive back home to southwest Florida. For day 9 we stopped in Savannah, Georgia to visit with my brother and his family. We ended up going to dinner with them and then breakfast the next morning with his family and my cousin and her husband. Then after breakfast we got back in the car continued driving back home.

Overall the trip was a lot of fun! I definitely prefer NYC more than DC but it was funny getting to visit both cities in one trip. I hope you enjoyed reading about my trip and I hope you learned about some interesting places to visit.

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April Favorites

1) Renegades | 2) Glamglow Youthmud Tinglexfoliate Treatement  | 3) Frank Original Coffee Scrub |  4) iZombie |  5) Ray-Ban Erika Sunglasses | 6) Younger | 7) Sam Edelman Gigi Sandal | 8) Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation | 9) L’Oréal Colour Riche Extraordinaire Lip Color | 10) See You Again

Hey guys, so I know I totally forgot to do one of these for February and March but I was super busy getting ready to go to NYC at the end of February and then I was just too busy with school and trying to finish projects and papers at the end of March. I will try to remember to do these for each month from now on though.

So the two songs See You Again and Renegades are two songs that I have been listening to non-stop for about the last week and a half of April. See You Again is the song that is featured in the new Fast and Furious 7 movie and it was written for Paul Walker, one of the actors in the movie who passed away in 2013. The Renegades song is actually featured on the Jeep commercials that are for their Renegade Jeep.

The two TV shows, iZombie and Younger have been my two favorites lately. iZombie came on in March but I actually didn’t start watching it until the first or second week of April on Hulu. The reason I start watching this show was because the guy who created it also created Veronica Mars, which used to be one of my favorite TV shows. The reason I started watching Younger was because it has Hilary Duff in it and I totally grew up watching Lizzie McGuire. Both shows are really great and if you’re looking for something to new watch, I recommend that you check them out.

The fashion items that I have been wearing a lot lately are my Ray-Ban Erika sunglasses in Rubber Havana and my Sam Edelman Gigi Sandals in Snow White. I received the sunglasses for Christmas (I wrote 2 posts about my Sunglasses Collection here and here) and they have become my new favorite. They are super lightweight and easy to wear on top of your head. I actually purchased the sandals at a TJ Maxx about 3 weeks ago and I also purchased them in another color about a week later because they have become my go to shoe.

The two skincare products I chose are both exfoliating products. Except one is also a mask as well but technically you are supposed to leave both of them on your face for little bit. The Glamglow Youthmud Tinglexfoliate treat is a mud mask that you leave on your face for about 10 minutes and when you take is off you are supposed to gently rub your face in circles with water to help exfoliate and remove dead skin. The frank coffee scrub is a scrub that you leave on for about 5 minutes and this product can be used all over the body. It has extra oils in it which help to keep the skin really soft after all of the dead skin has been removed.

And lastly, the two beauty products that I have been loving a lot lately are the Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Foundation in the shade 112 Natural Ivory and one of the L’Oréal Colour Riche Extraordinaire Lip Color in the shade 106 Fuchsia Orchestra.  The lip color is really hot pink and the one that I have is actually from the Lilly Pulitzer for Target Collection. By the time I got to my store the only thing that I was able to find was the lip and nail products, which technically were not designed specifically for the collection. The nail colors were just selected to go along with the collection and I already all of them but one so I decided not to get any of those. However, the L’Oréal lip product packaging was designed specifically for the collection.

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Romping Around Downtown

Romper: Forever 21; Jean Jacket: American Eagle (old) similar here and here; Sandals: Sam Edelman in Snow White similar here; Handbag: Louis Vuitton cheaper version here; Sunglasses: Ray-Ban; Earrings: Tory Burch; Bracelet: street vendor in NYC, love this and this

Since it's spring time (which basically means it's summer time in Florida) I typically only wear shorts, dresses, or rompers. I rarely wear jeans during this of year unless it's in the evening and I'm going to see a movie or out to dinner. 

At first I hated rompers and I thought they were the weirdest things ever but then one day I was at forever 21 and I decided to try some on and I fell in love with them. They are super simple to wear because all you have to do is put one on and thrown on a few accessories as well and your outfit is complete. They are kind of a pain when you have to use the restroom though because some of them take forever to take off and it's almost like you have to get completely undressed which is a little awkward at first (haha). 

I love this particular romper because of the flowers that are on it which remind me of spring and how "April showers bring May flowers." So soon everything will be completely in bloom and beautiful. I'm actually wearing two bracelets but the other one was stuck up inside my jacket sleeve without me noticing until after we had completed the photoshoot. I hope you enjoyed this outfit and if you are unsure about rompers like I was, go ahead and try one on. You might just fall in love like I did!

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Spring Break 2015: DC Day 7

Hey guys,

So day 7 of the trip was a bit different compared to the rest of the days. We actually got "snowed in," which is something that has never happened to me before since I live in Florida. I have never seen so much snow falling at once and for such a long time in my entire life. It was amazing and beautiful but so annoying all at the same time.

In the morning when the snow had just started falling my parents went out and got us breakfast and they also decided to pick up lunch just incase we ended up getting snowed in which is what ended up happening. We pretty much stayed indoors all day except for a few times. We went out and had a mini snowball fight which was a lot of fun and something I've only experienced one other time. We also built a little snowman as you can see down below. I thought that it was absolutely freezing and even though I had so many layers on I thought I was going to die! It was so cold outside. 

Since we were snowed in, it basically ruined an entire day of seeing DC but at the same time it was okay because only a few of the museums were actually open. Most of DC was given the day off because it was not safe to be on the roads. So thankfully our cabin had WiFi and we were able to catch up on a couple TV shows and we also watched a couple movies that my sister has purchased from the campground store.

Most of the photos were taken by my sister so thanks sis!

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Spring Break 2015: DC Day 6

Hey guys,

So day 6 of our trip basically consisted of getting up super early and catching a train to Washington D.C. and then doing some sightseeing around the city.

We woke up around 5 something in the morning to start getting ready for the day and to make sure that we would be able to get a taxi to the train station. I had never been on a real train before so that’s why we decided to go with the train option instead of the plane option. I honestly really enjoyed traveling by train and I think that if I were to ever travel throughout the east coast of the US I would definitely consider doing it by train. It took about an hour or two longer than a plane would have but it was a new experience and I really enjoyed it. I also think my mom and sister preferred it because neither of them enjoy flying that much.

The station that we left out of was Penn Station because trains going to Washington D.C. do not leave out of Grand Central. I definitely would have preferred to leave out of Grand Central because there were a lot of homeless people just hanging out inside of Penn Station. It was a little creepy at times because some of them would just start randomly yelling and cursing at nobody.

The one thing I did not realize was that the train would be making a bunch of stops, which is probably the main reason why it took us a couple hours longer to arrive in D.C. than a plane would have.

By the time we had arrived in D.C. it was almost lunchtime and we were all very hungry. So we went to the food court area that was located in the train station but we didn’t really want to eat at any of the fast food options that they had available so we decided to go with the Johnny Rockets was that in the same area. As you can see I had the chicken tenders/fingers and some French fries and they were both delicious.

After lunch we headed to the National Mall where most of the main D.C attractions are located such as the National Monument, The Lincoln Memorial, and several of the museums. We first checked out the National Monument. After we were done checking out the monument we decided to walk to the Lincoln Memorial and check it out which is located on the other end of the Reflecting Pool. It was a very long walk to the Lincoln Memorial.

The last place we checked out for the day was Ford’s Theater, which is the location where President Abraham Lincoln was shot. They have free museum located inside the theater and it also allows you go next to the house where Lincoln was brought after he was shot and it is also where he died.

One thing I was looking forward to was possibly seeing some of the places where the TV show Scandal was filmed but unfortunately I Googled when we got there and apparently the entire show is filmed in Los Angeles. I guess I should have done better research before we arrived but oh well.

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