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Beauty on the Streets

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This past warm Saturday, I ventured out with my camera trying to soak up as much warm goodness as I could. Yet I found myself pretty darn uninspired. Face it kids, fall is long gone. And the colors of winter just aren’t rocking my world lately. So I stopped looking at landscapes and searching for remnants of orange and crisp leaves, and instead tried to pay attention to the mundane scenes on my street that I walk by every day but hardly pay attention to. And you know, I found them quite pretty.

Here’s the evidence via Instagram, and as always, linking up with a {little} dash of ash for Instagram Monday!

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25 Days of Sparkle

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If you follow me on Instagram, you know I challenged myself to wear something sparkly every day of December until Christmas. Well I’m linking up with a {little} dash of ash for an Instagram Link Party today to show off the results from the last 25 days!

1. Guess watch//2. DIY gem bracelets//3. Glitter mary-janes//4. CZ’s//5. Shiny polka dots//6. Gold knotted belt//7. Pearl + gold owl earrings//8. Starfish earrings//9. Sequin tank//10. Studded top//11. Sequin blouse//12. Starfish cuff//13. Glitter nails//14. Sequin clutch//15. Metallic loafers//16. Shiny shoelace tee//17. Spike the Punch necklace//18. Rhinestone Santa hat// 19. Jeweled winter headband//20. Sequin tee//21. Glitter TOMS//22. Sparkle skirt//23. Double C’s//24. Jeweled headband//25. Shimmer + pearl bodice

Hope all of your holidays were merry, bright + sparkly! I’ll be in and out this week!

Lilly’s Birthday Bash

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I know, I know, you must be getting tired of me gushing over Lilly Pulitzer so much this week. But I have to dedicate just one more post to the darling brand because today is Mrs. Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau’s 80th birthday!

I’m linking up with Pink Preppy Lilly Lover for a very special Pink and Green Thursday in her honor. Happiest of birthdays Miss Lilly!

Also, be sure to enter the Lilly Pulitzer Jungle Glam Giveaway on {long distance loving} to for a chance to win some of your own Lilly loot!

r-v-n-e recap!

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What a fabulous weekend at rendez-vous new england! Hosted by the lovely ladies AV of Long Distance Loving and Jillian of Cornflake Dreams, this was my first blogger meet-up and I don’t think I could have had more fun! It was wonderful meeting so many new friends, especially ones whose blogs I already follow– so great putting a real-life face to the name! And of course finding new blogs is always a huge highlight for me 🙂

All in all, it was perfect. Can’t wait to meet up with all of these ladies again! Here are some of the highlights of the events… thank you Instagram for making capturing so easy!

Gummi Bear Martinis at The Charlesmark Hotel and Lounge

Martinis with Kate of Suburban Sweetheart!

BEAUTIFUL earrings I won from Stella Jewelry. Pearls and sparkle? I am so there.

With the fabulous {av}– what a host!

So sweet

Button table at Grey’s Fabric & Notions. Oh my goodness. I want to live in this store. More about them and the SoWa market in a later post…!

FINALLY got myself some Roxy’s Grilled Cheese! I’ve been trying to find myself in the same location as this food truck for months. Completely lived up to my expectations 🙂

Sparkly end to an amazing weekend.

So SO many thanks to AV and Jillian for putting this together, as well as all of the awesome sponsors! Our goodie bags=heaven. Can’t wait to do this again!!

And I’m linking up with Miss a {little} dash of ash again today for another Monday Instagram Link Party 🙂

Moving

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This is my baby brother…

We moved him into college Friday…

To this beautiful street…

Then we drove a couple miles to the other side of town to move me into my first post-grad apartment!

…Ok, we didn’t actually do any moving– that’s happening next weekend. And therefore I don’t have any good photos to share. But I did do a lot of painting and cleaning and enjoyed a tiring but fun day with my new roommates! Then our parents rewarded us with a deelish dinner out…

So Labor Day Weekend for us was less beach-y and more labor-y but good all the same. It’s a big time of change but what can you do but embrace it? 🙂

Hope you all are enjoying a third day of this weekend, remember to link up to share your Instagrams!

One Hundred

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WordPress tells me that this marks my 100th post on so anthro! A HUGE thank you to all of my followers who keep coming back to read this silly little thing post after post. I know I ramble and don’t put together the most groundbreaking outfits, so I appreciate each and every one of you more than I could ever tell you 🙂

Here’s to the next one hundred! Have a wonderful weekend you all!!

Blue Skies

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Linking up with a {little} dash of ash today for her new Instagram link-up! Snapped this pretty shot while sitting out on the harbor with one of my best friends Samantha who came to visit this weekend. More of that fun later 🙂

In other news, today is my twenty-second-and-a-half birthday. Where in the world does the time go?!