She's A Brick House....

Never truly understood those lyrics

but I figured since I recently discovered the cutest little brick wall

 it was pretty applicable right?

SO the brick wall I'm talking about was shown in my last post with miss Shelbs

we discovered this place after we both guzzled down some delicious iced coffee from

E Street Cafe.... well at least I think that's what it's called

Anyways so after that we roamed the streets of Enci and found ourselves this precious little brick wall

Seriously nothing better then stumbling upon a new little place to shoot

kudos to her for putting up with my nonsense and wanting to walk 

ALLLL OVVVVA Encinitas lol

xoxo

Coachella Blue

Coachella blues are real kids.

Literally still depressed that I'm not at coachella anymore... it's a problem.

I was able to go to Coachella for the very first time with a super rad group of people.

I've been wanting to go for about 4 years now and it never panned out so you can imagine how excited I was when I finally got my hands on a weekend 1 ticket.

(weekend 1 allllll the way)

My mind was completely consumed with coachella for about a solid month or two 

trying to cram in as much music as I could.

I discovered some seriously mind blowing bands in the process, but I will get to that on another post.

The prep process for coachella was insane, besides trying engulf myself in as much indie and dj tunes every chance I could get, searching high and low for original outfits (the amount of hours on pinterest I spent looking for ideas was disturbing), and trying to organize camping gear with a bunch of boys was definitely not easy, but it was alll so worth it.

here are some of the outfits I chose..... so I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted at the festival, but I just so happened to have a mini shoot in the backyard before I went lol

Until next year Coachella

You stole my heart and my voice..... literally for two weeks after.

All About That Poncho

I have a recent fashion obsession and I figured I would share it.

PONCHOS

I love the idea of taking such a traditional piece and turning it into a trend.

Lately I've been seeing them all over from street styles to boho and I absolutely love it!

There are all different types too from shirt styles for now and thicker ponchos for fall.

Here are a few that I've been absolutely drooling over

She Believed She Could So She Did

Whenever I'm bored nothing makes me happier

 then dressing up a bit and taking

PICTURES.

Weird I know, it's not like I want to be an instagram model or anything odd like that

I just simply find it entertaining to explore new areas and take silly pics. 

This time I sucked my sweet roommate into tagging along to 

have a little photo shoot in our local duck pond.

This whole endeavor consisted of the following:

-A million and two bugs

-Overly curious elderly women who only want to hangout with their dogs wherever we are

-Near death experiences due to my lack of tree climbing skills

-Amateur photography via Iphone

-Random dancing (ultimate favorite past time)

-awkwardness:

 maybe one day I will overcome that..... hmmm lets be honest that will never happen.

Anyways I had a blast during our quick little photo sesh

Thanks again Vic, you're the best :)

My hair is getting so light! I barely recognize myself anymore haha

Baby feet!!

Cheers to being weird, because the most important person in my life taught me that being normal would be boring and I could't agree more :)

Let me address this cute canvas real quick.

This was given to me as a gift from the most amazing women in the world... my Mom!

One day we were talking and I started to discuss my life.... I went into talking about how all my dreams and desires always seemed out of reach, how I imagined this life for myself yet I'm still stuck in the same town I grew up in with a passport stamp-less, still at the same community college unsure of what career path to take, and at the time a blog with no posts. I began to tell her how I just didn't feel like I was good enough to reach my millions of goals I wanted to accomplish, I wasn't far enough in school to become the successful women dreamed of becoming, no one would take me seriously if I did what I feel like I'm most passionate about, an all in all it just wouldn't happen. Talk about negative nancy!! Anyways, as I was saying all of this it suddenly dawned on me in that very moment that there was only one person to blame for these feelings of uncertainty. ME. I was completely at fault, I'm the only one person holding me back from anything I want to accomplish. 

So, I decided that I would finally live the "blog worthy life" that I've always wanted.

This is where my journey begins! Thanks mom for always encouraging me to be whoever I want to be, to never change myself for others, to stand for what I believe in, and ultimately NEVER give up when things get rough. 

   

Gimme Gimme!

My Newest Obsession:

HATS 

I want them all :)

       

My faves

So today, as I was going through my typical daily routine
 I thought it would be interesting if I kept track of the stuff I couldn't live without.... I mean if it really came down to it I probably could go without a all couple of these things, but I thought it would be fun to share some of the weird material items that I love dearly with you.

(not in order of importance)

So this is my recent obsession,  it's my roommates 1 1/4 Conair little trooper because its been around for years. I don't think she has used it once in all the time we have lived together so I kinda adopted it..... ooops! I use it as a wand instead of clamping it to avoid dents and get what I call my "Lazy Girl Curls".... I believe others call it beach waves.... bore!

I typically french braid my hair every night, because now that my hair is so light and like 5 different shades it looks a lot prettier with some waves opposed to my normal stick straight boring hair. 

It's funny, just the other night I came home with my hair just natural (because I actually washed it for once and didn't have time to style it haha) and my roommate looked at me and said she couldn't remember the last time I've had it straight ...well yeah that's because I hate it and french braids at night is such an easy fix.

Dry shampoo, dry shampoo and let me say it one more time DRY SHAMPOO. This stuff saves lives I'm not even kidding (well maybe I am a little) anyways, I wash my hair every 2-4 days depending on how often I workout..... (don't worry I still shower daily) but I feel that there is no need to strip my hair of its natural oils and hey dirty hair curls sooooo much better everyone knows that! So stop the incessant daily washes and hop on the dry shampoo bandwagon peeps :)

I try to read a little every day; whether it's just a few scriptures or a few chapters it always makes a difference!

I'm sure you're thinking... okay this girl is a freak, or maybe gets scrapes often. 

Well to ease your mind a little I'm definitely a freak, but I don't get cuts and scrapes to much. I use this product for teeth whitening. I have a whole routine that I'm addicted to, but I will post that another time.  I basically just gargle with this for 30 seconds instead of mouthwash (definitely hard to get used to at first). I've seen such great results and people always tell me my teeth looks super white in pictures (that's not photoshop people.... its good ole' .87 cent hydrogen peroxide, because I'm not about to drop a ton of money on whitening strips, trays, or extreme treatments when this works like a charm!

You're Welcome.

I didn't where sunnies as mush as I should've growing up, because now I'm stuck with permanent yellow spots on the whites on my eyes so my optometrist said to always where them when in the sun from here on out. No one notices unless they are about an inch away from my eye.... which obviously never happens except for me of course, but now I'm paranoid so I have 10 pairs.... and I maybe wear 2.

Bobble water bottles are my ultimate fave. 

If you know me, you know that I don't go anywhere without mine. I have this weird feeling about tap water, so I love that it filters on the go. I bought mine at target for  $8 and you just buy the cute little colored filters ever two months. Saving so much money not buying a million plastic water bottles and saving the environmental as well.... double plus!!!

I honestly drink ten times the amount of water I used to, probably one of my best purchases yet.

I love a little lip color here and there and as of right now Primrose by Revlon with a light coat of Some Like It Taupe by Maybelline (whisper in the middle of the trio) is the perfect combo! 

Sad to say my iphone has to be on this list.... but I have a sick obsession with social media. Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, now blogging. Yikes!!! Oh welll I could always be addicted to drugs instead.... hmmmmm betta not :)

ps. yes this is the case I have. I love how it holds all my necessities! People always say it looks like a little bible haha.

This is my favorite non scented lotion. My skin is pretty sensitive and I like how I can use this on both my face and body. I try and use it right after I towel dry because I heard that's when your body soaks up the most moisture.

Well here is a little background on this because some of you who know me knew that I absolutely despised peanut butter. What I didn't tell you is i stopped liking it because I ate spoonfuls all the time as a kid and I just couldn't take another bit if I tried. It has officially entered my life full force! I used to just have it in ice cream, because it wasn't as strong now I eat it everyday; peanut butter moods, peanut butter and jelly on a waffle, and my absolute favorite peanut butter with a banana..... yum!