Spring Whites & Brights

We found the cutest little goose family while we were taking pictures! 

They didn't like me getting so close for a picture and hissed at me a little bit...

If you know me you know I'm pretty terrified of geese, swans, large ducks, etc. so this was serious progress. :)

{ Shirt: Nordstrom / Jeans: Blank NYC via Shopbop / Sandals: Target, similar here, and here / Clutch: eBay, similar here, here, here / Head wrap: F21, similar here, here and here / Sunnies: Nordstrom, similar here / Bracelets: Target / Tiny Star Necklace: my Etsy shop }

May I introduce you to my new favorite jeans?  They fit perfectly and they are insanely comfortable. Winning! 

Seriously I can't recommend them more.

(Oh and as a tip, size up! I'm wearing a 26.)

Spring is a time for bright colors, and I've been loving the white on whites I'm seeing lately, so I had to jump in on the fun.

It's so refreshing!

Have a great Wednesday!

Hummingbirds & Silk

 

{ Printed Pants: Zara / Tee: Downeast / Shoes: Forever 21, similar here / Necklaces: my Etsy shop / Bracelets: Forever 21 / Bow Clutch: Gift from my sister }

These pants are wonderful.

They look nice and fancy, but they feel like pajama bottoms (hence their name on Zara).

You know me, can't pass up an item of clothing that looks fancy to everyone else, but to me feels like I can go to bed at a moments notice.

In other news, I spent my weekend sick in bed. :( 

This would have normally been a huge bummer, but it's like Utah knew or something, because it was cold, rainy, and super windy all weekend.

I was nursed back to health by my loving husband, Ben & Jerrys, Mac & Cheese, and a few too many cherry danishes...(if you haven't had Target's cherry danishes, you really need to.)

On the bright side I'm ready for another week! And SPRINGTIME! 

Happy Monday!

xoxo

You Can Toucan Too

  

{ Toucan Sweater: ASOS / Polka Dot Jeans: Forever 21 / Shoes: Zara / Clutch: Target / Sunnies: (old) similar here / Bracelets: Target and my Etsy Shop}

Okay so full disclosure, these pics are from about a week ago. As of this moment I am sick in bed, reminiscing about wearing this colorful toucan sweater and how happy it makes me. 

I'm a serious sucker for tops with animals on them. Oh and I have to name them. 

This toucan's name is Roscoe.

On a related note you know who I'm ticked at? 

Co-workers who come to work sick and then aren't careful about it. 

Hence, here I am in bed with my throat feeling like it got sandpapered and my ears feeling like someone stuffed cotton balls in them. 

However there is a silver lining to this...

 I am such a baby when I'm sick. I make all kinds of excuses for why I need excessive amounts of doughnuts and milkshakes.

 "It'll feel good on my throat..." "It's the only thing that sounds good..."

Luckily the hubs falls for it every time.

 (But really milkshakes are the only thing that sounds good when you have a sore throat, right??)

Anyways, happy Saturday, and may you always get all the treats and sweets you want if you're sick too. 

:)

Spring Sunnies!

( Heart Shaped: 1, 2, 3 / Glitter: 1, 2 / B&W Graphics: 1, 2, 3, 4 / Spring Colors: 1, 2, 3, 4 / Cat Eyes: 1, 2, 3, 4 )

I had Lasik surgery a little over 2 years ago (best decision ever) and since then I am ALL ABOUT sunglasses and protecting those peepers.
You can Google the studies done on how much sun and UV rays affect your vision and the aging of your eyes, so wearing sunglasses whenever you're in the sun is not only smart but stylish too.
I'm really loving these spring trends, what are your favorite sunnies right now??

(Linked up at the IFB Project 96!)

Stripes with Anything (and Everything)

{ Top: ASOS / Skirt: F21 (not online) similar here, here, here / Clutch: eBay, similar here, here, here / Necklace: F21 (not online) similar here, here / Shoes: JustFab, similar here / Sunnies: Old, similar here }

I tend to think of stripes as a neutral and wear them with everything. 

That's probably not right and I might be bordering on some kind of stripes addiction or sickness....either way I'm gonna just go with it until it wears off.

In other news I booked our flight and rental car for our trip to San Francisco in June for our anniversary! 

I. Can't. Wait. 

Shrimp sandwiches and clam chowder in sourdough bread bowls every day. 

Since we did the usual touristy things last time we were there (Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Bridge bay cruise, Ghiaradelli Square, Pier 39, Chinatown, etc.) I want to explore a little bit more and get off the beaten path.

We've been told we have to go to the horse races on Sunday...

Any other suggestions for some San Francisco activities that most tourists might not know about??

Frozen Banana Bites

These are too good I HAD to share! 

I can't stop making them, which probably defeats the "healthy" factor...

Chocolate Peanut Butter Covered Frozen Banana Bites!!!

So incredibly easy and customize-able.

I got the idea from Pinterest here.

This is the recipe the original poster used:

- 2 Large Bananas

- 1/3 C. Dark Chocolate

- 1/4 C Almond Butter

**Instead of almond butter I used natural Adams peanut butter, and I used dark chocolate meltys from Winco. This recipe does work for 2 bananas so the proportions are pretty correct.

Instructions:

Slice up the bananas. Then put the chocolate and PB or nut butter together in a bowl and microwave for 1 minute, stir, then microwave in 30 second increments as needed till melted.

I used a fork to dip the nanners in the mixture and then the excess chocolate drips off. Then you put them on a parchment or wax paper lined baking sheet, and then stick em' in your freezer!

 After they're frozen, I put them in a Ziploc baggie and then have a few for dessert every night.

The first time I stuck to the recipe, but every time I've made them after that I just wing it.

Last time I did half milk chocolate and half chocolate and they were EVEN BETTER than just dark chocolate, and I'm a huge dark chocolate fan. 

Oh and I tried them with and without peanuts and I just think the peanuts take them to the next level, you should seriously try it even if you're not a big peanut person.

Okay, now GO MAKE THEM!

Fuchsia & Floral

{ White Tee: ASOS / Floral Jeans: Insight via Nordstrom but I can't find them online anymore, or also here and here / Heels: ZARA  / Bag: Target / Necklaces: Old from F21 and my Etsy shop / Sunnies: Nordstrom }

This weekend was pretty low key for the hubs and I.

On Saturday we went and did some shopping, I went to Nordstrom and they have some VERY cute things right now, namely this and this.

Sometimes for dinner, instead of going just one place, the hubs and I like to share one thing from a few different places. That way it's more diverse and we can try new things. 

Saturday's dinner was a "Tour de Salt Lake".

We had pizza at Pie Hole, curry at Curry in a Hurry, and scones at Sconecutter.

(Totally healthy, right?)

It was perfect.

I hope you had a great weekend, and are loving the beautiful spring weather as much as I am!!

Ganado Greatness

 

{ Pants: Forever 21 / Top: ASOS / Wedges: Target (on sale in stores!) / Bag: Nordstrom / Jewelry: my Etsy shop }

I put these pants on and immediately went to my husband and said, "LOOK HOW COMFY THEY ARE!"

Which if you think about it doesn't make much sense... but they are seriously comfortable.

These pants are called "Ganado Print" and apparently Ganado is a place in Arizona where this print originated with the Native Americans there. 

Silly me just wanted to call it Aztec or southwestern. 

Don't say I never taught you anything! 

DC Trip Recap!

Last night we got back from our amazing trip to Washington DC!

We left Wednesday afternoon and just had so much fun exploring and seeing the sights. 

I had an AMAZING conversation with a woman from Afghanistan, we talked almost the entire second half of the flight. She told me all about her life, Afghanistan, DIY allergy and arthritis remedies. Her name was Igoolie and she is one of the reasons I love travelling, when else would I have had a chance to get to know an Afghani woman for 2 hours??

I sneakily snapped this picture as I was flying over Chicago, to the left is Lake Michigan and it was just amazing at night. 

The water looked like velvet, not a boat in sight. I always make sure I have a window seat for just this reason, the views are incredible!!

On Thursday we woke up to go see some sights, and it just happened to also be my HUSBAND'S BIRTHDAY! Don't worry, he looks better in my sunglasses than I do...

We went to the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. I know, that name is crazy long. Basically it's another air and space museum in Virginia that has some amazing things. For example, that's where they keep the space shuttle Discovery and the Enola Gay. 

 I looooooved this airplane. All chrome and so shiny and with a more vintage style, it might've been my favorite. 

 This little model plane was just so cute. Teal blue Caribbean plane? I mean c'mon. 

 Representin' for the ladies.

This one might be hard to see, it's a panorama of the observation tower at the Museum (you can probably enlarge it if you click on it). The views were crazy, it kept blowing my mind that there were no mountains really, just green green trees as far as you can see!

We went to dinner for the hubs birthday at an Indian restaurant, and I honestly wasn't a big fan of it so I won't even tell you what it was called (mainly I don't remember). It was alright, I just think Bombay House and India Palace in Provo are much much better.

That night we went to a Washington Nationals game with some friends.

Here's the thing, I thought the whole stadium was sponsored by Walgreens!! The W's look exactly the same. You can't tell me that's not confusing.

And that pretty much wraps it up for Thursday! After the game on the way to the hotel we went on a hunt for Utz "Crab Chips" and Birch Beer for the hubs because he had them when he was on his mission and you can't get them in Utah really. We tracked down the chips and let me tell you... they're gross!

I don't know why "Crab Chips" would be good honestly, and I even like crab, but they mainly tasted like celery. Celery chips. Yeah... 

We were exhausted and that was only day 1! We passed out at our hotel. 

(We stayed here in case you're needing a hotel in the DC area soon. It was fairly cheap and had a pretty good continental breakfast.)


On Friday we went to downtown DC to see the essentials!
We explored the Smithsonian, the National and Natural History Museums, we saw the Washington Monument, the WW2 Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Civil War Memorial and Korean War Memorial and even went to the Lincoln Memorial.
My feet will truly never be the same.
We ate lunch at Potbelly's, which we don't have here in Utah and I am SO sad we don't.
We LOVED it.
Delicious hot sandwiches, Oreo milkshakes, mmmmmm.
You east coast people are lucky!

I'm obsessed with sharks. I saw this across the room and grabbed the hubs arm and said "MEGALODON!!" because they were this ginormous amazing prehistoric shark and I got to take a picture with it's JAWS. :))) Big day for me obviously.







Dorothy's original ruby slippers!!!!









On Saturday we went to the National ZOO!
We saw amazing birds, tigers, lions, elephants, pretty much all kinds of creatures.
The people watching was almost as fascinating, I've never seen so many bare stomachs on women in public in my life!
Again, my feet will forever be changed by this trip but it was worth it. :)

Sunday was our last day in DC. 

We had just enough time before our flights left to go see the Holocaust Muesum, get some more Potbelly's for lunch, and take some pictures at the Capitol building.

We had SUCH a blast exploring the city, it's such a unique area. You can be in the suburbs in Crystal City and then 5 minutes later you're in the heart of downtown DC. 

We loved our whirlwind of a trip. :)