Jessica Simpson dresses

Tis the season for weddings! Just a few weeks ago, my husband and I attended 2 in the same weekend, one on Friday and another on Saturday!

I ended up getting 2 dresses both at Nordstrom and both from Jessica Simpson. I have yet to own any of Ms. Simpson's apparel and was suprised about how cute and such good quality pieces in her collection!

Here are the dresses I wore to those nuptials.....

I loved the colors, pattern, and shape of this dress! The bottom hem had a wrap effect. It was a bit loose and needed some alterations, but otherwise a great overall piece.

Photo booth fun with the groom!

For Saturday night I wore this draped black dress, in a great slinky material that was of a thick good quality (not Forever 21 crap). I loved the exaggerated one shoulder and looked great paired with some chunky gold jewels.

After loving her pieces, I have kept my eyes open for more of her stuff while out and about. I was so excited when I found this Asymmetrical Floral-Purple party dress at Marshalls for less than $40! I was even more suprised when I saw it the Jessica Simpson Website for $128!!

 This will be great for our trip in a few weeks to Negril.

2 for 1

Today I had lunch at one of my new accounts for work- Bubba Gump Shrimp Co, located at Baltimore's Inner Harbor. This Forest Gump themed restaurant is adorable and is in a great waterfront location with tons of outdoor seating, good food, and a really friendly staff.

Unfortunately I was working and did not get the opportunity to try one of their signature drinks- the Coronarita. Yup, no spelling error here- a mini corona (6 oz) which is perfectly suspended in a margarita by a plastic blue holder....which surprise surprise they sell for $3 a piece...I bought 2 on the way out and can't wait to make my own Coronaritas at home using my hub's fav wedding gift (which I blogged about here).

High Low, High Ho, Off to Shop we Go!

The high-low hem is so in right now...

I admit I wasn't loving this when I first saw this trend start appearing on my favs BCBG and even at Forever 21, but now the warm weather is here and I'm seeing so many great styles and varations, I'm on board!

accessorize me

"dressing is a way of life" -Yves Saint Laurent

Accessories I'm loving....

Coastal Arm Candy

ADORABLE and SEXY

VINTAGE

Beautiful Statement

Clutch

Clean Colors

Cat eye

Floral

Classic

This semester is in the books....

"You can never be overdressed or over educated"

My posts have been more than few and far between since 2012 started, which also coincided with the start of my second year of graduate school. This semester was extremely trying and pushed me to really buckle down an down and put in work. Now that it's all over (well this semester anyway) I feel a great sense of accomplishment and closer to my life goals. This summer will be all about work (gotta make that $$), relaxing, reading books of my choosing, blogging, baking, shopping (gotta spend that $$), and traveling. Until the fall.....

Below is a random montage of photos that sum it up

Fashion Star Dresses

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the show FASHION STAR!!

Below are 2 dresses I was lucky enough to score from the show :)

Above is Luciana's winning design, bought by H & M

Below is last weeks, winning design by Ronnie, also bought by H & M.

The back is what makes this dress so amazing!

Watch Fashion Star on Mondays on NBC- I'm hooked :)

Orly is my least fav. designer on the show, so if she wins I'll prob hate the show, lol!



Bang!

Pink Glock 17

As a matter of fact, I do shoot like a girl.....

Jewels for less

My Aunt Donna gave me a pair of earrings this past Sunday at Easter. She purchased them from a cute online store I had never heard of before called Bauble Bar, which is so reasonably priced!

Here is the pair she gave me:

I'm loving the aqua color now and lately have been sporting lots of gold toned jewelery.

Check them out here: Baublebar

In my shoes

Cinderella is proof that a pair of shoes can change your life.

 I'm the proud owner of these lovely red's and this has been my spring go to shoe.

Christian Louboutin Pigale Patent Pump

What I'm eatting.....

This is by far my favorite new recipe, thanks Pinterest for this one!

Zesty Lime Shrimp and Avocado Salad

Finally a recipe, where I actually like all the ingredients! I also love the fact it is a cold salad made with out distrusting mayo. Perfect for the hot summer weather! It's light, healthy, and best of all it tastes great. This recipe is from a great blog for healthy easy recipes- Skinny Taste!

Ingredients:

1 lb jumbo cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined, chopped

1 medium tomato, diced 

1 hass avocado, diced

1 jalapeno, seeds removed, diced fine

1/4 cup chopped red onion  (used a bit more)

2 limes, juice of

1 tsp olive oil

1 tbsp chopped cilantro ( I used a lot more)

salt and fresh pepper to taste

How to:

1. In a small bowl combine red onion, lime juice, olive oil, pinch of salt and pepper. Let this marinate at least 5 minutes to mellow the flavor of the onion.

2. In a large bowl combine chopped shrimp, avocado, tomato, jalapeño.

3. Combine all the ingredients together, adding cilantro and gently toss.

Adjust salt and pepper to taste.

Here's my final product:

 

Cheap or Chic? Fashion Star edition

Sometimes you see something and you have to do a double take....in this case on the price tag.

and here is the second look....

Can you spot which has the larger price tag?

The first is FOREVER 21 and has a price tag of $17.80

TO BUY GO HERE

and the second was on NBC's Fashion Star show and was designed by Orly. There was a bidding war between Macy's and Sacks, but with the bid of $120,000 it is now sold at

Sacks Fifth Ave for $295

TO BUY GO HERE

I was highly disappointed with the way the dress from Orly was changed. The runway version looked a lot better...I honestly was ready to shell out the money for the design, however the final product looks less appealing than the cheap Forever 21 dress!

Here was the original....I loved the color, length, and the pocket detailing! I do not understand why they changed the look so much and also why did not offer in the other colors shown on the runway.

Watch Fashion Star Tuesday nights at 10 pm EST on NBC.

Peapod

No, not the kind you eat....

This is the grocery store Giant's home delivery service and my new love!

I had recently saw a neighbor getting the deliveries and thought it had to be expensive. With work, school, and a lot of other things going on these days (hence why my blogs have been absent) I decided to go online and see for myself if it was worth saving the time of going to the store, doing the shopping, loading and unloading of the groceries. To my surprise it was very affordable! The prices of the items were the same as in store, they accept coupons, and the delivery charge was just under $8- which is waived your first 60 days of ordering and there are also several promo codes online for $15 to $20 off an order!

Peapod Link

Click on the link above to get started! I spent about 20 minutes online doing my "shopping" and when the driver came, she carried everything inside and sat it in my kitchen! Since you pay when you are online, there was nothing for me to give to the driver, but my coupons! The next day you will receive an email with your invoice and the total amount you were charged- since they apply the coupons.

I cannot say enough good things about this service! Serious time saver and the quality of the produce and meat, was fantastic!