Photo Diary: A Day At The Beach

Okay, like half an hour at the beach. I was down close to the oceanfront doing some errands and thought to myself "Self, why not get some juice and go to the beach!". I miss going to the beach soooo much in the winter time. Since this is my week off all of my coworkers went on vacation to warmer places (Florida, South Carolina, The British Virgin Islands, Fuck you guys!), and since I just didn't have the time or energy to plan a whole vacation I just decided to have a staycation. I have since made lots of good meals, had a Downton Abbey marathon, done my taxes, painted my nails, scrunched the bottoms of a few of my bikinis, colored my hair, and all in just a few days! I'd say that was pretty productive. I've also been to the gym every day and I am so friggin sore. All-in-all, it's been a nice week so far. Here are a few pictures from my beach trip today, nothing fancy, just some stuff from my point of view!

(boots: Minnetonka)

 (necklace: Rockabella)

(jacket: Fjallraven, sweater: Nixon, jeans: Levis, glasses: Ray-Ban)

 (bag: Copper River Bags, blanket: Roxy)

 

(scarf: H&M, glasses: Ray-Ban)

I know it's no great feat of photography, but I had no tripod and some guy was walking his dog and I didn't want to look stupid taking a bunch of selfies. Anyway, hope you all have a good week!

Current Outfit

Current Outfit by elbonner featuring leather boots

I don't really have anything clever to say today, so I'll keep it brief. This week was long and I may have gotten myself locked in an emergency stairwell whilemy building's burgler alarm was goinf off for half an hour, but that's a totally different story. This week has been rough work-wise so I've been  slumming it outfit wise whenever I haven't been in my pajamas. Not so much the bag since it's like $1200, but everything else is pretty accurate. I'm in that winter slump where I'm ready for spring/summer. The weather has been toying with us; 68 degrees one day then 38 the next then back up to 65. I swear it's toying with me and only me on purpose! Hope everyone had a good week and got their W-2s back. Tax return time baby!

Shopocalypse: It Pays To Work

Three years ago, my boss came up with a glorious idea: instead of having a run-of-the-mill office Christmas party, how about I give all my employees an envelope full of cash and drive them to the outlet malls since they've been bitten and thrown up on all year. Today was that glorious day. We visited our local Prime Outlets and went to town. I always feel like I bought a lot of stuff and come home to see it's a moderate amount of stuff compared to some "hauls" you see on YouTube or other blogs. I also do a lot of Christmas shopping for other people, people who may read this blog, so no spoiled surprises!

The outlets my friend/coworker/coshopper and I hit are Levis, J. Crew, ALDO, Cosmetics Company Store, Bath and Body Works, and a few others. Today, I got two shirts and a pair of jeans from Levis, three shirts from J. Crew, and a pair of boots from ALDO. Not bad seeing as I got presents for three other people with money left over! Here's photo evidence from my trip:

(1-3 J. Crew, 4 & 5 Levis) and yes, that's my background is my sofa

All of these tops were super on sale and I am always getting holes in my shirts so I just buy a bunch.I have also resigned myself to being one of those people who wears variations of one kind of shirt: striped t-shirts. I like them, I look decent in them, and when people see a striped shirt they tell me "that's so Emily" so the striped shirt is my thing now. I also figure if something fits well, get it in every color available so that's what I did!

Shirts were not the only thing I got, I also purchased (received in the mail) two pairs of shoes:

(Left- Target, Right- ALDO)

I have wanted sneaker wedges for along time, but I would never ever shell out $600 for Isabel Marant trend shoes. Luckily, target.com had these for $35 so I went ahead and took the plunge. My boyfriend thinks they look a bit silly and called them my Marty McFly shoes. Sounds like someone is jealous and will be kicking himself when he sees me cruising on my hover board with my awesome shoes. They are pretty comfortable for a heeled shoe and give me a bit of extra height which is always a good thing. The second pair are suede ankle boots from Aldo. They look a bit "Marant-ish", but were under $100 and not an entire paycheck. They are super cute and actually look good with my big Fjallraven army jacket. I love boots and can never have enough of them and these really made my day.

After a nice lunch, we drove back home ready for a nap. Tomorrow is Friendsgiving with some of my old college friends and now I'll have cute new stuff to wear! Outlet malls are wonderful things and they have some great deals around this time. Happy shopping everyone!

No Case of the Mondays Here!

My boss's son got married over the weekend and decided to take Monday and Tuesday off which means my life won't suck until Wednesday! Today started out productive, then tapered off into laziness, and ended on a productive note. I finally came around to getting my boyfriend to get a picture of me in my new shoes and jacket which then reminded me I'm probably the most un-photogenic person ever born.

Here are my new Toms. I've never owned a pair because I thought they looked as thought they'd be flimsy and too flat to be comfortable, but I really like them! It doesn't hurt to have an awesome print like this too.

After multiple attempts and failing to perfect the sock bun, I went to get food for lunch. Here's your favorite dum-dum in her new fjallraven Crinan jacket, Zara t-shirt, Levis jeans, and Toms shoes. I wore this fabulous ensemble on my way to pick up lunch. Please ignore my double chin :(

Later on, I decided to make another batch of body lotion using a bunch of fabulous skin care ingredients. This recipe had acai and cupuacu butter, plus avocado and pomegranate oil to keep me from looking like a scaley mess. No ashy elbows here!

And just as every good day off should end, I made some buttermilk biscuits from scratch. They're buttery, unhealthy, warm, and ready for a drizzle of honey tomorrow morning at breakfast.

It may not have been the most exciting day ever, but my sun-room is rid of dead plants, my house smells like biscuits and I even got a nap in. Not every day has to be earth-shatteringly crazy to feel productive and sometimes you have to break down and clean your gross shower drain hair-catcher, because now I don't have to do it tomorrow. Be productive people!