I'll take a holiday in spain, leave my wings behind me.

tunic dress- thrifted "how sweet it was vintage" (all of my dresses this week have been thrifted, a must do!), boots- chinese laundry (vegan), faux feather earrings- forever 21

my lovely future (some day) sister in law, rene, took these gorgeous shots for me. she is such a talented lady... for reals. not only does she have ridiculous photo skills, is hilarious and beautiful, but she BAKES. dude. I keep telling my hubby and his brother that if he doesn't marry her that I might have to! only for her baked goods, obviously. we had our mini photo shoot in the in laws back yard while we were waiting for everyone to get there. when the hubby and I are in town the family tries to have one big night with all of us. we cook, we eat, we drink vino, we laugh, we sit by the firepit, and we enjoy each other far too much. most of the siblings and cousins on my in law's side are all in their twenties and married or in a serious relationship so it really is like hanging with your closest buds, but its family instead. very cool. we celebrated my little sister in law's birthday and it was wonderful to be home again.

as for TODAY... I am off with my hubs to scottsdale, arizona! he booked a few special days for us at this fancy spa resort, the montelucia, to celebrate my 25th birthday! seriously, go have a look at that place because I was swooning when I saw the website! it was a surprise that he planned all by himself and he told me a few days ago on my birthday. I am so lucky to have him. :) so I will be back on friday after some pool time, maybe a massage and a facial or two, and some soothing desert yoga. nomaste.

remember to enter the "autumn goodie bag" give away by checking out this weeks posts and commenting. here are monday and tuesday.

colossal cave.

black dress- INC, boots- bakers, fedora- forever love, peace earrings- from m. fredric, chain link purse- zara
happy monday! I know I was going to announce the winner of the purse from LA week today, but I have unfortunately gotten caught up in leaving today for SF. I figured I will give everyone a few more days to scroll down to the LA posts and comment so that they can enter. :) at the moment I am rushing around doing last minute packing. there are about a thousand emails to get to while at the airport and in between flights (remind me why tucson doesn't fly direct ANY WHERE?) so I will be busy! lets keep this short and sweet..... one of our good friends steve came to visit us (one of my in between trip weekends!) and we got to know this new town of ours a little better. we had some great new adventures, and one of them including hiking down into colossal cave. its no carlsbad caverns, but it was fun none the less (even though it was SUPER hot). they had a claim to fame as a few horror movies had been shot there, as well as a seasame street movie? strange, my friends. kept it simple with the outfit, though I was dying from heat stroke. story of my life here. well, I'm off... but there will be more fun desert posts while I am traveling this week! cheers!

asia SF, matrix, and little black dresses.

happy tuesday!
I'm finally back in tucson after a crazy two weeks. I was all over the bay area for a week, back in arizona for a day to close on our house, and then off to houston to cheer on my alma mater in the sweet sixteen!
such a roller coaster.
and this week we are FINALLY moving in to our new home! I can't wipe the smile from my face.
life is just not going to calm down for the next few months and I love it. it feels like I'm getting a slice of life back from before moving to tucson.
we spend the next few days moving in, and then my mom and dad will be here for the weekend. a few days after that our favorites, rene and leigh (brother in law and his lady) will be here for a visit. and last but not least I will be making the drive back to california for the month of may to celebrate my lovely cousin's wedding!

speaking of weddings... lets chat about last weekend's bachelorette party.

all of the ladies rocked little black dresses for the night and I had fun by adding accessories to make my look unique. I busted out another one of my busy bee headbands. the "blair" is quickly becoming my favorite. I have been wearing it everywhere!

my LBD is actually a little black shirt paired with a little black skirt! the belt is attached to the skirt and I like the funky look that it created. it looks like a dress, yes?
I didn't want to wear all black, so I made sure to add some colored tights and my sparkly coach purse.

dear headband, let me count the ways I adore thee.

I kind of adore the combination of girly frills and rocker studs.
amen.

oh hey mama-in-law! isn't she adorable? champagne is a must for the bachelorette limo ride into san francisco.

all of the bridesmaids and friends were there to support miss jules in her last wild night.

for the first stop of the night we headed to asia SF. now, for those that frequent the bay area you most likely know of this place since its an SF favorite. if you've never heard of it, lets just say that their website sums it up best by saying "the stars of the evening are the world famous gender illusionists". the lovely ladies that serve the delicious food and perform are not actually ladies at all. though, if I may say so, many of them look so auh-mazing you could never tell the difference!
in fact, some of our group that night had never been to the restaurant and couldn't believe that the gorgeous women who were singing and dancing had not been born women.

can we talk about how yummy all the food was? SO many courses! dinner lasted for almost two hours and everything was beyond delicious.

show time.

of course, we made sure that our bachelorette had an extra special moment up on the stage.

by the end of the night we found ourselves at matrix, one of my absolute favorite spots in san francisco.

dear rene and julia, remember how we attempted to make "sexy faces" in this photo? remember how we straight out failed and instead look hilarious? especially you, julia. seriously, whats happening with your lip here? well, yeah. this fail only makes me love you more.

love these girls. they are my family always. :)

don't be jealous of my super sparkly and fantastic ring. yeah, it lights up.

and obviously by the ride home, these ridiculous headbands had to make an appearance. it was a bachelorette party, after all.

below are some videos of the night. hope you enjoyed! sorry to be so short on words today... must get back to packing and moving.

cheers!

xoxo