Joe Fresh dress, Old Navy sandals & gifted necklace from Indian (last seen here)

We've had a little visitor for the past couple weeks - Peanut, our family dog!  She lives with my parents, but was around when I was still at home.  She's going to be 11 years old this November and is such a treat.  She's little, furry,  and fun to play with.  While she is quite stubborn (apparently a trait of shih-tzu's), she's a real cutie and it's nice to come home to her.  Of course while capturing this outfit, she wanted in on the action and I made the most of it.




* Special thanks to Katie and Cati for the blog awards!


Walk of Fashion featured me as Girl of the Blogosphere! 

Check it out here.


* Thanks Isabel!
{ Christian Louboutin 'Gazolina', $2295 }

I'm  a huge fan of over-the-knee boots and couldn't contain myself last year and ended up with seven pairs!  A little excesive?  Not necessarily (when you don't spend a forture).  The trend seems to be sticking too, and looks like this fall we will be seeing a lot more of this style.

Now of course can anything really compare to Loboutin's Gazolina boots?  Or Louboutins in general?  Probably not, however, if you're not on a Louboutin budget, you can surely appreciate this Furge version below.  At $33.20, you can afford to be on trend without coming close to breaking the bank!  (Bonus: they possess a pink sole - cute!)

{ Furge, $33.20 }
Dex tee, Le Chateau skirt, Dollhouse wedges, A.Co Designs necklace,
fiancé's watch & Tiffany bracelet (you've seen this combo before)

So the fiancé and I are lying in bed a couple weeks ago watching our newest fave show when the streaming stops.  Argh.  So while he tries to get it fixed, I naturally whip out my phone to check Twitter.  Just then, I spot a message from my (blogger) friend Kate.  I freaked out.  I jumped up and ran to the computer, immediately logged on and checked the Pretty Pleased blog.  Sure enough, I had won their give-away!  Talk about lucky.  I ran back to the bedroom and started jumping on the bed hooting and hollering (yes, hooting and hollering) until I could finally explain to my fiancé what had just happened.

And now, the beautiful wedges have arrived and I rocked them for the first time.  This wasn't exactly the outfit I'd planned on wearing them with, but hey, it's only mid-July, lots more time.  I'm so excited and thankful!


{ I especially love how they look from above }



* Thank you so much Catherine & Mary Chris!!! I love them!
Banana Republic top (last seen here), Almost Famous jeans (last seen here),
Spring sandals, vintage necklace (last seen here), Aldo bangle & Suzy ring

We went and did something special on Thursday night with our amazing friend LT.  We went to a small town outside the city and she had all these great places scouted out.  We spent more than an hour there, which really flew by.  Can't wait to see the end product!  After wards, the fiancé and I walked around the little village and grabbed some good ol' fashioned ice cream ... in waffle cones, non the less, before heading back to the city.

  
{ maple walnut }


* Special thanks to Kate who featured me in
her Top 10 Bloggers for the 'I Heart Blogs!' day!
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