mean girls monday: week 4

Africa necklace

Michigan necklace

Outfit:

Michael Kors sweater | Luisa Via Roma skirt | YSL shoes | River Island hoop earrings | River Island handbag | Etsy (BluegrassSassLC) bow

It is Week 4 of Mean Girls Monday and this quote is from the beginning of the movie on Cady's first day of school. It's kind of random and kind of hilarious. I've been seeing a lot of wire necklaces in the shape of states or countries lately, and I thought they would be perfect to compliment this quote. As for the outfit, I was inspired by Cady's light pink and periwinkle blue color combination, which she wore a couple of times in the movie. The cut of the skirt is more updated, and instead of a ribbed henley tee, I used a pretty pink cashmere sweater instead.

"There's a Mean Girls quote for everything," I like to say. To celebrate the movie's 10 year anniversary (it came out on April 30, 2004), I'm doing a series on Sunny Sweetheart called Mean Girls Monday, where I share an outfit inspired by a quote from the movie! While the classic quotes are 2004, the outfit will be "updated" to make it look fashionable in 2014. Check back for next week's Mean Girls Monday with a new outfit inspired by one of the iconic quotes!

last week [photos]

It was a nice week indeed in good ol' DC! Here are some photos to recap the past few days:

I was beyond excited to get my new pink Hunter boots in the mail!

Love the view of DC out my window. There's the Washington Monument, the Capitol building, Pentagon, and Air Force Memorial. :) 

 So, I've been waiting a while to get a 2014 agenda. So long to the point that it became February, and then March, and most stores had stopped selling them. Even the Jonathan Adler store didn't have their agendas! However, I went to this cute little boutique in Alexandria called 3 Sisters, and they had a few left! I picked this one up. The above photo is the July 2014 divider, isn't it cute?

I visited the Botanical Gardens for the first time. It was gorgeous and made me forget about the cold, windy day outside.

My other purchase that I got the same time as the the Hunters. A spirit jersey! I had my eye on a similar one for a while, and then finally decided to take the plunge. I love it. It is so cozy. I've already worn it out once with skinny jeans for a casual look, as well as to bed a couple times.

It came personalized with an adorable, silver monogram. :)

Working 15-17 hour days means multiple coffees. For me, it's usually 2-3 per day. You gotta do what you gotta do.

 This eggs benedict for brunch during our break at Graffiato, Mike Isabella's (of Top Chef) restaurant in Chinatown. I really enjoyed it. I mean...look at how thick that slice of ham is!

While I normally don't enjoy waking up at 6am, seeing a different sunrise every morning makes it so much better. Photos cannot capture the beauty of these sunrises. Some days it looks more red, some days more orange, and one day it looked like the opening scene of The Lion King. So pretty.

Andddd we got hit with another snowstorm...boo.

xo-ally

project birthday giveaway! [CLOSED]

Hello, everyone! I am so excited to announce my very first giveaway, and it's HUGE! In honor of Miss Ashliegh's birthday, we are teaming up with a bunch of bloggers to give away an enormous box of goodies, including:

---Gift cards of varying amounts to Sephora, Starbucks, Target, Amazon, Forever 21, Etsy, and From Me With Love (together totaling $150+)

---A month Birchbox subscription

---2 jewelry pieces

---Lots of ad space

Entries are available starting today, July 1, 2013, until July 7, 2013. The winner will be selected and notified July 8, 2013. Please enter using the Rafflecopter widget at the end of this post.

I'm giving away the $15 Sephora gift card, which comes with a complimentary pocket mirror:

Without further ado, here are the other gifts and the bloggers participating in the giveaway! Make sure to check out them out, they're fabulous!

Taylor at Anchored is giving away one month ad space on her blog and these beautiful green earrings from Poppy Style!

Dani from Love Me Dani Marie is giving away a $15 gift card to Target!

Brenda at From Me, With Love Designs is giving away $40 to her Etsy shop. 

A Southern Brunette is giving away the Pearl Akoya Bib Necklace from BaubleBar! 

Shontal from The Preppy Scientist is giving away a $25 e-gift card to Etsy! 

Ashley at Purple and Pearls is giving away $25 Amazon E-Gfit Card!

Rachael at Pretty in Pink is giving away a 1 month subscription to Birchbox! 

Semirah at Sound of Charm is giving away Ad space!

Val at Summer and Wine is giving away a Starbucks gift card!

Ally at Sunny Sweetheart is giving away $15 Sephora Gift Card!

Elle at The Princess Diaries is giving away ad space!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

xo-ally

friday's fancies - winning in white

This week's Friday's Fancies theme with Long Distance Loving is winning in white. I love a great pair of white jeans - it creates the perfect canvas for bright, summer colors! The blue in the bracelet helps bring out the pale mint in the tank, and the red hair bow adds some more color. And how cute are the sailboat shoes?

tank, jeans, bow, blue bracelet, bracelet stack, shoes

xo-ally

floral statement necklaces

After seeing a photo of this beautiful necklace (on a recent tumblr saturday), I've been on the hunt for the perfect floral necklace for spring. Here are a few similar ones that I'm looking at:

The red Kate Spade necklace is gorgeous! It is the most similar to the one I've found yet to the one in that photo. 

I like this one from Etsy too - there are multiple colored flowers.

I keep coming back to look at this one from J. Crew Factory! The colors compliment each other well and are pretty versatile, in my opinion.

I think this one from Ruche might be my favorite, and it's only $17! The only thing is that it is sold out. :/ Maybe they'll restock soon?

Which one is your favorite? Do you like floral statement necklaces?

xo-ally

friday's fancies - lace love

This week's Friday's Fancies theme with long distance loving is Lace Love. I created a total spring outfit because I'm so excited for the season!

dress, shoes, bracelets, ring, necklace

 

Also, S/O to the lovely Zephyr of College Fashion for adding yesterday's post to this week's Hautelinks! :D

xo-ally