{Button-Up: Forever 21, Tank: Aeropostale, Pants: Old Navy, Heels: Ralph Lauren}
I was excited to step out of my comfort zone a little bit for this month's EBEW, pink and red. My love of my red pants has been documented fairly accurately on my blog (seen here and here), but I wasn't sure how to pair them with pink. I opted to wear a light pink tank top under my sheer white blouse since I didn't have a pink shirt that contrasted enough with red.
Over the weekend, my boyfriend and I celebrated Valentine's Day early by staying at one of our favorite places, Edgefield McMenamins. If you haven't stayed the night there or visited, I highly encourage it. They have a great wine tasting area, small golf course, sea salt swimming pool, and much more. It's nice to escape from the TV and computer for a weekend and enjoy an uninterrupted mini-vacation.
I recently stumbled upon a new blog, A Lacey Perspective, and her style is great! Not only is her outfit perfect for warmer winter days, but she is also wearing a pair of shoes that I've been lusting over. Unfortunately I waited to long to jump on the Zara shoe bandwagon, and missed out on these awesome two-tone pumps. For now, I'll just continue seeing all of the cute ways that bloggers are wearing them.
Valentine's Day seems to fall into one of two categories for most people, they either love it, or they hate it. I for one, love it because it's an excuse to show love and affection and be shown love and affection and not be looked at (too) strangely. Because it is falling on a Tuesday this year, my boyfriend and I are celebrating the weekend before, and will probably do something small on the actual day.
I think one of my most favorite ways to celebrate is to get somewhat dressed up, listen to nice music, and cook a delicious dinner at home. Not only is it super relaxing, but it's also inexpensive. Something my boyfriend and I like to make is fish with some sort of veggie and starch or breakfast for dinner. Above are some recipes that I want to try cooking.
This weekend was absolutely wonderful. I walked around one of my favorite areas of Portland, NW 23rd. I also spent a lot of time with my friends, enjoyed the sunshine, and voted on what my favorite Super Bowl commercial was (the VW Bug with the dog commercial, and my second favorite was the M&M one). How was your weekend?
1. My belated birthday present for Justine came in the mail
2. I tried mussels for the first time, and surprisingly loved them
3. Enjoyed some of my favorite beer from McMenamin's while watching the Blazer game at home
4 & 5. Met a friendly dog/bear while walking around NW 23rd
Since I was lucky enough to receive a Canon digital camera for Christmas I've been looking for the perfect carrying case. I wanted something that didn't "look" like a camera bag and more like a purse, but still have padding and sections inside. It's been more difficult than I imagined finding some that were nice looking. I found this bag, but my favorite is this Theit purse and how it looks somewhat like a Chanel purse.
I love this outfit that I came across recently on Pinterest. Although I'm sure a lot of people don't own leather-like leggings, this outfit would probably be easy for most of us to recreate. Grab a blazer out of your closet and roll-up the sleeves, a button-up, skinny jeans, some flats and you're set!