Seashellls

Hello from Las Vegas! Well, I'm writing this before leaving, but by the time this post goes up, I'll be on my way. I'm going with my work for the Magic tradeshow, and it'll be first time at the show. I'm so excited to walk the floor and see some of my favorite brands and retailers. Plus, my bosses are taking us out to dinner and to a show, which will no doubt be a great time. We're seeing Love, which I actually saw when I was in Vegas in December, but it was so amazing that I don't mind seeing it a second time one bit.

As for this outfit, isn't it perfect? I nabbed this skirt in the big 50% off sale at Collectif, and I've been waiting weeks for it to come in. I just got it in on Saturday immediately wore it on Sunday. It's my first piece from Collectif (although I got a few in this order), and that subtle seashell print is just too good. Jon and I decided to look for somewhere fun to go that would also make for a good place to take pictures, and we ended up going to the Japanese Gardens at Cal State Long Beach since it's only 20 minutes from us and neither of us had ever been. Well, it ended up being kind of a bust. It was beautiful, but it was so small and full of people that it took us only mere minutes to walk around it. It would have been impossible to take outfit pictures there with all of the people, so we ended up walking around the campus a little bit until we found this great simple wall in some shade. Better than nothing!

On-Trend Parisian

I am fully aware that this outfit is very un-creative, but I still love it. Despite the fact that I feel like I've seen a million different bloggers wearing essentially this same exact look, I hadn't worn this on the blog yet and I couldn't resist. This was actually my first time trying out the bandana scarf look, and I'm pretty pumped with how I managed to pull it off. Naturally, I couldn't help but look to blogger babes Devinne and Nicole for inspiration. Those two have been rocking the neck scarf since before it was trendy. In all honesty, I look to both of them for inspiration on a daily basis so if I can look even half as flawless as they do, I'm happy.

I took these photos with my friend Hanna again, and even though scheduling forced us to take them during the brightest point of the day, we still managed to get some great shots out of the afternoon. The Orange Circle is forever one of my favorite places in Orange County (you've surely seen me share photos taken in the area before), and the backdrop of Old Towne antique stores never fails. As for the rest of the weekend, my family got together on Saturday evening to celebrate my mom's birthday, and Jon and I stopped by our friend's apartment to hang out for a little bit after. We're trying to make exploring new places a regular thing, so we took a little drive to Laguna to visit Crystal Cove for a bit on Sunday. I complain about living in Orange County often, but the multitude of gorgeous beaches in the area is hard to dislike. Living 20 minutes away from my hometown isn't so bad when I live in a place like this.