4 Birthday Outfits to Celebrate 25

I decided that I need to start sharing my outfits with the world. Especially since I no longer have a roommate and all my favorite office friends at work are leaving me for other endeavors- Whhaaaaaa! Poor me :( They were the ones who always liked my outfits too. So now I'll have to post my gross morning face on the blog-o-sphere, of which I am a teeny tiny bit nervous about. EEK. So I'm starting off slow and providing you with 4 outfits that I wore to celebrate my turning a Quarter-of-a-Century a week or so ago:

OUTFIT #1: Shopping in Seattle

Top: Nordstrom Rack, Belt: Francesca's,

Chino Shorts: J. Crew, Bracelet: Alexis Bittar, Bangles: Nordstrom

Aviator Sunglasses: Ray Ban  

OUTFIT #2: Dining at Dahlia

Top: Forever21, Shorts: Express, Shoes: Jessica Simpson,

Cocktail Ring: Sway and Cake, Bag: Louis Vuitton, Bangles: Nordstrom

OUTFIT #3: Celebrating at Sushi Roku

Top: Trouve, Skirt: Francesca's

Necklace: gift from bff L, Shoes (not shown): Jessica Simpson

(same as in photo located above)

OUTFIT #4: Oktoberfest in Cali

Dress: Anthropologie, Belt: Nordstrom,

Sandals: Dolce Vita, Aviator Sunglasses: Ray Ban

WARNING: I probably won't fashion blog every day because (let's be honest), I wake up way too late sometimes to even feed myself before work. Also- I will not be this smiley, as I am not a morning person. The End. 

Weekend Highlights

This past weekend seemed to go on forever and it was AWESOME! N and I drove to Portland Friday night and stayed with my cousin so N could attend some training from 11-4 on Saturday. As a result, I got to reunite with some of my favorite friends. We went to the Portland Farmer's Market, which was held on the PSU campus and it was huge! We got breakfast burritos and surveyed the local fare . . . Frankie has become a total Portlandite and G and I tried our best not to look out of place with LV bags and brown leather jackets. Not sure we pulled it off (I was wearing ridiculous 4-inch wedges), but we had a blast nonetheless :)
And how cute is this photo?!:

Me, Frankie, and G!

After N's training, we drove back to Seattle and before going home, stopped by his baseball team party. We ended up hanging out there until almost 1 a.m. N won 2 awards (yay!) and we all sat by the campfire telling various "how did you meet your significant other" stories. It was cool to finally meet the boys without their helmets, hats, and gloves and it was great getting to know their gals too! On Saturday morning it was GAME DAY- woo who! The first Seahawks home game was graced with rain, sun, and wind (typical). We stopped by Sluggers before the game, and I got to sport my new jersey that N bought me for my bday:

 Nicky is super excited!

Our season seats are really cool and we had a great view! I'm excited for all the upcoming games. And the best part was . . . THE SEAHAWKS WON!

YAY HAWKS!

I think the sunshine had something to do with it . . .

The Emerald City

And then we all drank a liiiiiiittle bit too much at the 2 bars we went to after the game. And we all went back to N's apartment to go night swimming, but the water was FREEZING so we had to warm up with Domino's pizza before passing out around 9:45 p.m. Ahhhhh- what a weekend. Hope yours was just as fabulous!

What's On My Phone?!

What's On My Phone?!

I scored a 3-Day DMB Caravan ticket for The Gorge from some loving soul on Craigslist for $125!:

He even Fed-Exed it to me from San Fran!

Talk about a trusting soul . . .

MUSTACHE MIRROR!:

Ok seriously- how hilar is this?! I found it on Amazon.com and

desperately want to buy it for my brother and his roommates for

their house at GU. My mom's friend said that they should put it above

the toilet, that way, when they go pee they can try on different 'staches.

Although . . . then you might have pee everywhere.



This was the view we had of West Seattle from The Pink Door when Mommy and friend came to visit:

Right at the front of the outside terrace!

Best seat in the house if I do say so myself :)

N and Bum enjoying the Cali sunshine while playing at home in Cali:

This was the day N and I had to leave . . . I almost

cancelled our flights so we could stay to enjoy the view

and splash in the pool at our neighbor's house!

Nicky and I ditched the gym to play at the Hard Rock after work:

love this boy.

love this spot!

LOVE THIS CITY!

Have a fab weekend kids! XOXO



The Elise Face . . .

Ever since I was young, I have had this horrific habit of making a terrible face when A. someone is unnecessarily staring at me, B. someone is wearing an ugly outfit (this reason happened later in life), C. someone is trying to engage me in a conversation in which I want no part, D. someone is saying something stupid and/or making no sense, E. . . . ok, we won't continue but you get my drift. My mom always likes to tell the story of when I was just a wee infant (still less than a year old) sitting in my stoller at the grocery store, and a nice woman came up to coo over how adorable I was and I just gave this look that said, "Ew. Please don't talk to me or touch me." My mom says she was horrified. Though this face has a few variations, my friends have come to call it 'the Elise face' and smack me everytime I display it. It truly is a horrible habit, but seriously- I don't even know when I make the face! Even N looks at me sometimes and goes, 'Inky! Stop looking like that!' (Inky is a pet name actually derived from 'stinky'- see how much my boyfriend loves me?) Good lord. Either way, this past weeked one of the Elise faces was captured on camera and I just could NOT believe it. How terrible is this?! 

I look like a total bitch!
Poor waitress at Sushi Roku didn't even know what hit her.
I swear I'm nice! I pinky, pinky swwwearrrr!

Mommy Bigley + 1

Two weekends ago my daddy was finally allowed able to fulfill one of his life long dreams and climb Mt. Rainier here in Seattle! It's a good thing he has a daughter (NOT yours truly . . . the more adventurous and daring one, L) and a few mountaineering friends that wanted to do it with him, because I think if he had been by himself we all would have freaked. Anyway, since daddy and daughter would be away ice-axing and roping their way through crevasses, Mommy Bigley decided to come visit the daughter that prefers shopping blisters over hiking ones, and red wine over REI-brand extra energy goo :) She came with a friend of hers (A) from home and we spent the weekend eating, drinking, shopping, drinking, eating, drinking . . . . (are you sensing a trend here?) in the glorious sunshine! It was mid-80s all weekend, which meant we walked all over the city. We went wine tasting in the middle of the afternoon (it was really just liquid courage for A, who purchased a totally gorg $2,000 Gucci bag later in the day) . . .

The Tasting Room in Post Alley in downtown Seattle

(Me, Mommy, A)

And browsed shop after shop. Mama Biggs bought me an adorable rabbit fur hat that will be perfect for cold Seattle days when there is mist hanging in the air and my hair risks being swooshed and ratted in the wind, rain, sleet, and snow:

The peacock feather is my favorite :)

And then of course we had our own little happy hour at my apartment before going to dinner at The Pink Door . . . 

The (always fabulous) Pink Door

It was quite a fabulous weekend and after Mama and A left, N and I hit up the Ms game with my co-worker, K and her bf- then we went to The Hard Rock and sat on the terrace eating nachos and drinking delicious cold beverages. N and I stayed there for a long time, before finally running a quick errand, then stopping at a local Italian place for some stromboli (which I had never had before), and then we ended the evening with night swimming :) Ahhhh summer days . . . .