wish list

My birthday is next month and these are some of the prezzies I am considering getting myself:

Deux Lux Train Case

Nude Pumps 
{That I could wear to work}

Sea Folly Bikini 

Some fun lipsticks
{my latest beauty obsession}

Some new makeup 

And these Valentino Pumps are slightly out of my price range,
but aren't they beautiful?!?

What presents have you bought yourself lately?  For your birthday, Valentine's Day, with your tax return?  

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Matchbook Magazine Survey

Remember in middle school when you would get email surveys forwarded from all your friends?  And then you would fill them out and forward them to all your friends?  I have a confession: I loved those!  I loved learning random facts about people, to what they liked, what they didn't, what they would rather do...

Matchbook Magazine (one of my absolute faves!) has really classed up those surveys and their cover girl gets to take them and share their thoughts.  I stole this from the August Issue of Matchbook Mag.  A little about Maria.

TEA OR COFFEE?  Sweet Tea or Iced Coffee

I COLLECT... Koozies

FAVORITE CITY? Rome

SPRING OR FALL? Fall in Montana, Spring everywhere else

BLOOM OF CHOICE?  Hydrangeas.

STYLE ICON? Reese Witherspoon

CHINA PATTERN? Don't have one.  I will someday though!

I'M LUSTING AFTER... Frye Boots

MOST PRIZED POSSESSION?  This is a tough one.  The pearls my parents gave me and my postcard book from Europe.

GIRL CRUSH? Kate Middleton

BOY CRUSH? Ryan Gosling

ON WEEKENDS... Sleeping in, brunching, going out, church, reading, being outside.

have a great weekend!

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1 month...

...until I am home.

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Pinterest

Things I have learned from Pinterest:

1. I need to work out.

2. Some people, mostly my friends, have really good taste.  (Also, some people: not so much.)

3. There are a million little wedding details that can be so fun!

4. How to make crescent pizza rolls, a million different kinds of crock-pot tacos, and yogurt dots.

5. There are a lot of bloggers, chefs, photographers, and generally creative people out there.

{one of my faves}

6. Chocolate chips (white and regular) look really cute shoved into raspberries.

7. I seriously need a really pretty, pink ombre cake.

Thank you Ben, and the rest of the Pinterest team.
You have taught me so much!

Follow me on Pinterest here.

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Friday Favorites

When I first saw this on a random episode of "Parks and Rec" I was near tears laughing.  Ridiculously silly.

Have a happy Friday!

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Polished Off

I am usually indecisive and full of doubt, but when I find something I like, I loooove it.  And usually then tend to obsess over it.  And never fear, I have found something worthy of my obsession.  

Essie nail polish.  

I love the colors.  I love the names of the colors.  I love the cute little square bottles and the white caps.  I love the magazine ads. And, most of the time, I love the quality of the polish.

And now this little obsession has become a problem.  I look at the Essie website way too much.  I just ordered 3 new polishes off of Nordstrom.  I can't leave Target without buying at least one polish (hence the reason I had to have a Target detox and am not allowed to go back for the rest of the month).

Some of my new fave colors:

Knock Out Pout

Mint Candy Apple

Anniversary Gala

What is your favorite brand of nail polish?  Your favorite color?

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{photos via}

Favorite Things Friday

I am pretty much obsessed with Sound of Music.  Anyone who knows me knows that it is one of my absolute favorite movies, that adore the soundtrack, that I went on the official Sound of Music Tour in Salzburg, Austria...

So I have decided to have a weekly blog post about some of my favorite things.  

Here are some of my current faves:

I absolutely ADORE hydrangeas.  

And I love them in these colors especially.

They are my favorite flowers (along with roses, ranunculous, and peonies) 

I love Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert.  

I just think they are so cute together, and they are so genuine and real.  

Plus they are hilarious and I bet they have so much fun making each other laugh.

This hot coral bag and cute outfit.  I am in love with all things coral and really think I need this bag.

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{all photos via pinterest}