my 30 before 31

i am happy to report i've crossed off a couple of numbers on my 30 things to do before 31.

number 1 ~ sign up to run a 5k

i've actually signed up to run a 10k- tour de flueurs and i have a month to train!

number 2 ~ start a book club

chose/bought the book and i'm hosting for sept!!! done and done

number 28 ~ use more natural beauty products

since the in 100 temps and above are in full effect in dallas i have been using bare minerals on my face and cooling off at night with dr.hauschka toner and yes to cucumbers facial mask

still researching some photoshops classes (number 7) and working on taking more pics(number 26)

vacation pics

oh and i forgot to mention- i will be posting my vacation pics soon- stay tuned..or blogged you adorbable bloggers :)

falling for you

vacation over...back to reality. with the hotter than you know where temperatures in dallas i can't help dreaming about fall. it's right around the corner. personally i can't wait to slip on a jacket and wrap a scarf around my neck.heres to falling for fall!

1 Deconstructed Cardi from sundance

2 Look 6 - Fall Collection from APC

3 Forest Typography, Teagan White Illustration

4 Cambridge Cardigan by Madewell

from russia, with love

hello friends! i am so giddy right now i can hardly stand it! we are leaving tomorrow for a BALTIC CRUISE to NORTHERN EUROPE!! we are traveling with the lovely and handsome with carol and steve(aka my parents). i am so excited, packing makes my heart beat faster :) we have 2 nights in stockholm and then we are off. taylor and i fly into amsterdam and have a layover for a couple of hours until our flight to stockholm. we wanted to do a quickie exploring of the city but because we would have to take a train downtown and take a train back and go through customs we don't want to miss our flight. the 20-something me would have said screw it and go for it but i'm 30 now which meansof course i am wiser and more mature;)

since russia is one of the places we will be visiting i've attached some from russia, with love book covers. i was going to rent the movie on my laptop for the flight but the trailer was a lot of loud gun noises and chaos- not something i want to be listening to while flying. i do however have a streetcar named desire, rebel without a cause (hello james dean), and a russian inspired pic- doctor zhivago. i also will be reading Anna Karenin- a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. it's about the width of 2 bibles- can't wait to dig in!

hopefully i will be able to post some pics during our travels so stay tunned for adventure and mayhem!

our route

lee lou wants to come too

flashback friday on saturday!

here are some pics pre-night out in austin this past weekend. we were there last weekend for taylors' wrapping up of his second album. i can't wait for everyone to here it- it's amazing!

the ladies

my- don't take that shot taylor! face

no words

thanks for behaving

our lovely hosts for the weekend

blog shout out!

allibakes got a blog shout out on hellosplendor today! i feel so cool yet i'm still such a dork:) hopefully i will be getting my act together in a bit and posting flashback friday...stay tuned!

the glamourai

i love this image

found here