La Petite Chic

More Beautiful Than Fireworks...

Jon and I leave for the Jersey shore tonight and won't have internet access again until we're home on Sunday so you won't be seeing me around here or your blogs for a few days.  Comments and page views have been quite light this week so I'm hoping that's due to the rest of you being on vacation too!  To my fellow Americans (god, I sound like the President!), I hope you all have a sunny and fireworks-filled 4th of July!  Just for fun, I'll leave you with a few pictures of some of my recent purchases:

1.  Wide brimmed hat from Forever 21 (though mine is black and white):

2. Bubble hem tube dress from Forever 21 (I bought the green one, but it comes in 6 other beautiful colors.  I was tempted to buy it in blue too!)

3. Clark and Mayfield Laptop Tote (I needed something bigger for all of the crap I'll be carrying with me to BlogHer!  Isn't the orange fabulous?)

4. Croco clutch from Ann Taylor Loft (I had a spend $50, get $25 off coupon so I couldn't resist buying one in green and one in white!)

5. Cable sweater from Ann Taylor Loft (I got it in white.  It's perfect for a chilly night at the beach.)

P.S. Don't worry...the purchases were spread out, not to mention that a) I just sold some things on Ebay and b) I recently got a cash bonus at work for a job well done! :)

Summer is...

*Homemade sweet tea in the fridge at all times.

*Cracking blue crabs at a newspaper-covered table with my family.

*People-watching in the ocean breeze on the Boardwalk.

*Lola rolling and scratching her back in the warm grass.

 

*My mom's homemade potato salad at backyard cookouts.

*Flip-flop tans and blonde highlights in my hair.

*Jon's fabulous margaritas on the rocks with lots and lots of salt.

*Catching up on several months worth of magazines while sunning by the pool.

*Trying to taste every flavor of snowball (not snowcones and definitely not Italian ice!) at the neighborhood stand in those few, short summer months. 

*Cold beers and hotdogs at Camden Yards while watching my O's.

*Brightly colored sundresses and big movie star sunglasses.

*Nibbling on sweet corn on the cob and fresh Maryland tomato sandwiches.

*A hotly contested game of wiffleball on the beach.

*The smell of freshly cut grass, suntan lotion and watermelon.

What defines summer for you?

Beach Baby

You know what happens when you spend back to back to back weekends away from home?  Your house turns into a shithole, that's what.  It's not messy, per say, but it could use a good cleaning.  I was planning on doing the much needed cleaning spree on our condo this weekend, but then I thought to myself, "You know what?  Why be stuck inside cleaning on a beautiful weekend when you can spend your time basking in the sun by the pool?" 

So instead, I've spent the last few nights this week sweeping and mopping and dusting and now I don't have to worry about dealing with any of that crap this weekend.  It feels so good to come home to a clean house after work and be able to focus on fun things like our outing at Top Golf with our friends tomorrow night.  Jon and I are also having a celebratory date night tonight to drink to some of his recent good news at work.  We plan on popping open one of the many bottles of champagne in our bar and ordering in some chicken wings for the occasion.  We really know how to celebrate, don't we?! 

In other fabulous news, my new bikini came in yesterday.  I tried it on and pranced around the house in it until Jon got home so that he could see it.  The first words out of his mouth were, "That's hot!" so I think he likes it.  The L.L. Bean beach bag that I ordered months ago finally came yesterday too, so it was an all around good mail day!  It ended up being backordered after I placed my order and wasn't supposed to arrive until after we get back from the Jersey Shore.  I was a little disappointed that it wouldn't be here for our mini vacation, but now I don't have to worry about that!  I got it embroidered with my monogram, of course, seeing as how I've been monogrammed obsessed ever since getting married. It's the perfect beach bag: large enough for at least 2 towels and the rest of our beach gear, plus it zips at the top so you don't have to worry about losing anything.  Here's a photo of my bag (I ordered the large size):

I'm totally ready for the beach now!