in which this is the home stretch

I'll admit, I'm basically on autopilot at this point.  I haven't had a vacation since last August, and I am dying to spend some quality time outside of the office.  I leave on Saturday for a week at the Cape, and until then it's flats and malformed updos.  That said, I am really looking forward to getting back into my regular blogging when I get back--maybe even teasing my hair a time or two! :)

(dress: tjmaxx; jacket: thrifted; moccasins: minnetonka; sunglasses: kohl's)

Summer is officially upon us and I couldn't be more delighted.  I have grand plans for baseball games, strawberry picking, drive-in movies (we never did go last weekend--nothing good was playing!), tofu dogs with mustard, champagne on the stoop, and endless creemees in the coming months :)  This week I've been getting up early and having a cup of coffee with breakfast and reading a chapter of my book before work each day--it's transformative!  I think I really am turning into a morning person (never thought I'd see the day, but with all the lovely sunshine we've been having I don't want it to go to waste)!  It's crazy to think that this was only a few short months ago (and how short they really were!):

the brave boutique: the gown

**floral gown (S)**

I am so in love with this dress I almost hope it doesn't sell... almost.

in which k takes my outfit photos...

And this is what happens...

(jeans: banana republic outlet; top: tjmaxx; shoes: tilly's)

I had a wonderful long weekend.  It was incredibly lazy and almost as hot (and I may or may not have dropped a watermelon all the way down the stairs on Friday night so that it smashed against the door)...



...but I got in some quality time with my friend Elizabeth on Saturday night (we made dinner and discussed my novel, then drank cosmos and watched Sex and the City--she'd never seen it before!)...

...and on Sunday I wore this outfit for some unenthusiastic thrifting (I bought two men's oxford shirts for lounge/beachwear).  Monday (as you know, if you saw yesterday's post) K and I hung out on the riverbank and got black raspberry-vanilla twist creemees and I watched the Bachelorette.  All good things :)

life lately: the livin' is easy

1: red lip and a ponytail

2: al fresco omelets/butterfly

3: first watermelon

4: nutty steph's pink elephants/first creemee!

5: spicy chili

6: chocolate croissant & iced coffee in the park/on the rise

7/8: vergennes

9: etsy

10: sex and the city night

11-14: fishing (him) and reading (me) by the riverside (memorial day!)

the brave boutique: summer dresses

**lounge-y linen dress (M/L)**

**picnic plaid dress (M/L)**

in which i am mad about matte

Whew.  Another week almost gone...

(dress: forever 21; trench: h&m; shoes: payless)

This outfit is pretty representative of my style of late... I got this matte red lipstick a couple of weeks ago and I've been wearing it all the time!  It makes every outfit more fun :)  Of course, since it's such a bright shade, I feel like the rest of my outfit has to be pretty neutral, so I've been wearing a lot of black and nautical-inspired whatnot.  

Last night was Art Club, which was wonderful as always, and we're coming up fast on Memorial Day weekend!  I plan to drag K to the drive-in tomorrow night, and hopefully we'll be able to spend some of our extra weekend time riding bikes around and having a picnic :)  Small goals = success.  It has been so unbelievably glorious here lately--temperatures in the 80s and sweet sunshine, all the time.  Love, love, love. I so wish that we had a porch or a little balcony so I could sit outside with a glass of wine and scribble in the warm night... someday... 

shabby apple giveaway!

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It's that time of year again!  Last spring I gave away a Shabby Apple dress on my blog, and now that the warm weather is creeping back and we're all (okay, maybe just me) desperate to make over our closets, it's time for another giveaway!  Shabby Apple is offering a $50 gift card to one of you, lovely readers!

How to Enter:

 -Leave your name and contact information in a comment, letting me know which dress/skirt/blouse/bathing suit (they have it all!) you would choose if you won
-"Like" Shabby Apple on Facebook (here) and tell me you've done so in the comments

-Giveaway closes at 12 midnight EST on Wednesday, June 13th!

Extra Credit (+1 each):

-Follow Waking Life with Google Friend Connect

(pineapple princess/cockeyed optimist/waimea)

 

Although only one can win the gift card, Shabby Apple would also like to offer 10% to all of you with the discount code "wakinglife10off" (good until June 23)!

GOOD LUCK! :)