sunday donuts.

early morning pre-church donuts (from leonard’s!) + coffee on the beach.  i love sundays.

INSPIRED BY.

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today’s look is inspired by sincerely jules, one of my favorite fashion bloggers.  she is adorable and chic and looks amazing all.the.time.  (p.s. is it kosher in blogland to copy the outfit of another blogger ??)

on a side note, do you see this beautiful house behind me?  it’s kind of my dream house.  and i am pretty sure no one lives there because there are never any cars in the driveway and no people ever to be seen.  this abandoned gem is a few streets over from my house and i always pass it on my runs.  i have fallen in love.  the french doors, huge front yard, the lanai, the old roof, the windows, the charm…oooo i just love it!  it is really fun to dream about owning a house one day and decorating/renovating it without restriction.  but seeing as i live in hawaii and any relatively decent property is in the millions, i think i will just keep dreaming :)

hudson green cargos $40:nordstrom rack/polkadot blouse: $6:thrifted/bag $40:hautelook/belt $5: f21/sunglasses $15: urban outiftters

mondays.

oh mondays.  i don’t particularly love this day of the week to be honest with you.  after fun weekends and our sundays spent on the north shore, getting back to the grind on monday is kind of a buzz kill.  boo.  but thank goodness for monday morning coffee.  yes yes yes.  i always have these grand intentions of going to bed early on sunday night but no matter what, i cannot get to bed before midnight!  i don’t know what it is but for some reason in the late hours i get all sorts of productive and my house gets cleaned, things get organized, and laundry gets done.  all to say that my monday morning cup of coffee is so good.  and so necessary.  happy work week!

lunchtime purchases.

my lunch breaks are pretty much spent doing homework for my online classes or running errands (is it just me or does everyone else that works an office job feel like lunchtime is the only time to do errands because a lot of the places you need to go close at 5??).  i work in downtown honolulu and i just love getting out of my cubicle and walking around and perusing shops while doing errands.  long’s drugstore is a a few blocks away and in addition to whatever crap i need to get (contact solution, dish soap, eyeliner…i swear it’s always something!), i always seem to find some other “necessities.”  namely, essie nail polish and revlon lipstick.  then i normally venture on over to ross next door to see if they have any amazing bargains i can’t pass up.  the other day i found these grey/hot pink cross training shoes and i just haddd to have them because they were only $20.  andddd i believe that if you feel cute working out, you will have a better work out.

thank you cards.

after long and tiring days at work, designing is one of the ways i like to relax and i find it to be really therapeutic.  after being in the office all day dealing with taxes and the ever growing laundry list of regulations from the IRS, i love how design virtually has no real “rules.”  i can put shapes wherever i want to and use whatever font suits my fancy that night.  it’s awesome.  these are some thank you cards i designed the other night to send out my [better-late-than-never] christmas thanks!

weekend photos.

a few instagrams from the weekend:  a yummy post work out smoothie.  a lovely hike with with friends up makapu’u to whale watch and see insanely awesome views.  starbucks for sunday breakfast.  and watching the rachel zoe project dvds (love).