WIW and My Ellington Winning!

jeans: f21,  top: target, belt: target, watch: target, shoes: target, cami: nordstroms,
earrings: vintage {estate sale find}
nail polish: sephora by opi ~ a-ha! moment

I went shopping at Target last Friday night and couldn't believe my finds! This outfit is just about all Tar'Jay.  Aaaand, you wouldn't believe the prices I paid. {click on "older post" at the end of this page to check out yesterday's Tippy Tuesday Tip to see ALL of the deals I scored!} Seriously.  It was intense.  i.e. $6.88 for this fun sequenced top! 

the two belts are connected at the buckle.
 i decided i liked the look of the belt with the buckle at the back, so wore it that way

Not on sale, thus not featured in my Target finds yesterday, but Target also had the EXACT pair of nude patent pumps I have been searching for high and low for what I swear feels like THREE years. $29.99.  {!!!}  They are the perfect color, perfect height, they are closed toed, they are perfect, perfect, perfect.  I think I'm going to go grab another pair and stash them in my closet for when I wear these ones out.

hair:
i swept my hair over to one side, took a section  and started twisting.
some of the hair around my face fell out, so i took that section and twisted it too.
each twist is secured by bobby pins to the "other" side of my head.
if i ever do it again, i'll probably twist even more sections.

ps.  i need new jeans soooo bad.
anyone have any good {inexpensive} options to share?

Not too bad for a Target outfit, right!

Linking up for some WIW fun!

Be sure to click on the parties on the sidebar

and check out all the fab styles!

my post got too long and I bored even myself,

so I posted my BIG WIN {here}  ;) 

-m-

It's Tippy Tuesday!

Today's Tippy Tuesday Tip:

Shop the Red Sticker's

So, I'm not exactly a Target girl, but I keep seeing all these "Target" finds on the blogs, and my girlfriend Heidi will every once in a while pop out "Target" as where she got this or that really cute shirt, or shoes, or tights that I'm loving on her, so I decided what-the-heck ~ mine as well pop in.     

Check out what I picked up, shopping the red stickers! 

Drum Roll Pleeeeeaaase.... 

I saved ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS!! 

I paid 33 cents on the retail dollar for all THAT!

Today I wore my new $4.98 brown flower headband.

my photographer asked me to shoot some hoops

so I slipped on my new furry slippers

Shop those Red Stickers! 

-m-

A Sunday At Timberline Lodge

It was freezing, raining fiercely, and miserably windy at the top of the mountain.  Thank god we were camped out in front of a massive, toasty fireplace for most of the day.  We read books and I even caught a few zzzzz's. 

Here's a peak at our day, and the fabulous Timberline Lodge...

i just picked this up at Barnes & Noble this weekend.
it is HILARIOUS!  

road snacks

entering Timberline Lodge

the lodge is full of interesting native art from the moment you, literally, walk in the door

probably the most impressive element of the lodge is the amazing beam design

the center rock work hosts four fireplaces

unique, fun details like these cabinets of books fill the space

the lodge hosts many distinct wood carving works

we spent a few hours in front of this massive stone fireplace

and there's my boy

we had lunch in the Cascade Dining Room 

they ran out of their clam chowder so served this pan seared scallop dish instead.
it was veeery rich.  

the cheese itself was amazing.
the fact that they only served it with nuts and sauteed pears was odd to me.

the dessert was truly amazing.
this  was banana ice cream with toffee

apple cobbler with homemade caramel ice cream.
A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. 

gooey chocolate chip cookie with a dab of homemade vanilla ice cream.

-m-