hope you all enjoyed your weekend. tom and i finally used our minolta camera this weekend and have a few more shots to take so will share them soon. i am really excited. it feels like we haven't gotten film in so long although we did when we went surfing but it just is never enough :)
i wore this outfit to work on saturday. this such an easy dress to throw on and sometimes you need something like this in your closet, kinda mindless you know? i wore it here on a super hot day in february a year ago while scoping out treasures at the alameda flea market, man i hate working on sunday! i need to get one off so i can treasure hunt again!
after work i raced back to my side of pond where my cousin & tom picked me and we headed over to my grandparents to surprise them with food and a game night. i had told them that tom and i were just coming over but didn't tell them the rest of our family was showing up. it was like a holiday gather but for no other reason then to hang out with our grandparents. we played catch phrase, scattergories, ate pizza and dined on the yummiest chocolate chip cookies that my cousin in law made.
it was a lot of fun and i was happy that it made my grandparents, who i feel i don't get to see enough, really happy. when i told them were coming i told them it was a secret and couldn't tell her what was happening. of course the moment i got off the phone i thought "oh geesh, she is thinking either tom and i are having a baby or buying a house" well, neither of those things are true at the moment but i could tell it still made their entire weekend. i love scheming, especially when the pay off is rewarding like this one. i think next time it will be a puzzle night!
what schemes what you concocted that turned out to be rewarding?
xo,
cb
Very cute dress! Have a wonderful Monday! xxx
ReplyDeletethanks sweetie! hope you have a great monday too :)
DeleteThis outfit is perfection! Love it :)
ReplyDeletethanks carol :)
Deletethat dress is awesome! good thing i don't live in your neighborhood or i'd sneak in your closet and borrow it for life. your time with your family sounds like so much fun, and it's always nice to get together even when there isn't a holiday :)
ReplyDeletehahaha! you always crack me up! you wouldn't need to sneak in my house, i would totally let you raid it if i could raid yours!
DeleteI think the boots totally make it a 90s outfit and I love it! It sounds like you had a wonderful time. What a sweet surprise. I can't say I've ever had a great scheme like that, but I think I should!
ReplyDeletei think a pair of doc martens though would have been PERFECT! remember those? so amazing!
DeleteLookin' great, lady! Loving the ombre effect you've got going - super cute! I think it's precious of you guys to pull together a grand time for your Grandparents, that is something they'll talk about for a long time and you guys will treasure forever!
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hi shannon!!!!!!! thanks :) my cousin and i were talking about it yesterday and she totally agreed, they loved the surprise :)
DeleteI LOVE the outfit, it's gorgeous (brown is prob my most favourite colour) & you're right, it does hark back to the (better part of) the 90s :) very cute!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful weekend! And how lovely for your grandparents to having you all there, I'm sure they loved it too. Days like that can be so few & far between now we all have such busy lives & whenever I get an odd day wh my parents like that I cherish it :) as I'm sure you do. But I know what you mean, even now, whenever we say we've got something to tell them, or try to arrange something secretive, they always jump to the (VERY) wrong conclusion, ha ha.
We often arrange something of a surprise for my parents birthdays, usually family-related too & it's always well received :D xox
hah yes the better parts of the 90's! i am currently watching melrose place which from 1992-1998 and the fashion is soooo horrible! well some of it. a lot of horrible denim, baggy in all the wrong places. i hope one day i can go to them with one of those exciting secrets, the house being the one that would be a bit more doable at the moment :D
Deletei totally understand the "oh you must be having a baby or buying house" deal. sorry g-ma. not until you die and (hopefully) i get some money out of the deal. don't gasp at me other readers - you know it's truuuuuue!
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hahaha you say what everyone is REALLY thinking! love it! yea i have no $$ more a down payment...i t would take me years to come up with not even half of it!
DeleteI adore your outfit! You always wear the cutest clothes! And those boots are awesome!
ReplyDeletethanks mackensie! i love those boots, they were love at first sight!
Deletedefinitely sensing the 90s vibe and I dig it. You look like you just got off your shift at Empire Records.
ReplyDeletei would have LOVED to work at empire records, rex your so sexy!
DeleteVery Drew Barrymore! You are super sweet for surprising your grandparents.
ReplyDeleteoh wow drew barrymore, why thank you! haha
DeleteThis is such a cute outfit, cb!! I love the dress, you're definitey going to make my cycle chic board on Pinterest with this one :)
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thanks sandra! you are always welcome to pin my outfits :D
DeleteLove the outfit and the daisy definitely 90's! Glad to hear your surprise turned out great. My friend and I planned our friends 20th birthday surprise and it turned out great. My friend thought she was just going to eat out with a few people (we told some of the other people to say that they had to work or couldn't make it) We had a few say that could make it but would drive themselves and I told her that I would meet her at the other friend's (the one who planned and helped) house so we could ride together. We got everyone to move their car behind except mine, had decorations, pizza, and cake. When she came in she was so surprised because everyone was there. It was so fun planning!
ReplyDeleteamber you are so cute! im sure your friend had such an amazing time at her surprise party! it sounds amazing!
DeleteYes that dress is very cute! It looks really soft too. I love the knee high socks over the jeans....very 90s for real
ReplyDeleteit is super soft that is another reason why i love it so much!
DeleteThanks for your comment on my post the other day, it was very sweet of you.
ReplyDeleteI love this dress, it is so adorable! And good work visiting your grandparents like that. It is an awesome thing to do. :)
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your welcome sweetie!
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lovely outfit! did you dye the tips of your hair too? it looks wonderful :)
ReplyDeleteoh yes i did! thanks hannah! i think i am going to dye the top of my head black, i saw a picture on tumblr of someone who had the same hair and she had black roots and i loved it!
Deletethat is such a cute idea to surprise your grandparents like that! i love it! and i love that brown dress.
ReplyDeleteYou look so cute, I love that flower in your hair! That sounds like such an amazing time with your family and grandparents. I can't wait to be closer to my family so I can hang out with them more often.
ReplyDeletei am so happy that you are gonna be close to family, it is the best!
DeleteAww sounds so fun- family gathers are always so fun & def should be more than just the holidays. You look adorable too, that plaid dress is great on you & the flower is a perfect touch!
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i love your outfit and it's so awesome that you all gathered with your grandparents "just because" so much fun. as a kid i would visit my granny every saturday afternoon. she really looked forward to that time together.
ReplyDeleteyou know what my 1st thought here is...and embarrassingly so, how great your skin looks. weird? well, it does Cristie, you've got this lovely glow about you and one that reminds me to get outdoors more cos my pale, sallow skin is in need of some vit D power. yipes, well TMI? hope not ; )
ReplyDeleteyour biking ensemble is adorable, love the plaid and little daisy hair addition. glad to hear you're both enjoying the film so much, that's rad. your grandparents must have lost it when you all showed up, kinda makes my heart melt. very sweet - scheme on lades! xo ♥
haha, thanks lynn! i think it is all those avocados i eat! totally serious about that :) that is really sweet of you to mention and i am sure though the rosy color to my cheeks is the fact that is also really cold out :D i love your porcelain skin! i am actually very envious of it!
DeleteI was in high school in the 90s, and I am pretty sure I had this outfit. But, I wore a huge chiffon bow in my hair instead of a daisy. Thanks for this post, it brought back a lot of memories!
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