Favorite Dress Day!

One question I get asked pretty often is "What's your favorite item of clothing?" My quick answer is dresses of course! Specifically, my favorite dress is a Lilly Worth Shift that came out a few years ago and I've only worn it a few times!

Worth Shift Colorblocked

This shift is pink and green, my colors, and has little crabs all over it! (My sister, the graphic designer, says that the print vibrates because of all the spots of opposing colors look like they're sometimes moving, or "vibrating"!) 

Anyway, this is my favorite dress of all time and I'm wearing it today! It's not for any special occasion, but mostly because I haven't worn it in awhile! I think it's last debut was Aruba, in the Spring Break of 2010!

I still think that background looks FAKE!

I can really find any reason to wear this dress, and I'm excited to wear it all day today!!

What's your favorite item of clothing? Does yours make you happy, like mine makes me when I wear it?

xxKatie

Vacation Book Reviews!

So over spring break I ended up reading 3 books and knocking out a lot of my Economics homework!

The first one I read was The Secret Lives of Dresses. I would TOTALLY recommend this book, 5 out of 5 stars. I even made my Momma read it and she liked it. It was SO cute and I think you all should go out and buy it/download it/ebook it! This was such a cute, quick, light-hearted read that it's so worth it and you'll want to pass it onto your friends!

Next I read There's Cake in My Future. 5 out of 5 stars...not so much. This book is why books like He's Just Not That Into You were written. It was too "ladies novel" and cheesy. I do like the idea behind the cake pulls and it really had a lot of potential, but the characters were pretty silly and boy-obsessed. Wouldn't necessarily recommend this one, but I did finish it.

Finally I ended up buying House Rules right before I left from our school bookstore. This is the 10th Jodi Picoult book I've read and definitely one of the best. For the first time I saw the end coming because you get a "preview" about halfway though. This book has a longer lasting trial portion than most of her books, but if you're an avid Jodi reader, this is definitely a good one.

Anyone have any suggestions for my next reads? I'm not planning any trips soon, but I'm certainly up for any recommendations!!

xxKatie

Weekly Gratitude

I know it's only Monday, but I sure do have a lot to thank, all vacation related:

1. Aruba for being off the grid and not allowing any of my family use of cell phones.
2. Aruba for reuniting my family and giving me 168 entire hours to hang out with them non-stop. I had an awesome time and I think they did too.
3. Aruba for having some weird deal with the US for not having to go through customs on the US end. I loved having a few extra non-stressed minutes to say my goodbyes.
4. to the nice US Airways man who helped me find my bag. I thought I wasn't gonna see it again and panic ensued.
5. to my little frog that I sleep with. He didn't make it on the trip but made my first night back in my bed even better.
6. to my boat shoes for being great travel shoes. They slip on and off easily and are very comfortable.
7. to my camera for documenting all the awesome stuff that we got to do. (Read: to capture the moments when my sister and dad in tandem fell off the tubing tube on our last beach day.)
8. to Publix for helping me restock my house after I came home to a fridge full of onion dip, apple juice and ice.
9. to my computer for calculating the Econ answers that my professor assigned OVER. SPRING. BREAK. #yourelame
10. to my awesome parents for still including me on family vacations and thinking it's still cool to hangout with their 20 year old.

xxKatie

Spring Break: The Trip

From here to...

HERE!

I get to see my parents and my sister for the first time in TWO MONTHS! I AM SO EXCITED! Safe travels to everyone who's traveling this week to destinations close and far! Have a great spring break y'all!

xxKatie

Spring Break: Photos

In my house photos are never in short supply. My mom's biggest hobby is taking pictures and I'm so thankful. Every big event, family trip, and school production have been recorded in photos. Spring Break is another place to snap as many photos as possible!

Arizona

My sister took the best picture of my dad and I after we climbed Cathedral Rock. I had a Rocky pose going on and he's just up there with me, but it's one of my favorite vacation photos:

Turks & Caicos

That Ellery dress is one of my faves and how cute does my sister look in Coral Me Crazy?!

Good ole' fam shot

This year we'll have to get a good family picture too! I love that all of our fun times are documented thanks to my mom, sister, and I all being shutterbugs! I'll have to add my camera to my list of things that I MUST remember!

xxKatie

Spring Break: Extras

I always make a list of the "extras" I always seem to forget. The little things, the overlooked things.

1. Swim coverup:

I got this from Target the other night from the Juniors' department. It's the perfect length for throwing over a bathing suit to grab lunch or just stay out of the sun for a little while. It came in a multitude of colors to choose from too!

2. Hat

I'm not big on wearing hats, but they are a MUST on sunny vacation trips! I got this one at the beginning of the year from our school bookstore. I love it! It fits well and isn't too sporty for a girl!

3. A sweatshirt

Even in warm weather destinations, I always bring a cozy sweatshirt or fleece. You never know if it'll be cold one night or just for hanging out in the room before bed! 

4. PJ's

Because I tend to forget coverups, I always end up using my reserve of PJ t-shirts for beach shirts and then I'm left with no PJ's! Oh no! This time I'm going to beat it though!

5. Chargers

Even though I won't really be able to use my phone much, I'll still need my charger for when I return home! 

Are there any essentials you forget? Any god way to remember them all?

xxKatie

Spring Break: Prep

First of all, please forgive the lack of posting this week! The wonderful folks over at Blogger HQ have been helping me update my blogger dashboard! I've been having muy problemos with logging on/posting/saving drafts/etc. so they were great! We're back up and running now! I will be spending all weekend with these few things:

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aka all day today I'm a busy bee and I'm ORGANIZING, ORGANIZING, ORGANIZING! I have a super busy week ahead of me (two midterm and two projects) and so I'm getting ready for break this weekend! Last night I headed over to Target to get some travel essentials: books (look for a post on my two books tomorrow), sunscreen, lotion for sunburns, a swim coverup, and a few other necessities! I can't wait to see my family and relax in Aruba!

xxKatie

10 Day Forecast: What Do I See?

Sun Sun Sun and SPRING BREAK!

I'm totally suffering from spring fever! I can't get over this weather, I had my first tour Tuesday and it's going to start to get even nicer out! Get me to vacation!!!

xxKatie

Lilly Spring Dress Arrivals

Here are my picks for my favorite Spring Lilly items! I have a corporate gift card from Christmas that I've tried my BEST to save, but it's DEFINITELY going towards one of these beauties:

Wyatt Dress Printed (the belt's included!)

Sandra Dress Printed (if this is like last year, it runs big!)

Dolly Dress Novelty Lace

Adelson Dress Printed Dobby

Chloe Dress Printed (Any UA readers...this could totally be my Spring Banquet dress possibly!)

Stephanie Shift Engineered

Kiki Dress Printed 

Del Mar Dress Printed

It's clear which styles of dress I like and in what color schemes, but I'm really loving the Spring Collection! I can't wait to see this all in person, and I'm sure it'll be just as good as the photos! What are y'all fans of? Anything I missed?!

xxKatie