Yup, it's really not quite spring yet, and the weather went back down to about 40/50 today. I don't care, though. I wanted to wear my new coral wedges with something. I love this stupid linen skirt, but we have a bad relationship. It sucks for work. It wrinkles like crazy and the middle button just causes weird wrinkles to occur. The. Worst.

 

Don't you love mine and Teemo's kind of matching navy jackets? I'll be posting more about his jacket from Rover Boutique and my other finds from Fab.com tomorrow!

I did my nails again. I used this idea from M Loves M only I did rotating triangles and one off set pin stripe on my thumb.

Grey : Revlon Stormy Night Pink Accents :Essie in Ole Caliente

jacket : sweet romeo via nordstrom

tee : forever 21

skirt : j crew factory (it was 30percent off plus 15percent student discount)

wedges : enzo anglioni via macy's (gift card plus 20 off)

necklace :  j crew factory

headband : forever 21
bag : leather shop in paris

teemo's pea coat : rover boutique via fab.com

I had a nice visit to Akron this weekend to pick up Teemo from my in-laws who were super helpful and watched him while I was traveling this week. We got to eat at The Lockview, probably my favorite place in Akron, and I got a grilled cheese with mashed potatoes and American cheese - it was delicious! 

    

My mother in law and I also had a nice relaxing day of walking around a near by mall where I got a pair of shoes with a coupon and a gift card to Macy's I had. I've never really owned sandals with heels, so this is a great thing to add to my wardrobe and I just love the color. I also got yummy popcorn!

Here's a little outfit for the weekend I wore, albeit before I went to Akron, but I really wasn't in a photo taking mood this weekend. Still, this pashmina is a gift from my mother in law and I love it so much. I have two of them and they are the best for traveling, work, or really anything. 

New Nails! I've been really into essie polishes and doing my nails lately.

Top color : Sally Hansen in Mint Sorbet, Mid Color : Essie in Turquoise and Caicos, Bottom Color : Revlon in Posh

dress : sparkle and fade via urban outfitters 

belt : vintage 

flats : steve madden

pashmina : gift from my in laws

 sweater : mossimo via target 

purse : vahalla brooklyn via etsy 

necklace : asos 

sunnies : ray ban

In 2009, I took a trip to Athens, Georgia to visit my friend Alyson while she was doing work at the University of Georgia. We ate at this delicious called the Grit where we devoured this delicious tofu. I asked the guy what they used - he said they were double fried in soy sauce and oil then sprinkled with nutritional yeast. Easy enough, I thought. I spent time emulating the recipe, and actually did not find nutritional yeast and at first used something completely different that a clueless guy at Whole Foods led me too. I eventually found the recipe online here and it is also available in their amazing cookbook, but I think a step by step may help a lot of people. All of the recipes never give amounts for the soy sauce, oil, or nutritional yeast, or really any guidelines, and there is a fine line that is easy to cross. Too much soy sauce and it's a salty soggy mess and too much nutritional yeast and they burn easily or become a strange texture. Too little of either and you have some dry, flavorless cubes. Here's how we do it.

After brunch at a cafe in Winter Springs, Leah and I headed down to Downtown Disney and Jason got his oil changed and met us there. We had margaritas, traded our Vinylmation toys, and got some sun!

The Vinylmations that Leah and I got in the trade (it's a blind box and you don't see what you get - it's a fun process, you can read a bit about it here - I also think I may do a post about it later this year ^_^) Anyhow, it's a 'April Fool's' jester form the holiday 3 series and a crying baby from the Urban 6 series. Jason and I traded the baby and still have the jester, but don't think we will keep him.

We got the chaser from the Park 6 series! It's Fort Wilderness Mickey - and we had our honeymoon at Wilderness Lodge - we love him!

Leah's outfit was super adorable - from her awesome dress found in a boutique in Austin to her adorable red glasses. Leah has always had great style since the day we met at college orientation in 2006 - she was a fashion design major after all!

leah's outfit ::

dress : via a independent boutique in austin

flats : liz claiborne

glasses : eye glasses store in akron

toms : via curl in downtown disney

rings & bag : unknown to me - oops!

remember this dress? I bought it in Cleveland in February - now you get to see it post being altered and on!

dress : girls from savoy via anthropologie

necklace : target

sunnies : ray ban (gift)

flats : modcloth

bag : marc by marc jacobs

bangle : target

bag : d street!

I hope everyone is having a great week and had a great weekend! I am going to Philadelphia and am probably there now for business - then I'm going to Akron! I've got a busy week on my hands guys- but I'll be back!

I kind of love Orlando. Maybe I just love seeing my husband. For St. Patrick's day, my dear friend Leah drove up from Fort Myers to visit and we went out with her and Jason's classmate David from Iceland (only I don't know the correct Icelandic spelling sorry!) I put a photo or two on instagram, but we mostly took photos with the big camera before going out and while the sun was still out!

   

We got to go to Tijuana Flats - a little local chain I quite enjoy with the most amazing hot sauces ever. Yum! I wore my Star Wars dress with green accents. Not quite festive - but some guy did try and buy me a drink because these were his bed sheets as a child. Haha!



dress: rusty cuts via etsy

belt : aerie

heels : BDG via urban outfitters (my wedding shoes!)

bag : marc by marc jacobs

necklace : ornamental things via kismet

bracelet : kate spade

sunnies : ray ban (gift)

PS. A little gem of the husband and his pup. They are more than adorable together.

I'll be gone and not able to reply this weekend because I am going on a trip to visit my husband, Jason, in Orlando. I haven't seen him since we went to Athens, Georgia for a day in January. Since I'll be gone seeing him, I thought it would be the perfect time to post about our strange little situation.

I think people's befuddled reaction to our situation is quite funny. I mean, how would you react when the recently married girl you just met suddenly mentions her husband lives in Florida? It is strange, I know, that a couple married four months would choose to live apart. Jason and I were lucky, we have lived together essentially since we met when I moved into the extra space in his dorm room, unofficially. Just me, Jason, and his two roommates. Since then, we have shared two apartments and a lovely house that was incredibly hard to leave, but we had to see the big picture.

  
Jason in our first apartment and our second apartment

    

 

Photos of our lovely home in Cincinnati, when we moved in. I miss it!

Upon graduating, we both began looking for jobs. As time went on, we knew Jason should go back and get his graduate degree before children and really settling down somewhere. Plus, the degree would help him fulfill his dream of being a game designer. I had interviewed for a few jobs, but was planning to probably move with him after not hearing any definite answers. In the same week that Jason was accepted and put his deposit down for graduate school in Winte Park, Florida, I was offered a wonderful position as the sole industrial designer in Pennsylvania. We decided that I should go and work on getting a career and life while Jason 'roughed' it in Florida.

I tried to make my apartment feel like home, at least!

I am not saying it is easy. Or that it is impossible either. There are many things I miss, but these are the top things I have learned so far. Read on!