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What’s In My Bag? 10 things You’d Be Surprised To Know About Me!

21 Feb

Oh Em Geeee….I was suppose to do this post a week ago and just remembered!  These “what’s in my purse” posts are all over the blogosphere right now and I recently got my inspiration from Amy’s vintage Closet when  she did a post on it.  I also saw a fun “10 things you’d be surprised to know about me” post last week and thought I’d partake in that as well and put them both into one post for you guys!   So here we go!  Please excuse the poor lighting and camera flashes, I literally just took these pictures and it’s dark here in California!  Ok time for show & tell!

What’s Inside my purse?  It changes everyday depending on the purse of course, the bigger the bag…. the more stuff I seem to “need”. I pretty much always have these 10 things floating around from purse to purse with me, and as you can see, I have a case for everything!  Keeps everything organized and easy to find.

Here’s what’s in todays purse!

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1. Coin Purse- I love having a specific place for coins.

2. Keys- can’t live without those.

3. Sunglasses- definitely need those in California.

4.Makeup bag- holds mostly lip stuff and anything else that’s small.( mirror, hair ties, nail file, tweezers, pink swiss army knife etc.)

5.Business card holder- so cute and pink.

6. Clicky pen- free from my bank.

7. iPhone-  my first one ever…in love!

8.Wallet- going on 7 years old…you’d never know it.

9. Gum- gotta stay fresh and minty.

10. Cute pouch- holds my camera.

That’s a wrap for my purse—–nothing too spectacular.  Now onto the good stuff!

10 things You’d Be Surprised To Know About Me! 

I find that I get the biggest reactions when people find these things out about me……

1. I’m not that into chocolate- I don’t know why but I prefer caramel or peanut butter over chocolate any day… and when I do eat it, it’s gotta be packed with nuts, caramel anything!

2. Are you sitting down? ok here it goes!  I actually like and wear UGG BOOTS!  YES it’s true! Are they cute? Not really, but they’re warm and cozy for cold days, camping and running errands.

3. I love the  great outdoors and that includes hiking and camping (In tents, without showers).

4. I have a very large tattoo on my ribs/torso area.  It’s cherry blossoms with branches and Japanese lanterns.

5. I love cars!  I love pretty cars and I love tough cars! I just love a beautiful, well-engineered vehicle. If I had all the money in the world my car collection would trump Jay Leno’s.

6. I have horrible penmanship- you cannot differentiate between my hand writing chicken scratch and most 6 year olds, it’s quite horrible. ( I should have been a Dr.)

7. I love watching football- and I actually know the rules!  I prefer College, but will watch most any level! Best sport ever!

8. I’m happily married to a woman- not really a big deal to me, my friends and my family but it’s “shocking” for some.  I am sometimes saddened at the reactions of a few but at the same time I have witnessed so many people “see the light” so to speak , when they realize that our marriage is just as normal as the next couple.  If you’ve read my wedding ring posts, this is old news. However if this can change even one persons perspective on this subject, then it was worth sharing in my opinion.

9. I have been fascinated with the stock market since I was 18 and  able to invest (play)–S&P500, Dow Jones, NASDAQ, Mutual funds, Bonds—you name it!  Wall Street is a very entertaining and sometimes nail-biting, yet very profitable game that every adult should partake in!  Time literally is money and more people need to stop wasting time!  Take this as a “sign” and start asking questions, use half of your tax return to open up a Fidelity account, E-Trade etc. While you’re at it, Max out on your 40lk!  Now’s the time don’t wait- life only gets more expensive as you get older! So if you think you can’t afford to set aside some money now, you really won’t be able to later.  Build your nest egg NOW!  Ok I’m done blabbing about that!

10.  I have a dog rescue kit in my trunk and dog & cat food as well ready to feed any hungry animal wherever I may be.  Sounds silly I know but I’ve used that kit successfully about a dozen times and the food hundreds of times!!!!!

Well that about sums it up for the spilling of the beans…..I feel like I wrote a tell all book. Hope you all enjoyed it!  Have a great night!

Instagram Roundup

18 Feb

I’m back with my Instagram roundup!  Thanks for all your feedback regarding these posts! I’m so glad you like them.  Going 3 months strong!  I love it!  If you love Instagram too and want to see more, Follow me @yourstylejourney.

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Instagram Roundup!

30 Jan

Hi everyone….I’m back with my weekly-ish Instagram roundup! Follow me @yourstylejourney for more pictures!!!  I’m so addicted to this Instagram thing- it’s only been a couple of months for me but I think it’s so great to just snap a pic and share it with you guys!

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Instagram Roundup!

15 Jan

Hello again fashionistas!  I have my weekly Instagram roundup for you.  Thanks for all the positive feedback, I will keep this as an ongoing thing.  I’m glad you like it.   Here are some of my “grams” from the past week. Cheers…….find more pictures on Instagram @Yourstylejourney.

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Instagram Roundup!

3 Jan

Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by again.  Here is my weekly Instagram roundup……more fun snapshots @yourstylejourney.

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Outfit Of The Day!

1 Jan

Hi everyone, here is another OOTD post as promised!

I can’t get enough of this dress-it’s perfect for sunny December days that are slightly chilly (weird CA weather).  The boots are also my go to Fall/Winter flat boot.  I wear them with dresses and pants and they are super comfy and the perfect shade of brown.  Lastly the bag is sooooooo cute, and it gets mistaken for Chanel almost every time I leave the house with it!

Black shift dress, necklace and ring~ H&M

Orange & cream bag~ Forever 21

Buckle boots in Cognac~ ‘Laila’ by Dolce Vita

Wood Bangles~ Nordstrom

Gold Bangles~ Forever 21

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Until next time…..bye for now!OOTD5

Instagram Roundup!

26 Dec

Hello fashionistas:) I’m back with my weekly Instagram roundup! Check out more on Instagram @ yourstylejourney. Cheers!

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Instagram Roundup!

17 Dec

Hi everyone! I’m a newbie to Instagram (2 weeks) and I’m loving it!  I’m just snapping pics of any and everything whenever I feel like it and it’s so FUN!  It really gives you all the opportunity to peek into my life and my closet.  Here is a roundup of some of my favorite “grams” What are they called anyways?????  If you like what you see, Follow me @Yourstylejourney.

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Outfit Of The Day!

14 Dec

Hi everyone! Since I’ve started this blog 9 months ago I have gotten hundreds of emails, comments etc. regarding outfit of the day posts and pictures.  A lot of you like how I do not feature outfit of the day posts and that the focus of this blog is NOT ME and tons of pictures of me me me! However many of you have asked to see more pictures of me and would like me to share outfit of the day posts.  Let me just say that I have always intended this blog to be more about YOU than ME but have come to a compromise that I hope most of you will think is fair.  I will start doing OOTD posts but they will be more like outfit of the week posts……I’ll try to do one OOTD post per week so you can get a peek into my closet without it going overboard.

So…..Here it goes…..my second outfit of the day (actually night) post!  (first one was on instagram) I love my cold Cold rainy day gear!

Outfit Details Umbrella: Target    Grey knit capelet: Forever21   A-line black knit tunic sweater: H&M    Black jeans: J brand      Rain boots: Hunter   Knit wellie socks: Hunter   Bag: Marc Jacobs(Bob’s Memphis trip)  Jewelry: black hair tie on my wrist!!! Haha

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