February Photo A Day Challenge: Days 20-23

I hope everyone is having a great week! Tomorrow is Friday, yay! Not sure what to do this weekend, I want to do something fun!
Okay here goes #FEBphotoaday continued.
20}Handwriting~I see these everyday on my fridge. Postcards home from Paris and Montepulciano. Wonderful memories, can’t wait for a new adventure.

21}A fave photo of you~I rarely get my picture taken anymore, need to do more fun stuff on my weekends off now. These are two of my favs. The first one is me 27 years ago after coming home from the hospital in my teddy tee from Aunt Patty:) The other photo is me at the Burwell wedding in Santa Barbara. What a great day, so pretty. I need a Cali fix again v. soon.



22}Where you work~I’ve spent many long hours in this location in this exact state working on homework, reading, researching, killing time, blogging, etc. Computerizing in bed. Where I am most nights. V. Exciting.

From my current location I’m watching Willow Snow rub a catnip cookie to death. Funniest 10 year old ever.

23}Your shoes~I love shoes. I used to hate shoes. I’m 5’9 and therefore I have big feet so it’s always been hard to find cute shoes in my size. Now that I’m adult and I’ve grown into my own sense of style it’s easier to find things I like. Today I went with a nautical theme. Talbots blood red patent loafer flats. So cute and I got them for a sickeningly good price, originally $100 I paid about $20. Blue tights from Target. Paired with a navy skirt and this Old Navy tee on top. Super cute!




Well tomorrow is another day. What is everyone doing over the weekend?
Happy Friday! Make it bright!
Bright Girl

February Photo A Day Challenge: 15-19

Okay so I apologize, it’s been a busy week. I haven’t been spending much time on the computer and have gotten behind on blogging this week.
So here goes, photo a day challenge days 15-19.
15}Phone. So I recently got an iPhone, which has been an awesome upgrade, time saver, life saver, etc. I knew if I ever got an iPhone I would definitely want a Kate Spade case, they had a sale last week and I snagged this cute silicone cover for $17. Awesome!! I’ve had several people comment that my nails match my case. In case you were wondering my polish is the new OPI Holland Collection color Kiss Me on my Tulips. Super cute! I bought mine at Natural Body, who basically carries the entire line so check it out!


16}See above. I just got this great cardigan and striped top at the Gap. Channeling my inner French girl, oh la la!


17}Time. This is how my day is organized now. Lots of keeping up and time management.

18}Drink. Glass of iced tea in my Chelsea glass which was discovered at a relatives house a few years ago. Fittingly now mine and perfect refreshing boost to get me going on a cleaning rampage.

19}Something I hate to do. Well this was kind of hard. I did a lot of cleaning and purging today, not necessarily something I hate to do, but I did clean out the litter box, which I don’t like to do, and I finally got going on reorganizing and cleaning out my photo albums, which I was dreading because I knew it would take FOREVER!! 4 hours later I finished purging only to realize I don’t like the albums I bought. So I’ll be returning them and finding new ones. For now I have about 300 pictures that need albums but everything is organized and the rest of my pictures are fine in their current albums, just much leaner and better organized. It was fun going back in time and finding fun pictures…and others that make me grateful for time…everything gets better with time, some pictures didn’t have a chance escaping the trash bin.


Well I’m exhausted after all that organizing! Downton Abbey finale tonight was great, I’m glad things ended on a somewhat tidy note. Sad we’ll have to wait until next year for more but something to look forward to. Which reminds me Mad Men is coming back in a few weeks, HOORAY!!!
What did you guys do this weekend? Do anything fun? Go somewhere for a drink of your own? Did you have to do something you hate? Do tell!
Have a bright night!
Bright Girl

February Photo A Day Challenge{12-14}+Happy Valentine’s Day!

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12}Inside Your Closet~Well if you’ve been keeping up with my blog then you already know I’ve been reorganizing and cleaning out my closet. {Quick and Easy Refabulizing & Quick and Easy Organization}. Not much new to share but I did take a pic whilst debating what to wear to Pink Girl’s Valentine luncheon. It was wonderful as always! Be sure to check out her blog Marie Arden Pink Living.

13}Blue~I love those baby blues! Miss Willow Snow. Pictured here with Jane.


14}Heart~The shirt I wore today{LOVE!}. I saw a lot of hearts today. We even had a Valentine parade at work today.

Getting ready to make cupcakes for the kiddos, my view.
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I also had a great time at Pink Girl’s Valentine luncheon. She is a great hostess and cook. {Delicious chocolate mouse heart from Douceur de France}. Always have a great time at chez pink and bonus we got to meet Snowflake and Soufflé-Marie plus all the new birdies

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Miss Charlotte Moss looks lovely in her pink bow. And all the pretty birdies were very chatty.

New babies Snowflake and Soufflé-Marie are doing quite well. Snowflake is completely adorable and loves to play! {and sleep, haha}. If you’re considering adopting a kitty yourself be sure to check out Good Mews!

I love Miss Moss’s picture!

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Binxy says Ooh La La! Are you making that pour moi? For dinner I made a delicious chicken pot pie. Very easy recipe {available here} cooked in a crock pot and made puff pastry hearts for the crust part of the pie! A little fresh tarragon to sprinkle on top, iced tea in a perfectly pink Jamestown tea glass, and pink and red Le Jacquard Francais complete the setting.

I hope you all had an awesome Valentine’s Day! What did you do to celebrate the day? Do tell!

Have a bright day!

Bright Girl

February photo of the day{4&5}+Jason Wu for Target+Week in review link up

I’ve always been interested and excited about the designer collections that come to Target stores but always forget about it until weeks after they’ve arrived and pretty much sold out. I made a point not to forget this time! So…today I pulled myself out of bed early and drove down to my local Target store at 8am. Unfortunately I didn’t even think about the fact that probably not all Target stores would have the designer collections, which this one didn’t. I thought it was kind of funny that the employee we talked to didn’t even know what we were talking about. I guess they didn’t get the memo. Or watch TV. Wait you do work here right? Anyways…..we climbed back in the car and headed to another store, which I did look up and they were on the list {side note: another reason I love my iPhone, helps me look things up in an emergency! ;} After arriving at said store it was pretty quiet so I had my pick of the collection totally uninterrupted and took my sweet time.

The newest collection by designer Jason Wu featuring an adorably mischievous black cat debuted today {the cat alone had me hooked}. This navy striped poplin dress was my favorite from the commercials and website and I lucked out finding it in store. I rarely buy clothes from Target mainly because the sizes are so weird and never fit me right. Heads up: I did have to buy this dress a size up from what I normally would wear.

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5}10am~Here I am in the dressing room trying on this Jason Wu dress! Tres cute!

4}A Stranger~Since I forgot to do it yesterday I took a picture today. Waiting in line at Mickey D’s after hitting up Target and before heading to church Sunday am. This dude was serious about his hash browns and pancakes. Immediately after we ordered all the people who were definitely not at Target showed up for their McMuffins and pancakes. Wowza!

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After doing all of these things I decided to go ahead and check “file my taxes” off my to-do list. Whilst waiting on my paperwork to be entered I checked out one of my fav blogs Story of My Life and saw that Jenni started a link for Instagram week in reviews. This sounded so fun I had to join the link party!

Hanging with the kiddos at work…and enjoying a Shriners parade!

The other night Stella spotted a ladybug on the wall. She was so transfixed she couldn’t look away. Look at that tail go!!

Went flower picking in the woods. I love daffodils and can’t believe they are already blooming here! I’ll post more about this later.



Mini photo shoot with an accessorized Jason Wu dress. Mischief follows me wherever I go.
Dress: Jason Wu for Target
Headband: Anthropologie
Ballet Flats: Tahari
Belt: Nine West
Whew! It’s been a busy week. What did you do this week and weekend? Anyone else head out to Target to see the newest designer collection? I’d love to hear your feedback and see pics of what you found!!
Have a Bright Day!
Bright Girl