WHAT I WORE // COLOR BLOCK

I'm excited to getting back to posting outfits. I will be posting other things soon as well because I know not everyone is interesting in what I'm wearing each day, ha! So Here is the other beautiful bag I received from MeDusa. I love the blue color. It's the same color as my favorite car I had growing up which was a bright blue Dodge Neon and the key would glow in the dark! Man I miss that car... anyway, I always unintentionally dress in very primary colors sometimes. I can't help it. It just happens. They go so well together.

DETAiLS
CARDIGAN : ModCloth

BAG : MeDusa

Just recently I was able to find all my clothing and I've currently been sorting through all of it to let go of some more things. I don't wear a lot of it and the weather here is different than what I'm use to so I'm really needing to update my wardrobe. I will be selling some things soon on the app Depop. Check it out if you've never heard of it. It's a great source for buying things from others with Instagram type of images. I will share more information when I have those up.

Hope your week is going well. We're half way done! 

xoxo

Sara

LiFE AFTER // TWO YEARS DOWN

A lot has changed in my life over the past year and although I don't talk about it much with people I decided to keep making a post on the anniversary of my partner of 13 years, passing. The 27th was the actual day but I tried to keep myself off the internet as much as possible. Today though, right after this, I'm heading to the beach. I feel like I deserve it :)

So this is year two down, not so bad, things are looking amazingly positive in my life. Not to say that it's not still REALLY difficult. I'm learning to take better care of myself mentally and physically. The physical part is kicking my ass though! I was great at taking care of someone else but horrible at taking care of me. I'm learning a ton about myself though and everyday is something new.  

Moving to California and selling my home in the midwest has helped tremendously. I really like Kansas City, I think it's a beautiful place. I will miss my friends I made through all the years I lived there but it unfortunately holds too many memories. I don't want to erase 15 years of my life but I also don't want to continue reliving it every time I go outside my home, or inside for that matter. Now I can create new memories and the ones I've created so far have been truly wonderful. 

So I've started my life over. I didn't think I would ever be where I am now or writing this blog post. It's been the hardest, most emotional trip so far. So where do I go from here? What do I do? The future is exciting to me and honestly I can't remember when I felt that way. Every place I've been over the last two years as small and insignificant as it may seem has been a huge deal for me. Let me explain, for 8 years I had become a full time caregiver on top of my full time job as a greeting card designer. I lost contact with friends and my family. I didn't go out much, rarely left my home. Traveling was not usually an option so there is not much of the world I have seen in those years. Not surprising, I lived my life on the internet. I made friends there, a community, met people who helped me get through some truly horrible times in my life but I never really got to see those people in real life. Now I can. Now I have the ability to live a life outside my computer, as hard as it may be. I'm a introverted person already and I don't care who you are, if you never go out into the world much, when you finally do it can be amazing but also overwhelming. It takes a lot out of me meeting new people and going new places BUT...I don't give up. I'm determined to live my life. 

I'm excited for what the future holds. Some crazy wonderful things have already happened. I met my amazing, caring, patient boyfriend and now we are living in California with our soon to be 3 pet family. I live by a beach you guys! Never in my wildest dreams did I think that would happen. I can just feel the stress leave my body. Amazing. I'm also secretly hoping it makes friends come visit me out here. I missed a lot of years with them and I don't want to miss any more. 

I hope you have a wonderful day and if it's not, keep pushing each day until it is. 

xoxo
Sara

WHAT i WORE // MEDUSA BAGS

Happy Friday! Woo hoo! I'm finally able to take some time to post more outfit photos again and I wanted to share some awesome bags from MeDusa. I love the bright colors they have and there is a rainbow of colors to choose from. I'm also a huge fan the embossed designs they have in the material used. I had a really difficult time picking my favorites. If you check out their instagram account you can see how that pattern was used to press into cookies! How cool! I love when people create things using something you wouldn't normally think of. The quality is great as well and I have been using both of mine all the time recently with no problems so far. 

I didn't want to post all the photos at once because it was just too much. I will have a new post up here soon with the other bag. But first up, this really fun backpack that's perfect for a laptop and sketchbooks! I've been looking for some backpacks recently and this one is definitely unique.

(Outdoor photos by Doug Smith, edited by me.)

DETAiLS
CARDIGAN : ModCloth

SHORTS : Forever21
SOCKS : ModCloth

SHOES : LeBunny Bleu
BAG : MeDusa

I hope you have a great weekend! We are finally getting the floors replaced in our home so I will be getting furnture out soon! I'm so excited. We've been living on a mattress and rugs but at least we have a tv installed so I can watch HGTV and cartoons all day! ha!

xoxo

Sara

PiNEAPPLE BANDiTS

Happy Tuesday! I wanted to post this sooner but unfortunately my days have been crazy and I just can't move as fast as I use to.

My friend and co worker at Hallmark Allie Rotenberg (we both no longer work there) has some awesome products she collaborated on with 5 Points. Her Pineapple Bandits collection are so fun. They created some 3D printed figures in a few different styles and of course I needed them in my collection. I love their derpy expressions and imagine them being really terrible at actually being bandits. I want to hang out with them.

Be sure to check the 5 Points pop up shop currently in Venice Beach if you're in the area. Also check out their other product they carry. I love all of it! Such beautiful work. I can't wait to add some to our new home. 

See more on instagram @weare5points  and Allie's instagram feed @allie_ro

Have a great day!

xoxo

Sara

GOODBY SAN JOSE

Whoa, how did so much time pass? I'm pretty good a falling off the planet for awhile. You get it right? Work and then trying to move again completely wiped me out of getting much else done. It took me an entire week to recover from this last move, okay, I'm still actually recovering two weeks later -_- I'm so old...okay, out of shape but it's making me feel super old!

So recap, I moved out to San Jose, CA at the start of the year to live with my boyfriend of almost two years now, whom I met on Instagram of all places. Yeah, I know what you're thinking, but is it really that weird nowadays to meet people on line? It's not. I've met some of my best friends on line so why wouldn't I find a boyfriend that way? Well I did. A pretty darn great one. So I boxed up my 4 bedroom house in Kansas City, way too much space for me, and drove me and my clothes, out to California. Everything else I owned has been in storage for the past 6 months! I have no clue where anything is so I'm ready to finally be able to get things out of boxes. Thanks to my wonderful parents, my house was sold and my pets have been having fun at their grandparents house until we had a larger place for all of us to live.

So 6 months have gone by and I really miss my pets and I'm really wanting to call a place "ours" since I've been living in Doug's loft since January. Well, we finally were able to move to a larger place. It's in Santa Cruz and the one place I instantly fell in love with when I had visited Doug in the past. It's by the water and I feel totally comfortable and at home here. I will share photos and our new space soon. We have a lot of work to get done. Our floors are being replaced due to previous people having a dog that used the carpet as its personal bathroom. Let's just say it doesn't smell like roses in here and there is not an air conditioner so heat is not helping with the lovely pee aroma we currently have. So that's getting fixed and then we can FINALLY get our things out of boxes and feel like we have a home together. I'm so excited to decorate.

I wanted to share some photos of Doug's loft. I am so happy I got to live in a loft with brick walls and exposed beams, even if it was only for half a year. I've always dreamed of having a loft.

Miffy needed to make an appearance... Until we meet again loft! You are pretty great! 

Have a great Tuesday!

xoxo

Sara