New Boutiques

 Finding new and cute online boutiques is one of my favorite things. I remember the days of American Eagle and Hollister and while occasionally I will run across a good find in one of those (why limit yourself to certain stores?) I have been loving the originality of boutiques I find. This skirt is one I had been eyeing. Gold, glittery and seriously perfect. The absolute perfect skirt for the holidays, yes I've been thinking that far ahead, but I can picture wearing this to parties and wearing it with graphic tees and a statement necklace for date night or even to church. If you're one of those people wondering what you can pair a skirt like this with, the answer is everything. It photographs beautifully and in person its just as beautiful. It's a modest classy length and I feel like Audrey Hepburn. If you haven't noticed I really love her classy elegance. I got a small and its perfect because theres just enough space to tuck blouses and tops in and you can move it up and down on your hips for the perfect fit. It has a hidden zipper in the back and I want to wear it everyday. They just had it on sale but keep your eyes peeled because their instagram posts lots of discounts and it may even go on sale again! MindyMaesMarket has so many cute accessories, tops and more. I also ordered some gold glitter flats from there that I can't wait to style. For those of you starting to stock up on deals for Fall, last I looked Forever 21 had TONS of sales and Fall items out, along with many other stores. If you're gonna get it anyway, why not get it on sale??

These shoes. Oh my. They remind me of something Kate Spade would have in one of her shops but nope, $15. I got them 50% off at Charlottes Russe and they are my absolute new favorite heel. I love the height, the ankle strap and how they look like a designer shoe but without the designer price. I couldn't find them online but I did find a similar pair. However, if you go to your local Charlottes Russe you could probably easily find them and better yet, on sale! A good pair of black heels or for those of you who don't do heels, flats is a staple for any wardrobe...along with a good nude heel/flat. Right now a lot of stores are having some great back to school sales going on and its the perfect time to do your shopping. A lot of the summer stuff is a steal and you can grab some pieces for the Fall and Winter. Did you happen to notice the hot pink crossbody?! Oh my amazing parents got it for me when we were in Orlando a couple weeks ago and I fell in love. Initially I got it for walking around Europe but then I couldn't help myself and I've already started wearing it. But hey, I'm just breaking it in... I think a cute black crossbody with a gold chained strap would be adorable but I really like pops of color even though this isn't the fanciest of purses for an outfit like this. Before you think I'm turning into one of those bloggers that posts tons of things you can't afford we got it at the outlets AND it was 50% off. Come on, you know the best way to buy designer duds is on sale and outlets are my absolute FAV if you happen to like certain brands or styles but don't want to pay full ticket. I've never had a Tory Burch purse but I really loved a lot of the pieces. I even found a pair of matching sandals that I keep telling myself I got to have, but I don't. 

It's all in the details:

Black Heels: Charlottes Russe similar here

Glitter Skirt: MindyMaesMarket

Crossbody: Tory Burch

Blouse: J Crew Factory similar here

Initial Necklace: Franchescas

Love, Cait

Hand Me Downs

Do you know whats better than a pair of Frye boots? A pair of FREE Frye boots. These babies were my dads and when I went home at Christmas I told him about how I was looking at a few pairs. One day he came downstairs all excited and showed me these. He was so nice and cute about it and told me they just needed a good cleaning and I could have them. In all honesty I wasn't too thrilled about them at first. But after a couple wears they fit perfect and started to grow on me and I knew I could make them work. They were pretty unique in color and I loved that they were 30 or so years old. Sometimes its fun to have a statement piece and plan the rest of your outfit around it. I tend to do this a lot with shoes and I did that with these boots. I love vintage hand me down clothes. My grandmother has given me some old belts and costume jewelry and its so fun to wear. Just because something is old doesn't mean you can't give it new life! It inspired me to look through some of my old things and if you live near your parents, grandparents, etc maybe they have some old things they don't wear anymore and they wouldn't mind parting with. Even if initially you don't like it you would be surprised with what you can do with something. Don't let the fact that it belonged to a guy stop you either. Have an open mind here! I bet you guys will come up with some awesome ways to wear old pieces. Clothes and pieces from the past usually come back into style anyway. 

Oh also, this jacket is the best thing ever. I got it at Forever 21 for 40% off! All their outerwear is on sale right now and they have some way cute stuff. Its super comfy and I love the way I feel in it. 

Jacket: Forever 21 in select stores similar here Jeans: Abercrombie and Fitch Oxford shirt: J. Crew Factory Chain Link Necklace: Forever 21 you can barely see similar here or for something cheaper maybe check your local H&M as well Gold Paved Bracelet: similar here and it comes in many colors OR you could type in gold paved bracelet in on Ebay and get it for $20 like I did! Frye Boots: Old similar was hard to find but heres one based off color not style here

If you all find anything cool going through some old stuff I would love to hear about it! Or you could try some thrift stores or flea markets, they actually have some cool pieces! I wish we had some good ones out here, Maryland has a lot of good ones!

xoxo Cait xoxo

Better Late than Never

We celebrated Valentines Day a week later than everyone else. No big deal though because instead of one day, we got a whole weekend! Lyle tried to insist he come home from Texas for it but I thought that was ridiculous and didn't mind waiting a week, plus two of my favorite people were getting married and we both would rather have him home for that anyway.

 Lyle surprised me with a weekend trip to Park City! It was seriously the most amazing weekend ever. He planned it all by himself and i was WAY impressed. The wedding was on Friday, but first thing Saturday we headed up there. We stopped at the outlets where Lyle let me pick out my own presents. He was so cute, telling me everything looked great on me and acts like I look like a model in everything. If only you could see his cute faces and how his eyebrows lift and he shakes his head and smiles. He tried to tell me to get "it all." HIM, not me guys. I was good though, btw everything in all of J.Crew was 50% off. Score. 

Me super excited about my new clothes. SO cute. Then went to check in our hotel. Lyle got us a beautiful suite! He had all these surprises for me too!

 sparkling cider- one of my favorites!

 My handmade card. I about died. I told Lyle handmade cards are my favorite. He was embarrassed and made me promise not to laugh but i freakin loved it.

 the room after I messed it up...

 Lyle got me TWO bouquets of roses! He switched it up with pink roses this year. One he had delivered to our house with chocolates and the next one was in our hotel room. Then he tells me to go look in the fridge. AHH. What is Valentines Day without chocolate and strawberries? I seriously love anything dipped in chocolate. He was so excited about his surprises and so was I!!

 One of the surprises I had for Lyle was a coupon book...You would have thought I gave him a million dollars...he told me it was the best present he's ever gotten and I felt sad if that was the case haha. He brought it up like a hundred times and always made sure he had it and took good care of it. He's the best. Lyle is so grateful for every little thing I do for him. Its so easy to make him happy.

 Then we went out to dinner! We ate on Main street at this awesome fancy place (see below). We just did something low key since our real dinner was the next night at the Melting Pot!

It was SO good. We split a meal and it was more than enough. Plus then we had room for dessert!

I was the only girl walking around in a dress and heels. Other girls were all wearing fur and I felt dumb for a second until one girl told me I looked pretty and other people were staring at me because they thought I was a celebrity and then I was okay with it

Bread pudding ^

 Then we took some selfies. Sorry we aren't sorry.

 Then we went hot tubbing!

The next day we woke up to an amazing complimentary breakfast and let me add they had the best hot chocolate I have ever had. Then we went SNOWBOARDING! I was so excited to go snowboarding for the first time. I was obsessed with the lift and honestly wished I could go up and down on that all day until I started actually going down the slopes.

I look so dumb in this picture because this was during my "lets get hurt phase"and I wasnt "good" yet.

It started out all fun ya know how things trick you like that. I got down without a fall the first run. Second time down I fell, and I swear I bruised my tailbone and then it wasn't so fun because I seriously could not sit down. Somehow Lyle got me to go down again and then I broke my head. Probably one of the more embarrassing falls a person could do because I wouldn't land on my butt because it already hurt so then I decided injuring my head was better and basically flipped over my board. And then after, I decided injuring my wrist sounded like a good plan. I went from good to bad and I was not liking the whole being bad part. I was so freaked. Then I was done. And wanted hot chocolate. Finally, Lyle coaxed me into going again and I decided to since I could semi feel my body. Then I was good again. What the heck? I could easily stop and get up and down and I was trying to get my carving down but toe side kinda makes me nervous but I loved it. Lyle tried to tell me he wasn't good but he looked good to me! I was amazed at all the pro 5 year olds though going down all by themselves and thought it would be fun to teach our kids at a young age. So impressed. I'm actually kind of obsessed with it now and love finding new things that Lyle and I like to do together. 

what a babe

Then we headed down to Salt Lake for dinner at the melting pot! Yummy. Lyle showed me a talent ha and let me add that it is definitely accurate haha

My outfit. My necklace has an L on it for Lyle...Lyle thought people would think it was for Leary haha

Also we didn't get too many pictures because after dinner I fell into a coma...whoops

 The best part was the smores fondue! We ate it so fast I didnt even get a picture! haha Next time we are going just for dessert cause it was ahmazingg 

We went hot tubbing, kissed in cars and pretty much everywhere else, shopped, ate yummy food, snowboarded, explored, watched a little bit of Safe Haven since we saw it last year and had the best time. I came home and was knocked out by like 8:30 haha and my cute husband put me to bed and brought me tylenol. We didn't have time for some of the other things I had planned for him so I guess we will do those next weekend when this handsome boy comes back to me. Can you believe after all this Lyle tried to tell me he wasn't romantic? I just looked at him like he was crazy. This weekend was perfect. Girls dream of the rose petals and boys doing this kinda stuff. I love him and I didn't think it was possible to top last Valentines Day but I was wrong. He is so amazing and I don't know how I snagged him. I say it every single day but I am so lucky. Lyle's the type of guy that in high school, I told all my friends I was waiting for. Guys would say I would never find the perfect guy but I did. Here's to an eternity more of love days. I cant wait.

xoxo CAIT xoxo