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Hunting Season

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So I think it’s pretty safe to put it out to the blogosphere now: the hubs & I are actively house hunting! We are excited, being first time home buyers, but I have to admit it’s been frustrating as well. Just recently, we fell in love with what seemed like “the perfect house” – you know those. The ones you can already imagine yourself in, your kids running around, sharing special life moments, etc. That was the one. And unfortunately it had a contract already pending. Just seems like that is always the case with the places we love – someone has gotten to them first!

But we now have our eyes on a definite fixer-upper. I’m having “my people” swing by with me next week to check out how serious the renovations would be and if it would be worth it. Although some people would shudder at the thought, I think both the hubs and I would do great building up a home from scratch. It just has so much potential. I really hope it works out. But, I guess if it doesn’t – there will always be another home begging to be the next Casa Sanchez.

Look forward to more fun house posts as we get deeper & deeper into the hunt & hopefully closer to closing on our very first home!

Weekend Highlights!

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I finally decided to take action and get some fringe bangs – I know I had asked all of you for your opinion earlier on this post, but my ultimate inspiration came from one of my newest blogger obsessions: Naomi, from Rockstar Diaries. Is it silly to wish to be her when I grow up? Anyways, all girl crushes aside, I made the executive decision to try out the Aveda Institute in Ft. Lauderdale since I had heard so many raves about it & was impressed with the pricing. Granted, students are the ones working on your hair, but I have to say I was impressed. My student looked like she wanted to possibly end her life, but she did well. I am super happy with my new fringe and freshly layered hair. So I totally recommend them and will probably be dropping by often as their other services are ridiculously inexpensive: manicure for $10, highlights for $48? Yes please! Too bad it’s a little ways away from me, but definitely worth the hike!

This weekend went by entirely too fast, but I have to say that I didn’t mind this time around. Why? I only have a 3-day work week because I will be leaving to San Diego on (very) early Thursday morning to attend Comic-Con!!!! I can’t believe the week has finally arrived! I remember buying our tickets back in November and thinking it was a million light years away – now, it’s right around the corner! This definitely deserves a Melificent-worthy SQUEEEEEE!

Have a great week, everyone!

H to the P

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So I decided to say Screw It! to Lovable Friday today to let you know how awesome Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince was. I was planning on a full review, but lately I have felt a little less than inspired and honestly very burnt out. All I can say is my vacation to San Diego can’t come soon enough!

Although not entirely true to the book (what movie is, really?), it did a great job capturing the feel and the basics. Plus the visuals were absolutely amazing! I wasn’t able to re-read the book in time for the movie, but I think it was one of the best so far. Unfortunately, the madness at the theater made me think twice about ever attending another midnight movie again and definitely solidified my plans to watch New Moon at Cinebistro (they showed the trailer & all the little girls shrieked like they had just been stabbed).

So with that, I wish you all a great weekend & hope you are not too disappointed with my lackluster post today. Good news? I’ll be cutting my hair this morning and hitting up Yard House for happy hour! Thank goodness for a little R&R to recharge the batteries!

What I Wore.

I know you are all still waiting on a review of Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, but work has been driving me mad! I promise it’ll be part of Lovable Friday tomorrow morning!

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I really look up to fashionista bloggers such as Jessica from What I Wore and even my own personal friends, like Ang, who manage to put together such great outfits on the daily and take such inspiring photos for the rest of us to try to emulate. Now Miami doesn’t have the best vintage shopping (if you know of any, please fill me in!) so I have to make due with what I find in “regular stores,” but I try my best to put together fun outfits full of personality as often as possible. And lucky for all of you, I decided to share some of my most recent get-ups.

3679856579_10c32f9a3bShirt – Old Navy
Skirt – Express (found at T.J. Maxx)

3680672012_9ca0593df3Jeans – Ross
Scarf – Claire’s
V-neck tee – Gap
Giraffe kid’s umbrella – stolen! (from a co-worker)

img_3549One of my birthday Comic-Con outfits!
Dress – GoJane.com
Shoes – Forever 21
Birthmark – well…birth

img_3565Shirt – Forever 21
Ripped shorts – Forever 21
Necklace – gifted
Hat – husband’s hand-me-down from Target

So what do you guys think? Should this be another weekly theme? Maybe an outfit of the week? Let me know!

New Toys!

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My birthday came early today when I received not one, but two Fed/Ex packages at work! One was my new lens for my Canon 40D and the other was my new pink Speck case for the Macbook! So exciting. How perfect is that? Now my Macbook is Melificent approved and I can honestly say that I am ready for San Diego. Just one more week, people!

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