Weekend Memo
Happy first day of August! I've definitely been going through something lately. A bit uninspired and bursts of feeling unmotivated. Hence I have unplugged myself from social media a few hours each day. I blame single parenthood! It's exhausting isn't it? Doing it all. Anyway, I'm happy to say that I had a breakthrough this week. All of a sudden inspiration and motivation came to me. I really don't know what caused the breakthrough. Maybe it's my upcoming vacation or the fact that life flows in cycles. Whatever it was, I welcomed it and it feels good to feel like myself again.It's hard to believe that we have entered August. I hope you are planning something fun this new month and savor the last weekends of summer. The long summer days will soon be gone so get out and enjoy them while you can.By the way, I decided that these weekend memo posts need to really work more like a memo {which is what I intended in the first place} so I moving forward with this format from now on.Weekend MemoWelcome August . . . it arrived too soon didn't it? As my Kate Spade planner says for this month, "always be an elegant thinker." August has some fun things in store for me like my future travels to Morocco and Paris in just a few days.In efficiency . . . bloglovin has revolutionized the way I read blogs. I have actually had the account for years and followed many of my favorites, but I never really got into it. That is until recently. Gaby and Natalie were super helpful at alerting me that with my new blog, my blog posts weren't showing up in their bloglovin feeds. Thanks to Natalie who's had experience with bloglovin, I ended up finding out that I had a total of three feeds for my blog. Anyway, the feeds have all been combined. Success there! Bloglovin is even better on my iPhone. Download the app and you'll be hooked as well, if you aren't already. And a shameless plug here, follow this blog on bloglovin so you won't miss a thing.J. Crew's new arrivals . . . their new fine jewelry collection is beautiful and I'm loving their collaborations with Catbird, Jennifer Fisher, and Gabriela Artigas. I also have my eye on a few sweaters to welcome the upcoming cooler days.New-to-me blogs I'm loving . . . Lauren of Perpetually Chic and Julie from Upperlyne & Co. who both happen to be food editors for The Everygirl.Instalove . . . somehow I just came across Elena's instagram account and I'm in love. Her cool California style and her effortlessly chic looks are just the inspiration I need this summer.Relax in style . . . if you missed this post, go read just five simple ways of how to relax in style this summer.Summer of go . . . go enter for a chance to win the Summer of Go sweepstakes with weekly prizes and the grand prize to Hawaii.Fall must-have trend . . . one of my must-have pieces this fall is a long white shirt and it's not your typical one. I spotted a look I fell in love with on Molly {although she's wearing hers in pink}, but I'm thinking the white would be a lot more versatile. Needless to say, I'm loving J. Crew's new Endless Shirt {buy it here}. I loved how Jess described this perfectly long white shirt.Sweater-perfection . . . I've been waiting for this popcorn-stitch sweater ever since I saw this picture on Pinterest. I'll definitely wear it with my favorite pair of black leather shorts or black skinnies.Going dainty . . . I'm trading my statement necklaces for more dainty pieces. I love how they look layered. This one and this one are on my wishlist.Good advice . . . "all we can do is the best we can do" words by David Axelrod.What's next . . . next week I have an entire week dedicated to travel so stay to tuned for some fun posts.Happy Weekend!Image via my instagram