ENDLESS SUMMER AND A $500 NORDSTROM GIFTCARD GIVEAWAY!!!

 

Top H&M / Similar here and here

Shorts H&M - completely out, but here are some cute one here 

Sneakers H&M / Similar here, here, here and this here is really cute too!

I'm so excited to surprise you guys with a fun post today. Yep! I have teamed up with a group of amazing bloggers to giveaway to 1 lucky winner a $500 Nordstrom gift card so you can spruce up your Fall wardrobe!! I mean Nordstrom has everything - ah-mazing!!  From shoes, clothes, jewelries, accessories, beauty and make up products and oh my gosh their jackets and coats for Fall!! Name anything you need, they have it! So this is a real great giveaway to join! All info on this giveaway will be below. 

Anyway, this outfit I put together is pretty much towards the end of Summer. So a lot of them are already out and H&M's website is down right now for maintenance. So I found similar pieces and I linked them above. In California, our Summers go on for a while and I am totally not complaining. So I enjoy it till it the very end. Is it starting to cool down where you are? 

Anyway, below are the information about this amazing giveaway and how to join in! This giveaway is also open internationally.



$500 NORDSTROM GIFTCARD GIVEAWAY!!!

Today I’ve teamed up with some fabulous bloggers to giveaway $500 to Nordstrom! One lucky reader will receive a gift card to spruce up their fall wardrobe. How great is that prize?

Simply enter below by completing the rafflecopter. You'll receive one entry per completion. This giveaway is open internationally and runs until 10/11. Winner will be announced here. Good Luck!

Simply enter below by completing the rafflecopter. You'll receive one entry per completion. This giveaway is open internationally and runs until 10/11. Winner will be announced here. Good Luck!

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MIXING PATTERNS AS WE EXPLORE MORE OF CALIFORNIA

 Top H&M - sold out / Similar here 

Skirt She Inside

Heels Go Jane / Similar here and here

Body Bag Saint Laurent / other colors available here, here and here

Carter's Jumpsuit  Whistle & Flute

Hi guys! This post I have for you tonight is when we spent and explored Sausalito, Ca. It's pretty close from where we live and it's really really nice. You can take quick ferry rides to San Francisco and I think to Napa as well. They are also knows for house boats, and I mean  "real" house boats that cost millions to build. Funny how it's so close from us but we've never explored that city. We always head out to San Francisco, Napa Valley and Tahoe but there really are a lot more cool cities to see around Northern California. 

The other little town we visited too is called Tiburon. It's so so nice and quaint. Also by the water, it's really beautiful and definitely quieter than Sausalito. Sausalito is also known for great restaurants and the one we went to was superb! My swordfish dish was SO good and Mark's grass fed burger was probably one of the best burgers I have tasted ever. It was a really a great day and I'd love to go back explore more of it since we had a late start that day.  

And speaking of late starts, well I guess we were rushing and completely left one of the most important things I should never, ever leave home without --- can you guess? Well, we freaking left our camera! Ha! So please forgive the quality of these pics but at least we have some photos from that day! 

And one of the other great thing that happened that day?? I guess one of my instagram friends who I only met through instagram, was actually sitting right next to us at lunch!! Straight from NYC!! How crazy is that?! So random but the power of social media is pretty. darn. amazing!! If it was not for instargam our paths wouldn't even have crossed! I've met so many great & inspiring people on instagram and other social media platforms and it's just so fun and wonderful. A great creative community and like minded people that help and support each other. 

Hope you enjoyed this post!! 

Xoxo

Ro

EARLY MORNING ON THE BEACH

Top She Inside/ Similar here 

Shorts H&M / Similar here and here

Necklace Statement Piece c/o Datta Do

Sunnies Rayban

Hi guys! Happy new week! Hope you guys had a fun and restful weekend! 

We took so many pics on our last Socal trip and I am still working on uploading them. We are there a lot because of my family and some work but it's always a super short trip. We usually only go too when there's an occasion but it's been a while for us to just go there to just visit and go around town. So on this last visit we did, I really tried to go around Socal cities and show Mark around. Yes Mark is a full blown Northern Cali guy and he is Canadian, so he has not really spent much time in Socal except for our little short trips in the past. 

We had a lot of fun and I am so so glad Mark enjoyed and likes Socal now. Maybe I'll end up moving back there with my little family, who knows?! Lots of possibilities and I am definitely open to that idea! 

Anyway, these are pics we took when we went to Laguna beach, close to my sister's house where we were staying. We only had about an 1 1/2 hours to play around the beach and we had to get going since everyday's agenda was so full. It was so nice to be by the ocean, it's just SO relaxing. This was also Carter's first trip to the beach. Mark thinks the water might have scared him a little haha! With Carter being born around Summer time it kind of took away half of our Summer time and beach time. We'll just have to make up for it a different time! :) 

Another great reason to move back to Socal is being able to live by the water. I wish we could have stayed there longer but we had to meet people for lunch. 

By the way you guys, this statement piece I am wearing, I am so obsessed with!! I literally cannot stop wearing it. You can totally wear this Boho style or you can take it and go edgy by layering this with other pieces to almost create a bib necklace look. I also posted a look on instagram where I rocked this necklace with a bandana. It's definitely a great piece to have since it looks good with any style and you can get 28% OFF your entire order from Datta Do with code 28VIA. She has a lot of cute pieces! 

Well I guess I should end this post for now. It's again pretty late and if Carter decides to wake up super early in the morning and not go back to sleep I'll be sorry again (like this morning :P ) The boy is learning to crawl, with that and his turning over it sure is disrupting his sleep. It's still good though at night, he just is waking up earlier than normal. Hope we get back in our old routine soon! 

Have a great week lovers! 

xoxo

Ro