Goodbye for Now

It is with a heavy heart that I am making a decision to step away from blogging for the time being. It has been a great experience over the last few years, but one that I just cannot sustain to the level that I would like to as I approach this new phase of motherhood. You can still look for me on Instagram and Twitter as I share things about lifestyle and pop culture, but for now, I am taking time to prepare for my little one who will be here shortly.

Blogging is a labor of love and one that I have enjoyed immensely, but I just don't think I have enough time for both my virtual baby and my soon to be actual baby, and sorry folks but she wins every time.

The Year of the Engagement

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Doesn't it always seem like all your friends get engaged in waves? 2014 was the first Year of Weddings for Dan and I, where we were flying all over the country for what seemed like at least once a month for a wedding of friends or family. Now with 2015 shaping up to be the Year of the Engagement Part Deux, we are looking at 2016 being the Year of the Wedding, Part Deux.

Since Christmas of 2014, we have had six friends get engaged and its only April. Two have even gotten engaged within one week of each other. With all this joyous news in our group of friends, every girl's first two questions after giving hugs out, are "How did it happen?" and "Can I see the ring?"

What I love about my group of friends is that every couple is so unique and true to themselves that no two rings have been alike yet. I love the individuality of each couple and I feel that each engagement ring has been a reflection of that.

From our own engagement story, I know that shopping for what your spouse deems will the perfect ring can be daunting and overwhelming. Especially since this is the first major jewelry purchase of most men's lives. And while those of us that are fortunate enough to live in major cities that have diamond or jewelry districts, have the opportunity to price out a number of styles, many people across the US and world unfortunately have limited to access to ring shopping venues outside of the traditional retail jeweler like a Kay.

While traditional retail jewelers have lovely pieces to choose from, sometimes you want to be able to customize your rings a bit more, and that is where online jewelers like Anjolee or Blue Nile can come into play.

What I love about service like Anjolee's is that you can truly customize everything about your ring style from the gold style, to adding in non-traditional stones and more. It is a way for everyone to have their own "guy" to come up with something perfect from engagement rings, to wedding bands to anniversary gifts and more.

Have any of you tried an online jewelry service? What is your experience like?

Color Therapy: Rose Gold

Color Therapy by preppy-lizzy featuring summer shoes

Adrianna Papell maxi dress / Miss Selfridge summer shoes / Neiman Marcus white tote / Rose jewelry / Ippolita bangle / Kate Spade tech accessory

Apologies for the crazy hiatus last week. I have been running around catching up after coming home from NY and celebrating my birthday. On my actual birthday I was so exhausted that we ended up just grabbing dinner at In-n-Out and snuggling on the couch watching The Amazing Race after Dan took me to Nordstrom to pick out a birthday present. We picked out the dusty rose Cedar Street Maise handbag from Kate Spade that I have been eyeing for months now.

Since Tuesday was a low key night we used Friday night as another celebration and we headed to downtown LA for Captured LA. You get locked into a room with up to 7 other people and have to solve the clues to get out before your hour is up. Dan and I were with a group of five teenagers and we weren't sure how it was going to go, but we ended up smoking it! We missed the record by one minute and were out with 23 minutes to spare. We were pretty stoked since the success rate has only been 8% so far.

After our puzzles we went out on the Art Walk downtown for dinner and then headed home. Saturday night we celebrated my birthday with Dan's family at dinner and then today we celebrated with our friends at a beach day. It was a pretty great weekend of events, hence my MIAness. 

I'm hoping to get back on a regular schedule this week and be on top of my posting game since I know I will have to be prepared in advance in the coming months when baby girl arrives!