Soooo, I totally treated myself to a gazillion beauty treatments the other day. I went wild. I don't know what got into me. I think I was just feeling like I really needed to do some nice "make myself look rulls hot" things. I just needed some pampering after a month of crazy hard work! Plus, I wanted to look really nice for spring break. Sooo, confession time? I got my lashes done with the ADORABLE Nicole of Layers n Lashes, a spray tan with the AMAZING Leslie of Get Glowing, and a brow and bikini wax at EuroWax SLC! This was all after these photos were snapped so you'll have to wait till next week to see the fully tanned, glamazoned "Allexis 2.0"! Or just follow me on Insta and SnapChat, which you'll want to do anyway so you can keep up on my spring break adventures! Guys, it's going to be so great! I've seriously been looking forward to this trip since mid January! It's exactly what I've been needing! Also, I will give you all a full low down on all of these amazing treatments in the next couple of days!!
How awesome is this maxi skirt and sweater combo? Buhcause, I'm loving it! That's one of my favorite things about transition seasons like Spring and Fall, you get to combine closet items from different seasons and it's AMAZE! Also, what's better than pastel blues and peachy pinks? No thang but a chicken wang! ;) Also, these photos were snapped by the AWESOME Brittany of Measure of Attire! She is seriously THE best and the day we snapped these photos we went out to get some snackage and just bum around Provo. Twas the best!! Also, I know the sweater I linked down below looks blue but I promise it's the exact sweater I'm wearing above, I just couldn't get the image to show up in the peach color that I'm wearing!
dress: c/o OASAP
cardigan: c/o American Eagle
boots: Hunter's via Stylish Treasures
photos: Brittany Ting
Starting this post off with an apology for being such an absent blogger lately, what else is new? ;) Really, though, my apologies. I've been drowning in assignments, exams, and two jobs. Yep, you read that right. TWO jobs. How I haven't died yet is beyond me. Life of a poor college student, right? Spring break is only two days away, though, which means my trip to Big Sur, California is just days away as well! Eeek! I can't wait to feel sand beneath my bum, ocean tides lapping against my toes, and a nice sea breeze tickling my cheek! AHHHHHHH! I'm pretty excited if you couldn't tell. ;) Now ask me if I've packed yet. Heehee, #procrastinator. Some pretty fun things will be coming your way in the next couple of weeks, though, so stay tuned! Also, my birthday is in NINE days! NINE! I can't believe it. Before I know it I'll be 23! The funny thing, though, is that nobody believes me when I tell them my age. For reasons beyond me, most people think I'm seventeen. Seriously. Just in the past month I've been asked for my ID for 17 and over shows TWICE, and the last few times I've met someone new they've made a big scene out of the fact that I'm 22 and NOT 17. Go figure. I guess when I dress like Curious George, though, I can see how they might be mistaken, haha. ;) Seriously, though, this dress is one of my favorites. The print is just so dang cute and never fails to get compliments. Since we'd been having some crazy "sometimes-rainy-sometimes-snowy-sometimes-warm" weather here lately, though, I decided to pull out my handy-dandy lavender Hunter's boots. Just to complete the Curious George look and all. ;)
I'm on a HUGE Spanish music kick lately. I mean, HUGE. It's pretty much all I've been listening to this week. Everything from Pop, to Salsa, to Classic Rock, to Alternative Rock, to Bachata, to Tejano. ALLLLLL of it. If it's in Spanish, I'm listening to it. I feel like I go through fazes with the Hispanic side of my culture. There are times when I don't think about it as much as I do at other times. I mean, it's obviously something that's just plain old a part of who I am, but there are just times when I guess it's more apparent and important to me. These last couple of months especially I've been feeling like, "Yeah, I'm Latina. So what? So what if I have a tan year round, and I used to think that lotion was called "cream"? So what if I think camping is lame because, guess what, I have a house? Who cares if I pronounce pajamas, Pa-JAW-mas instead of Pa-JAH-mas and when I can't hear you I'll say "What?" a little louder and gruffer than is needed." that's just who I am, and I'm completely unashamed to be a Latina. Life is too short to not accept every part of who we are and be proud of it! Now, someone take me Latin dancing STAT. My hips are DYING to groove! ;)
One of my all time favorite, "understated-bold" looks, is a denim on denim outfit. It's effortless, casual, and unexpected. Also, this cardigan is the coziest thing EVER. I've owned it for 8ish years now and it's still a major favorite! I love closet items that never go out of style! Anyway, yeah, that's all I've got! :)
Soooo...I'm pretty sure Utah hates my birthday. Every single stinkin' year since my fam and I moved here (19 years ago) I've had a freezing birthday. I only got four years of blissfully warm birthdays, back in Guatemala, and I don't even remember them! ;) Anyway, I thought this year for sure would be the year that I'd finally get a warm birthday, since February (and January too for that matter) was so dry and warm (60 degrees!!) but nope, March 1st rolls around and what do we get? SNOW. Then today, we just got hit with ANOTHER massive snow storm. So yeah, I think it's safe to assume that Utah not only hates me but also gets some sick pleasure out of dangling warm weather in my face for a whole month just to snatch it away! Utah, you little d-bag. I guess my birthday isn't till the 19th so I do technically have almost a full three weeks before it rolls around and Utah could still change it's mind and decide to be nice to me during that time, so we'll see. For now, though, I am completely shaking my angry little fist at you, Utah!
You know what bipolar weather calls for? Bipolar outfits! Buhcause nothing screams, "it's-cold-but-it-should-be-hot-and-sometimes-it-is-sort-of-warm-but-then-two-seconds-later-it-might-storm", like a sweater paired with shortie shorts and long socks! Not to mention, it's just sort of cozy if alls you wants ta do is stay snuggled up inside with a cookie, and a book (if puppies and a hot male were thrown into that mix too I wouldn't complain;)! Anyway, yeah, cute sweaters and shorts? Totally awesome!
Guys, I'm so tired it's gross. It's totally my own fault too. I only got 5hrs of sleep last night! AH!! I mean, it was the Downton Abbey season finale, though, so I had to stay up. I really didn't have a choice here. ;) Really, though, I'm such a nerd. I mean, who else would loose sleep for a British tv series? Yeah...;) Anyway, tonight guys, tonight, I will do much better. I will be a good lil' granny and go straight to bed come 9 o'clock. Not even kidding. I have another early morning tomorrow (5am you are my worst enemy). In other news, I've been feeling like I'm in a bit of a funk lately. Anyone else ever feel like they get into funks? I hate feeling funky. I hate it. My spring break trip to Big Sur is just around the corner, though, so I'm sure some much needed r&r and ocean therapy will do the trick. I'm not one to get into funks very often so when I do it stinks worse than a dirty diaper. Kay, that was a weird comparison, but you get the point. Either way, I'm just going to dive headlong into all of the goals I've set for myself this year and make them happen. :)
Guys, this is seriously one of my new favorite dresses! I had been eye balling it for MONTHS on Ruche but I kept holding back on buying it because I've been tight on cash. BUT, then they had a two day 50% off sale and I jumped on it like a...insert funny comparison because I got nothin'...Anyway, yeah, I got the dress and I luuurves it. It was just one of those "fantasy" items for me. Ya know, the kind you see, instantly fall in love with, and then proceed to fantasize about and all the awesome sassy scenarios you would get into wearing it. Ever have those kinds of items or is that just me? It's definitely more of a summer dress and most of my sassy day dreamin' scenarios about it involved strappy leather sandals, salsa dancing in the summer, and riding a motorcycle, but hey those could all plausibly happen come summer! ;) In the meantime, though, I'll be wearing the crap out of it with cozy chunky sweaters! Which, truth be told, is a match made in heaven! Mixing warm weather items with cold weather items is one of the best parts of Spring!
