i will stay by you

It's Fridayyyy!!! I'm so so excited because this weekend I'm going to the Cape May Zoo so I can test out my semi-new Nikon D3200 dslr camera. I know I had practice in St. Lucia, but I can't wait to see some beautiful lions and tigers and bears, oh my! So since it's Friday that means it's time to link up with Amanda for:

Friday Favorites <3 by klutzinhh

One. This bead necklace from Forever 21. I absolutely love it! It has little copper beads scattered randomly throughout the aqua ones (my favorite color) and brown accent balls (ha!) on the part where it clasps. So cute! Perfect to pair with a white cotton eyelet dress :)

Two. Loreal Magic BB cream in medium. OH MY GOD this is SO perfect for summer. Great coverage but light at the same time! And I'm pleased at the fact it actively feeds my face nutrients such as Vitamin C & E. Thank you Lindsey and Amanda for suggesting this makeup miracle to me!

Three: Trader Joe's Organic Creamy Tomato Soup.  I think I may have mentioned this on here before but oh. my. gosh. It tastes so good!! I love adding some Goldfish into it, or good old Keebler crackers. haha 

Four: The most perfect nude-ish color. Essie's "Natural Cotton". You need to be patient with this color though, you'll definitely need 2 coats, but I prefer three to get that perfect look. And it is streaky. So strikes against that but I have a pretty steady hand as you all have seen before, so I have no issues.  I'm open to similar suggestions though!

Five: FRUITS! It's almost summer and I can't stop eating nectarines!! 

Six: This song....TyDi featuring Dia Frampton "Stay". It's electronic-y with a countryish twist to it.  If you listen to it, I may be describing it wrong.  Maybe it's got a folky tune to it? Either way, this song rocks and thank you to BPM for playing it all the time!

So you want to be a fashion blogger?

I say that you get the hell out of here. What IS that photo up above? How the heck do these fashion bloggers take such glamorous photos of themselves? I have one word for this picture: AWKWARD.  The hand-on-hip pose is the only pose I know. Maybe this picture would have been good if the stupid red car wasn't behind me (by the way, it isn't mine). Or how about if the ridiculously uncomfortable high heels were in the picture. That would have been nice.  Maybe I should just crop it to a head shot and I can send it in as an ad for Ray Bans.  I think I'm sporting those pretty well :)

So incase you missed it (and I know you did because it had no traffic to the post), I welcomed myself back into the blogging world on Friday.  It was nothing special but just a small explanation for where I've been the past three months.  Actually, it really didn't tell you too much so you don't even have to read it.  But I felt I owed some sort of hello post before I just jumped back into posting on the regular.

Isn't that dress cute? If you don't think so, just tell me it is anyway because I love it that much.  Cynthia Rowley for $29.99 at Marshall's....can't beat that.  I'm really feeling stripes lately as about 3/4 of my wardrobe consists of it.  I wore this to my best friend's baby shower today.  I felt comfortable in it which means it's a dress I can wear to work, except for the fact I'd most likely freeze my ass off wearing a dress. They keep the temperatures so ridiculous.  Oh didn't you miss my nonsense rambling?

Just because it's been ages, here are two photos (combined into one) of me and my babies taken with my new camera.

I can't wait till I can get out of the "auto" feature and really test it's limits! I got the Nikon D3200.  I LOVE IT.  Anyone who says you don't need a DSLR is lying.  Okay, so maybe you don't need it.  Like I'm sure people have other more important things to spend their money on. But if you are in the market for purchasing one, I recommend it.  It's a great starter camera. Oh, and I got the camera shop from an easy shop called: TwoLittleLollipops. She has a ton of different options and at a great price tag too.  I don't know anyone that can sew so I'm glad I found her shop!

Anyway, it's 10pm (do you know where your children are?) and I'm past my bedtime by 30 minutes. See you all tomorrow!