Mulberry for Less

Mulberry will be launching a Target line on October 10th that will run until December 24th. I'm half excited, half skeptical. The bags seem stylish but, I feel the need to look at them in person before I make my decision on whether I'm a fan. Either way, I'm intrigued to check the bags out. What do you think: hit or miss?

Buffalo Pizza

This past weekend my boyfriend and I went to one of my favorite pizza places, Fratelli La Bufala (which my bf and I call "buffalo pizza") it's on 4th and Washington in South Beach. It's Neapolitan pizza, that's baked in a stone oven and is ready in 5 minutes! It's so delicious and fresh, from the sauce to the mozzarella! My personal favorite is the Margherita, while my boyfriend prefers white pizza and likes the Salentina. Both are amazing and with a side of their house wine, it equals the perfect dinner date for us.

(photos taken by my boyfriend's iphone)

Beads

Two of my friends started a collection of affordable fashion beads a little more than a year ago. Their pieces range from everyday casual to night-out accessories. I wore a a few of my favorite today on set and girls would come up to me, to ask where I got them from. So I thought I'd share it with you guys as well. The line is called MaLi Beads (its the first two letters of each of their names) and after research they found that it was a country in Africa. It kicked off inspiration for not only their collections, but the start of a campaign "From MaLi to Mali." I love them and their jewelry and I hope you guys do as well!

Last Day of Summer

Today is the the last day of summer! I can already feel the breeze of fall in the mornings, and as the official start of fall comes upon us so does its fashion, food, and holidays. This summer, Miami hit some record breaking heat! Cool mornings and nights will be a nice change from the summer's heat. The summer was filled with trends that I loved and look forward to crossing them over into the fall.

Pastel Colors

Panama Hats

Sheer

Chunky Heels

Monday Nights

I can finally feel fall slowly creeping in! It's honestly my favorite time of year. It's a feeling like no other. But until fall finally arrives, I'll have to settle for the return of my favorite fall season shows, online window shopping (starting to get ideas for my Christmas wishlist), and some homemade treats. Tonight is the return of one of my favorite shows (or rather guilty pleasure), Gossip Girl. I love the clothes, the drama (for the most part), and the feel of New York City (for about 45 minutes). My friends and I decided this season we'd make every Monday night a girls night filled with wine, food, and gossip girl. For the season premiere I've decided to make dessert Crepes. I thought it would be the most fitting as seeing as two of the main characters are in France. Well I'm off to the store.

xoxo (in the spirt for tonight)

Stranded

Today I'm spending most of my day indoors (mainly due to the fact that I am car-less at the moment). It's days like these, where I like to curl up under the covers with Thai and watch a ton of movies and eat numerous amounts of junk food. Although I'm all stocked up on movies, I'm running a bit low on sweets. Fortunately I have wonderful friends, who like me, crave the sweeter things in life. Were planning on heading to Menchies for some frozen yogurt. Their flavors are delicious and to top it off (literally) you have so many toppings (both hot and cold) to choose from.

Celebrate

Yesterday was one of my best friend's birthdays. I decided to make her cookies and creme cupcakes. We had attempted some a while back and although they were pretty tastey, they weren't exactly my definition of cookies and creme cupcakes, they were more like french vanilla cupcakes with crushed Oreos on top. I decided that this would be the perfect cupcakes to make. I picked up a box of Betty Crocker's Butter Cake Mix (I didn't have time to do it from scratch), got Cream Cheese frosting (my favorite), and Double Stuffed Oreos. Once I got home I got to work!

I started by placing half an Oreo in each cupcake wrapper.

I chopped up the rest of the oreos and added it to the mix.

Then garnished the cupcake with the other half of the Oreo.

In My Closet

I'm a big shoe lover! Sometimes I opt and go for something that's more stylish than comfortable but most of the time I find a pair that's a win, win. One of my favorite brands, Dolce Vita, allows me to have both comfort and style. They have a range of styles in everything from flats to wedges, all with unique looks. I thought I'd share my two favorite DV heels from my closet at the moment.

Dolce Vita's Jezabel & Crystal

These were gifted by my boyfriend for Christmas. I fell in love with them as soon as I saw them!

I picked these up before I left on my cruise to the Bahamas!

Goodies

Tuesday is one of my best friend's birthdays! I'm thinking about baking her some chocolate gnash filled cupcakes. While flipping through my 1001 cupcakes, cookies & other tempting treats I was drawn to so many other possibilities. I had forgotten how many delicious recipes there were. It's been packed away since the move and today I finally, unpacked all my books (I must admit, I have missed them). I will keep you posted as to which tempting recipe I decide to make.

It would be fun to try every recipe in this book. Perhaps a future venture!