Hello 2013!

Hello 2013!  I welcome you with open arms, because I know this year will be incredible.  2012 was great, but this year will be better.  It will be a year for redemption, new adventures, and amazing opportunities.  I can't wait to see what this year has in store.

I want to thank all my readers both old and new.  Thank you for supporting me and my little blog.  I'm thankful for all your sweet comments and emails.  I hope you'll continue to stick around.  I'm also grateful for all the friends that I've made through my blog.  If it wasn't for the common interest of fashion, we would have never met.

Here, I give you my first look book of 2013.  A little something sweet to start off the year...

{dress: Free People | cardigan: F21 | belt: J Crew |  heels: Nine West | earrings: from BFF

watch: Michael Kors | bracelet & necklace: from Aunt on my wedding day}

Love, S

Animal Instinct

Just a few animal-y things that make me smile.

1.  Ego + Greed Two Hundred.  I caved and got a pair of flatforms.  These shoes are fun, but so hard to style.  Wear with caution:  may cause temporary duck-feet-itis. :D  Buy them here, if you dare.  Pooma isn't a fan. LOL.

2.  I love the peek-a-boo opening on the back of this Michael Kors dress.   

3.  A lovely little leopard encrusted compact from one of my favorite little girls of all time.  Thank you Kamoana.  Aunty loves her compact!

4.  Some fun inexpensive wooden bracelets to spruce up a casual look.  And a bottle of Coco Mademoiselle... perfect for a huntress on the prowl.... for more shoes!  :) tee hee!

I hope you enjoyed this fabulous day!  Stay cool,  I've been trying to all day.  Thank goodness it will be night soon.

Love, S

Sari Dore Love

Remember my little birthday wish list?  Well, one of my lovely (bloggy) friends surprised me with something from my list.  Ling from Fashion and Number sent me the Chanel lippy (in Sari Dore) that I've be lusting for.  What a sweetheart, right?  Thank you so much, Ling!  I love it so much.  If you lovelies haven't check out Ling's blog yet, you should.  I adore her clean, chic, and effortless style.  I promise you'll love her as much as I do.  :D 

The color appears red-ish in the photo, but it's actually a gorgeous orange-y shade.  I can't wait to use it!!

*peek of the dress I hope to wear for my bday*

Love, S

Chanel on my fingertips

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!  Off to a birthday party.

Love, S

*nailart by yours truly*

Clogs on my mind... again

The people in my life are probably sick of hearing me say... "I want NEED clogs!"  I've been wanting these, these, these, and especially these. I know I have my beloved Jeffrey Campbell Studded Snick, but if I could I'd really love to get these babies! 

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This purchase is going to happen anytime soon.  Well, realistically never, (unless someone from Chanel is reading this post and wants to send a pair to me! Wishful thinking.).... so to my surprise while visiting www.Payless.com, I came across these. 

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I'm also diggin' these style from Payless.  I think I'll need to take a trip there this weekend.

{L - R: Alice+Oliva, Alice+Olivia, Christian Siriano, LelaRose, LelaRose}

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I also want to congratulate the winner of the InezDesigns giveaway. 

Congratulations to Jen of jennifhsieh! 

She's a total sweetheart and cutie patootie.  If you haven't checked out her blog yet, you must go right now! Congratulations Jen!  I'll be emailing you shortly to get your deets.  Thanks to everyone who entered.

Hope you all are having a cheerful Tuesday!

Love, S

A very Chanel Christmas

We finally got some "wintery" weather here in Lahaina... well, as wintery as the islands can get. :) It was windy, rainy, and cold -- yes cold! I love the cold...

I had a very very very lazy Sunday morning. I got up a little past 10am. Eli asked if I wanted to go with him to the gym, but I don't do the gym on Sundays. :) I stayed in my pj's, popped on the couch, ready to devour a big slice of pumpkin roll for breakfast (mmm... I'm thankful for leftovers), and turned on the tube. I watched an all day marathon of Monk.  I'm so sad that that show is coming to an end, but I'm happy to know that Mr. Monk will finally know what happened to Trudy.  After a few episodes of Monk, I decided that we needed to trim our tree today. We bought a teeny one this year, about 3ft tall and the funny thing is... I bought the wrong color!! It's black. At first I wasn't excited about a black tree, but Eli suggested we have a Chanel Christmas tree this year and that a black tree would be perfect. So after several hours of crafting, I ended up with about 20 unique Chanel ornaments.  We just got done decorating the tree (it's 2am here in Hawaii) and Eli was right, the tree came out PERFECT! It's lovely and special. 

Has anyone decorated their tree yet? Any great/fun/unique themes?? I'd love to see all the creative ideas everyone came up with. :)  Time to get me some shut eye. Good night.. and Good Morning.

Love, S

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We put on tree on our kitchen table -- that we never eat at.. (I normally craft/sew on this table)

Pooma helped us out too. :) (I know, OMG, doggie on the Kitchen table!!)... she got her hair cut yesterday and is sporting her winter turtle.. you can't really tell, but it's green with pink argyle.

My lovely hubby... goofing around... Me holding my favorite ornament.

All done! the lights ar red. :)

I had so much fun making all these ornaments and it didn't cost me a thing. I had everything on hand.  I even used leftover lace from my wedding dress. :)