Heat Wave

I have officially been home from my vacation for a little under 24 hour. I am feeling surprisingly good considering I'm running on little sleep and I'm slightly jet-lagged!

My trip back east was great - It was actually better than I thought it was going to be! Not that I thought it was going to be bad or anything.. but as I am born and raised in the PNW I am very used to the temperate weather we get in this area. (I know there are people who LOVE the heat and LOATHE the rain - my sister is one of those people!) The weather on the east coast has been very back and forth as of late (I had been closely monitoring the weather in the days leading up to my trip) and suddenly I was finding that I was glad when the forecast said 82 and started to panic slightly when it said 92. Basically the weather was hot and muggy, but only two of the days were downright unbearable. I tried my best to be a trooper, and now as I'm writing this I'm sitting in my condo where the temperature outside is a whopping 61 degrees. Ahhh...

Since this was my 4th time visiting TJ's family/the area we didn't really do a ton of touristy stuff. I did get to do a few new things though - like visit Philly for a day! What a great city! We did Independence Hall, The Liberty Bell, and Eastern State Penitentiary. I would love to go back and check out more of the city on another trip! We also did a day in NYC - since that was one of the days that was miserable weather wise (like 95 - walking around in that concrete jungle and taking the PATH and Subway was pretty rough) to escape the heat we spent around 3 hours at the Museum of Natural History and then headed to a night game over at Yankee Stadium. It was still pretty hot even at 9PM - but it was amazing to see the stadium and since I'm a diehard Mariners fan it was both exciting and bittersweet to see Ichiro in pinstripes.

This vacation came at a great time and being able to relax for that many days in a row was a real treat! {but i am so happy to be home!}

This post is a bit image heavy - I had such a hard time picking out all my favs!

Eastern State Penitentiary in Philly was amazing! Seriously creepy - and check out the 30 foot walls! 

4th of July on the Hudson. NYC is beautiful - especially from afar! 

This grouping of images pretty much sums up our vacation! {btw I'm wearing In The Cab-Ana by Essie on my toes!}

I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe 4th of July!

xoxo
Shannon

An Edmonds Kind of Day...

Today was one of those days. An Edmonds Kind of Day. This is a phrase that I have heard my entire life. My dad was raised in Edmonds and as a kid my family would spend time there... at the beach, eating at seafood restaurants, walking around to the little shops, watching the ferry come and go. When I was younger I loved spending time there, but it wasn't until I became an adult that I realized how much I genuinely loved this little town. Everything about it is endearing and reminds me so much of my dad that I just can't help but cherish the time spent there.

This afternoon my husband (TJ.. since I didn't mention that yet) and I spent the afternoon with my parents. We wandered around Edmonds for some time and ended up eating outside by the water. It was a glorious day in the PNW. The kind of day that makes up for the months of nothing but cloud coverage and the constant drizzle.. (ok, fine I actually like those days as well...)

I wish ever Saturday afternoon could be this wonderful.

xoxo
Shannon

Welcome!

I haven't used anything that resembles a blog since my days of using LiveJournal (blast from the past! and admittedly I used my LJ for mostly posting surveys).  After throwing the idea around for a few months - I finally decided to start one up. Yay!

I'll be updating this with various things in my life... anything beauty related (I'm kind of obsessed..) my dog, husband, friends & family, and anything else I get up to!

{Until I can invest in a better camera I imagine that the majority of the pictures on here will be from my Instagram}

Hope you enjoy!

xoxo
Shannon