My Holiday Wishlist!

This is my legit holiday wishlist - aka the one I sent to my mom.. I mean... Santa! My mom is always great with picking out presents for us, but we always give her ideas. I am very blessed to have everything that I need, but it is always fun to get some fun gifts during Christmas! This year, I decided I wanted my gift to be a beautiful purse - the only thing I know that I am for sure getting is the Tory Burch purse! :) I also send this list out to my sisters - we always get gifts for each other too! 

1) Tory Burch Meghan Satchel in Peruvian Opal - $550: This bag caught my eye immediately when it came out. Obviously, my Tory Burch obsession is evident but I don't LOVE the huge tory emblem on the purses, so I love the more subtle logo that is in the Meghan line! Tory Burch had an amazing sale for black friday and I convinced my mom to take advantage of the sale so we were able to get it 25% & saved a lot of money! Nordstrom actually price-matched it since TB had sold out of it- they are amazing. I wish I could use it already... LOL!  

2) Tory Burch Wrap Bracelet in Pink Cloud - $95: I have this bracelet in the mint and love it to death! I think it would look gorgeous with my rose gold watch and jewelry!

3) Nadri Pear-Drop Earrings in Champagne - $75: I always ask for a new pair of nadri earrings - they are amazing quality and look like diamonds!

4) Tory Burch Elina Wedge Booties in Sienna - $276 (on sale): I am in love with these booties. My BFF mon has them in the black and I fell in love when I saw them on her. I already have some nice black booties, but I love these in the tan and the sale price doesn't hurt either! 

5) Express Sequin Embellished Skirt - $60: I have been eying this skirt for SO long. I really have no answer to why I have never gotten it. I meant to order it on black friday and then forgot to so hopefully someone will buy it for me... wink wink! Can you believe that I do not own a sequin skirt??

6) Free People Songbird Sweater in Ballet - $98: Love this sweater! Free People is a brand I usually buy on sale but hey if Santa is buying it.. that's okay right? Love this with leather leggings! 

7) J Crew Pixie Pants - $88: My ultimate favorite pair of pants! You can never have enough but it is just one of those items you know you need but they aren't too exciting to buy!

8) VS Pink PJ's - not necessarily this pair, but I always want a fresh new pair of pj's to start of the new year and VS pink is my favorite

9) SeeThru case for Macbook Air - $50: My boss has this case and I have been meaning to pick it up! It comes in so many colors too and it is much easier to clean!

10) A tea kettle: Another random item but it's just something I have never gotten that I actually want! 

The best gift of all is spending time with my family, just the five of us. We are all so busy and always traveling that time with us five is the most precious and fun! Our health and happiness is all I could ever ask for!

November Beauty Favorites!

I haven't even noticed that it is freaking December. It's that time again - monthly beauty favorites! I have a very short list this time around. Watch to see what I have been LOVING the month of November! :) 

Lorac Pro Palette 

YSL Rouge Volupte in #17 Red Muse

Dior Creme de Rose

Maybelline Colossal Mascara

Henri Bendel Perfume in Gardenia & Vanilla

Thank you for watching!! 

xoxo

My NYC weekend Re-Cap!

 I literally had one of the best weekends ever! It is always so great to be able to see my best friends from college since we all live in different cities. I am planning on filming tonight to show you guys what I got in NYC as well as my cyber monday deals! Also - it is November Favorites time so keep an eye out for that video this week as well! :) 

You are about to get a picture overload! 

I flew into NYC Thursday night and met up with Mon & Sonia. We went to this really cool speakeasy called Bathtub Gin.

Sonia had to work on Friday, so Monica and I had the day to go shopping, walk around, etc. I went to the gym in the morning and then Mon and I met Sonia for lunch. After, we headed to soho to go to Topshop (duh) and the other stores around there! I will show what I got in my haul video :) 

My OOTD - Tobi Sweater, Vince Camuto Brooklee Boots, Bebe black riding pants

We met up with Sonia again at Dry Bar to get our hair done for the night! I seriously love Dry Bar - if you have one near you, it is totally worth it! In NYC it is $40 but everyone else it is $35! And they do a great job.. plus they give you drinks! :) 

I got the Mai-Tai

My OOTN from Friday - Tobi dress, necklace from Ibyis boutique in San Jose, CA

My birthday twins! 

The twinnies, Caity and me! 

I don't know if I will ever go blonde again? Brown hair has grown on me so much

We went to dinner at Isola - a really cool Italian restaurant at the Mondrian Soho - I definitely recommend it if you are looking for a very beautiful and interesting setting - the food was pretty good too!

Mon and I ran into the Real Housewives of Miami - they were extremely nice and so pretty! Karent talked to us for like 10 minutes, she was so sweet! 

After dinner, we headed to Mister H which was literally next door. Mon and Sonia had gotten a table so it was awesome! The place got so crowded but we had our own space so it was so much fun!

Saturday - we headed to brunch at Kittichai - unlimted lychee mimosas? YES. 

My OOTD - Brandy Melville Sweater, TopShop Brocade black leggings, PLV booties

my girl caity

Saturday night was the actual big party and there was a huge pregame at Sonia's apt - it was so fun! The party was then at Nurse Bettie. 

my OOTD from yesterday - shopping/lounging and then plane!
brandy melville sweater, leggings, vince camuto boots 

Literally - such a great weekend. I hope you all had good weekends too! 

Balance + my week so far!

My life is not too exciting these days. When I lived in California, I had a pretty intense job where I was an executive assistant to three people, the human resources manager, and basically did everything else no one else wanted to do. It was for a non-profit and the resources were limited but damn - I miss the hours! We never worked passed 5 and on Fridays we would leave around 4 - it was really awesome! I had so much time after work to fit in my workouts, cooking, cleaning and doing whatever else I wanted to! I moved back to the South to go back to work for my dad and I LOVE my job. I never dread going into work and I have the best coworkers and boss (my dad is not my direct boss). However, we work a lot - I am usually at the office until 6:30 or 7PM. My dad is a total workaholic and he wants all of us to be. He built this company completely by himself and he is my role model - I only wish I had his brain! My dad is the smartest person I know and I trust everything he says and does. It is definitely hard sometimes working for you dad and trying to maintain your own identity, but I know and have realized how lucky I am to be able to not only have a job that I love, but also that I have the ability to grow the business and help my dad in any way I can. 

This brings me to my current situation - graduate school - more specifically - MBA. Those words are kind of intimidating, but I am currently applying to MBA schools where I would start in the Fall. I am planning on doing my MBA full time at a top MBA school. If you know me, you know how ADD I am. I have a hard time concentrating and I do not know how people have a full time job AND go to school at night. Where does their life go?? I would not be able to do that. I need my "me" time! 

I have been finding it hard to balance working, studying for my GMAT, writing my applications, fitting in daily workouts, and of course blogging and YouTube! Not to mention, seeing my friends and having some fun! I know its common to be stressed and everyone deals with these issues but sometimes I have issues with making the right priorities. My good friend Heather and I have been working out together and it has been awesome to have the support and common goal with her. It also makes working out more fun if you do it with someone else! 

Tomorrow, I am heading to NYC to spend the weekend there celebrating my best friends' birthday! My favorite twinies - Mon & Sonia - will be truning 26 and they always throw the most amazing birthday parties. I am seriously always more excited for their birthday than mine! I think a weekend with my girls is the perfect thing I need to get me re-focused. My exam is December 15 and then my applications are due in January so I may be a little MIA over the course of these next two months - believe me - I do not want to be MIA and I will still post when I can! :) 

It really means a lot to me when people read my blog & it is crazy how many friends I have made through blogging. So thank you for reading!

So anyways.... my week so far - 

headed to Ulta yesterday after work to pick up some goodies for NYC! Eyelashes are a must! My favorites are by Katy Perry! I also picked up this lorac lipgloss set - they are amazing and only $25 for the set and they are full sized glosses - OBSESSED! 

clean eating! 1 egg + egg whites, 1/4 avocado, steamed broccoli, and some sauteed veggies - I was so hungry after Heather and I did our workout yesterday - we had to combine 2 days since I will be gone over the weekend so we did our interval run, biceps, triceps AND legs! Sore today but not as bad as last week! 

I have been so into rap lately - Snapbacks & Tattoos anyone? This made me crack up 

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Don't you LOVE a good deal?

I am really sorry I did not get a cyber monday or black friday post up but hopefully you were able to score some amazing deals over the past week! Like I stated in my previous post, I am not a big black Friday shopper but come Cyber Monday - it is SO hard to resist the sales! Literally every single email I recieved had an amazing deal attached to it. I am pretty proud of myself for only getting 2 items & I did not purchase them until late last night from Nine West. Fortunately - the deal is still going on!! And both of these are already on sale so YAY!

No code necessary - buy one get 20% off, buy 2 or more get 30% off! 

I bought these two because they are both good for work or play! 

HAYWIRE  

 FORTONIGHT

What did you pick up during Cyber Monday??

Thanksgiving Weekend Re-Cap!

I don't know if it's just me, but I always feel so rejuvenated after a relaxing weekend! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! I definitely did - my family and I always spend it with our family friends & it is awesome bc not only is the food AMAZING but we don't have to cook at all! LOL! My mom would not know the first thing about cooking a turkey and I am definitely in the same boat #mexicanproblems. 

new holiday touches in my room

like owner like dog

Thanksgiving!! My sister Natalie was in Ohio with her boyfriend so that's why she is not in our pictures :)

red lips for thanksgiving (thank you revlon lip butter in red velvet!)

 

my outfit - COH avedon jeggings in black, Nordstrom Top, Ann Taylor necklace, Vince Camuto Booties

sin

hayyy champagne! 

If you can believe it.. I DID NOT go black friday shopping! I did go to the mall to help my mom pick up an outfit and later went to f21 but I did not go at any crazy hours or pick up even anything on sale! Friday night, I ended up going out with my cousin and her bf and we met up with some friends! 

Saturday was spent GMAT studying and then at night, my sister and I went to one of our Mexican restaurants! I hadn't had it in so long and it was so good

you know you are mexican when you like michelada's! 

Yesterday - my dad and I drove back to Charlotte and we had the WORST traffic ever! Our drive was almost 7 hours instead of the normal 3.5 - I had never been happier to get out of the damn car! I have a short week this week (lucky) since I will be flying to NYC thursday night for my best friends' birthday!!! :) Hope you all have a wonderful monday!

Haul Time! Tobi, Tory Burch, Nordstrom, Bloomingdales and Shoemint!

Happy almost Thanksgiving lovelies! I am so excited for tomorrow and perhaps some black friday shopping? This is my latest haul video - kind of collective with some stuff from tobi.com as well as some random things from Tory Burch, Nordstrom, Shoemint, and Bloomingdales! 

Join Shoemint HERE - new members usually get 50% their first order so it's a GREAT deal! 

Shoemint Jess

Tory Burch Gold Bangle  (on sale!!)

Citizens of Humanity Avedon Denim Leggings in Axel Wash 

Free People White High-Low Top

Bellatirx Print Chiffon Top

Join Tobi - all new members get 50% off their first order (its awesome!) - Click HERE to join! :)

Some of the stuff I ordered is sold out since items tend to sell out fast on tobi but here are the ones I could find! 

Funnel Neck Sweater

In between lace dress

Black Dolman Top

Naya Pocket Blouse

Bare Essentials Dress

Happy Black Friday shopping - I will post the Black Friday codes here & on my twitter so make sure you are following me @yesitis_kevin !! 

Love you all!