Thursday, August 4, 2011

Soaking Up The Summer

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Good morning, lovelies! Hope you're all having a wonderful week. It's my Friday again, as I have off from work tomorrow, and I'm off to the beach for the weekend.

This is most definitely my best summer yet. I feel so fortunate being able to indulge in all my favorite things during my most favorite time of the year.

Hope you all have a wonderful day. And good news, the weekend's almost here!

xoxo

Images: 1, 2, 3 All edited by The Alternative Wife

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Morning, Sunshines!

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Happy Wednesday, lovelies! Hope you're all having a fabulous week.

Just wanted to bring a little sunshine your way today :)

Have a wonderful one!

xoxo

Images: 1, 2, 3 All images edited by The Alternative Wife
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Ravishing Riviera

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Good morning, lovelies! Hope you're all having a wonderful start to the week. Mine's wonderful and as dreamy as ever.

Ever since the lovely Christel contacted me a few weeks ago about filling in with a guest post while she was vacationing on the Côte d'Azur, my mind has been overtaken by visions of the Riviera. I've been to the Italian Riviera before, to a lovely little town called Camogli years ago, but I've always dreamed of making my way on over to the French Riviera. Perhaps that will be an alternative to my other possible holiday destination, Majorca.

Either way, I don't think we can go wrong. All I know is that, we have to make a decision and start planning soon!

Enjoy your day, sweets!

xoxo

Images: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 All edited by The Alternative Wife

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Monday, August 1, 2011

Pretty Up!

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Good Monday morning, lovelies! How was your weekend? Did you do anything fun and exciting? Mine was wonderful, as beach weekends always are. My family came out and we celebrated birthdays and had a fabulous time.

And now the time has come to leave the beach bum look behind and attempt to look a little presentable. During the weekends at the beach I am so incredibly casual, the total opposite of the usual me. I never wear makeup, dress in my beach attire and since I get beach hair, I don't even attempt to blow it straight and {ssshhh} I don't even wash my hair every day. Something that is completely unheard of in my everyday life.

I do love the relaxed, effortlessness of my weekends but being a girlie girl at heart I admit that I am pretty excited to primp up today.

Hope you all enjoy the day and Happy August to you all!
xoxo

Images: 1 via here, 2, 3 All images edited by The Alternative Wife

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Friday, July 29, 2011

Back To Bliss

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Happy Friday, lovelies! Well it's Friday, so you know what that means. I'm heading back to the beach this weekend. This weekend my family will be coming out to celebrate my father's birthday which was earlier this week. July is a big birthday month for us so the celebrations continue!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you Monday!

xoxo

Images: 1, 2, 3 All edited by The Alternative Wife

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Spanish Sanctuary

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Happy Thursday, lovelies! The summer seems to be flying by, doesn't it? I can't believe it's the end of July already. Where does time go?

Which reminds me that I need to book my next vacation. We own a timeshare in St. Thomas but we waited too long to book and now it's sold out so we're currently exploring some other options. The number one contender so far seems to be Majorca. We've always wanted to go but have never gotten around to it. I have family and friends who have been and loved it. The resort has an amazing spa and I'm told I'm going to have a hard time doing anything else but spa-ing!

Have any of you ever been to Majorca? If you have I'd love to know what you think of it. We have to book soon before we're out of luck!

Enjoy the day sweets and good news! It's almost Friday :)

xoxo

Images: 1, 2, 3 All images edited by The Alternative Wife

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Floral Feast & A Guest Post

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Good morning, lovelies! Hope you're all having a wonderful week. I'm getting back into the swing of things after a long weekend at the beach. I've been so enjoying my summer of fun in the sun but I admit that I am missing seeing some of the other gems of the season. The gorgeous greenery and beautiful flowers that are in bloom.

Most of my weekends have been spent seeing sand and sea but I decided that one of the weekends that I'm not scheduled to be at the beach house I am going to head to the arboretum to take in all of the gorgeouness it has to offer. I just love spending time there amongst all of the beautiful flowers, magnificent trees and gorgeous grounds. We actually even have a bench in memory of my grandfather there. It's really such a lovely, peaceful and beautiful place.

Another beautiful place that I hope to visit one day is the French Riviera. The lucky and fabulous Christel of Captivated by Image is off vacationing there right now and I'm filling in for her today. Stop by and say hi if you have a chance. And if you haven't been by before stick around a while to check out her absolutely gorgeous blog.

Enjoy the day, sweets!

xoxo

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

I'm Smitten

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Hi, lovelies! Hope you're all having a wonderful week. I'm back from the beach finally but still in full on summer mode. Head on over to Inspired Design today to see what I'm smitten with this summer.

Enjoy the day!

xoxo

Images: 1, 2, 3 All images edited by The Alternative Wife
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Monday, July 25, 2011

Still Beachin'

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Good morning lovelies! Just wanted to pop by and wish you a wonderful start to the week. I'm still at the beach enjoying the last day of my extended weekend.

Have a wonderful day and I'll see you all tomorrow!

xoxo

Images: 1, 2, 3 All edited by The Alternative Wife


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Friday, July 22, 2011

A Shore Thing

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Happy Friday, sweets! Hope you all have the most fabulous weekend. Can you guess where I am? :)

This weekend we're continuing the bday festivities at the beach house. We came out last night and are staying out here until Monday night. My brother is spending Saturday with us and then J's family is coming out for a few days. There's no place I'd rather be these next few days. We're in the middle of a heat wave here and luckily I should be able to get some relief. Fingers crossed!

Have a wonderful one and stay cool, lovelies!

xoxo

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

A Walk In The Park

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Happy Thursday, lovelies! Thank you all so much for your sweet birthday wishes yesterday. You all definitely helped make my day absolutely perfect. J took me to drinks and a fabulous dinner at Colicchio and Sons. Delish is all I have to say! And I'm just feeling all happy and content and loved up today.

I have to work today but I'm thinking about squeezing in a little stroll in the park during lunch. Sounds like the perfect way to end my week in the city before I head to the beach tonight for a long weekend.

Before I go today I need to apologize for being such a horrible blogger this past week. It's been a hectic one with work, birthday activities and back and forth to the beach house. I do miss you all dearly and hope to be around soon to say hi.

Enjoy the day!
xoxo

Images: 1, 2 & 3 edited by The Alternative Wife

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

They Say It's Your Birthday!

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Good morning, lovelies! How are you all doing today? I'm having a wonderful day and it also happens to be my birthday so it's an extra special good day in my book. Yes, I'm one of those people that absolutely loves her bday. I would celebrate the whole month if I could. And it's not for the attention or gifts or anything like that. I just like to have a good time and it's the perfect excuse to have one.

Off to work now followed by dinner tonight. Not sure where yet. As usual, J is keeping me in suspense till the last minute. I'm sure it will be somewhere amazing though. Lucky for me J has great taste :)

Hope you're all having a fabulous week and enjoy the day today!

xoxo

Images: 1, 2 edited by The Alternative Wife, 3, 4

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