I'm not a huge fan of straight hair. I like hair with a little bounce and shape. Even when I "straighten" my hair, I do it with a blowout and I set it in Velcro rollers so it has a little shape instead of being pin-straight and flat (that is just NOT a good look for me.) So, why in the world would I buy a product called "Straight? I'm ...
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Stiletto Hardware Contest Winner!!!
Hi ladies! I'm delighted to announce the Stiletto Hardwa contest winner!Here's how I came to the winning number. I saw that there were 70 comments left and I used random.org to generate a random number: 48. I went through each comment and skipped past any that were not entries/did not indicate that they liked it on Facebook or a comment that was a ...
Weekend Shopping: Saks, Lululemon, Zara
So I'm kind of excited right now because I just got flash seats to the NKOTBSB concert tonight. I was a HUGE BSB fan back in the day (I even met them in 8th grade!) and I can't wait. I totally forgot they were coming and then I saw all of these Facebook posts about it and I just knew I had to go. So I got myself some $25 seats way in ...
OOTD & Night: The LBD
Happy Friday everyone! This week felt like it dragged on forever, didn't it? (or is it just me?) On Thursday, I had an awards dinner to attend (our firm won 4 awards--- 3 on projects I worked on!) I wore a black cotton dress during the day and changed into a lace dress for the awards dinner in the evening. I also wore BOTH pairs of my new ...
OOTD & Fitness Updates
I have an outfit of the day to post today, but I also wanted to share some exciting fitness updates! My H and I have been working really hard at the gym lately, going 5 days a week on average. We are doing a fitness challenge with our trainer where we are part of a team so we are getting measurements done ever two weeks or so to track ...
Motivation Mondays: Amanda from A. Co Est. 1984
She's been featured on my blog before in my self-esteem and confidence series (which I seriously need to get back on track with) and I'm thrilled to showcase Amanda from the blog A. Co Est. 1984 again today in my Motivation Mondays series. I couldn't help but notice how awesome she's been looking lately so I wanted to know more about her ...
Weekend Happenings: Husband & Lulu’s Birthdays!
It's Sunday evening and I've just now had a chance to sit down and get to some blogging. My H and I were at his parent's house all weekend because we were celebrating my father-in-law's birthday, Lulu's birthday (he just turned 7!) and my H's birthday, which was today (the big 35!). Happy birthday to my wonderful husband! I usually ...
My GalTime.com Home Decor Blogs!
Some of you ladies might remember that I am a weekly contributor for GalTime.com and I realized I haven't been sharing my articles here so I thought I'd post about them today! You can check out all of my most recent GalTime articles here. xoxo, Veronika. ...
OOTD: Think (Hot) Pink!
When I put together this outfit, I had intended to wear heels, but I'm glad I didn't because the hot pink flats I wore ended up being super-cute with this look! Blouse- Zara Skirt- Heritage Collection @ Banana Republic Shoes- J. Crew If you work outside the home, how many days per week do you wear flats versus heels? xoxo, Veronika. ...
OOTD: Dress Shirts Make the Oufit
Lately I'm loving the look of dress shirts and I want to buy more and more of them! I've had this light pink and white striped one from Forever 21 for a few years now and I always seem to find new things to pair it with. In this outfit, it was my Ann Taylor lace skirt: Shirt- Forever21 Necklace- Forever 21 Skirt- Ann ...