Le Petit Cadeau Shoppe

I love sweets. I don't eat them as often as I used to, but don't let me fool you, I have a GIANT sweet tooth. My family are those types of people who eat cookie dough raw and take down spoonfuls of straight up icing like it's no big deal. So when my friend Courtney asked me to come hang out with her while she baked some cupcakes, there was no hesitation. She runs a from-home baked goods business called Le Petit Cadeau Shoppe, and let me tell you, this girl can bake. These cupcakes were delish. She made the chocolate icing with Nutella. And when Nutella is involved you know it's legit.

If you live in the Austin area and need any yummy baked goods check out her Facebook page. She even made another set of goodies when I went over, but I think I'll wait for next week to show you those :) Happy Friday and have a wonderful weekend!

Splurge or Save: Black Ankle Boots

Left- Acne ($630.00) / Right- Zara ($99.90)

Hey guys! Sorry I've been pretty absent and no new outfits lately, but I've been a busy girl these days with work. I'm also getting ready to move to a new place in a couple weeks, so I've been preparing for that too. Anyway, how almost identical are these Chelsea ankle boots by Acne and Zara? I'm pretty sold on the Zara pair, they were all over the fall lookbook and the height of the heel is perfection. Wish I could afford the Acne pair. Acne is one of my favorite brands, but I kind of love the Zara style better. Done and done. Happy Tuesday!

Fall Wish List- Color Inspo (Black)

Sweatshirt- Topshop / Blazer- Helmut Lang / Lens- Nikon 55-200mm / Booties- Rag & Bone / Bag- Cambridge Satchel / Skirt- Topshop

I've been bookmarking a lot of Fall clothes lately. Not on purpose, I guess it's just my subconscious telling me I'm ready for it. And even though technically it's almost Fall, if I know anything about Texas weather (which I kinda do) we won't be feeling that type of weather anytime soon. But maybe that's a good thing... some of these pieces might go on sale before I'm ready to buy! It makes me sweat just thinking about wearing anything besides a flowy dress or shorts and a light tee. This wish list is inspired by my absolute favorite color to wear - black. The perfect color for any season. Happy Tuesday! 

Marfa Memories

 My friends and I dubbed our group the Marfackers that weekend. We're kinda weird.

We called this the guac bowl.

 I will own an outdoor shower one day because of my experience with this one. Amazing.

Planet Marfa, the coolest bar EVER. There was a teepee + a pimped out school bus in the courtyard.

It's Friday yay! And this weekend is the first in a long while that I have not one plan. So I think I'm gonna lounge by the pool, couch surf, catch up with some friends and we'll probably end up going out and having some drinks downtown. You all know I love me some dranks.

All that relaxing aside, on a weekend like this where the possibilities are endless, I find myself thinking of Marfa. I'd love to head out west this weekend and stay in my little pink airstream again. Such a magical place. But, for now I'll just have to reminisce by looking at all these pretty photos we took around the town. I guess spending the weekend chillin' in Austin isn't so bad, though... ;)

Photos 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 by me. All others by Tyler Frost.

Barefoot on a summer night

Top- Zara (old, similar) / Shorts- Forever 21 (old, similar) / Necklace gifted- Moorea Seal / Bag- Coach

I had so much fun visiting my family last night. My Aunt, Uncle and 2 cousins just moved back to Austin from Louisiana a few months ago. We hung out on Lake Austin and played on the playground. I felt like a kid again. It's so comforting to have a little bit of family here in Austin. Summer night's like this remind me of how lucky I am. I'm so grateful for moments like this... And how adorable is my little cousin in her tutu?! I wish I could rock one of those as well as she does! 

Thanks to my Uncle Mike for taking these shots. He's been taking photos of the family for years. Every portrait of every grandchild in my grandparents house was taken by Mike. And there were A LOT of them. I'm one of over 30 grandkids!

Life Lately...

Finally went and checked out Mt. Bonnell a couple weeks ago. If you ever visit Austin this is a great spot to stop by for a beautiful sunset overlooking the lake.

Neon jeweled necklace and rings from H&M // Lion medallion chain is vintage (similar)

It's been so hot lately in Austin, like 106 degrees hot, so smoothies from Austin Java are necessary.

Ray-Ban mirrored sunnies are my summer go to shades // Dainty rings from H&M // Heart ring from Fortenal // Strappy heels from Zara // White nail polish is 'Blanc' by Essie

I love ATX. Pretty view of downtown from the top floor at the Hyatt Regency.

We both ordered these glasses from the Bonlook booth at the TxSC Prom night. Can't wait to get mine in the mail. I was in desperate need of new glasses!

Sooo, remember when I asked if I should color my hair white blonde?

Well, I went for it! What do you think??

Love my family! My brother finally graduate from college this past weekend. So proud.

My dress is by The Reformation.

So that's what's been up with me. What's been up with you? I hope you're having a great week so far!

All photos from my Instagram @pieceology

Multiple Hair Color Disorder

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Happy Friday, y'all! Somehow this week flew past me. I thought today was Wednesday...

But, before I start my weekend I have a hair appointment today (and I have to work to, but no one wants to here about that). Lately, as in the last year lately, I've been in the mood to change up my hair A LOT. This is big for me because pretty much all through college I kept the same blonde hair color. I did have Multiple Haircut Disorder but the color stayed pretty consistent.

This past year something came over me. I went from my "college" blonde that I had for over 5 years, to a very light ombre, to a little bit darker ombre (both from light brown down to blonde tips), then to a pretty freakin' dark version. In true blonde-at-heart fashion I got a little freaked out after I saw these photos and decided to go back to the old blonde. And slowly have gone blonder and blonder AND blonder since. Sorry if you've seen me recently and don't recognize me. I have a disease, I can't help it.

I still can't decide what I want to do when I go to my appointment. I really, really want to do something very drastic (of course) like the photos above, somewhat of a white blonde I think is what it's called. But I have a few concerns:

1. Will it be too drastic?
2. Will it be a ton of work to keep up with since my hair is naturally a little on the dirty blonde/light brown side? This is a rhetorical question. Yes, it would be a lot of work to keep up. I know, I know.
3. Will it look terrible on me?

So, I think I'm going to wing it and show my wonderful, amazing, way cooler than me hairstylist, Alice, this very blog post and see what she thinks. She really is one of the coolest people I know so I will basically do whatever she tells me to do. Although she'd never tell me what to do. She's also the nicest person EVER.

What do you think? Should I do it? Go bold for the white blonde? Any advice is more than welcome. And I need it before 5 PM today when my appointment is, mmk. I'm sure you have better things to do than contemplate my hair woes, but come one, help a sista out. I'll give you a present. I don't know what yet, but it'll be something you've always wanted. Thanks!

P.S. I WILL NOT be doing the blunt cut like in some of the photos above, even though it's super adorable. I thought about it briefly and started to have a mini-panic attack, so I took that as a sign.