Happy Friday loves! We made it through the first full week of 2016! Now I don't know about you but I could use a glass of wine! This week was definitely rough. My body was used to the nice 3-4 day weekends and 3-4 work weeks so today I'm really dragging. I thought yesterday was rough but today was almost impossible to get out of bed. Thank goodness for coffee, right? Let's jump right into my first Friday Favorites of the year with Amanda!

1 // Darn you Rebecca Minkoff. I am lusting after this print/color combo. It's so perfect for spring and goes with any outfit! Talk about the perfect statement piece! I love the Leo Clutch and the Anytime Tote too.

2 // I had been looking for a good nude lipstick for awhile and my Mom got me this Tarte one for Christmas and it's perfect! I LOVE it! The color, the name, the cute packaging... all perfect. Although if you get it I will give you a heads up, the tube is a cardboard material so it feels a little cheap but the lipstick is super moisturizing which is perfect for the dry winter months and the color is gorgeous.

3 // It's the new year and you know what that means? Time to get back in the gym and get working on that beach body! I know it's always easier for me getting motivated to go to the gym when I have cute workout clothes to wear and these leggings are just the thing I need to get me motivated!

4 // I have candles every where. In my office, in almost every room in my house, so it's safe to say if you get me a candle at any point, it will be used. I got this candle for Christmas from a coworker and it smells amazing! It's so tropical and sweet smelling, even on a gross day out I can light it and it makes me feel like I'm on a tropical vacation. 

5 // I also got this Lilly tumbler for Christmas and I've been using it nonstop every day. The colors are so fun and it instantly cheers me up. It keeps my water cold with no condensation and it's insulated enough to not freeze my hands while holding it. Another perfect item to get motivated for the new year!

Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend! I plan on relaxing and catching up on sleep this weekend so I'll see you all Monday hopefully relaxed and rejuvenated for another week!

Happy Thursday friends! We've almost officially made it through the first full week of 2016. How's everyone feeling so far? Our weather has been up and down this week which has me all kinds of confused. We started out pretty chilly (especially compared to what it was the week of Christmas) and now we're back up in the 70's but off and on rainy. Kinda crazy and definitely hard to plan for. Luckily my Hunter boots are perfect for this kind of weather!
   Since I get up pretty early and it's usually still pretty cool out I've been trying to layer so prepare for the weather. This striped tee is perfect for layering under a sweater or a jacket when it's cooler and by itself when it warms up. I decided to mix stripes and plaid by throwing on my plaid blanket scarf to keep cozy and my favorite floppy hat to keep the rain showers out of my face. Of course any rainy/snowy day calls for Hunter boots to top off your look!
 I absolutely love my Hunters and I love that they were under $100! And nope, they weren't on sale either. Want to know my secret? They're kids Hunter boots and they're regularly $80 instead of the normal $150! Did you know that if you wear a women's shoe size 9 or smaller that the kids Hunters will fit you? They're actually the same measurements as the adult sizes. For example, I usually wear a size 5.5 or 6 so I ordered the size 4 in kids. If you wear a size 9 in women's you'd wear a size 7 in kids. Don't believe me? Just check out the sizing chart on their site! Now you know my secret! :)

*Linking up with Mix & Match Fashion*

top: nordstrom / jeans: american eagle / boots: hunter / scarf: target / clutch: gigi new york / hat: nordstrom / lips: tarte in park avenue princess

Happy Humpday loves! I haven't done one of these in a really long time and I started writing this post like a month or two ago and never finished it. I've been adding to it little by little until finally I figured, might as well get some things off my chest, right? And seriously though, sometimes you just need some quality fake powder cheese. Don't hate.

// It makes me stabby when people link up with someone about something completely off topic in link ups just to get the traffic spike. It makes me want to go to their blog and just write "you're a douche" and move on. 

// The first time I ever got truly drunk was my college graduation weekend. I'm pretty sure I don't handle my alcohol nearly as well as I did back then.

// Speaking of alcohol, I don't have a sip of alcohol (unless I have a pre-planned happy hour) except on Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday. I try to not drink more than 2 days a week but I'm finding that usually ends up badly for me.

// Since starting my new job I've gained 7 lbs (for those counting, that's 7 lbs in less than a year) and I'm not happy about it at all.

// I sometimes go to bed at 9 pm. Getting up at 5:30 am every day is rough and when I'm gone for around 11 hours a day sometimes all I want to do is go home and sleep.

// I hate going shopping at the mall. I would rather online shop any day of the week. 

// I had a frame sitting on my desk at work with no picture in it for like 3 months. My boss came in and put a picture of his dogs in the frame after I left work one day. A co-worker mentioned it one day and I was like "huh, wonder how long that's been like that...." Clearly I'm not overly observant.
// It drives me insane when blogger buy their followers and try to pretend like they blew up overnight. We can all tell you bought followers... you aren't fooling any one.
// I love having the ability to ride the train instead of drive an hour (or more) to work every day but I HATE when people are stupid and either try to beat the train or stop at a red light/backed up traffic and end up getting stuck on the tracks. Dear drivers, when you're on the tracks we can't go around you and we can't stop as quickly as you might think so yes, we are going to hit you and yes, it is your fault. Thank you for making my ride home an extra few hours so you could try and save a minute and 30 seconds off your drive time. And yes, this happens WAY more than you'd think in FL.
// I have the best job, I really do love it but sometimes I have to deal with the stupidest people.

And while I'm sure I could keep going I'm just going to go ahead and stop before someone hates me ;)

Happy Tuesday loves! If any of you follow me on Snapchat {pamelanicole84} or Instagram {sequinsandseabreezes} you might have already seen this fun, oversized faux fur cape I wore while out in Albuquerque last month. Wow. I can't believe it's already been a month since I was out there! Obviously you could tell by the pictures I'm not in Florida when I took these although sometimes I wish it snowed in Florida!
This cape was surprisingly warm and I didn't even end up needing a jacket out while we were out exploring the snow in the mountains. The sweater part is a thicker material than an average sweater making it extremely cozy and the faux fur neckline was like wearing a scarf. The cape is one size fits all most so it was a bit longer on me than it'd probably be on most people since I am extremely short but I didn't mind the longer length. I kept the rest of my outfit pretty casual because we were out walking around all day and I didn't want to be too overdressed (I already was considering we visited a ski resort and almost everyone else was in ski bibs and snow boots!) but it was still fun to take some pictures in the snow since it's definitely not something I get to do every day. And a huge shout out to my mom who took these for me despite not knowing how to work my camera at all and for trying extra hard to find pretty backgrounds to use in the pictures!

*Linking up with Walking in Memphis in High Heels*

cape: target / shirt: nordstrom / jeans: american eagle / booties: aldo {old, similar here} / sunglasses: ray-ban / necklaces: kendra scott, bauble bar / lips: mac in rebel

Happy 2016 my friends! Hope everyone had a wonderful time ringing in the New Year! I am still in shock it's 2016. In fact I think it will be at least March before I'm finally writing 2016 instead of 2105 {no joke, I just wrote 2015 instead of 2016 and had to correct myself}. The struggle is real. Since I'm exhausted and wishing I was still in bed let's hop right into my weekend recap with the lovely Biana!

I took of New Year's Eve to relax, clean the house and get some stuff done before the new year. I always like to start the new year with a clean house! Kerri, the boys and I headed out to dinner at Bonefish to start our New Year's Eve. Although we had reservations we still ended up having to wait a bit, which I expected, but we were right near the door so it was awesome people watching.

After dinner we headed back to my house for some champagne, games and football... in our pajamas. Yup, that's right, we ended 2015 nice and cozy in our pajamas and it was glorious. Several games of Exploding Kittens and Cards Against Humanity were played while rocking out to hits of the 90's and we were in bed by like 1:30. The perfect NYE in my opinon!

Friday morning I was up bright and early making breakfast before heading out to the Citrus Bowl to watch the Gators take on get beat by Michigan. I'm not a huge Florida fan but I'm the farthest thing from a Michigan fan so this was hard to watch but our seats were in the second row literally on the 50 yard line so I couldn't complain. 

We were literally so close I could hear Jim Harbaugh have his little girl breakdown and yell at the official in the third quarter. My only other complaint (besides FL losing) was how hot it was. The heat index was 91... definitely hard to believe it was January 1st. Especially since a cold front came through the next day!

Saturday I slept in a little and relaxed a bit before running some errands and taking down the Christmas decorations. It was definitely bitter sweet since I never really fully got into the holiday spirit this year but it's always nice to have my house de-cluttered after the holidays!

Sunday we went to Brass Tap to watch my Bengals take on the Ravens before heading out to Disney even though the weather was awful to enjoy the Osbourne Family Spectacle of Lights one last time. The lights ended forever on Sunday so despite the cold temperatures and the rain I'm really glad we got to go one last time (I know, I know, I say that every time but this time it really was the last time!).

Hope everyone has a fabulous first full week of 2016!