summer pastels

summer pastels by myfirstnameisrachel featuring a fringed shawl


just a quick mid-afternoon update. I saw this scarf on Pink Peonies (if you're not reading her blog, start now.) and fell in love, so great for summer! i'm normally not a huge pastel person, but this gives new meaning to the word!

ps. stay tuned for, what may become, a weekly feature--my "need" list on friday.

Heat vs Celtics

Heat vs Celtics by myfirstnameisrachel featuring fitted shirts

big week! big week! The Heat play the Celtics Mon (WIN!), Wednesday, and Friday...needless to say, theres gonna be a lot of hootin' & hollerin' coming from the house with the pink floral wreath.

and obviously, I'm pulling for the HEAT. (see: Lebron)

side note: i have NO business commenting on sports, but i really, really enjoy basketball. mainly i like a sport where beer is served, and i can trash talk. oh, and super tall, attractive black men (for that matter, white men too. I'm not picky when it comes to millionaire athletes). hell yes.

What I'm Wearing Wednesday

NOTE: around 5 hours after posting this, i realized...uh...it is in fact, tuesday. holy bananas ya'll.

to avoid putting anymore terrible quality non-Iphone pictures up; i've taken to polyvore. seriously, what was life like before polyvore? so to be fair & honest, some of the peices im wearing are older and not on polyvore. my actual dress is from Gap and my actual open cardigan is from talbots. but this is the general idea of my outfit today.

i have to confess, i was really dreading yesterday. isnt it funny how you dread and dread something that turns out to be a great? {i have no reason to call it a great day other than nothing terrible happened, and in my book, thats reason for celebration!} i came home to sweet talulah ready to play catch and cuddle, so much so, she was still ready to play catch and cuddle 5 hours later...at bed time. needless to say, today was a large tervis coffee day.

also, i've started the Couch to 5K training program. does this mean i get to buy new running shoes & work out pants? i'm thinkin' yes. {should mention: by "started", i mean I've done week 1, workout 1} only 9 more weeks left. what...a crock.

happy tuesday, ya'll!