Friday Favorites and Happenings

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I can't believe we are one week away from April. Time is flying by. We are finally getting some warmer weather and I am hoping that we don't dip below 50 degrees again until next Fall/Winter. Life has been pretty crazy with my last trip to Israel and Estonia, but I am getting back into the swing of things (hello jet lag was a b*tch this time) and now only prepping for fun stuff aka going to Mexico!!

Let's get onto Friday favorites and happenings.

ONE. When I was in Tallinn, Estonia, I went shopping around the malls. I happened to go into a department store looking place and I saw all the perfumes. I saw the original Versace perfume that I used to wear everyday until they discontinued it. Well, low and behold, I saw it in that store. The price was pretty good, but I didn't want to chance it breaking on my flight home. I already had a bottle of vodka in my bag and I didn't want another big breakable item. I told myself I would buy it duty free in the Tallinn airport. Well guess what, they didn't have it in the airport. I am still kicking myself for not buying it. Does anyone know where I can get this perfume or know if this Amazon seller is legit? I don't want a fake perfume.

Versace Signature Women's Perfume

TWO. You NEED to read this blog post by Lynn at Dispositive Motion that she wrote this week. She asked 15 ladies, including yours truly, about How We Accomplish It All.

Being a mom, a part-time blogger and a full time working lady means I am juggling all of my roles at once and I still need to make time for myself and my relationships. I shared some tips, tricks and things I do to keep myself sane. I don't have it together all the time and I hope no one expects me to. But I sure do try my hardest to have it together. So please go read it.

THREE. Tomorrow is my husbands birthday. He will be 41. If you remember, last year I threw him a "surprise" 40th birthday party that was 90s theme. We had an absolute blast, but it really isn't my husbands thing. This year we are keeping it simple and easy, but still celebrating my favorite person. We are going out to dinner on Saturday, hopefully watching Nevada basketball (with another win) and spending time with our girls.

Here is a few photos from last years birthday celebration.

FOUR. For my MIL's 70th birthday (yesterday), we got her a beautiful handmade necklace from a local shop, Honey and Goldies. I love this shop. I had her make a custom Nevada ring for me. I went to her shop and picked out a turquoise Nevada of my choice, picked out the setting, the imprints, etc. She is pretty amazing. Go check out her IG to see her in action and see so many of her pieces. No this isn't sponsored. I just LOVE her work.

Crescent Flower Wreath Necklace 

FIVE. Before I went on this last trip, I picked up another pair of my favorite converse shoes. I LOVE the shoreline version. It is the one with the elastic collar so you don't have to tie them. I have them in white and just bought them in black. I used to have the classic low Converse in black, but they were worn out. I wore them everywhere and they needed to be thrown out.

I wore them on the plane and then my luggage was lost, so I wore them for three days straight which broke them in really fast. Converse usually have a break-in period, but I find that the shorelines don't have as much of a break-in as other versions. Which was good considering I didn't have any other shoes for three days and I did a TON of walking in them.

Converse Shoreline Sneakers

I am linking up with April, A Little Bit of Everything, Meet @ the Barre and Becky.

Have a great weekend!