This Outfit has Traveled all over the US...

Sweater- Old Navy 

Dress- Forever 21 

Scarf- H&M 

Belt- Forever 21 

Jeggings- Mossimo 

Boots- Forever 21

     Confession time... this outfit is old. Like I wore this probably 3 weekends ago! These were the photos that were trapped on the camera that has traveled all over California, Vegas and Texas and has safely been returned back. I didn't want to skip it though because it was a rainy Friday night and it was late and we took the tripod and with all that effort... I love how they turned out! I was craving layers and I wanted to be comfortable but cute, so instead of a sweatshirt and jeans I wore a dress over jeggings and  put on that chunky sweater. I remember it, and I was comfy! And have I mentioned how much I love this parking garage? It is going to be our new Friday night routine. Buy the boy a burger, give him a kiss, make him take my photo! Works for me!

     In other news, cross your fingers, toes, puppies toes, and whatever else you can cross for us. We are going to put in an offer on a house! We have bad luck with these things (I think we have lost 3 other houses in the past year for one reason or another) but hopefully luck will turn around! Its old, needs work, and has the worst kitchen but it has wood floors, a great yard and is in a great neighborhood. Oh, and did I mention its within walking distance of my favorite fro yo spot? Heck yea!

Better Shelter

    

     Last April, on a whim I was driving around the neighborhood we wanted to live in Costa Mesa (a city that is between Newport and Huntington Beaches) following some for sale signs, checking out the area when I stumbled across this small complex of totally hip and redesigned condos nestled behind a gorgeous brick wall and thousands of colorful succulents. I was sold. It was 800 square feet of glory. It was trashed and needed a lot of work, but it was quaint. It was modern. It was hip. It had french doors to a patio I could see us having summer BBQ's on. Best of all... it was 1.7 miles from the beach. SOLD. Well, we put in an offer and waited and waited and waited. We waited and dealt with the worst realtor ever for months until one day I drove by and noticed it was clean, the sign was down, the lock box was gone. It had effectively sold to someone else, while we were still believing we had the highest offer and it was waiting with the bank.

     Regardless of what happened I realized what my aesthetic was and that I didn't want to compromise style for more space. I researched this condo and found out that it had been totally redone by this boutique real estate company that flips old properties with awesome detail into very modern desirable and affordable places to live. Better Shelter is my real estate crush. They are focusing most of their efforts in the Los Angeles area at the moment, and if it wasn't completely out of the way I would be buying one of their homes in an instant. Instead I will drool over their website and blog and wait patiently until another shows up in our area.