Pretty Stuff: Mid-Week Lovelies

 A mid-week round up of some of my favorite photos that I have obsessed over on Pinterest & Tumblr. It's all pretty stuff, let's be honest. We're not saving the world, we are just having a little therapy session away from the stresses of our daily lives. 

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I'll talk to you soon...

xoxo bd

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Black and White

Simple, clean and classic. You might not believe that at one point in my life {I was 14} every square inch of my room was painted a different color. My drapes, bed spread, book shelves and art work looked kin to a circus clown. I had an obsession with Kandinsky, specifically Composition VIII, and my drapes that I mentioned...well they matched  his squares and concentric circles painting perfectly. I kid you not. 

Now, here's nothing wrong with color, I do love it so, but sometimes the simplicity of black and white is perfection.

xoxo bd

{Photo Credits: Pinterest & Tumblr //edited}

Desk Envy

Monday thru Friday, for close to 40 hours a week, I am sitting at a desk. 

{First things first, thank you Jesus for consistent work and pay!}

 I enjoy my job and love the people I work with but there’s no doubt this desk starts to look a little drab day after day.  Sometimes you need inspiration even if you are editing a spread sheet. 

I have a pretty pencil cup and have posted a few inspirational quotes about my little space, but I have been thinking about making it a little more “me”. I understand this isn’t my living room so there isn't any picture hanging in order but you know…some zhuzhing. A little oomph if you will.

I now present you with desk envy!

The one piece I have seen throughout all of these photos is that every desk has flowers. Be it a couple of buds or a full blown bouquet, these desks have a little life on them. I do believe I will gather a few flowers for my desk this coming week. 

I hope your Thursday has been lovely! Ours started off quite stormy with a sudden downpour of rain and lightening but it has become so beautiful as the day has gone on.

I will talk to you tomorrow... TGIF.

xoxo bd

{Photos Courtesy of Pinterest}

As new job has started I have regained the ability to do what I love which is play dress up.

When I worked at the physical therapy clinic I had to wear a uniform and when I cleaned houses I just wore workout clothes. The only way I could make myself feel special was to do up my hair and makeup. The occasional accessory was added if it wasn't too much fuss.

With working as a legal assistant for a law office, an outfit is planned the night before down to the shoes and earrings. I mean, I have to dress up don't I? It's required! 

Some people I talk to loathe the routine of getting up in the morning to put on their face and figure out the next pair of pants to wear. Me? I live for this. 

Daily, I flip through my fashion magazines and scroll about my favorite style blogs to gain inspiration of what a new outfit might hold. Pinterest has been a great help when I look for color combinations and hair styles. 

While at my desk today, one of my co-workers said to me that she thought I always had pretty makeup on and wanted to have a girls party where I did everyone's makeup. Really? Me?! I felt and feel so special!

Without a doubt I am the kind of lady who even plans what eye-shadows I want to wear for the next day.

Okay so the Creaseless Cream in RSVP all over the lid, maybe a little Coffeebean in the outer-v of the eye with  Black Honey smudged along the lash line. Okay...now...lips....peach petal or kitten gloss?

You may think I'm joking but my mind works like that way. Hear you me, I am unapologetic about that. My passions are fashion and makeup.

Here's to another put together day! I hope you all enjoyed your Wednesday, I'll talk to you soon!

xoxo .bd

{Photo Credits: 1 2 3 4 5 }

Cruel Cruel Summer

Good Evening!

We’ve begun a new week in the midst of a steamy summer and I already want fall.

It surprises me when I watch the news people talking about sky-high temperatures. Has heat in the summer really surprised you? Did you live in a land of dry coolness, because living in the south is always very humid and hot from mid May through September. When I say hot, I mean it easily reaches 100 if not a few degrees higher.

If ever I were to spend a summer away, it would be in San Francisco where it is always 60 outside. I’m just not a summer person…I don’t do well with being a sweaty mess.

 On another note…our weekend was so nice, I had Friday off which was such a treat! Poor Adam had to study the entire time, though he did get our tires changed on Saturday. (Thanks, Love!) He is definitely clocking in 10+ hours a day in the books. Taking the bar, or at least studying for it, has become such a large hill to climb. I hear from his friends from law school of how they are doing and how they’re freaking out. My heart goes out to all of you! I am in awe of your ability to retain such an enormous amount of information and be under great stress. For hubby and his classmates from Memphis, the first testing day is next Wednesday. {Say a prayer, please!}

 As I said, Friday became a day for me to rest. I hung out with friends that night for dinner but all of the plans made previously, completely changed. Regardless, we had fun eating at Mafiaoza's, a pizza joint in the 12^th South district of Nashville.

Saturday I spent with two beautiful ladies, Miss Holli in particular, getting a green juice from whole foods and browsing around the mall.  Love girl time.

Sunday my parents invited us over for lunch and I was able to see my brother, Josh!! I miss him so much and don’t get to see him as often as I’d like. We all (minus Adam, he was studying) watched “Life As We Know It” and I charmed everyone’s pants off  by bringing it over. Such a cute movie…

Also because my grandfather will be moving in with my parents for a bit I was given the assignment to go through my crap from my old room. I found about 634,752,194 journals from 1994-2002 filled with “Oh my gosh I just don’t know if he could ever like me” and “Like, can you believe she told Cassidy to get her own?”. I was pure drama at 12. I started to read them when I got home as I was organizing and had to just put them away…life at 12 was lived in a bubble…a dramatic bubble. I’d rather not relive those years again.

So here we are at Monday, pretty uneventful though I was able to fully straighten up my house {folded laundry was piling up everywhere} and grab groceries.

I filmed a new video and I hope to post soon, but until then I’m going to get my sleep on.

Have a wonderful night, I will talk to you soon…

Xoxo .bd

{Photo Credits: 1 2 3}

We've already made it to the middle of the week, almost past it, really. 

Our weekend was special spending it entirely with family, a perk of being back in Nashville. 

Monday was a much needed break but we have been thrust into quite a busy week since then. It's not a pretty job but I am always in lovely places. Large home, gorgeous interiors, fancy jewelery, expensive bags...you get the picture. Though none of those items are mine, I simply clean them for others, one day I will have a life of grandeur. Until that day comes I will obsess over beautiful pictures I see in magazines and online. I browse through blogs and tumblrs to escape sometimes and I store those photos to keep them close and to dream. 

Because of my obsession, which has gone on for years mind you, I have begun to overload our computer with too many files. The husband doesn't like that too much saying things about gigabytes and not having enough of them left. Without really understanding what he meant I just nodded and said yes and found another venue who was more accepting of my...love's. Thank goodness for this place because I have been storing pictures left and right. Feel free to browse if you would like, I tried to organize things to make it easy. 

www.pinterest.com/lovelybdavis/ 

Above are a few of the pictures I've gathered...

Seeing as it's 8 minutes until midnight and I should be sleeping right now, I'll let you go.

I hope to talk to you soon, sleep well!

xoxo .bd

{Photo Credits: pinterest}