NEON SPLASH DASH!!!

Happy Monday! 

I wanted to share some pictures from the Neon Splash Dash that we did this past weekend! I think it was the first one to come to Scottsdale, it's similiar to The Color Run but it's a night run and it really was a blast! I love these runs becuase you can rally people to do a 5k, even if you aren't a runner it's not too far and it's so fun to do! I would definitely recommend it if it comes to your city! :) The paint is for sure a mess but washes right off!

A BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR ONE OF MY VERY BESTS!

Today is a special day because it marks the day that one of my very best friends was born! 

Since she lives in New York I had to make a little birthday package filled with love and goodies for her. The main thing that I wanted to share in this little gift is the book. This is one of my all time favorities. If you haven't read or seen it, you can check out parts of it below. 

I thought it was the perfect gift for her on this birthday. The book is so complimentary, and beautiful! It really is inspiring. She is a wonderful friend, absolutely beautiful on the inside and out! Not to mention so much fun, I have some of the best memories with her! I am so lucky and proud to have her as a friend in my life. Happy Birthday Jay!

STYLED 2 WAYS + A GIVEAWAY!

I am so excited to share this post with you guys! Ashton from Landing on Love and I have teamed up today to share how we wore one dress, two differnt ways! I like to switch it up a little and not just have single outfit posts. I think it is so inspiring and helpful to see how people create multiple looks with one main item. I always want to challenge myself to do this, so hopefully this will give you ideas as well! Our closets have so much potential and we need to be creative and mix up looks so that is what Ashton and I have done here!

Oh and not only does she have such a great name, she's beautiful, stylish and oh so sweet! 

So we both chose to wear dresses, maxi dresses that is except as you will see...mine is more like a midi!  Oh well I loved the dress and it was fun to style it 2 ways! 

I asked Ashton what she loves about maxi's? What makes them a staple in her wardrobe? 

- I love how versatile maxi dresses are.  They are so easy to dress up for work, dress down for Saturday errands, or dress fun for a night on the town.  They are one of my go-to-pieces for Spring, Summer, and Fall.

Alright here's the deal, read below to see each of our first looks, then to see the second way we styled our dresses, go visit Ashton at Landing on Love! 

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Pizzeria Bianco!

Over the weekend one of my good friends and I had a fun little day, laying out by the pool, shopping at Nordstrom Rack and Target, followed by a delicious dinner at Pizzeria Bianco. 

If you live in Phoenix or have visited,  you may have heard of this fantastic little restaurant. Typically this restaurant has roughly a 2 hour wait at any given time. Yes, 2 hours! Insanity, I know! 

When I first moved back to AZ, I went here - mainly because I was curious about what the big fuss was. If you are in the mood to have a date night, and are prepared to wait and possibly hang out at Bar Bianco next door, you'll love this place! The first location is in Downtown Phoenix, Heritage Square. Super cute old little thing with about 12 tables inside and a very simple menu. 

Back to our fun little dinner date, as we finished our shopping we headed to a little pita place we always go to and right behind it we saw the sign. PIZZERIA BIANCO. We both were totally surprised and like Whhhhat? Another location? Really? How had we not heard of it? So we walked up to find out some info, it was in fact a new location of the famous Pizzeria Bianco! The best part, we walked right in, and got a table - NO WAITING. 

So this new location is off 20th St and Camelback near Nordstrom Rack. Below are some pics of what we tried. Oh and we did get a really yummy cheese plate but we started eating before I remember a pic! I always do that! 

So if you are ever in the area or visiting, you should try it!

A Midi Black Dress!

Ok so today I am going to share a little dilemma that I have always had when it comes to dresses. 

They are ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS too short! As I have mentioned before, I am 5'9'' in flats. On top of that I think I have a longer waist or torso so with those to factors combined, 

dresses = shirts in my world! 

So I'm sure you can imagine how excited I was to find this midi dress! I love the length. I think its classic and completely appropriate. I will admit that I will not be wearing this again anytime soon unless I am out of AZ because we hit the 100's last week and this thing can't be worn in those temps! Ok back to the length, ASOS also offers midi-length skirts and dresses so if you like this length, check there too.

This dress is Topshop and actually my first ever Topshop purchase. I love it. The material is great and it's thick so it doesn't show every little detail underneath. 

Now, on to the shoes. These are my first Sole Society purchase too! 

I love them.

They are comfy.

They are great for work.

They go with everything.

They were like $30!

As many of you probably already know, Sole Society gives you $20 off your first purchase so that's why these were a steal! 

(Dress: Topshop, Heels: Sole Society, Watch: Michael Kors, Sunglasses: Ray Ban, Bag: H&M)

JUST A REAL-LIFE WEEKEND RECAP!

I just wanted to share some pictures from a fun weekend!

//Here we are at a new restaurant in downtown Phoenix called Culinary Dropout, The Yard. The atmosphere is just gorgeous and the concept is so great! There is a giant outdoor 'yard' that has ping pong tables as well as cornhole or 'bags' set up too! There are lots of tables with great furniture, rustic wood and industrial metals mixed in. Then the food measures up too! It is a fairly new place and I'm glad we took our visitors there!//

//Country Thunder, the 4 day country music festival I talked about last week. Here we are on our blanket waiting for Lee Brice to come on!//

//Some more Country Thunder pictures, we had such a blast and the people watching was quite amusing too!//

//Here are the boys and a group pic of all of us, Toby Keith was the main headliner for Saturday night and he did such great job! He has had so many songs over the years and he sounds just the same live!//

//Cheese!//

//Since our friends were visiting from Utah, I wanted to get some pool time in! We met another friend of mine that was in town for work at her hotel pool, it was so nice to layout and relax!//

//We finished off the weekend but taking them to our favorite restaurant in Chandler called San Tan Brewery, it was fantastic as always and they got a little more patio time to enjoy before heading back to the snow! Oh and yes I did just say snow and it's April 16th, oh and yes I know I am moving there! EEEEEKS!//

Making a STATEment and some BIG NEWS!!!

Today's outfit isn't really a full outfit post, more like a super basic go-to look that I personally love. I love the white tee and jeans look as well, you can never go wrong with it. Also I wanted a very plain outfit that was not distracting from the most important part, my little Arizona necklace! 

I am in love with this thing! 

It's a Maya Brenner design, mine is silver but it comes in gold as well. It's so dainty and classic. I have been on the look out for one of these for quite some time and this one is just perfect! It's funny how timing works out, because it couldn't have been a better time to get this Arizona necklace!

Scroll to the bottom for the news! 

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Oh, and you know those adorable initial necklaces that have the letters that sit on the side of your neck, kinda slanted? Well she designs those too, in gold and silver of course!

If you want to check out more of her beautiful designs, go here. 

Her designs are sold at stores like Anthropologie and Fred Segal and she has a long list of celebs that adore her products too! 

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\\ shirt: h&m, leggings: f21, necklace: c/o maya brenner, sunglasses: ray ban, booties: f21, bangle: kate spade, watch: nixon //

AND NOW FOR THE BIG NEWS... 

I know it's not THAT big of news, and probably not the news that some people were thinking, however.. I hope we do have that news soon! ;)

So yeah we are moving to UTAH! I am so excited you guys! I absolutely love it every time I visit there! As you might already know, B is from there so most of his family is there and all his friends etc. And let me say this, his family is obviously incredible as well as his friends and their wives, girl friends etc so this will be a great move for us. 

We have had this in the back of our minds for a while now, our timeline was to move around April/May as that is when our AZ lease is up! Things really have fallen into place which makes me feel so good about our decision! Bryce started looking for jobs a couple months ago and flew to Utah a couple times for interviews and there we have it, he accepted a job there! I am so exited for this new adventure and chapter in our lives! Oh and as for me and my job, I am so lucky... my boss has approved me working remotely from Utah. Whew!!! Such a relief!

I feel like I already know a lot about Utah and obviously B is from there but for any of you that live there that have things to share, I would love to hear! Favorite things to do, must try restaurants, festivals, activities... I would love to hear! 

I'll write more in depth post about the move but for now I thought this was the perfect time to announce it, it ties in nicely with my Arizona necklace. I'm from AZ and will always have a thing for this beautiful sunshine state! So now when I leave, Arizona and all the people here will always be close to my heart!