Recent Outfits + Labor Day Sales

Happy Labor Weekend!  I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend filled with some time on the water and good food!   After traveling the past two weekends I am excited to be home this weekend with no real plans.

I wanted to share some recent outfits and a few of them are on sale now!

First of all this French Connection Dress was just reduced and is now 40% off!! I love this baby and great news you can wear her well into Fall. I am wearing size small.
Free People Dress (on sale)

This romper was just reduced to 60% off!  I am in size 4
Kate Spade Romper

This dress is the perfect shade of blue and I love the tiny arrow print.  It is under $70. I am wearing size small.  The nice thing is that is comes fully lined with a removable slip as well.
BB DAKOTA Arrow Dress

I wore this dress to the Nordstrom Rack Opening this week.
I picked it up in NYC on sale,  although looks like it is still full price online.
Cynthia Vincent Dress

Speaking of Norstrom Rack I bought these shoes there and have worn them the past three days I love them so much.  They are under $40 !  They also come in black but I loved the snakeskin.
Steve Madden Sandals

 I finally tracked down a pair of these Target leggings and they are even better in person.  Seriously comparable to Lulu and Zella. Love the print.  They are on sale for the weekend and only $13 now!  I do recommend sizing up since they are Juniors. I am wearing a medium.
I have also been loving my Nikes for running, they are so light weight.
Mossimo Leggings | Nike Shoes

This dress is so incredibly comfortable. I love the boho feel and pretty pink color.  It would be perfect if you are pregnant.  It is super loose so size down!
Free People Dress

Now lets talk about Labor Day Sales.  Some great end of Summer Sales are going on right now.

The Nordstrom Clearance Sale has some amazing deals.  I mentioned my women's favorites two days ago but here are some more.  Just scroll thru to see them all.

KIDS
We love these Native shoes and they are 40% off.  Also on sale are the Freshly Picked Mocs and they never get reduced!

HOME

The home section also has some great finds.  I love the first potter.

WOMENS

A few more great finds! Most are 40% off but some are up to 60% off.

HAYDEN REIS 

30% off site wide, use code LABORDAY

I love my Palm Tote from here.  They are made out of sailcloth so they are so easy to clean. Perfect for the boat, beach or kids.

Palm Tote

JCREW

Extra 30% off orders over $125

Use code GETSHOPPING

Love these sunglasses!

FURBISH

15% odd site wide

Use code LABORDAY

I have my eye on this limited edition Teil Duncan framed print

LOFT

Extra 50% off sale and 30% off new Fall arrivals

This purse is now on sale + 50% off.

GIGI NEW YORK

Free personazliation and free shipping on orders over $100

These are my two new favorite Fall colors

Bone Clutch | Slate Cross body

KATE SPADE

Extra 25% off sale

Use code DELIGHT

Love this cross body!  Was $248 now $130 + 25 % off!

I own this romper in the leopard version (pictured above) and love it.  The black is on sale + 25% off.

Crepe Romper

Have a great Labor weekend!

NYC Recap

 Hooray for the upcoming long weekend! 

 Today I wanted to share a recap of our trip to NYC and what we did while we were there.  We had such a fabulous time.  I only wish we could have stayed anther day or two to explore more of the city.  There were so many restaurants and shops we just didn't have time to get to. If you live in Charleston JetBlue is the way to go.  Matt and I had never flown Jet Blue before,  but it was cheap and we loved the extra leg space, personal TVs and free snacks ( side note this trip was not comped or sponsored at all, we just loved JetBlue).

We flew out of Charleston late Thursday afternoon and got to city around 6.  

One of our good friends from college and Matt's best friend from growing up was sweet enough to give us his apartment for the weekend.  He lives right in the Chelsea area, so it was a great location.  This was the view from his balcony.  It slightly terrified me but it was too gorgeous of a view to avoid.  The city was to the left and the Hudson River to the right.

Thursday night we ate at Buddakon which came highly recommended.  It did not disappoint.

Wearing Madewell Dress

The inside was so cool.  You might remeber it from Sex and The City.

We shared several different dishes which was the way to go.  By far our two favorite dishes were the Tuna Tartare and the Edamame Dumplings.  The edamame dumplings were one of the best things I have ever tasted.  I know it seems like they would be bland but they were full of flavor and seriously melted in your mouth.

The next day Matt and I headed out to Long Island to tour the Gigi New York Factory.  Since starting my blog, they have become like family to me so we didn't want to miss an opportunity to see how they make their purses.   The amazing thing is each purse is hand made, it was so inspiring to see how they were assembled.  Stay tuned because I am working on a special project with them!

This is Matt and I with the owner Tom.

 One of my favorite parts was all the rows of different leathers.  See all that leather behind me??  Pure heaven.

In addition to purses Gigi makes all sorts of leather goods.  This book was headed to President Obama- how cool is that??

Watched them assemble my favorite tassel key chains.

After touring Gigi we decided to venture out and explore Long Island since we were already out that way.  Matt really wanted to eat on the water so Tom recommend The Buoy Bar.  The views were gorgeous and the fish tacos were amazing.

After lunch we walked to the beach.

I played total tourist and made Matt take my picture.

Blouse (on major sale 70% off) | Sunglasses | Shorts | Shoes| Tote (on sale)

We headed back to the city and decided to rest before dinner.  

 Took a few balcony pics before dinner

Wearing Joie Dress (on sale)

We stopped and had cocktails at Hells Kitchen before dinner.  

I had a cucumber martini and Matt had a pineapple martini and both were really tasty.

Then dinner was at Beauty and Essex.

While I think this is a fun spot to grab a drink we did not enjoy it for dinner.  We ordered several different items of food and they all were pretty disappointing.  The drinks however were amazing.  We both agreed the Lemon Basil cocktail we had there was our favorite all weekend.  

Added bonus in the ladies bathroom there is a champagne bar so after you pee grab a glass of champs:)

Saturday we got up and walked the High Line.  We loved it, it was not built last time we were in city.  We really enjoyed walking up above the city and all the beautiful greenery. That is Matt in the gray tee, he is such speed walker, I have to basically run to keep up with him:)

We got to Spotted Pig right before 11 and there was already a line.  

We got right in though and loved the atmosphere.  They also had a killer Bloody Mary with fresh horseradish.

The burger and corn soup were perfection.  We also had deviled eggs, eggplant toast, and the Cuban sandwich.  All the food at The Spotted Pig was pure heaven.  I can't say enough great things about this spot.

After lunch we walked around a bit to work off lunch.  Then we headed to the Standard Hotel Beer Garden.  I am so not a beer drinker but decided to try my hand at one.  The beer garden was super cool and I really recommend it.

With our good friend Richard who graciously offered us his condo for the weekend.

Ray Ban Sunglasses | Leopard Blouse (same style different color) | Jean Shorts similar | Initial Necklace | Wolf Tooth Necklace | TB Purse

Next stop Magnolia Bakery.  We devoured our food too fast to snap pics but we had the banana pudding and devils food cupcake with caramel.

I loved the vintage floor inside.

This cross body purse was all I packed for the weekend and it was perfect.  It easily fit in my carry on and worked great for walking around the city.

After all that food we needed some exercise so we headed to Central Park and rented some bikes.  This was so much fun.  We biked all of Central Park and then biked to The Met. 

I still get amazed by these paintings that are composed of all small dots.  Truly incredible art.

After touring the museum we headed to the rooftop bar.  Gorgeous views of the city and delicious drinks and food.  They had my favorite Rose and Matt had a really good lobster roll.

After a quick shower and  outfit change we got ready to head to dinner.

Off Shoulder Dress (back in stock in all sizes)| Initial Necklace

Next stop was dinner at Lure. 

The inside was really cool, it felt like you were inside a ship.

The food at Lure was so good.  If you love seafood and sushi you must check out this spot.  

The tuna tacos and crispy sushi rice were awesome.  I also had the jalapeno sushi roll and peach salad.  Loved every single bite.

After dinner we headed to Estela for a glass of champagne.

Then the Bowery Hotel.  I had heard lots about celebrities hanging out here so I wanted to check it out.  Sadly no celebrity spottings this trip.

Matt and Richard chilling. Their serious face for the Bowery:)

Sunday we slept in because what else do you do when you are kid free??  Then we went to the very top of Richard's apartment building for one last view- why we waited til the last day to do this beats me.  It was stunning.

Tolani Tunic | TB Glasses

New York is such a magical city.  Matt and I both agreed we want to try and make it back once a year.  We were however both excited to see these cute faces and adorn them in the cheesy NYC gear we bought them!

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