Green Fashionista

Monday, February 20, 2012

Spring is Almost in the Air

I know I live somewhere that doesn't get too cold in the winter, but I honestly am already looking forward to spring and the warmer weather and that means sundresses, more whites and brights, and getting back to the beach.

Some people have the misconception of Florida that it's the same all the time and that it's always hot hot hot which is definitely not true. I see a difference in the seasons for sure. It's definitely been chilly the past couple of months, yes we still have some days that are in the low 80's, but most days are in the 60's or 70's and we even dipped down into the 20's and 30's overnight a few times *gasp*. (I'm originally from Connecticut so the warmer weather this time of year has been heavenly for me). However, in the next few weeks I'll see the beautiful white flowers blossoming on the Magnolia trees, the little lizards will make their reappearance and I'll see them scurrying about again, and it'll be warm enough to whip out the warmer weather clothes YAY!

Beautiful magnolia blossom

It's calling to me

I officially kicked my caffeine habit 1 year and 3 months ago *hurray* but I still enjoy the occasional french vanilla iced coffee. It's extra yummy when it's warm out. Man now I want one..

Fashion trends I'm looking forward to this spring:

Color Blocking

I'm loving that metallics will still be hot for spring

These floral print dresses are the epitome of spring to me *love*

White skinny jeans.. love this pair from Ralph Lauren

OPI's Holland Collection for spring 2012. I saw this at the nail spa today when I went for a pedicure and thought it was too cute. It plays on my love of their nail polish and of windmills.

What are you most looking forward to with spring around the corner?

Friday, February 17, 2012

And the winner is.....

Drumroll please......

*insert the Griswold family outside waiting for Clark to turn on the Christmas lights*

Cami from First Day of My Life

Congratulations!!! :0)

I had the hardest time trying to show a picture of the little box on random.org of how I got the winner. I even tried a screen shot, and that wasn't working, and I'm assuming it's due to my limited access to different programs at work. So, I finally had a lightbulb go off in my head and decided to take a picture of it on my phone and send it to myself and voila the technology challenged version of random.org :-P

Thanks to everyone who entered and a huge thanks to all my wonderful followers, I'm so excited to watch my little blog grow and am hoping to do another giveaway when I reach 100 followers.

Cami ~ Please send me your email address and we'll set up shipping arrangements for your new goodies.

Boob Tube Babble

Linking up with Neely at A Complete Waste of Makeup for Boob Tube Babble. I thought it would be fun to do a weekly round up and embarass myself by revealing how much tv I watch :-P

I owe almost all of it to the wonderful invention that is the DVR. Without it, I would never be able to keep up with more than half the shows I watch. And considering most of them come on Sunday and Monday nights, there are a bunch that are on at the same time.

Pan Am I'm sorry to say I haven't watched this week's episode yet, as it's still sitting on the DVR ever so patiently. However, I did hear that this was a "lost episode" of sorts that should have been aired several weeks ago to make sense. So, I'm prepared to be a bit confused as to why some characters are still around.

Gossip Girl I am super annoyed at the Blair-Dan thing going on. To me it's just sick.. she's been with every male character on the show.. Nate, Chuck, Dan, Chuck's uncle, Louie, etc... and Dan was supposed to be sacred and be with Serena. Gosh I hope this gag-fest is overwith soon! And someone PLEASE cut Penn Badgley's hair!!!!

Hart of Dixie This show is so cheesy, yet I love it. It's my feel good show of the week that is fun to watch. I'm loving that Lemon and Lavon's secret is finally starting to come out. I'm looking forward to watching the cat completely come out of it's bag.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills They played part III of the reunion this week. Yes, that's right.. part III. As much as I love the show, they definitely dragged out the reunion too much and should have condensed it to two parts. I really feel for Kim, and want her to get cleaned up not only for herself but for her kids. I'm glad she was able to come on and tell her side of the story.

My favorite is when the husbands come on, out of all the RH series, these hubbys are my fav!

Smash I'm loving the new series on ABC starring Katherine McPhee. I'm sad she didn't get the part to play Marilyn, but I have a feeling that Ivy will get sick or injured or something, and she'll have to fill in and be the star she was meant to be. I'm also LOVING seeing Debra Messing back on tv!!

How I Met Your Mother The recent episodes lately have been "meh" but I still love the show, and hope they start picking up the pace more.

Alcatraz A lot of people are comparing this show to Lost, but since I never watched that I have no idea if the comparisons are accurate. It's a great show, and if you haven't seen it but are interested, I highly suggest going online and watching the pilot first or you'll be lost. Great twists!

New Girl I almost gave up on this show in the beginning, and am so glad I didn't. It's hilarious! Schmidt is hands down my favorite!

Real Housewives of Orange County I'm so glad the first ladies of Bravo are back! I was very impressed with how Alexis handled herself when Peggy approached her. I feel like Peggy was trying so hard to be one of the "popular girls" last season, and teamed up with Vicki and Tamra and looks for any reason to trash Alexis. I'm not a big fan of Alexis, but I am on her side with the whole Peggy thing. Yes, she should be mad at Jim too, but she and Jim probably solved their issues behind closed doors, while the Peggy side has been played out on camera.

The Office this show has been hit or miss lately, but I loved last night's episode. I adored Andy playing the receptionist, and Dwight needing surgery and how he handled it was classic Dwight. I also loved Stanley being "on vacation" even though they're there for work.

What did you watch this week?

Happy Friday ladies!! :0)

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Last Day to Enter the Giveaway

Just wanted to send out a friendly reminder that today is the last day for the giveaway, and I'll be closing it out tonight ;0)

You can find it here.

Happy Entering and Friday Eve!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

What I'm Loving Wednesday

So glad it's already time for my hump-day link up with Jamie at This Kind of Love for What I'm Loving Wednesday.

Also, don't forget my giveaway ends tomorrow night, check it out here.

I'm loving that my bf from high school and her family are leaving tomorrow to make the trek down and visit us.

I'm loving that my H's parents who haven't flown in over 30 years booked their plane tickets to come visit in April. They're getting back on the horse! :0)

I'm loving that we got our kitchen repainted over the weekend and it's so purrty! Just in time for our guests this weekend and our upcoming housewarming party! You can read about our painting disaster here.

Kinda blurry :-P

I'm loving that even though I'm sad that football season is over that baseball season is right around the corner!

I'm loving my recent finds on Pinterest

Kate Spade Statement Necklace

Hotel Citta Del Mare in Sicily, Italy

Mimosa Punch

Beautiful tea party cake

I'm always loving my amazing husband

What are you loving today?

Monday, February 13, 2012

All About Me.. Blog Link Up

I kept seeing a bunch of the blogs I follow all linking up to the same post, and my curiosity got the best of me and decided to see what all the fun was that I was missing out on.

Linking up with Neely at A Complete Waste of Make Up, come join in on the fun!

Also, don't forget to enter my giveaway if you haven't already. It closes on Thursday ;0)

Why I blog

I love blogging.. at first it was a creative outlet for me to talk about random thoughts and gush about my fashion and beauty must haves. Now, I love the great community that blogging has and have met some great fellow bloggers.

My blog

Green Fashionista is a name I chose since it channels two of my passions.. being green (recycling and doing what we can to help the environment) and all things fashion and beauty. I like to blog about everything from fashion wants to recent purchases to house projects to recipes to random thoughts to pinterest finds to environmental tips to fun link ups and more.

All About Me

I am a college graduate who was born and raised in Connecticut and moved to sunny Florida about a year and a half ago with my wonderful husband and adorable bulldog. We love God, each other, our dog, our family and friends, working out, and traveling. We have definitely been bitten by the travel bug as neither of us did a lot of traveling growing up. Together, we've been to Cancun, Cape Cod, NYC, Block Island, Puerto Rico, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Fiji, Key West, and on two cruises that stopped in Aruba, Curacao, Dominica, St. Thomas and St. John, Cozumel, Honduras, Belize, and Costa Maya.

Our next trip will be to Punta Cana, but we also want to finally cross the pond and go to Europe in the near future. So many amazing places we can't wait to see!