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Unique Engagement Ring Ideas Under $1k

July 9, 2014

My engagement ring, from a pawn shop off of the Vegas strip, might be my favorite possession in the world. I think it's beautiful, of course, but it's less about what it looks like than the story it tells about who Kendrick and I were and what we were doing at the exact moment that we discovered each other. We bought that particular ring because it was what we could afford at the time…but if I had it to do all over again? I'd probably get something almost exactly the same.

Which is all to say that solitaires are pretty, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with choosing something a little different for your ring, whether it's because "something different" is more in line with your budget than a huge rock…or because it's more in line with what you want. When it comes to a symbol of your partnership, there are no rules.

Some of my favorite unique engagement ring finds (all under $1k), above.

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Playing Hooky

July 9, 2014

These photos were taken a couple of months ago, in preparation for an event I hosted at the Crocs flagship store (if you visit any of their U.S. locations, you should see a couple on the in-store displays), and I just realized that I completely forgot to post them prior to our departure.

This spot in our town is so pretty: it's a little brook that runs adjacent to the lakes near our house, and there are always dads and sons fishing along the banks. On this particular day, Kendrick had just gotten out of school for the summer and it was terribly hot and humid (you can tell by…my hair), and Indy still had another couple of hours of camp, so we decided to play some grownup hooky and go see X-Men: Days Of Future Past all by ourselves.

Which taught us two things: 1) X-Men movies are so, so good (and this particular one happens to include what I think might be one of the very best scenes of all time, starring that guy from American Horror Story who I have an inappropriate crush on - because I think he may be, like, twenty - and Jim Croce's Time In A Bottle); 2) the occasional Mom and Dad hooky moment is good for the soul.

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Go Voyaging (And A Giveaway)

July 7, 2014

Our summer getaways this year are simple – a trip to the Santa Cruz boardwalk, a drive into San Francisco to visit friends for brunch, an afternoon exploring the redwoods in Marin – and so is my summer travel wardrobe. I want to fuss around with what I’m wearing on weekends even less than I want to fuss around with it in my daily life (which is not at all), so I've been keeping what I’m wearing as lightweight and easy as possible, and then just dressing it up with accessories. A loose-fitting top and denim cutoffs with a spectacular bracelet; a flowy dress with animal-print sandals and a bunch of rings; a bathing suit with a dramatic necklace.

If you're traveling a lot this summer, placing the focus on your accessories is an excellent packing strategy: a cute pair of earrings takes up a whole lot less space than (another) pair of sandals, which means that you save lots and lots of space in Ye Olde Luggage.

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Found ‘Em

July 3, 2014

The results of yesterday's trip to the Westfield Mall (god, I love that mall; I had forgotten): something we really needed, because toddler's feet grow so fast you can practically see them expanding (how cute are those?!), and something we really didn't.

But it happened anyway. Because remember yesterday, when I was talking about how I've been obsessing over those Stuart Weitzman heels and those Alexander Wang heels? Well, I'm not really a labels person - it's fun to have something fancy, obviously, but if I can find a reasonable facsimile for less I am much, much happier (especially when it comes to shoes, which I am virtually guaranteed to destroy) - and:

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The Good Luck Charms

July 2, 2014

Just one more month to go!

I talk a lot about how it's fun, when your shape changes as it does during pregnancy, to experiment with different styles, cuts, and shapes than you're typically drawn to. Over the past few months, for example, I've been playing with loose, cropped pants, trapeze dresses, and lots and lots of vests.

But sometimes, especially when…oh everything about your life feels different, including your body (I've sort of reached the "an alien life force has taken over my torso" stage of pregnancy), it's nice to put on exactly the kind of thing that makes you feel like you. While the top and jeans pictured here are new, every single one of the pieces that I'm wearing in these photos fall into the category of one of my all-time favorites.

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