My [two] week via Instagram.

I'm just going to jump back into this thing with my go-to Instagram post.

I know I have been the worst blogger on the face of the planet the past two weeks, and I'm down on my knees begging you to forgive me. I promise to be better but these past two weeks have been absolutely crazy. I know that is always the normal excuse but I pinky promise it's true! If y'all will forgive me I might just do a little giveaway later this week of a 'holy grail' product of mine I'll be doing a post on! Get excited!

So anyways, back to my life via little square photos, here we go:

Let me introduce you to my newest obsession, along with an oldie but a goodie: Starbucks Passion Tea Unsweetened with two Splenda (order it, your life will never be the same) along with my love J Crew. Perfect Saturday morning with the best friend.

I added two new polishes to my collection: Butter London Slapper (obsessed) and China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy (coral neon, perfect for summer).

I should be ashamed but however I am not. I am obsessed with this song, and mainly because it takes me back to my glory days and reignites my flame for JT (since this sounds just like Justin Timberlake to me). Is JB the new JT?

OOTD-- Dallas Mavericks vs. Golden State: Who wears a jersey to a Mavericks game? I certainly do not, and not only do I wear leopard jeans I got straight up 90's with a neon tank and black blazer.

OOTD-- Saturday day drinks at Katy Trail Ice House: J Crew blouse and cut offs.. add a cold brew, playing bags, and perfect Dallas weather.

HALLELUJAH! I finally got my hands on a Rainey by Spike The Punch, and not just any Rainey but a perfect neutral black and glitter. I could not be more excited to style and blog her!

I am blessed to see this view everyday on my drive home from working out, if you don't love Dallas something is wrong with you. (That might have been a little harsh, but it's true.)

OOTD: J Crew neon Blythe blouse, Current Elliot leopard denim + my Spike The Punch Addison necklace. 

One of my weaknesses, Pinkberry. Pomegranate Pinkberry with fruity pebbles, granola and pineapple.. this was clearly eaten on my cheat day!

Someone buy me the YSL Arty ring please, and don't all rush and do it at once now. I'll be sure to pay you back in unconditional love.

Let's Go Mavs!! Floor seats courtesy of my awesome sports-loving boyfriend. (You'll also come to realize that I am a sport obsessed female, besides golf.. which ironically is Ryan's life.. and a complete snooze-fest for me.)

My dog is clearly cooler than yours.

I went a little overboard at Lush, I'll be doing a haul blog post on all of this this week! I wanted to try out most of them first so I could give a good review! Sorry I'm not sorry, I'm a complete Lushie.

I already did my review on this blog for this particular holy grail product but I realized I had not shared it with my Instagram followers, if you have not snagged yourself a sample at Sephora yet you should! It'll change your life, and wrinkles!

Dare I purchase the final puzzle piece to my foursome? These heels are to die for, and budget friendly! Win win? I think so.

Eating healthy and changing your lifestyle sure is easy when you live 3 minutes from a Central Market, and especially when it looks this good.

Even Bella was eying my new necklace, she clearly knows a good thing when she sees one! Like mother like daughter.

I had a hot (literally, sweaty) Friday date night with my trainer on.

I have been dying to purchase a pair of wide leg printed trousers. I have yet to do so but one day when I am feeling extra sassy I'll be putting one of these Zara trousers into a shopping cart and hitting purchase.

One of my newest nail polish purchases: Butter London Slapper. I love love love this formula. I know it is a little pricey compared to Essie or OPI ($14, however I get mine at Ulta when they have a $3.50 off coupon) but I am currently on my 8th day with minimal chipping so to me that's worth it! Plus the amount of compliments I get on the color makes it that much more fun, perfect for the season!

I hope you are all having a marvelous Monday! 

xox, Ashley

My week via Instagram.

One BILLION dollars!! [Insert Dr. Evil and Mini-Me's pinky finger to side of mouth movement here.] In case you live under a rock, or you were on a remote island yesterday (which in that case I'm super jealous), you probably know that the Facebook itself bought my beloved Instagram for the small price tag of a billion dollars. Way to go Instagram.. clearly I know a good thing when I see one, along with a trillion other people that use the addicting app. 

Well hello sweet blogger friends, I am sorry I had been missing in action for the weekend. I am one of those that really try to pull myself away from my iPhone and MacBook, despite the fact that normally my boyfriend has to rip the iPhone from my death grip, during any given holiday and enjoy the time I can spend with my family and friends celebrating so let me start off by saying I hope everyone had a Hoppy Easter! (Hoppy not happy, see what I did there?) I sure did!

I figured I'd jump back in with the usual beginning of the week Instagram post and then treat y'all to some fun new posts in the coming days so get excited!

This picture was taken this morning, on my way to work I stopped by Whole Foods and picked up some juices (which you will come to find is one of my favorite things in the whole world) and had a tough decision to make! I went with the pineapple-orange, clearly I couldn't go wrong either way though.

After MONTHS of stalking her Etsy website I finally got my hands on one of the Spike The Punch necklaces (the Addison) I've had my eye on, the other (the Rainey) will hopefully be in my hands soon! If y'all have not checked out her stuff please do, it is to die for and so hard to get your hands on which makes them that much more incredible once you get one. I came home this week to a pretty little package on my doorstep, well actually on my kitchen counter since my roommate got home before me and brought it inside but you get the idea. It arrived in the blink of an eye and was packaged perfectly as you can tell, I can't wait to continue purchasing her beautiful pieces.

OOTD: Zara silk pleated shorts, neon yellow tank that I tucked in and bloused out, simple black boyfriend blazer from Nordstrom last fall, black sandals from.. TARGET, no they are not Steve Madden so I suggest you go snag yourself a pair before they are all gone (they come in leopard too, which is my favorite neutral), and all pulled together with my Kendra Scott turquoise statement ring. I absolutely love the color contrast. I finished this all off with some loose beachy waves and my Ray-Ban aviators, and I was off to a fabulous Friday afternoon with best friends.

I am obsessed with this song, and when I belt it in my car I am almost positive I sound exactly like him and her.. however I'm sure any human or animal within 20 miles would strongly disagree.

I made a quick little pitstop at H&M last week and walked out with nothing for myself, however I couldn't resist a little pre-Easter gift for my Cade man. How precious!

Thumbs up for workout time. My two best friends and I have jumped into a Crossfit-type personal trainer and schedule that rivals Olympic training, okay that might be a tad bit dramatic but it is super tough and I am loving every second of it. Sweat is fat crying, right?

I went ahead and cut my nails down and gave myself a little at home manicure this week with OPI: Bubble Bath. This is one of my absolute favorite sheer baby pinks for those days that I feel like being modest, which lets be honest, is rare.

OOTD: Easter. I debuted my beautiful Spike the Punch Addison necklace on Easter, along with an Everly coral dress that I snagged from Tobi.com at 30% off a couple weeks ago (link below) and finished it off with my black Zara heels (pictured in the next Instagram photo). However I had to semi ruin the outfit with a black pea coat considering our church is sub zero temperatures but I made it work, as Tim Gunn would say.

Everly Tier Down Dress: Coral

Well hello beautiful triplets. Can you tell I was totally obsessed with these heels from my one true love: Zara? I guess you can say I am collecting them, and I have one more pair to go.. plus at $50 a piece saying "I don't need these" is just not an option.

We do not skip Happy Hour, we just attend AFTER our 2 hour workout in our workout clothes.. don't judge Dallas, don't judge.

OOTD: Cade style, Easter Sunday he rocked some serious style if you can't tell. Sporting an early Easter gift from his favorite aunt.. ME, le duh. (Which was Instagram-ed earlier in the week!) Tell me he isn't one of the most beautiful babies you have ever seen? (I am not biased by any means.. well maybe a little.)

Some of my daily vitamin essentials. Obviously I have my priorities straight considering they are for hair, skin and nails.. + a little vitamin C so I don't get too sickly too often.

Breakfast, lunch, dinner. 

I told you I absolutely love juicing, you'd be amazed and how doing this one day every once in a while will clear out your system and make you feel renewed and energized. I also own a juicer and do it from scratch sometimes.. and if you know me and you know how much I love my Taco Bueno you would know that if I can do it, you can too.

I found this and literally laughed out loud. My iPhone goes kung-fu on me on a nightly basis sometimes, I'm honestly surprised I don't get facial bruising. If you have an iPhone you have experienced this, and don't say you haven't.. I've watched it happen to Ryan multiple times and he is one of the least clumsy people I know. Hilarious.

I hope everyone has had a fabulous Monday + has a terrific Tuesday and you'll be hearing from me soon! I have some posts in the works that I'm super excited about! Think OOTD (that's outfit of the day for y'all that don't know), shopping posts, lust lists and spring must-haves! Yes!

xox, Ashley

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My week on Instagram.

Well I thought I'd kick off my posts with a recap of 'my week (or in this case, my week + some) on instagram'.

Be prepared for many a posts like this, I absolutely love Instagram and think it's so fun and let's be honest it makes me feel like a little pro photo editor. The photos on my Instagram range from pictures of my outfit of the day to a picture of my dog to makeup holy grails and even to pictures of my boyfriend sleeping (he hates that but that's part of a relationship right?).

I spent a perfect Dallas Saturday between a baby and wedding shower (got to love the south) watching, photographing, and videotaping his swing. I guess that's the price I pay for loving a man who's life, job and love is golf.

Precious table at little miss Laney's baby shower, everything was picture perfect.. and pink!

OOTD: Floral Zara blazer, Zara silk pleated shorts, Zara sandals (can you tell I love Zara?) and completed with my turquoise Kendra Scott ring.

I don't know if you can tell but my dog likes attention, and will do whatever it takes to get it. (Please excuse the 'I'm about to go to bed' look!)

Ryan had been waiting for this book to come out for months and he bought it right before we had a 4 hour drive from Horseshoe Bay, Texas back to Dallas, Texas. Oops.. sorry 'bout your bad luck Ry because since he was driving it was my on road entertainment. 

One of the loves of my life, my psuedo-nephew: Cade. 

What online shopping addiction? (I managed to do this damage while driving down to Horseshoe Bay.)

I clearly had some fun at the Nordstrom makeup counters one Saturday.

I finally caved and got a Beauty Blender, and I'm super excited about it.

I told you, I just absolutely love quotes.

Two of my favorite smiles make a cloudy day just a little brighter.

Bella bean just living the life on a beautiful Texas day.

I am serious when I say that Ray-Ban's will change your life.

.. again, little Bella bean modeling one of Momma's new and cheap Forever21 finds.

Pinkberry date with the two best friends.

Why not treat myself to a new jewel? Plus I snagged it on sale.. jackpot!

Monday night entertainment.

We live in Texas, in case you haven't figured that out yet.

Probably the hardest decision I've made to date. (Kidding.. sorta.)

My contacts and my eyes decided not to be friends on Sunday, so I rocked the glasses.. embracing the four eyes.

I cannot cannot cannot wait to style these bad boys.

OOTD: Working girl.

She's not spoiled or anything.

Outfit planning for a night on the town for a sweet friends birthday.

I told you, Momma knows how to make everything better.

Some of my absolute favorite spring colors.

Quick change for a after work happy hour with friends at Katy Trail Ice House, always a good idea.

Favorite current lip products.

Thumbs up for healthy eating.

I know, I went a little crazy and put y'all on Instagram overload.. actually I'm not sorry.

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