Gatsby, Young and Beautiful and Other Things I'm Loving This Week

Welcome to my new Saturday series! Each weekend I will share my favourites from the previous week. Song, clothes, verse, movie, food, book, stores, whatever. If I have been loving it, I'll share it here! Hope you guys enjoy! (See last week's post HERE.)

{crazy married friday night ;) yes, kettle corn and a lifetime movie followed}

Song: "Young and Beautiul" by Lana Del Rey. I first heard it in "The Great Gatsby" and was instantly mesmerized. Can't. Stop. Listening.

Movie: "The Great Gatsby." I've already said it, but I absolutely loved the new movie. I guess some people weren't the biggest fan? But I just adored it, and I already want to see it again! I love how certain parts literally drew me into it and made me feel like I was reading the book right along with watching the movie. I could go on and on but I won't bore you all. ;) Long story short: read the book. Then watch the movie. Then, heck, watch the older version with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, because I feel like some people haven't seen it, and that's a crying shame. It's a classic, guys. Plus, Robert Redford may just be a better Gatsby than Leo. Yes, I just said that.

Quote: "Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live." -Jacqueline Winspear. Well said.

Food: Salads. I have seriously been devouring them lately. I like to experiment, and usually it's the most random assortment of whatever-is-in-our-fridge that just come together so beautifully. 

Workout: TIU's Surfer's Paradise. Try it. Then try it again. And then do it once more through. And then you will feel how I felt on Thursday when I did just that. The burn is amazing, it makes you sweat like a mad woman, and that invincible feeling you get afterward? Priceless.

What have you been loving this week?

xo

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Summer Salads, Cotton Anniversary and a Much Needed Vacation

Dear salads, you are all I have been eating for lunch lately, and I'm more than okay with it. Today's salad? Romaine lettuce, apple chunks, cheese cubes, walnuts and strawberries. Drizzle some raspberry walnut vinaigrette on top, and voila! I call it my "summer salad." So good!

Dear Two Year Anniversary (on Monday!), cotton? Really? Who are the ad wizards that came up with this one?! (If anyone knows where that is from, bonus points to you!) But seriously, I can't even give him cotton balls as a joke, because he hates cotton balls. Yeah, it's just one of those weird things. So. Cotton. Fun.

Dear beach, we will be lying on you in a few weeks, and I cannot wait! It has been a very hard start to the year, and I just feel like this vacation is a godsend. Our minds, bodies and souls entirely need it. And I was getting stressed that it wasn't even going to happen, but! God provides and amen hallelujah it is really happening! I could not be any more ready to soak up the rays and lay in the sand and feel the salty ocean air and sand between my toes and the cool evening breeze and the glasses of bubbly and everything that is awaiting us. It's so close I can feel it, and I just know this trip will be a defining one for us. We really earned it this time. Plus, it's for our anniversary, so that will make it extra special.

Dear Zack, I loooooove you. That is all.

Do you have a go-to summer meal?
Any ideas for cotton anniversary presents?

xo

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What I Wore to a Concert: Makeup Edition

I posted this picture to my Instagram before I went to the Postal Service concert two weeks ago, and got a few questions about the makeup I'm wearing, and whether I could share my routine, etc. And, I mean, DUH. So, here's what I used to get this look:

1. cover girl blush in "rose silk" 2. milani blush in "luminous" 3. make up for ever hd foundation 4. make up for ever hd powder 5. nyc bronzer in "sunny" 6. l'oreal true match concealer 7. e.l.f. concealor and highlighter duo

I apply concealer first, then foundation with a flat-topped brush (after moisturizing). I then apply my bronzer in a "3" shape, sucking in my cheeks to create definition. I brush up and out to my temples, and a bit on my neck so there is no line. I then apply the cover girl blush to the apples of my cheeks, followed by the milani blush up to right underneath my temples. These two blush shades are so pretty together! The milani adds a nice shimmer, too! I apply the e.l.f. concealer after doing my eye makeup (below) to cover up any loose eyshadow that may have fallen. I finish with a light brushing of the powder.

1. e.l.f. cream eyeliner 2. modlash falsies no. 33 3. duo adhesive 4. cover girl lash blast mascara (3 pack here) 5. almay kohl eyeliner 6. nyc brow pencil 7. benefit cream shadow in "r.s.v.p." 8. urban decay eye shadow in "half baked" 9. urban decay eye shadow in "smog" 10. cover girl eye shadow in "champagne"

For my eyeshadow, I apply the benefit cream shadow on the entire lid and brow bone with my finger, then use a brush to apply "smog" all over the lid, and up to the brow bone. Then I use an angled brush to apply "half baked" in the inner corners of the eye. After pencilling in my brows, I put a bit of cover girl "champagne" on the upper brow bone to create definition and also use it as a highlighter above my cheeks.

For eyeliner, I apply e.l.f. cream liner on my upper eye only. I use the kohl liner on top of my eye and also lightly underneath my eye, from the outer corner to the middle. I smudge that to give it a smokey effect.

1. jergens moisturizer 2. victoria's secret sexy little things noir body spray (yes, I know, I still use body spray. by the way, they only have the big size online. Mine was $10 in store and lasts forever!) 3. china glaze nail polish in "flip flop fantasy" 4. nivea lip shimmer

Also, someone asked if they are my real eyelashes. Pfft, I wish! ;)

This was a pretty heavy-duty look, as it was for a concert! I wouldn't wear all of this every day, but it made for a really fun look!

(See what I wore to the concert HERE!)

xo

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Wine Tasting Oufit

hat: forever 21 (similar here)

top: twisted simplicity

skirt: old (similar here)

sandals: forever 21

This is what I wore wine tasting this past weekend. It was the first day that really felt like SUMMER. I mean, Summer in all it's warm, sunny, BBQ-y, Capri Sun-y (what?) glory. And it was absolutely lovely. A slight breeze did kick in during the wine tasting event, and but isn't that always the case when I decide to wear a flowy skirt?! Anyone else have that problem? It's almost like, "Oh, Katie's wearing a dress/skirt today, so let's have that wind start up, why don't we?" "We" being mister wind and all of his weather chronies, of course. Because that makes sense.

So, it's Wednesday! And I plan on taking full advantage of it, whatever that means. I'm grabbing today by the gusto, and checking things off of lists and working my little tail off and who knows, maybe I'll make something extravagant for dinner tonight. But probably not. I'll probably just make some quinoa tabouleh because that stuff is what dreams are made of. Seriously though, you should try it out. 

xo

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The Perfect Monday Date Night

You guys. "The Great Gatsby" is one of my all-time favourite books, ever. I just fell in love with the romance and jubilance of the characters the very first time I read it in high school. And that Daisy Buchanan, oh man, she is just the best. Say what you will about her, I just adore her character. And of course that Gatsby is something else too.

All right,' I said, 'I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.

This book, I've probably read it the most of any book, it's just that good. So, naturally, when I found out there was a new movie coming out (and with Leo, no less!) I just got all sorts of excited. What's better is that when I declared that we were going to see it last night, Zack didn't hesitate one second. This is why I like him so much, he deals with my whims, you see. He makes me happy. We're like Gatsby and Daisy, only much less tortured and dramatic, of course. And with a much happier ending (spoiler alert?) I digress. 

So, the movie. It was incredible. I loved it all. The setting, the cinematography (it's the guy who did Moulin Rouge, after all, so I knew that was going to be breathtaking!), the script that followed so closely to the book, the actors, the music, everything. I loved it. You know when they adapt books into movies and you just know that they made the movie to please the die-hard fans of the book? Well, that is just the best in my mind. And I could tell with this movie that they did just that: they made it for the fans of the book. They took actual excerpts from the book and inserted them right into the movie. And people like me? We live for that sort of thing. I mean, that Fitzgerald was a wordsmith, and they knew it. And God bless 'em for it.

I floated out of the movie already on cloud nine, and to make our date night even sweeter, we stopped by Wendy's to grab a treat. Because, as you know, there is always room for dessert! My great grandma lived by that rule, and she saw her 97th birthday, so I'm going with it. Anyway, we both got the new Frosty Waffle Cones and we devoured the entire thing. That boy. He knows the way to my heart. Frosty? Delicious. Frosty in a waffle cone? Pretty much heaven in your mouth. Like, yes. It was just even better than the original, if that was possible.

shirt: uo (here)

shorts: american eagle (similar here and here)

sandals: target (similar here)

Moral of the story: I love Frosties. I love Gatsby. Go see the movie and get a Frosty Waffle Cone after. Make it a date! ;) You will not regret it, I promise you this.

Annnnd that was my Monday night.

xo

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*I was compensated for this post by Wendy's, but all views are 100% my own.