Hi lovelies!

Hope your weekend was fabulous! We did a lot of visiting with family including some birthday parties but I wanted to share a quick video I made of our trip to the farmer's market. It takes a lot to maneuver a stroller and take video so I'd been saving up clips over the last few weeks to combine them into a short video. I used my carrier this time and it was SO MUCH EASIER to move around through crowds to grab some shots. Lily loved it too since she faced outward and was waving to people the whole time.

Happy Saturday all! If you're in Sacramento and looking for stuff to do, I've got a couple of events for you to check out...

For all the parents out there: Head on over to Trumpette for the Sacramento Baby and Toddler Expo! Trumpette itself is a super-chic children's boutique is hosting the event and there will be vendors of all types. If you're registered, the first 100 people will get a SWAG bag filled with goodies! I went last year when I was preggo and scored some super cute socks and onesies! I also got a Howdy Cow for $10!


Trumpette is at 2020 I Street in Sacramento.


For all the Fashionista/ers: Courtney Kerr will be at Macy's at Roseville today at 2pm hosting their Spring Fashion show and doing a Meet and Greet! Courtney is the a super fashionable blogger from Dallas who had her own show on Bravo called, Courtney Loves Dallas. Go check her out!

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Here is a little of what went down in my world last week...

New Year's Eve has always been my FAVORITE holiday! It (for me) symbolizes a new beginning: to reflect on the last year and what I'd learned and done and to look forward to the new year ahead.

Some things I've been reflecting on:

• Moving to San Luis Obispo and meeting new friends and loving my job down there. (Doesn't hurt that I was 10 minutes from the beach!!!)

Winter at beach was AMAZING!

• The hubby and I picked up golfing!

• I went back to Bikram yoga after a 3 year hiatus.

• Moving back home for my hubby's new job that he LOVES!

• GETTING MARRIED!

• Losing my aunt to cancer

• Moving into a super cute house and decorating it

• Picking up blogging again

I hope for myself (and for YOU) that 2014 will bring positive things and happiness!

I hope to continue to blog about more things to come and to share them with you!

Thank you for reading! Happy New Year!

-Melissa

I guess I'm proof that little ladies can rock the runway? Or someone played a funny joke on me. :) Let me just preface that by saying that I am (on a good day) 5'5 and am a former commercial model. I must have done something right to earn the ability to walk runway!

Last Saturday night, I had the privilege of walking for Ronnie Escalante, a finalist designer that was on season one of FashionStar for the Launch Fashion Show, a 2 day art/fashion/music festival in Sacramento. I'd seen a few episodes that he was on and was thrilled to walk for such a talented guy! Ronnie is a SF native with an eye for design and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Call time was pretty early (3pm) for the show which started at 9pm. With 65 models, it was a fairly tight fit considering all of the hair, make-up and nail specialists and other people helping with the show.

His designs are modern with clean lines and are versatile for day and night looks. He also has an evening wear collection that is heavenly. I wore a gray bodycon dress that fit me to a tee! Here are a few pics from the show.

Since I've moved back from SLO, it seems as though my weekends have been non-stop! Its Sunday night and I'm pretty beat as I've tried to cram as much stuff as I could into 2 days. Tomorrow starts a new week and am pretty excited as I'm going to continue my hunt for items to decorate my house with.


The rest of the weekend was fun! We played a round of golf at our nearby executive course and I whooped the mister. Normally, I'm a few strokes behind but I was ahead by about 10. I even hit my first birdie! I'm excited to get back out tomorrow to hit some balls and keep this good golf juju going! I'm also learning how to cook and made ginger and broccoli beef which came out uh-MAZING! I paired my meal with this Crispin cider that had Belgian hops and maple syrup. I thought it would be sickeningly sweet but was pleasantly surprised that it had a mild flavor.

After a 3 month hiatus, i'm back! I had way too much going on in life to blog. In a nutshell:

I lost a loved one to cancer.
My fiance and I moved.

AND!

My fiance and I got married (a week after we moved)!

I have some free time now and will be recounting my experiences here!

Talk soon...Melissa :)