Houndstooth & Lattes

Pants: Topshop // Shoes: Material Girl // Jacket & Necklace: Forever 21 // Top: Express // Bag: 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target  

There should be a rule that Saturdays are reserved for slow mornings, great cups of coffee, and spending quality time with loved ones. Since I've become accustomed to working over the weekends, having my Saturdays and Sundays free for this entire month is a gift that I am treasuring to the last second. In fact, the song Bed Peace by Jhene Aiko featuring Childish Gambino pretty much sums up that lazy feeling that everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy every once in a while-- minus the drugs. 

Saturday started out with a crazy rainstorm that made me want to curl back into my warm bed; however, by the time the boyfriend and I got our coffees, the rain had stopped and some sunshine even dared to peek out from behind the clouds. After meandering slowly from Starbucks (where I had my second Caramel Flan Latte of the week) to the clearance sections of the Chapters bookstore, I met up with my equally shopping-addicted friend Jasmeen of Keeping Up With Jasmeen at one particularly large shopping establishment. We then proceeded to clear out that mall of just about every attractive sales item; while I am of course exaggerating, I'm pretty sure that my boyfriend would agree with that statement very literally. It doesn't help that the next day I came home from yet another 'window-shopping' expedition carrying several very large and stuffed shopping bags...