sunflowers with a side of salsa

my sister came over after i got off work today & we just hung out and then went out to eat and to get a little happy hour drink! after thinking of all the places offering happy hour in our neighborhood, mirelle mentioned taco cabana. seeing as mexican food always sounds good, we headed there.

we saw a gorgeous sunflower field on the way home & just had to stop to take some pretty pictures.

hope you are having a great week so far!

$1.50 margaritas @ taco cabana happy hour

 we shared a chicken flauta plate with rice, beans & guacamole and ordered another side of 3 flautas and shared everything. 

we left feeling perfect; just enough food!

pretty sunflower field

(mirelle's sunglasses can be found here)

 just threw my hair up after the shower, but i love how it came out!

 my semi-new sandals from charlotte russe

(remember when i wanted the pink version??)

family tradition & wildflowers

a sunday tradition with my family is to have lunch together, whether it be at my mom's house, at my grandparent's house or at a restaurant. this past sunday was too pretty not to enjoy dickey's on my grandmother's back patio with baked beans, pickles & sweet rolls on the side. we ordered 1 lb. of sliced brisket & 1/4 lb. of pulled pork and had 2 containers of their lip smackin', rib ticklin', knee slappin', foot stompin', great tastin' bbq sauce to go all over it. i brought my camera along for the day, but unfortunatly scarfed my food down before i could get ANY photos of it, so i leave you with outfit of the day photos & a cute little photoshoot mirelle (my sister) & i had in a wildflower field near the public library on the way home. she also took my outfit shots, that girl's got some skill! 

i also had my friend's bachelorette party this saturday night & it was wild, to say the least. 

we all met up at the hotel for free happyhour till 7:30. 

yes, i said free.

then, we moved the party up to the hotel room to pre-party before heading out to la bare.

we were a group of 12 girls & we had so much fun celebrating Nug's last hoorah before getting hitched this upcoming weekend. their wedding is this saturday & i have a few dress options, maybe i will post about it? 

 shorts: old navy, top: target, purse: girft from mirelle, sunnies: market in tel aviv, earrings: mirelle's, sandals: urban outfitters

 mirelle with chuy (right) & peanut in my grandmother's backyard

from left: my grandmother, aunt, me, mirelle, mirelle's bf randy, my mom

 my love!

 wildflower photoshoot

did you have a good weekend? 

what did you do?

a pop of pink

a brief update to show off my latest obsession...hot pink shorts.

bought them at old navy for $15 and don't want to take them off.

surprisingly, the go with a lot and they are so comfortable, it feels like i'm not wearing bottoms at all!

on another note, i got a promotion at work & will now be a shift supervisor at starbucks. 

i started training today & it seems like a lot of work, but i am ready for the challenge!

this upcoming weekend i will be with my girlfriends celebrating our friend, nugget's, bachelorette party. 

a strip club will be the highlight of the night & i've never been to one, i'm nervous! (have you ever been to one?)

wearing: bra: target, sunnies: market in israel, tank: random, shorts: old navy, purse: borrowed from sister, sandals: zara, white cuff: target, gold cuff: estate sale find

  

so different, yet so the same

blog post title from this song.

to say that i am happy to be home with my sister would be an understatement. 

we are seriously so close, the best of friends...and the same size. 

we love dressing up and taking photoshoots, so we did just that yesterday when the weather was 80 degrees and the sun was hot. now as i blog, its dark & raining out. 

oh, dallas weather, when will i get used to you?

i was wearing: hat: israel, sunnies: israel, necklace: gift from dekel, tanktop: marshalls, bra: goodwill (it was BRAND NEW with tags from target!), belt: goodwill, skirt: market in bangkok

i've never been to florida, but i had to have it! ($1.99 from goodwill, by the way...)

mirelle was wearing: headband: the jaime by that madonna girl, necklace: gift from her boyfriend, earrings: random, skull bracelet: made by mirelle, sunnies: bangkok, tank: goodwill, shorts: goodwill, spiked wedges: deena & ozzy from urban outfitters

dress: marshalls

herb garden

dekel & i love yard work, gardening & just being outside in general, so when i get a day off work we like to go over to my grandmother's house (because she has a huge front & back yard) & help her out with the hard stuff. 

tuesday was my day off  & it started off at the dmv, where dek had his driving test to get his american driver's license...which he PASSED!!! then we made our way to my grandmother's house to get to work. we sprayed unwanted weeds, dek got on the roof to blow the leaves off, we raked the leaves up & trimmed all the bushes. 

the following day i got off work at 10:30 (yes, A.M.!) & we still felt like gardening, so we dekel set out to plant some tomatoes & these herbs that we bought & use, but never got around to planting. we had been wanting to build an herb garden at my mom's house for some time now & we thought to create a pallet garden. I wanted to lean it up against the house for that rustic look, but after giving it some thought we decided it would be best to designate a place for our herb garden & plant them in the ground.

here's how we did it, if you would like to see...

my mom had the prickly bushes you see behind my family in the photo below removed, so this is the "before" pic:
from left to right: my aunt lisa, grandfather bill, grandfather genovia & bestie dandi

dekel used wood from limbs we had cut down from the front yard to make different sized logs to "fence" our herb garden. i don't even remember where i got the inspiration to do it this way, but it seemed like it would look good & we LOVE how it turned out!

 i love the uneven surfaces

 of course, we tilled & watered the soil days before planting

 we planted marigolds around the tomatoes, as they are a "beneficial companion" to the tomato plant

 we planted thai basil (left) & sweet basil (right)

 we also planted rosemary & mint

 these boring paper herb labels will have to do until i can make some cute ones. (i like these)

anyone have any suggestions?

 oh! & always used coffee grounds on your garden, as it adds nutrients