destination: portland

my friends ali & mike are getting married next year.

them two are adorable.

from Minnesota.

and both lovely.

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Yeah, say that out loud...Meeee-nehh-ssooodddaaa.

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we made a girls trip to Portland this past weekend with Ali to 

try on some dresses and do girly things.  I'm so happy I went!  I love going dress shopping, 

especially with a friend who's getting married!

 the two dress shops 

we visited were the English Department & Sarah Seven.

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I didn't have my camera with me at the English Department, but managed to take some photos on my iphone- who knows if you'd notice the difference. 

They carry crazy, lovely designers from Jenny Yoo to Ivy & Aster.

The dresses that Ali tried on were all very STUNNING.  she looked STUNNING!

I was reminiscing, for sure.

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Stunning Ali.

 In love with hair pieces.

I would collect them if I could and decorate

my home with them, is that weird?

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my good friend of mine, Blanca and I sitting inside of Sarah Seven's boutique.

(our Ali was inside the fitting room, while I was taking this photo-btw) !

 we got to stay at Hotel Monaco, downtown Portland.  

unbelievable.  I was blown away by the decor - utterly strange, but beautiful nonetheless.  

fancy and entirely unique.  they had a duck-legged lamp!  

cute little bronze waddle feet, I wanted to take him home with me. he'd fit really nice next to my sofa on top of our side table, we need a lamp there-  everytime I want to eat a snack and watch some TV, I get crumbs all over cause we have no available light there!  

okay, on another note- those bed sheets!  gnarly, right?  

I like them so much- I think because they remind me of my sweet VEGAS!   Did I just type, my sweet vegas?  uh, I guess I did.  

Okay!

Right?  The lights and such-  I don't know if I'd actually get them, but they are real-cool.

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And of course, all the shopping in Portland.  

raddddd.  

Brought back all sorts of goodies.  

I wish most of it was from Una.  because.  holy shit, 

I love the stuff they carry in their store.

 Ate at Screen Door for brunch, of course.

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Now, back home in Seattle.

Back at it -  at work and loving every minute.

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This girl was such a cutie- and into it like I've never seen before.

She had all these surprise poses that came with every flash in her 

little jazzercise dance-wear. 

bustin those moves out like it was nothing!  like a pro.

Did I mention she is 4½?  

Yeah.

4 years old. 

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It made my work day- 

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Happy Monday.

j