Love Pumpkin Date

Today was spent sweating in the hot and humid weather that Virginia likes to offer and being eaten alive by mosquitos trying to be fashion bloggers. I seriously don't know how fashion bloggers can do it... going to beautiful landscaped areas and taking pictures when it's 90+ degrees outside?! And with all of the bugs?! I think I will pass next time! Anyways, my Love Pumpkin, Vicki, came over to play today! (: We decided to get dressed up and deemed today as a "maxi" day so we both wore maxi skirts and crop tops and decided to do a mini photoshoot in the woods behind my house. We recruited my sister to be our photographer and required her to dress up as well! 

Let's just say that today was definitely NOT the day to be going outside and trying to take artsy pictures and be fashion models. We are outside for possible 30 minutes and came back to my house sweating profusely (tmi - sorry, readers!). Our photos aren't all that wonderful, but it was still fun to be able to do a mini photoshoot with my Love Pumpkin and get dressed up to make ourselves look and feel great! Seriously, if you're ever in a sad mood - get dressed up. It definitely makes a difference! After our failed photoshoot, we ended up watching "The Call" on my laptop (not the best movie...) and had dinner and went to get ice cream. It was a nice way to spend my Thursday afternoon and evening catching up and hanging out wiff mah soulmate! Below are our uh... photoshoot pictures... please don't laugh. If you know both Vicki and I, you'd know we are both too dang awkward to try to model so we did the  best we could! As you can tell, my sister decided she'd take a few selfies in between our shots. Typical! I hope everyone else enjoyed their Thursday!

P.S. I have definitely been on a blogging hiatus and I apologize! The past week has been a roller coaster of emotion and self growth (in a week, i know... but it's possible!) A lot has changed, and taking a break from blogging definitely helped to clear my mind. But I am back now and am really excited to get more serious about blogging and the content that I am choosing to publish! Any tips, fellow bloggers?

With Love, Cassandra 

Thatianna - she wouldn't let us photograph her, but selfies?!  

seestah

i think this is my favorite picture

My Outfit - Top: store in Georgetown / Skirt: Marshall's / Sandals: Steve Madden / Earrings: World Market (gift from my sister!)

Vicki's Outfit - Top: PacSun / Skirt: Packsun / Sandals: H&M

Thatianna's Outfit - Dress: Marshall's / Belt: Charlotte Russe (mine!) / Sandals: Rumors Boutique (mine!) / Flower Crown: mine... a gift from friends / Earrings: mine (she likes to borrow my clothes)

love pumpkin date

yesterday, Vicki came over to hang out. we haven't seen each other in the longest time and it was great to have a love pumpkin date! since northern virginia is so boring, we didn't end up doing much. we tried our luck at thrifting at the Goodwill close to my home but they didn't have any great finds. afterwards we drove to a korean bakery named Breeze and shared a pancake pastry filled with blueberry filling, which was a bit sweeter and more filling than i expected. afterwards, we decided to invest in some new lip colors and headed to CVS to see what we could find. Vicki bought a red lipstick and we both bought a lip tint/moisturizer from Sally Hansen in the same color. I bought myself a new concealer and a pink shade of lipstick from Rimmel (product pictures and reviews to come soon!). We ended our date by going back to my house and sitting on the porch and drinking strawberry lemonade and catching up. days like this, i wish i had my own home with a nice porch/deck and yard to host friends and family for drinks and great food. hopefully, one day!