me and the girls

I'm working on Makeup Monday at the moment but in the meantime, here are some pictures I forgot to post. I miss my little sister! /broken record

Tessa and Ally

My little sister Tessa and her friend Ally came to visit for a week. Even though they only left five days ago, I already miss these girls so much. Tessa is like me; her friends are friends forever. She and Ally have been friends since middle school and even though they went to different high schools, they maintained their friendship. I think they'll be friends forever, especially since most of Tessa's friends have been her friends since she was a toddler or in kindergarten. We consider them family.

I see a lot of Kimberly in Ally. So does Kim - she calls Ally her "mini." I'd love to flatter myself and say that Tessa is a lot like me, but the truth is that she's way freaking cooler. These girls are seriously the coolest teenagers I know.

Random, but I had a dream that they were both smoking cigarettes (!!!) and I was really upset and yelling at them. In the dream, they said, "It's not a big deal. We're just being trendy." I woke up (teary-eyed) and told them about it, making them promise to never smoke or do drugs. The rest of the trip, they kept joking to each other, "Let's go be trendy!" which was always met with an evil-eye from me, and then buckets of laughs. Do teenagers even use the word trendy? No?

Jazz Age Lawn Party

My outfit details:
fringe bed jacket - self made
sequin dress (actually a skirt), beaded fringe belt and necklace - from my mom's store (Hourglass Consignment)
heels - Target
"Era" sunglasses - c/o Juicy Couture
velvet turban - c/o Red Velvet (that color is sold out, but they still have it in red)

Tessa's outfit:
bed jacket - Beacon's Closet
dress - H&M
shoes - bought from Wendy at the blogger closet raid
vintage ballerina brooch, necklace and barrette - from our mom's store  Ally's outfit:lace and fringe bed jacket - Postlapsariadress - Beacon's Closetbrooch and barrette - from mom's storeshoes - bought from Wendy at the blogger closet raid Bobby's outfit: hat - Urban Outfittersshirt, pants and suspenders - H&Mvest - thriftedshoes - Aldobow tie - Gilt

On Sunday, we took the girls to Governors Island for the Jazz Age Lawn Party. We met up with some friends from Rebecca Minkoff and a small group of bloggers for a little picnic and an all around relaxing Sunday. If you are in NYC and haven't been to the Jazz Age Lawn Party, go! There are two more dates this year - August 20th + 21st. Tug-o-war, dancing, picnic foods and 20s garb (your choice if you want to dress up) - it's a great time!