movin’ on

well hello there !  i feel like we haven’t talked i haven’t blogged in ages, and it really has been a few weeks but there’s good reason!  we moved! dek & i found a quaint studio apartment in addison at the post and have been busy moving/ situating ourselves since. we moved in on saturday the 24th with help from my…
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christmas came & went

here are a few snippets from my christmas day with my family if you would like to see. my brother, two cousins, aunt and uncle came in town and we all gathered at my grandmother’s house to have a nice meal and hang out.  christmas meal table setting i received an amazing new lens from dek for the holidays &…
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thanksgiving our way

my aunt carol was kind enough to host this year’s thanksgiving celebration at her home and yesterday my family & i had a nice meal around the table. after saying what we were thankful for and eating until we simply could not any more, we unbuttoned our pants & watched the cowboys game. (let’s not talk about how that game ended!)…
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winter chill

i am pleased to report that i found a super cute and really cozy winter jacket πŸ™‚ it did cost $60 total, but it’s already proving to be well worth it & i’m so happy with my purchase! we headed to old navy because they were having a sale and while the decision was between either this gray jacket or…
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four letter word

second saturday in a row that i am off and i am loving that! i spent the morning with dekel, having a very strong (quad shot!) latte + bagel w/cream cheese (for me) & breakfast burrito w/salsa (for him) at dunn bros coffee, again. it was much more crowded this time but we squeezed into a small corner table until…
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field of dreams

yesterday, before our scentsy party, mirelle & i decided to stop in this little field and take a few outfit photo before the warm sun set. i picked up this cute little hat at target and am so happy i did, i love it! i paired it with my leather jacket & bohemian, fringed booties plus feather earrings to give…
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looking through the lens

since receiving this camera for my birthday i’ve really been trying to expand my photography knowledge and actually understand what the different manual settings mean and do, without ‘messing’ with them and ‘accidentally’ capturing a great shot. so a few weeks ago i scooped up my notebook, a pen, my camera and lens and took a 4-hour beginner photography class…
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the great texas tradition

you know it’s fall when the state fair of texas opens up! we literally had the best weather over the weekend so we headed down to fair park with some friends, my sister & her bf to drink some beer and try some fried food πŸ™‚ dek & i have been the last two years, but the first time we…
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my mexican fiesta

i was on a high all weekend from such a great birthday! it literally panned out exactly as i had wanted, so many thanks to my mom! we got lots & lots of bbq from ten50, we had two margaritaville machines going, mixing margs with fresh squeezed lime juice and agave sweetener. we strung handmade decorations and wore sombrero hats.…
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the sour melan starts!

my sister & i have some big news! we are starting a company called “the sour melan,” pronounced just like melon. “melan” is a combination of our nicknames: mel & yan, which we thought was cute & the “sour” part in the company name comes from the fact that we are unique and unlike anyone else & there’s nothing like…
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