Park Yourself at The Shops at Park Lane!

This past Saturday I attended an event with the DFW Bloggers Network hosted by The Shops at Park Lane, the shopping area located across the street from Northpark Mall. I've been there before but it's been awhile and the area wasn't as developed as it is now. And color me impressed because there was awesome shopping, good eats and lots of fun!

Drinking champagne at Bailey's Prime Plus cuz yeah, that's just what I do....

No pics from our lunch at Gordon Biersch, I was too busy chowing down on my spinach salad with grilled chicken. Delish!

 Me and the ladies at Freshberry.(By the way, isn't Ivonne's hair (in yellow) like so super shiny??? I'm obsessed.)

 

 My coconut yogurt with strawberries, mango and pineapple. YUM!

 Cris from My Fashion Juice (Is she not adorable?)

 Beautiful flowers at Whole Foods

  

Browsing the goods at Ulta

 

Goodie bags from Whole Foods, this is definitely the best one in the area, it has everything! You can chill your wine in 3 minutes (need), they have concierge shopping services (need) and the best part:

  a cart-o-lator! It's an escalator for your shopping cart that travels down to the parking garage. Of course I wanted to ride in the cart but alas, no riders allowed. 

Cute Katie from Fashion Dinosaur, you know I loved the crinoline, don't ya?

One guess as to WHO won a Marc Jacobs watch courtesy of Nordstrom Rack?!?

Here is a photo of me and my fellow cohorts after a long day of chatting, tasting and shopping:

Back row: Me, Hayley from Hey It's Hayley

Middle: Cris from My Fashion Juice, Isabel from Style Geek, Stephanie from Beauty and Gardens, Julie from Rose + Tart

Front: Elissa from Dress With Courage, Ivonne from Ivonne Stacy Style, Tina from T Minus T Plus, Katie from Fashion Dinosaur, Not pictured: Lindsay from Bobindsay Boutique

 Eco-friendly finds at Aveda

 

Can't wait for my complimentary pedicure at Aveda on Friday with Elissa from Dress With Courage!

Me with Katie, and Ivonne

Big thanks to our organizer, Tina, Nichole Luna our gracious and uber-cool host who (tried) to keep us on track and all of the sponsors of this lovely event!

In The Fashionista's Closet: Austin Vibes

This is what I wore to the Texas Style Council event in Austin Saturday night. Fun people, free drinks = Good times! I really enjoyed the vibe in Austin, even though my mom lives an hour away, I don't go there often. It was very freeing for me, individuality is definitely encouraged and I loved every minute of it. 

After meeting up with my partner in crime (if sneaking into public places to change clothes is a crime) we figured out that we didn't have anyplace to change clothes. Where we were staying were both too far away to go back to just to change. So we decided to sashay into a swanky hotel somewhere with bags in tow, change clothes and la-di-da our way on out.

 dress: vintage

belt: vintage (it's all metal!)

clutch: vintage

wedges: Steve Madden

What we actually did was pull over because we couldn't find a parking space at a hotel, saw that we were at a hospital and stealthily snuck in to use their restroom. And of course I made multiple wardrobe changes, so we came up with a code knock, code word and backstory as to why were in the hospital to begin with if we were stopped. Reason? Sick grandma. Name of said grandma? Why Grandma of course.

I won some Claire Fong earrings at the Lulu's spin the wheel game!

I somehow lost my card case with my identification on the fricking street and a lovely Austinite contacted me via Facebook and got it back to me thanks to some teamwork by Reiko and Tina of T Minus T Plus. WHO doesn't love Austin???

I wish I had taken advantage of the photo booth more (or tried to be more photogenic, I was clowning around a lot) had I known that the photographer was so AMAZING!  

But I did manage to photobomb Erin from Work With What You've Got, I haven't seen her since the summer even though we both live in Dallas I forgot how hilarious she is!

 Photos courtesy of Nathan Russell Photography

 If you're in Dallas, check her out at her new job Buffalo Exchange, she loves it there!  

See Reiko's post for more pics of the fab bloggers we met in real life.....