Target Valentines Day Haul!

Jana and I recently went to target and discovered great valentines day gifts for our guys! I thought I would share the gifts I decided on, and give the readers gift ideas!:) It's about  one week until valentines day and Target has a lot of their candy and little gifts on sale through the cartwheel app! So this year my boyfriend and I aren't doing expensive gifts but i wanted to get him some little fun things:) The guys clothing always have funny graphic tees, so i picked up the "What does the fox say?" one for $12! He's a star wars fan, and  I came across the cute storm trooper plush in the Vday aisle for like $8! Super hero socks were on clearance for $3 Of course his favorite candy is a must which is Reese's! Grooming products are always a good thoughtful gift for guys! Ive heard alot of great things about this Every Man Jack shaving cream and lotion, and Jana's hubby loves it, so I hope my guy does too:) And they were on clearance too, which is a huge plus! And top it off with a funny card (or romantic, if thats your thing) and youre good to go!

Thanks for reading! I hope it helps you out with picking gifts for your special guy:)
Feel free to leave comments and feedback, and share your gift ideas!

-Brandi <3
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Fashion over Time

Okay ladies, I don't know about you, but as a lover of fashion and vintage things, I love getting caught up in the history of things. I have always been a little bit of a book nerd also and couldnt pass up these books pictured below! The one on the right is the Smithsonian History of Fashion, that I found on clearance for $10 dollars at TjMaxx! The 3 on the left i found at my thrift store for $2 each! They each have sewing, knitting, and crochet patterns, along with tips for decorating the home, and restyling your current wardrobe. Which i didnt get many pictures of these books, but they have really cool ideas I'm totally going to try, like ombre dying an old dress! They were from a series of books by Time and all published in the 70's. In both these books its interesting to see how fashion trends do really come back around.  Also I was drawn to these books because of the artistic covers! They look great on my coffee table, and bookcase:)

Timeline of shoes!

  Like I said I am a lover of vintage and old things. For some reason I've always been interested in the renaissance era. They dressed so extravagantly, i mean just look at those shoes! Alot of these things i would wear today if i could haha! And yes, I am one of those people who goes to renaissance festivals and dresses up! Anyone else with me? no? just me, okay. Its just good fun to kind of experience that time period to me!

pictured: (left) 1920's feather skirt   (right) 1960's dresses and handbags

The Smithsonian book has a great read about the history of well known designers, and how they pushed the envelope a little bit! It includes Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Alexander Mcqueen, and many more! So if you happen to come across this book I definitely recommend it! :)

 Thanks for reading loves! Tell me what your favorite era of fashion is. 

And please leave comments and feedback:)

-Brandi <3

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Hunter Boots on a cloudy day

I've decided it's perfectly acceptable to wear hunters if it's cloudy & supposed to rain? Right? Right. So today I was about & about with my BFF, and let me tell you, we have some beautiful scenery on our drive to the shopping center. So of course, we had to stop and snap a few pictures.

So! This brown plaid, I borrowed from the boys section at old navy. Sometimes, the guys section has cuter plaids than the girls! This cable knit is also from old navy. My red lipstick is Rimmell Kate Moss in 01. I've mentioned before this lipstick is magical and so cheap! It stays on very well. My hunter boots are brown and I got them on eBay. The jeans are Lauren Conrad from Kohls. I used the hot tools wand for my hair. Ladies, if you don't own a wand, you need to. 

Thanks for reading, and any comments or questions are welcome!