Happy Hump Day: Tom Hardy

I don’t believe that females are the only ones that develop “girl crushes” – I’m pretty sure guys suffer from their own manly lovefests as well. Case in point? My husband has a man crush on Tom Hardy, whom I affectionately refer to as his boyfriend. In fact, he smiles like a little school girl whenever the commercial airs for his new film, This Means War (he will also play Bane in the newest installment of Batman – no big). I’m pretty sure if we didn’t have so many other activities buzzing around us lately, he would have made it the focus of a date night. He also made me watch Bronson (an interesting experience to say the least) and basically memorized his workout routines via youtube videos to illustrate to our former personal trainer (which caused them to be incorporated into our own – greeaaaat). It’s all kinda cute. Just sayin’.

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What I Wore: Disney World

Like I mentioned yesterday, we went to Disney World over the weekend to take our friends’ engagement photos in various parks. It had been too long a time since I had visited the mouse (Potter has been taking up all my Orlando visits as of late), and I wanted to make sure I showed my love by wearing my awesome, vintage Mickey ears. I also wanted to avoid the usual jean shorts-tank top-fanny pack fare that most tourists wear and put together a comfortable and airy outfit that was still stylish and fun.

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The Limited Store Launch

Attention local fashionistas! The Limited in Dadeland Mall has a new home (now between Macy’s and JCPenny’s) and they want to celebrate with you this Friday, February 24th, at noon! Come join in the ribbon cutting, raffle, store tours and free swag with all purchases. I don’t know about you, but that sounds like a great lunch break! Plus, I’ll be there! ;)

Curious about what has changed? A lot! But some of my favorite added features are buttons in the dressing room for more efficient service if, let’s say, you need another size or color, a sitting area and “Ebar” by the dressing room area for your friends and/or significant others to make their wait time a little more bearable (my hubs will definitely appreciate this one), and jewelry stands outside the rooms to make styling your outfit even easier! Plus, the store got a facelift – doesn’t it look gorgeous?

Hope to see you there – if not, visit The Limited on Facebook and stick around here on the blog. I’ll be giving away a mighty loaded gift card next week to one lucky reader to spend as they wish!

Magical Moments Monday

x. an entire bottle of wine: to myself.
x. an Internet friend spotting me in traffic & tweeting this.
x. shopping for my Hunger Games party!
x. driving to Orlando while singing along to my favorite tunes with the hubs.
x. spending a weekend in Disney with some of our besties taking their engagement photos.
x. gluten free menu options everywhere – thank you, Disney.

Speaking of those engagement photos, here is a sneak peek of what’s to come from the hubs’ Instagram feed:

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Melificent will be visiting the mouse this weekend with the mister and some friends.
What makes it even more special? We’ll be there taking their engagement photos!

Don’t miss me too much!

What I Wore: Keys Date

The hubs and I do Valentine’s…our way. This usually means something very low-key – remember the IKEA date? Or the stay-at-home foodie fest? Well, this year we decided at the very last minute to drive down to the Florida Keys and just bum around, enjoying the pure beauty of one of our favorite places. And what a perfect day! It was bright, sunny and chilly (we don’t get that trio often), and we were in heaven.

I’ve also finally gotten over my fear of colored denim and have jumped straight to blinding love. I was totally inspired by this Polyvore collage to pair animal print with my new absolutely favorite green pants – and who knew: it worked! I’ll slowly become braver and attempt color blocking in the future, but baby steps for now! I especially loved that I matched with all the local decor. ;)

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Happy Hump Day: James Dean

It was time to whip out another vintage hottie for all of you out there, and I figured I’d go with a classic: James Dean. But before I begin, I have a confession to make. I’ve only seen one old film, and that’s only because my hubby basically shoved it down my throat (another confession? I didn’t like the one he made me watch. It was Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Go at it. Lynch me.), so I’ve never actually seen Jimmy Dean in action. I’m serious. But he just sprang out to me in all the photos I saw – he was so beautiful and mysterious. Those bad boys…they always find a special place in my heart.

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What I Wore: Pup Getty

Happy Valentine’s Day to my lovely readers! I hope you all have a wonderful day filled with lots of love and happiness, whatever your relationship status may be! The hubs and I celebrated a little early this past Sunday with an impromptu trip down to the Florida Keys (more about that later this week), so today will be just another day for us. But back to the outfit post at hand! Over the weekend, we went over to our friend’s home for a get together to meet their new little (furry) bundle of joy: a 2-month old Boston Terrier named Jasper Finn! As if that wasn’t fun enough, we also had chilly weather, which meant tights(!), jackets(!), scarves(!). And you better believe I did all of the above.

Baggy tee; Forever 21
Fair Isle shorts; Primark (London)
Tights; Target
Scarf; Primark (London)
Jacket; Old Navy
Boots; GoJane
Bracelets; gifted
Nail polish; Essie’s Trophy Wife

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Magical Moments Monday

x. this song – such a mood lifter.
x. cheating on my gluten free diet with Pasta Factory mid-week.
x. finding a great pair of jeans (not an easy feat).
x. meeting a new member of our pup family (not ours).
x. making new friends.
x. scoring discounted tickets to Dali Miami - so excited!
x. the ladies of Miami’s Vice City Rollers rockin’ their 1st bout.
x. an impromptu trip to The Keys with my love to celebrate our own kind of Valentine’s.

Have a great week, everyone!!

Happy Birthday, Melificent!

It’s hard to believe that Melificent is 3 years old today. Where has time gone? I remember making the difficult decision to move from a private, locked Livejournal account to a public “big girl” blog. Little did I know how much of a creative outlet it would be, not to mention therapeutic. It’s been an amazing ride, as always. I want to thank all my readers (old and new alike) for supporting the blog and always providing such a positive environment. I’d also like to thank all those amazing bloggers that inspire me on a daily basis to work harder and provide more quality content.

Overall, what I have learned the most this past year has been to be true to myself on Melificent. It doesn’t matter what blog posts what. This blog is mine. And I will post whatever I’d like. Not to mention that sometimes, it doesn’t hurt to get a little personal. So thank you, all of you, for another wonderful year.

The best is yet to come.