Eats + drinks

Here are some of my recent eats / drinks... Not in any particular order

DRINKS 

*Green juice... Aka 1 scoop organic greens powder + 1 cup simply orange... Blended in my trusty (old, worn out) blender bottle... Can't even taste the greens! On a day where I thought that popcorn + cheese n crackers would suffice for my meals.. Needed my greens 

*Iced Vietnamese coffee w/ boba ... Delish!! How have I never tried this before?! From a local frozen yogurt place (owned by a Vietnamese family)... A much needed pick-me-up for an otherwise less-than-great day! Pretty sweet for me AKA not something I would drink super often but a yummy treat nonetheless!

EATS

Dinner out at Outback for the hubs bday... 

*Baked potato w butter & sour cream + firecracker salmon + side of coconut shrimp. This was eaten after a few bites (ok maybe more than a few) of the bloomin' onion, several bites of bread w butta + a few bites of the hubs Caesar salad! De-lish! 

*Half of the salmon filet + 2 coconut shrimp were made into lunch the next day.. Salmon mixed w cream chz + liquid smoke and served w corn chips to make a salmon salad of sorts. Coconut shrimp served cold w duck sauce .. Yum!

*Jasons deli for lunch.. En route home from Biloxi. I got the salad bar (spring mix + spinach + bean salad + lots of raw veggies + goat cheese + sunflower seeds + roasted red pepper hummus as a dressing) and vegetarian vegetable soup (crackers crushed on top)!! Plus a few bites of the hubs chips + salsa and a few little mini garlic toasts. The hubs had a chicken caesar wrap. We both gave it a thumbs up! Everything is organic and delicious! I haven't been to a Jason's deli in quite a while. Wish we had one where we live! 

Other than these few interesting meals, I have been eating lots of peanut butter toast, sippin' lots of green smoothies, chuggin' coffee (and water) per usual, munchin' on nachos, chowin' down on chocolate (in any form), and noshin' on popcorn w parmesan while binge-watching Netflix. Back to the grind on Monday. And my regularly scheduled eating habits, I hope! 

That's it for now folks!

Until next time

~Jules

(Somewhat) recent OOTDs + pinned it spinned it

So... Has it REALLY been over 4 months since I've blogged. Oops.

Soooo much has happened in these few months that this blog has been the last thing on my mind.

But I'm back!

Thought I would share some of my recent outfits. I post outfits pretty often (at least a few days a week) on my Instagram (@julestheghoul) but thought I would give a little more detail about a few.

I love IG. I love fashion. I love all my IG fashionistas I have met along the way. And I loooove style challenges. I try to follow as many as I can (not every day, but when I can).. But I have been loving the #pinneditspinnedit hashtag that two of my IG friends Jamie (@jro1583) & Amy (@aem8168) created - follow them if you aren't already!

They pick pins for every weekday for us to spin (some people follow them to a T; some people add their own fun touch)... And it is addicting!! I love seeing what everyone comes up with. It's inspiration for sure... Or shall I say, "pinspiration"😉

I must add, also, that since the majority of my closet (90% or more) is thrifted.. I also follow the hashtag #pinneditthriftedit with another super fashionable & thrifty IG friend Andrea (@keepinitthrifty) - another girl you just MUST follow!

Ok! Enough rambling y'all... Here goes!

* this spin was one I was looking forward to since I saw the prompt! Love the color scheme. Plus I just knew I had the perfect pieces to make it work! With my own spin of course..

top: GAP embellished tee, thrifted $3

skirt: J.Crew, thrifted $4

cardi: Target, clearance, less than $5

leggings: WM special 

flats: Payless, $7 or something cheap like that!

earrings: sorrelli studs, gift from the hubs💓

TOTAL PRICE: about $20

This was another pin I loved! But of course I loved my spin even more! What can I say, I love my pattern mixing!

striped top: Target clearance, less than $5

orange gingham top: J.Crew factory, thrifted $4 

black skinny jeans: Kohls, clearance, less than $10

leopard loafers(J.Crew inspired): Target clearance, less than $10

bubble necklace: Cato, $3 or so

earrings: World Market, less than $5

TOTAL COST: less than $40

I love love LOVED the colors of this spin. Just loved! And I knew I could recreate it easily!

cardi: J.Crew, thrifted $2.50

polka dot blouse: Forever21, yard sale $3

corduroy skinnies: Forever21, free with giftcard

scarf: Target clearance, less than $5

shoes: Dolce Vita for Target, thrifted, less than $5

TOTAL COST: less than $20

I love this pin so much!! I have a houndstooth skirt and a mint sweater that would allow me to spin this pin perfectly.. But I decided to mix it up a little bit & flip-flop the colors!

black top: Ross, clearance $2

cashmere scarf: thrifted $2

houndstooth coat: thrifted, less than $5

mint skinnies: J.Crew factory, thrifted, less than $5

black flats: Payless, $7 or so

necklace: Burlington, $4

earrings: World Market, less than $5

purse: Rebecca Minkoff via Thred up, $30 (!!!)

TOTAL COST: less than $65 including this fab purse... Crazy!!

And here's another outfit that wasn't part of the pinned it spinned it challenge... Just for fun!!

This was an outfit from a recent trip to Biloxi. The cardi + shoes were both finds from the trip! I came back with much more than I packed. Luckily we drove.

polka dot top: mIlitary BX, clearance, less than $10

ruffle cardi: J.Crew factory, thrifted $2

olive skinny jeans: Target, clearance, less than $15

sneaks: Coach brand, via Marshalls clearance, $25

studs: Juicy Couture for Kohls, clearance, less than $10

TOTAL COST: Less than $65

Hope you all enjoyed the pinspiration! And thrift-spiration! Until next time...

Xoxo 

~Jules