COCOBELLA BALLERINA: Valentines

Monday, February 17, 2014

A "Studded" Valentine Reveal!

<3 <3 <3!

Woke up to this giant oversized Bloomie's box in my dressing room Valentine's morning!

WOOHOO!

Mode Creation Munich!!

If you've been following my blog you might have noticed that I've been stalking MCM lately.. Taipei, Paris, Beijing, Munich.. whenever wherever I can located a MCM shop I'm ALL about it.

BUT I always walked away because I was "attempting" to be good.

However my new found ~~interest~~ obsession was not lost on the Hubs.

#besthubbyever #lovethatman

A sneak peek!

A bigger sneak peek lol!!

Ok enough of this onto the FULL REVEAL!!

Voila!!

I swear my heart nearly stopped when I took it out of the dustbag.

It's the MCM exclusive Bi-Color studded shopper tote!

Love all the gold hardware!

There's a tiny gold plague with the brand logo and stamps the serial number of your bag!

The back is more understated sans the white and the studs.

Even bigger surprise the inside comes with a zippered pouch!!!

LOVE THAT!!! Seriously what a nice touch!

It clips onto the (MANY MANY) gold hardware claw clips on the bag (seriously love that because I love clipping things like my keys ect. in a big tote bag so it's easier to find).

The inside also has one interior zippered pocket and two interior slip pockets. Which is awesome because with tote bags (without pockets) everything just ends up in a jumbled mess in the middle so I love love how may pockets this bag has!

The back of the zippered pouch is also dual tone in white!!

Also the button you see that encloses the bag is magnetic. It's the little intuitive things like that that I love. You can tell a lot of thought was put into designing the bag. I hate when I'm fumbling around with a bag and I can't seem to get it buttoned.

The zippered pouch detaches and you can clip the strap to the other side of it to make a tiny clutch bag.

Love the two color options!

The studs are different sizes and are gold & grey gun metal color.

Some modeling pics so you can see how it wears.

The front.

The back.

If you're looking to make more of a statement you can wear it on the front side or if you're looking to be a little more understated simply turn it around and wear it on the back. Love having the option!!

The tiny zippered pouch included inside.

The tiny zippered pouch turned around.

Suffice to say I'm officially OBESSSED w/ MCM!!!

Love the dusty rose so pretty :)!

(Ok I pose pretty for you mommy)

(Now give me something good to eat!)

Thanks Booboo Bear I love it soo much.. now I go make steak for you ahaha.

(He always complains I don't let him eat steak at home so I made Ribeye w/ Scalloped Potatoes specifically for V-day & the Fur Babies got some too of course!)

Monday, February 18, 2013

Valentines Weekend!

I'm not much for Valentines.

Don't get me wrong I love all the candy, pink & red heart shaped boxes and suddenly Hello Kitty is in heart shaped form EVERYWHERE.

What I don't care for is how everything suddenly becomes EXCEEDINGLY expensive just for "Valentines day".

Especially when it comes to eating out! Overpriced set menu's make me so angry!!! Especially when the food ends up not tasting very good because they're trying to pump both the food and people out of their restaurant quickly.

This year I told the Hubs not to plan an extravagant dinner or flowers or anything like that and I told him to leave it to me!

He does so much for me that I wanted him to know how much I appreciate him.

I wanted to include our other "Valentine loves" our fur babies!

I decided on that a Valentines picnic would be an excellent way to celebrate and something we could do as a family!

Our fur babies went NUTS over the ducks so excited hahahaha.

Our Valentines Picnic spread!

Oh yeah.

This is happening.

We had french baguettes & Carr's crackers w/ sundried tomato spread, artichoke pesto spread, Brie, Manchego cheese, prosciutto and chicken salad. Fresh mangoes, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, green & red apples. For a bit of over the top sweetness we also had French waffle cookies, Gingersnaps w/ lemon cream and Godiva cookies!

Who has two fingers and is doing a major happy dance.

THIS GIRL.

BAHAHAHAHAHA.

Feeding the ducks w/ our leftover baguette and crackers.

Hahahah I look so dorky and excited haha.

So much fun!

Hehehe I had so much fun I may make this an annual Valentine tradition :)

I can't help but think this would be so cute to do in the future when we have kids!

After our picnic I needed to walk it off so the Hubs took me to my favorite place in the world.

Nordstroms.

AHAHAHAHAHA.

ok maybe it's not my favorite place in the world.. but yeah admittedly it's pretty high up there. :p

Top & Necklace: F21, Leggings: H&M, Arm Candy: ASOS, MASSIMO DUTTI, NEIMAN MARCUS, Shoes: PRADA, Handbag: CHANEL

No better place to take a few quickie outfit photos but in the Nordstrom woman's lounge.

ahahahahahaha

A couple of days later I woke up to this!

A non-Valentines Valentines surprise hehehe!

How I know this man loves me.

Flowers - check

Lovingly handwritten card - check

Breakfast burritos - check.

Boom.

So pretty!

Can't wait for the lilies to bloom :)

And he said that "Surprise we're going to Austin today for some shopping, food and fun!"

Like music to my ears muhahaha!

My favorite nail polish combo - Essie Sugar Daddy w/ Essie Luxe Effects Set in Stones

Sweater, Blouse & Necklace: F21, Jean Leggings: HUE, Shoes: TARGET, Handbag: CHANEL

Hubs was in the guys section looking at clothes so I snapped some quickie outfit photos :p.

I've been living and I mean LIVING my wedge sneakers lately! They're so comfy and yet they make me tall too!! It's like the most amazing and perfect combination ever haha.