"pac heights and epi shots."

little road trip into san francisco.

golden gate bridge. {75th anniversary}

"mamma rich bucks".

six flags. too much fun.

trying on ugly shoes. 

best friends forever. 

silhouettes on a poolday.

lovebird being awfully handsome at blue barn.

laying out {more like relaxing}.

memorial day weekend has been an absolute blast.

but, that's expected when your favorite friends come into town.

we had too much fun together, and were so sad to

have to say goodbye to them today.

{we are still trying to convince them to move closer}

i can't count the seconds we spent laughing this trip.

so many inside jokes and memories were made.

life is about friends, laughter, holidays, excuses to shop, poolside relaxing,

frozen yogurt, roller coasters, food, deep conversations, bbq's, hot tubbing,

marriage, big cities, road trips and time spent in the company of those you love.

or at least that was what this weekend was all about. 

happy memorial day!

xoxo

recap through pictures.

my mom's visit through the eyes of my instragram. 

 the week with my mom went a little like this:

{in no paticular order}

1.the two of us in our matching ray bans. 

thank goodness we live in two different states. 

2.ranuculous flowers. simply my favorite.

thank you walnut creek, for planting them everywhere.

3.mini diet cokes. or rather the perfect size.

what could be better? 

4.just my mom, "being a little midge."

inside joke between our little family.

5.mac lip stick. i could never have too many shades.

6.a delicious pick me up during our eight hour shopping streak.

7.yesterday's books: a used bookstore here in town.

aka: my mom's second home on earth. {arguably her favorite home.}

8.we were on a quite the search for the "perfect" purse this week. 

i fell in love with this one. {my birthday is coming up. hint hint.}

9.not-even-a-day-old kitty.

i about died. if only i could convince lovebird we needed him. 

10.the most delicious artichokes for easter dinner.

as sick as he was, even lovebird snarfed one down. they were that good. 

well, that's a wrap.

it was a lovely trip and now it's back to reality...

which, thankfully it's still spring break! 

xoxo

instragram user name: eleasejane 

mothers are priceless.

okay, i'm in big trouble.

and i mean big trouble.

you see, when you don't typically have a mom around to 

do all things girly and fun... you don't spend much money.

it's the normal: grocery shopping and saturday date night with lovebird.

however, when you do have your mom around...

that story changes. big time. 

with the combination of it being spring break {free time} and

the fact that i live in a place surrounded by fabulous shopping in every direction,

it's a little hard to not spend money. 

or should i say, it's too easy to spend money?

wether it be spent on clothes, accessories, diet cokes, lunches, decorations...

it all adds up. and it adds up quickly, might i add.

lovebird is about ready to hide my little wallet.

however, as much fun as it is to spend money on a new outfit,

there is nothing like "spending" time with my mom.

we are best friends.

and have been for as long as i can remember.

i was in need of a little mother-daughter time to reboot my engine.

she sometimes feels too far away from me.

being in her arms these last few days has been lovely.

yes, most definitely- spending hours shopping, drinking diet cokes,

reading, laughing until our bellies hurt, going on lunch dates

and running errands has been the absolute blast.

but, simply being in the company of my mom is worth far more than

any outfit, diet coke, decoration or pair of shoes i could buy.

i love her dearly.

xoxo

p.s. i'm back to "normal" blogging on thursday.

and stay tuned i have an awesome giveaway coming up!