{ Daycation }

My move to South Bend is official! 

To combat the boredom of downtime before I start working again I ventured out on a daycation.

( revolving around eats as usual )

{ acai berry tea for the road }

{ the sign from my grandfather's old soda fountain in Peru! chocolate coke = yummm }

{ not ten minutes. not fifteen minutes. twelve. twelve minutes...}

{ mr. weenies famous spanish dogs aka chili dogs }

{ good cheap food }

This trip wasn't solely about food (but it didn't hurt). I somehow managed to get a free tour of the Peru Circus Museum, which successfully filled my nightmare bank for life.

Jealous? 

-xo Leslie

{ Art For Grownup Babies }

My name is Leslie and I like to melt stuff. 

{ Focus )

I feel like I need a change or a project, since it is a new year and all. At any moment my eyes may start to bleed as a result of surfing home decor websites all night.  All the hard work has paid off in the sense that I have finally been able to sit still long enough to gather some inspirato. 

All things I like...

-xo 

Leslie

{ Holy! Suits }

Emotional. Shopping.

Most girls turn to a gallon of ice cream when they are upset or stressed. 

I shop. 

And nothing makes me feel better than a good suit...

Most people are extremely lame conservative so when they hear suit they think "uptight"...those people are wrong. Care to have a little fun with suits? If you don't then I hate you kindly quit reading YTLG.

Prints on prints on prints. It's like racks on racks with less gang activity.

Fun, even if you weren't there.

Can I stress how much I want a coiled watch right.now.?

How very PeeWee of me.

Break out of your comfort zone for like ten seconds. 

-xo Leslie

{ Christmas- Abridged }

 I am back to dispel any rumors that I may have passed on. I am in fact alive and with you today. I know you were all worried sick (eye roll). 

Blame. Christmas.

I like to pretend that Christmas shopping doesn't stress me out- but in all actuality, I am nearly retarded when it comes to shopping for other people. Every year I find what I think is the "perfect" gift for someone and when the big day comes I find the receiver is less than enthused to receive hand selected footy pajamas (just a for instance of course) or whatever other adorable thing I picked out. 

This is where the list comes in.

Grocery List

To Do List

Bucket List

Shit List 

Celebrity Fuck List

Christmas Gift List

Rather than elbow up to a bunch of assholes strangers at the mall this year I collected photographs of gift ideas so I can make my shopping loads more affective. 

Here's a narrowed down version...

Lancaster Budweiser Eagle T-Shirt- buckle.com $28

WESC Blaine weekender- farfetch.com $75

Sorel Caribou- infinityshoes.com $130

Ralph Lauren Big Pony #2- nordstrom.com $68

Michael Kors mk5519- couture.zappos.com $250

Ray-Ban Aviators- saksfifthavenue.com $135

Misfits coffee mug- sourpussclothing.com $10

Ted baker cosmetic bag- houseoffraser.co.uk $19

Deborah Lippman 'Shake Your Groove Thing'- barneys.com $18

Laura Mercier Lip Stain- saksfifthavenue.com $20

Rebecca Minkoff cheeta iphone 4 case- Nordstrom.com $38

Toms Gilded Herringbone- toms.com $54

Lucy Folk hand woven friendship bracelet with gold- youandshe.com $78

-xo 

Leslie

{ Chi Recap }

 I had a great birthday weekend in Chicago, thanks for asking! 

 The view inside the Topshop fitting room, IT WAS THE SIZE OF AN APARTMENT.

Don't you just want to cry looking at this??

 At some point in my drunkeness  trip, I decided doing this in every picture was a good idea.

Yolk = breakfast heaven

The blues

That kid totally photo-bombed my picture.

Dreams can come true!

All in all Chicago was great. Zara and Topshop selections left a lot to be desired but the Steve Madden Store didn't let me down! (I'll show you my goodies later). Berry mojitos, Big Bowl and an inhumane amount of bacon at Yoke didn't hurt either! Yee for good trips! 

{ Shout Out }

Propers to a local! 

Pick one up if you haven't already! 

Photographed by :Gabrielle Revere

 Featured in: Life Magazine 

Photos via: Fashiongonerogue

P.s. I will try and squeeze in a look tomorrow, I've been avoiding it so as not to blaspheme ( I have a shitty child camera and you will just have to get past it ) 

-xo Leslie