St. Louis Giveaway: “Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s” Tickets

Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's

Calling all stylish St. Louisans! Today, I’ve got a giveaway just for you!

I’m giving away three sets of two tickets to the advance screening of “Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s.” The screening will be on May 28th at 7 pm at Plaza Frontenac. I haven’t seen it yet but I’ll be there at the screening as well so if you’re one of my three lucky winners, don’t hesitate to come up and say hello!

All you have to do to enter is:

  • You must: Comment on this post telling me who’d you take with you. (Worth one entry)
  • For additional entries (worth one bonus entry each):
    • Like Style Every Day on Facebook and comment to tell me that you have
    • Follow Style Every Day on Twitter and comment to tell me that you have
    • Follow Style Every Day in Instagram and comment to tell me that you have

All entries must be submitted by noon (12 pm) CST on Friday, May 24th.

So Serious

Part of my trip to Julia’s house included some fun girly drinks, great apps and a mini photoshoot or two. Julia’s a good photog so I had her snap a few shots of me.

Here are a few other shots we took that night in a different outfit.

Off-the-shoulder top with red pantsI don’t share serious photos very often (mainly because I usually look ridiculously pissed off in serious photos) but I thought these were fun!

Red skinny jeans and off-the-shoulder black top

Top: ? (I’ve had this since I was a freshman in college!) | Pants: INC from Macy’s | Watch: Kate Spade

Onward and Upward

Friends, I have really exciting news!

Tomorrow I’m starting a new day job as director of Social Media at Elasticity. This means new clients, new colleagues and much less travel! I’ll be in and around Saint Louis so much more. Bill can’t wait and I can’t either. As always, I’ll continue to try to keep some separation between what I do here and what I do there, but I couldn’t help but share the news with you!

Mint Shirt in Retro Home

The day I wore this outfit the day I went to my first interview. I was waiting to post it until I learned more but now I can share! :)

Mint Top and Black Capris

Top: Forever 21 (similar) | Capris: H&M  (similar)| Belt: H&M (similar) | Heels: Nine WestEarrings: from my wedding | Watch: Kate Spade

Mint Shirt, Black Capris and Retro Designed Home

Lastly, how amazing is this retro home? My friend Oh, Julia Ann! has the most stunning retro apartment. The building itself is very industrial but the minute you walk in, you’re transported to somewhere mid-60s/mid-70s. It’s fantastic! Thanks, Julia, for taking these lovely photos!

This Little Bag of Mine

This bag makes me so happy. The color pops with anything I wear and it suddenly becomes the star of the show. I swear I could be wearing sweatpants and carrying this bag and people would stop me on the street to compliment my outfit.

Get one. Seriously.

Stripes, Peplum, Pink Crossbody SatchelTop: Forever 21 (similar) | Jeans: Miley Cyrus for WalMart (similar)| Necklace: c/o OASAPHeels: Baker’s c/o Heartland Underdog (similar)| Bag: Olivia & Joy Trixie

Olivia and Joy Trixie Pink Crossbody Satchel

Cap toe heels, Peplum, Stripes, Pink CrossbodyWhat handbag are you carrying these days?

As Seen In: Missouri.com

Since moving to St. Louis, I’ve met a ton of talented bloggers. Some are fashion bloggers. Some are fitness bloggers. Some are travel bloggers. One girl even blogs about fish. No really!

Being part of that community has been such a blessing.

I was recently featured in a roundup of some of the top bloggers in St. Louis by Missouri.com.

Check it out!

Top St. Louis Bloggers STL

Weekend Reading: 1Q84

Weekend Reading is my semi-regular series where I share what I’m reading, blog posts I’m loving and, in general, what I’m up to when I’m not blogging. Want to read along?

It’s been awhile since I shared what I’ve been reading but a few recent books are must-shares that I hope you all will enjoy as much as I did.

First up: 1Q84.

1Q84 book cover

I will warn those of you with short attention spans this is a loooooooooonnnnnngggggg booooooooooooooook. That doesn’t even describe how long it is.

It’s technically three books in one (I bought the version with all three bound together) and it totalled almost 1,500 pages. While I devour many books, this is a good one for a long trip because it will take you awhile to read.

Amazon’s description says:

The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.

A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver’s enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 —“Q is for ‘question mark.’ A world that bears a question.” Meanwhile, an aspiring writer named Tengo takes on a suspect ghostwriting project. He becomes so wrapped up with the work and its unusual author that, soon, his previously placid life begins to come unraveled.

As Aomame’s and Tengo’s narratives converge over the course of this single year, we learn of the profound and tangled connections that bind them ever closer: a beautiful, dyslexic teenage girl with a unique vision; a mysterious religious cult that instigated a shoot-out with the metropolitan police; a reclusive, wealthy dowager who runs a shelter for abused women; a hideously ugly private investigator; a mild-mannered yet ruthlessly efficient bodyguard; and a peculiarly insistent television-fee collector.

A love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia to rival George Orwell’s—1Q84 is Haruki Murakami’s most ambitious undertaking yet: an instant best seller in his native Japan, and a tremendous feat of imagination from one of our most revered contemporary writers.

See? Even the description is long.

I will admit this book was very slow at the beginning but by the time you get into Part 2 things are off and running pretty quickly. In some ways, it’s like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in that way. I was pretty quickly pulled into the story lines of each character and once the story lines converged, it was hard to put this book down.

In the end, like most books, I didn’t love the ending but it was a good ending nonetheless.

I highly recommend you check out 1Q84 if you’re looking for a book that will take you longer than the weekend to read.

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