Five on Friday

Happy First Day of November :) Joining in for another Friday linkup with the lovely ladies!

{one} While I was in New York City. I only made one BIG material purchase! I saved up for this trip and spent my money mostly on food an a few attractions like a Broadway musical and the Statue of Liberty. My big purchase was a pair of gorgeous Tory Burch flats:) I try to wear them at any and every opportunity I get! I was able to talk myself into buying them by telling myself they are a great job interview and professional shoe.

{two} I have acquired two prints from two women who greatly inspire me... Emily Ley and Lara Casey... I know I talk about them often but that is only because of how much encouragement I have received from following these two God-fearing women! You can find the Emily Ley "It is well" print {here} and the Lara Casey/Southern Weddings "The South is Where Love Family & Tradition are the Sugar in our Tea" print {here}. 

I wasn't sure what kind of frame I wanted for these gorgeous gold foil prints until I spotted these natural wood frames in HomeGoods! I'll be sure to post about the lovely frames next week when I decide where to hang them in my room :)

 {three}I LOVE beautiful stationery! I buy all of my stationery at Marshalls, TJ Maxx or HomeGoods. They have such great choices and something always catches my eye. This week it was beautiful emerald and gold foil calligraphy thank you notes...swoon... They just had Southern Weddings and Lara Casey written all over them!

{four}I knoww I already posted beautiful shoes once already but I scored these super cute leopard loafers at Target! What can I say? I am a girl who loves her flats and boots, you can find them {here}

{five} Dogs in Halloween costumes... need I say more? This cutie is my sisters black pug Ava who happens to also be a Halloween baby! She turned two yesterday so of course we dressed her up as a bumblebee and she was thrilled haha :) Taylor decided she wanted to be a bee too!

Hope y'all had a Happy Halloween!

New York City: Day Three

On our third day in the City, Katie {my friend we are staying with} walked us around West Village, Meat Packing District, Chelsea and SoHo. We took the 6 train downtown to 14th street Union Station and from there we walked to Washington Square Park.

This park is so beautiful and has been featured in many movies... It is surrounded by NYU's campus and it is where we saw the first glimpse of One World Trade Center.

West Village is a beautiful walk...There were so many dog boutiques that even had puppies for sale in the window!

The High Line is incredible and a must see if you visit lower Manhattan. It is an old railway that was recreated into an above ground park! It is a beautiful place to stroll on a pretty day.

Love these girls!

When we left the High Line we headed to Chelsea Market... Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures because I was to busy smelling all the INCREDIBLY amazing fresh food smells. They had fresh cheeses, breads, pasta, spices, cupcakes, seafood, donuts and the list could just go on and on.  After we left the market we headed to SoHo to do some shopping! Emily and I both had saved up for one expensive item on the trip... hers at Kate Spade and mine at Frye or Tory Burch.

The boots were all so gorgeous... it was a hard decision to walk away. C Wonder is also such a fun store, full of pink, green, gold and monograms... can't go wrong with that!

I ended up investing in a pair of black and gold Tory Burch flats! I decided they would be more worth while than another pair of boots:) and Emily purchased a beautiful gold bow ring from Kate Spade.

We celebrated with a HUGEE piece of pumpkin spice cake with maple cream cheese frosting {devoured it to quickly to take a picture}... hoping to visit the Little Cupcake Bakeshop again before we leave!

Katie took us to a delicious restaurant for dinner, The Smith. It was such a southern comfort food place... Em and I split fried green beans and a massive chicken pot pie. Also if that doesn't sell this place... they have a photo-booth downstairs... yep perfect restaurant.