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    Friday Favorites #406

    by Kaylah Stroup March 10, 2017
    Dog Hair. Don’t care.
     (via: gappy gobs)
    At the beginning of this year I started using dryer balls
    instead of dryer sheets. They help your clothes dry much faster and
    they’re not packed full of chemicals like store bought dryer sheets. I
    totally recommend them. I wouldn’t have gotten balls if I knew that cactus shaped ones existed though!!!
    (via: Kikkerland)
    The color of these shoes is SO PRETTY.
     (via: Urban Outfitters)
    Cactus shirt!!!
     (via: Modcloth)
    This bookshelf is way cool!
     (via: Anthropologie)
    Clearly these skeleton flip flops are a summer necessity.
    (via: Amazon)
    I love that this shelf doubles as a decorative object.
      (via: Urban Outfitters)
    Over the past few months I’ve become a full fledged Mrs. Meyer’s fan girl. Their products smell so good that I actually look forward to cleaning! I just discovered their limited edition scent, Peony, and I am dead. It smells SO good. Even better than lavender and that’s saying something! I scooped up the multi-surface cleaner but need to get some of the dish soap before it’s gone!
     (via: Mrs. Meyer’s)
    I’ll take a pair in each color!

    (via: Amazon)

     I’ve never been so tempted to buy removable wallpaper as I am with this.
     (via: Urban Outfitters)
    I ordered another home try on kit from Warby Parker recently. I realized that I needed to suck it up and just get myself some prescription sunglasses before summer. I ended up liking every pair in my box but this pair was the clear winner. They look so cute on! I was about to purchase when I realized they don’t offer this pair in prescription lenses! Wahhhh! I ordered a different pair but I’m still crushing on these babies. Hopefully some day they’ll be available with prescription lenses.
    (via:Warby Parker)

    Link love…
    ▴ I’m crushing on this dress. Looks like such an easy to wear cut.
    ▴ Lemur socks!
    ▴ The color of this instax is the dreamiest!!
    ▴ Did you know there was a product you could buy to make your car tires glittery? Well, there is!
    ▴ It’s almost pool float season and I have found the only one you’ll ever need. It’s cactus shaped, duh.
    ▴ A cactus dress! It also comes in other ridiculous patterns like gummy bears, and dinosaurs if cactus aren’t your cup of tea.

    Happy Friday!
    xoxo

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  • what I wore : easy breezy

    by Kaylah Stroup March 8, 2017

     details glasses – Louise via Warby Parker dress – TJ Maxx sweater – Macy’s pins – skull by Valley Cruise Press, cactus by Justine Gilbuena necklace – Moorea Seal tights – House of Holland (many years ago!) backpack – TJ Maxx (similar) shoes – White Mountain oxfords via Amazon Say “hello!” to my new favorite …

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  • St. Louis Cemetery No. 2

    by Kaylah Stroup March 7, 2017

    Lots of people have a list of places they’d like to visit, and some people (me) even have a list of cemeteries they’d like to visit in those cities. New Orleans ranked pretty high on my ‘need to visit’ list just because of their cemeteries. There wasn’t one in particular that drew me there, I …

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