It made my week

It’s Friday! Yay! \O/ - Not only that but it’s a long weekend for me. Here are a few things that made my week:

-          I don’t think that anything can beat the fact that I actually created the courage to get Lasik done. This is all part of my project to enter my 3.0 looking my best. It started last year, when I lost 27 lbs and I hope to loose another 25lbs this year. Not only I’ll get Lasik done, but soon enough I’ll be visiting the pleasures of Laser Hair removal. I want to be a hot balzaquiana*.

-          At work, I was selected to go to NYC during the same week that the in-laws will be here. This would be a very bad thing it wasn’t for the fact that I was able to change the trip and return one day after their arrival. While there, I’ll be able to celebrate the birthday of one of my dear friends. We will do an all girl reunion and it will be loads of fun! Of course I’m adding stops at H&M as well!

-          It’s Restaurant Week and so far we have tried two new (to us) restaurants in town. I’m looking forward to continue to enjoy this amazing event by eating in new places until March 13^th!

-          Finding out that Target will bring back they Go International Designers collections to celebrate the 5 years of the initiative was just bliss. There are amazing dresses back, so if you missed

Tracy Feith for Target Strappy Dress in White $39.99

Alice Temperley for Target Swiss Dot Chiffon Dress in Black $39.99

Rodarte for Target Slip Dress in Peach $44.99 - My favorite, with the Dolce Vita for Target boots. 

Behnaz Sarafpour for Target Silk Georgette Lace Dress in Ivory $44.99

Plans for the weekend?

I’ll be sending the majority of it sleeping, but what’s better than that?

* In the book “A Woman of Thirty”, Honeré Balzac refers to the women in their 30’s as balzaquianas.

Freedom for my eyes

Good morning, lovelies! It’s finally Friday and this is a different one. While you read this I’m probably getting eye surgery. After 15 years of wearing eyeglasses everyday, sometimes even when I showered, I have decided – and created the courage – to get Lasik done.

I’m a very difficult person. I really cannot handle to have anything touch my eyes. To use contacts I have a hard time, because I can’t touch my eyes myself. So, to cope with the idea that I’d have to go through another surgery awake (last year I had my first awake surgery), it’s not something I was looking forward to.

In the days leading to my surgery I talked about it incessantly and even cried a little. I confess, I’m a baby sometimes. But, yesterday I woke up confident that I’ll walk out of the hospital seeing and that I’ll be able to see many things for the first time, without the help of contact lenses or eye glasses.

What will be left will be a gigantic collection of eye wear. I have many eye glasses; some frames came from Korea especially for me and a collection of sunglasses with prescription lenses. Now, I’m able to actually buy sunglasses without having to take them to the ophthalmologist and change the lenses. I’ll buy them and leave the store wearing them if I want to.

That’s freedom: the main reason why I want to get this done. I’m tired of getting up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and coming back to pick up my glasses because I can’t even see.  Most of all, I’m tired to look like a nerd, a slave of eyewear for most of my life.

To celebrate it, I’ll stop by Nordstrom Rack next week and pick up a cool pair of shades and leave the store wearing them. J

Last week, H&M revealed its March collection which includes plenty of sunglasses and many round sunglasses. I don’t think I’ll be wearing them, but they look super cute.

Images: H&M Facebook

Inspiration

The new CB2 catalog arrived home to inspire me. 80% of its pages have the brown-green-yellow color combo, many of the pieces are greellow (green + yellow) and there is a consistency in all the pictures in terms of the color palette.

It’s just very special!

Of course I want every single piece in the catalog, but in the end, I’m just so glad that our home looks a lot like that!

Images: CB2 Catalog.

Beach Love - Part 2

Sill on my search for the perfect swimwear, I learn that the more you search, you can find better looking swimwear. I'm obsessed with all the pieces below, and cannot seem to be able to decide. 

And my favorite cover-up so far:

Amazing DVF cover up! I can dream!

1. Crochet cocer-up dress. 2. DVF bikini.  3. Jean Paul Gaultier one-piece. 4. Gorgeous Rosa Chá bikini. 5. Deep V Swimsuit by Brazilian Rosa Chá. 6. Gotex cover-up. 7. Gorgeous Marc Jacobs one-piece. 

What's your favorite piece?

Next, I need to research plastic pouches to cover my phone and a wallet, so we are able to enter the water without me going insane thinking somebody will steal my stuff. Yes, that is Brasil. 

New H&M collection out today!

Something tells me this will be a spring of colors: very strong, lively, vibrant colors. Just in time to my trip to NYC, H&M has released the new collection, out in stores today! Check out the colors in these new pieces:

What do you think? Ready for a transition from blacks and nudes to a colorful wardrobe?

All images from H&M on Facebook.

Click here to check out the entire collection!

Best Restaurants - Maceió, Alagoas - Brasil

In preparation for my trip, I have downloaded the local magazines - Best Restaurants Issue to check out the places I want to have glorious meals. Turns out, that wasn't such a good idea. I became hungrier and hungrier looking at amazing pictures of the places featured on Veja - Maceío - Melhores Restaurantes. And now, I can't wait to be there to actually eat one of these amazing dishes!

Check it out:

Akuaba, under the rule of chef Jonatas Moreira, only 23 years old, he will serve us his Lagostins on the shell, a mix of African and Bahiana cuisines.

Botequim Paulista is supposed to be the best bar with the best bar food

Divina Gula, one of the best restaurantes in the area, serves food tipical from state Minas Gerais.



Wanchako was elected the best restaurant in Maceió by the magazine Veja – Melhores Restaurantes. I’m very curious to try chef’s Simone Bert take on what’s considered the best Peruvian food in Brasil!



Lopana is considered the best beach bar in Maceió. Brasil has the most amazing beach bars I’ve ever tried in my life, so let’s how Lopana compares to what I know. I’m sure I’ll be savoring capirinhhas by the water at this place!

The bar Massagueirinha is known as the best “casquinha de siri” (crab cake) around. It’s prepared with coconut milk, and gratinated with eggs and lots of parmesan chesse!

And, one of the things I’m lookinf forward the most: fresh juice made with every fruit possible and imaginable. Oh, GOD, how much I wish the US was not such an anti-juice country! At this bar, Guaraná da Praia, I’ll be able to try this mix: oranges, carrots, beats, oatmeal, fiber, and guaraná! All fresh!