Stagecoach Weekend

I'm off!

This weekend was Stagecoach out in Indio and I met up with some girls from college at my friend Tara's AMAZING home and had the best weekend! Pool time followed up by country music in the sun and under the stars? Life doesn't get much better. 

No big deal, just Tara's backyard

Finally put my gold sequin fanny pack to good use. Seriously you guys fanny packs make so much sense! I'm bringing them back.

Game time

My stagecoach buddies for the weekend!

I love the desert

:)

Matching

Feathers

Luke Bryan - One of my highlights

Miranda Lambert [Shelton] and Blake Shelton on stage together - another highlight

I was enamored with the lit up palm trees, especially the pink ones

Book Worms

And that's a wrap...hope you had amazing weekends!!

xoxo

Sara B

Pieces of Glitter

Met one of my favorite bloggers at Catalyst! (Jon Acuff)

Haven't done a Pieces of Glitter post in awhile so I'm loading up on highlights from the last few weeks.

I just can't

Had my first Umami Burger experience at the new Costa Mesa one with Miss Bettina! SO good.

Pink flowers, patent leggings, and photo bombs by kitty

Gungor at Catalyst. Amazing.

Health food

New beach spot

Painted little finger nails down in Mexico with a group from my church. Loved it so much.

Flowers from Trader Joe's again. Love that place.

Waking up to this one sharing my pillow

Gold glitter toes. I'm in love.

("Solar Flare" by China Glaze)

Fairy dust tips with Boom Boom Pow by Deborah Lippmann

I live here??

Tie-dye obsession

Once again, I live here? Dang it I love this place.

Annnnd last but not least, I am off to Stagecoach for the weekend! Sunshine, pool time, country music, margaritas. I don't think it gets any better than that.

Happy weekend my friends!!

xoxo

Sara B

Singleness

I've got the desert on my mind...can't wait to be out there this weekend

Lately my mind has been in relationship question overload. I have had an interest in relationships and marriage for as long as I can remember (hence my desire to be a marriage and family counselor someday), but for some reason during the past few months, I've found my heart really hoping to find some insight and answers into my biggest questions, and what I believe are issues on many other people's hearts as well. Between feelings of my own, conversations with my dear friends, and plenty of relationship-themed blog posts, here are just a few of the topics that seem to keep re-surfacing:

• Being single is something undesirable, a stage to "survive" until you make it to marriage
• Dating is exhausting, and can feel like more of a chore than something fun or beneficial
• Marriage is the ultimate goal and life will be complete once we say "I Do."

Obviously these aren't everyone's thoughts, but they are observations I've gathered over the years and find to be true in many cases. I would love to tackle each point and share some of the thoughts I've been having on them lately, but I'm just going to touch on the topic of singleness right now.

If I'm being honest, I'm not always crazy about being single. And I'm super excited to be married someday. So a lot of times I battle with feelings of dissatisfaction for this stage of life I'm in. Even though I know all the truths like that I'm supposed to enjoy the present, have so much to be thankful for, marriage will have it's own, different set of problems, etc, etc, I still can't always wrap my heart around believing those things. And if I'm being REALLY honest, I'd tell you that there is a small part of me that believes you're worth less as a single person. Awful right? But have you ever examined how you think about other people and how that affects how you think of yourself? I notice that many times I catch myself feeling jealous of cute, happy married couples, and sorry for single people, wondering why they haven't found someone yet. A lot of times those are my snap judgments before I allow myself to re-work those thoughts, but still, that's what I think. So why wouldn't I naturally apply those truths to myself in return?

Well lately I have decided I want to be on a mission to change those thoughts, both in my own mind and in the mind of others. We need to re-train the way we look at and compare ourselves to others, so we can re-define how we look at ourselves. So I wanted to share some of the truths that have been on rotation in mind and ask if you would join in believing these truths with me. Here they are:

• Who I am as a Jesus follower (or person in general) matters infinitely more than my relationship status
• Marriage is not the main goal of my life
• We can never judge someone else's journey, and everyone's is different
• Thrive in whatever moment you have been placed in

And that's it. Just a few simple things that you may already totally believe and agree with in your life. I could go into lots more detail for each one, but I think you get the main idea. I am committing to remind myself of these things every day (sometimes every hour) so I can start to change the way I look at singleness, marriage, and ultimately, myself. 

I'd love to hear any thoughts you have on the topic if you're willing to be honest, and look forward to tackling some more of these ideas in the future.

Heart you guys! Have such a wonderful day.

From my heart,

Sara B

Sequin Pants

Top: Borrowed from Jessie (old Zara I think), Sequin Leggings: Forever 21, Shoes: Report from Nordstrom. Necklace: Brooklyn Charm

I'll be honest, I REALLY like these pants. I bought them months ago and always want to come up with an excuse to wear them. Though I wish they were black and not blue (might need to purchase another pair), there's something about feeling like a human disco ball that's just really exciting. I'm glad I got to debut them in NY for a fun night of Korean BBQ and karaoke, and was thankful to have the awesome Gerard (hubby to Jessie) snap a few photos of the sparklyness as well as some of Jess and me! If you guys have any fantastic suggestions for what would match blue sequins (besides white), I would love to hear them!

How we express excitement - !!!

Love and sequins to youuu my little lambs!

xoxo

Sara B

Color Run!

Yesterday I did one of the most fun things ever! I ran in the Color Run (dubbed "The Happiest 5k on the Planet") with my friend Molly and didn't realize it was possible to cram so much joy, excitement, and visual delight into a 5k race. I had seen pictures from a color run recently, but it wasn't until Molly asked me if I wanted to do this one in Irvine that I really started getting excited about it. All you have to do is google image search it or check out the pics on their website to get an idea of how incredible this is. I'm pretty sure Molly and I squealed, screamed, smiled, and danced our way through the whole thing while being completely painted from head to toe in these magically colored powders. If you want to know more about it, and see if a race is coming to your city, check their website and maybe I'll see you at a future run because there's no way this will be my last time doing one! 

oh kitty :)

(all pics from my iphone)

Hope you had a very bright, colorful and happy weekend as well!

Love and rainbow splatter paint,

Sara B