I am so excited to be doing this giveaway for Lovely Day Designs! My girl Candace is such a sweetheart and she has some serious crocheting skills. I mean just look at my convertible mittens and ear warmers. SO cute!

Candace makes everything customs order, so you have a lot of freedom with what colors, style, or  size you want.  All to make sure that you get the perfect product! I love my convertible mittens they are so comfy and warm and I wear them all.the.time. The ear warmers with the cute bow is perfect because it acts as a cute accessory and keeps my ears nice and warm while walking to campus.

She makes so many other cute things, you just need to go check out her site!

Candace has also created a Totally Tessa discount code, which is totallytessa, and you will receive 10% off of your purchase!

Candace is giving away a $20 gift card to her shop!

Ways to enter:

Required Entries

• Be a follower of Totally Tessa and tell me what you would buy with the $20 gift card
• Like Lovely Day Designs on Facebook

Extra Entries!

• Like Totally Tessa on Facebook
• Blog, Tweet, or post on Facebook about the giveaway

Each response can be posted in a separate comment, so you have a higher chance of winning!

You will have until Monday, February 26th @ 11:59 MST to enter!

{Sweater: Gap; Button up: Gap; Pants: Levis; Shoes:Gift}

Holy. Moly.

Sorry for being MIA but it’s totally what I needed. I just needed to take a little vacation from my little space on the internet. It felt good but I’m back!

What are your plans for the long weekend? I’m going up to a cabin in Idaho to play in the snow. We’ll see how that goes since all my encounters with snow in the past have been a little scaring to say the least. But it should be fun!

Make sure to check back Tuesday for a giveaway!

{Blouse & Jeans: f21; Sweater: Thrifted; Shoes: Target}

Things I’ve learned this last week:

- Moms make everything better

- I have the best roommate

- Stalking yourself on Facebook and laughing at so many ridiculous pictures will sure get you out of a bad mood

- Everything will turn out just fine

- It is better to make a decision, even if it is the wrong one, than to not make one at all. Because no matter the outcome you will still learn something from the experience

- Jamming out to music is the best

Sorry I wasn’t around that much last week, but I just had so much going on that I just need a little break!

Happy Monday!

{Sweater: j. crew; Button-up:  h&m; Skirt & Belt: Thrifted; Tights: Anthro; Shoes: Ruche}

So I was so unproductive over the weekend because I was too stubborn to be productive, which is just ridiculous and  makes Mondays that much worse.

Lesson Learned: Don’t mope around on the weekend and be stubborn.

I did do one thing this weekend – bought a new lip stick. Like it? I sure do!

{We stopped by a little ghost town on our way to zions national park.}

Here are some pictures from my trip to St. George that I took over the long weekend with my friend and her family. One of the days we hiked Angels Landing in Zions National Park and it was absolutely gorgeous! I loved it and if any of you have the chance to hike it, please do!

Coming here to Utah I definitely had a negative attitude because one) I had to leave home earlier than I thought I would and two) I’ve never really liked Utah to be honest. I thought the mountains were ugly and brown because I was used to the green forests of Oregon. Except since coming here I’ve definitely have had a change of heart {and i really think taking geology had to do with this!}. All during the hike I marveled and couldn’t get over how beautiful the mountains and the views were. It was incredible!

This is the conclusion I came to, it’s a total different kind of beauty – the beauty that is in Utah and the beauty that is in Oregon.  That you can’t even compare the two.

Happy weekend my loves.

Photos: Simple Flare Photography

{Shirt & Jeans: h&m; Shoes: Thrifted}

I kinda felt a little  retro and a little like this girl with my head scarf and high waisted pants and all. Can I just say that these jeans are my new favorite pants in the entire world? A little dramatic yes, but true. One) the were inexpensive and two) they make my booty look cute which is always a plus.

Have a great day!

{Sweater: j.crew; Skirt: Thrifted; Boots: Target; Tights: f21}

I know I’m one of the last people to read the Hunger Games but have you read them? If not, seriously you need to read it right this second.

My roommate gave me the book for my half birthday a couple of weeks ago {who doesn’t celebrate their half birthday….} because she really wanted me to read it so we could go see the movie together, which I am SOOO excited for. Yeah I’ve definitely watched the trailer one to many times. Also, I am a very firm believer in reading the book before you go see the movie, plus, the book is always better!

So I totally read it in two days over the long weekend, started it Sunday morning and finished it Monday night. When I get really into books I literally cannot set them down and then I get so passionate and emotionally invested that I kinda get depressed when it’s over…lets be honest, we are all like this! But good thing there are two more books in the series!!

Happy Monday!

{Sweater: Anthro; Skirt: Thrifted; Tights & Socks: f21; Shoes: Gifted}

Sometimes I have this impulse to chop off all my hair. I hate doing my hair, 1) It takes too long and 2) I’m not good at it.

Remember when my hair when I first started this blog? Yeah and I have been trying to grow it out ever since.

I’ve always wanted long luscious hair but I don’t think that will ever happen….sad. But looking back on my short hair, I kind of miss it, to be honest.

hmmmm……maybe this summer…. I guess we’ll see!

{Dress: Vintage; Jacket & Scarf: f21; Boots: Target; Tights: Macy’s}

Well I had a very nice long weekend, how about you?

I spent some time down in St. George with friends and went hiking and enjoyed time getting out of town. A change of scenery is always nice. I will hopefully have pictures soon of the hike! It was so gorgeous.

Yes, I am still pulling out outfit pictures from winter break…

{Sweater, Tights, & Necklace: f21; Skirt: DownEast; Shoes: Wanted}

You know what the worst thing a TV addict can ask for? Recommendations.

Yeah horrible idea. My TV watching was kind of ridiculous before, now it is about to get OUT. OF. CONTROL. I blame netflix and addicting TV shows.

But thank you for all your recommendations! I loved reading about what shows you love.

Well I am peacing out for the long weekend!

See you on the flip side.