{"id":4171,"date":"2013-07-30T18:16:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T18:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2013-07-30T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T18:16:18","slug":"black-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/?p=4171","title":{"rendered":"black balloon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s just almost impossible to wake up in the mornings, and today was one of those days for me. In fact, it&#8217;s been creeping along at a slow pace ever since! There was even rain earlier, which makes it so hard to be productive, <em>amiright? <\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve started cleaning out closets, drawers, storage, etc. to prepare for a pending move. I&#8217;ve already bagged 2 big heftys for donation, go me! I also came across this sheer &#8220;dress&#8221; as Supermuse called it, but unless I wear a bodysuit under it I will just feel too exposed. So it became a tunic! Sheer is so necessary for days like today.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, my husband and I celebrated our anniversary on Sunday, which you might have seen if you follow me on <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/itsmeerikat\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>. I can&#8217;t believe how quickly this year has flown by!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1884.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4172\" alt=\"erika thomas \" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1884.jpg\" width=\"559\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1884.jpg 559w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1884-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1884-419x600.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1879.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4174\" alt=\"miami fashion blog\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1879.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1879.jpg 800w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1879-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1879-600x436.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1888.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4175\" alt=\"miami fashion bloggers\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1888.jpg\" width=\"777\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1888.jpg 777w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1888-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1888-600x463.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1882.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4173\" alt=\"erika thomas miami\" src=\"http:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1882.jpg\" width=\"537\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1882.jpg 537w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1882-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1882-402x600.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/a>You may also notice my hair is a <em>liiiiiiittle<\/em> blonder in these photos. That&#8217;s because I caved in and colored it at home again on Thursday evening. As much as I enjoy the experience of going to the salon and being pampered, I really can&#8217;t get past the fact that my hair is even blonder on my own and costs 1\/10th of the price. Like to get super blonde for under $10 vs $100+tip? There really is no debating. I will leave the cutting to the pros though.<\/p>\n<p><em>On moi: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supermuse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Balloon sheer dress<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rstyle.me\/~Fxqo\" target=\"_blank\">F21 cami<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rstyle.me\/~Fxr1\" target=\"_blank\">VS Pink leggings<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rstyle.me\/~Fxs5\" target=\"_blank\">Madden girl booties &#8211; on sale for only $35!!<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rstyle.me\/~Diyi\" target=\"_blank\">Lulu fringe bag<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rstyle.me\/~Fxto\" target=\"_blank\">Dior polish<\/a>, eBay sunglasses (living in these lately)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s just almost impossible to wake up in the mornings, and today was one of those days for me. In fact, it&#8217;s been creeping along at a slow pace ever since! There was even rain earlier, which makes it so hard to be productive, amiright? I&#8217;ve started cleaning out closets, drawers, storage, etc. to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,9,149,7,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beauty","category-fashion","category-frugal-fashion","category-miami","category-outfits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4176,"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions\/4176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikathomas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}