Cropped 'n Cozy

Annnnd I'm back!

So the past few days have been a bit of a whirlwind as Alex and I have experienced a few mishaps. My laptop was dropped and is currently in a repair shop for a few days, but in the meantime, Alex has graciously offered to let me use his so that I could do this post.

Over the past weekend, Alex and I decided to take a trip back to our favorite part of Denver: Santa Fe Drive. This is the art district and the street is lined with art gallery after art gallery after art gallery. There's also a bunch of dope antique shops and thrift stores, most of which we've already explored. I found a few furniture pieces that I'll probably go back for, they were too beautiful to pass up. 

Of course before any adventure begins, there must be caffeine. We stumbled into this doorway that opened up to this absolutely darling little courtyard with colored walls and murals. The courtyard was like a one-stop shop for all things wonderful: an adorable little café, an art gallery, and this absolutely precious bookstore that had a miniature "free library" where people could borrow/donate books. I thought that was such a cool idea! I grabbed myself a dirty chai and we continued to bop around all of Santa Fe Dr. until we got too chilly and decided to hop in the car for an afternoon drive.

So after we hopped into Alex's car and drove away, we decided to take a nice scenic drive (something we do very often). This has become one of my favorite things to do with Alex, recently. He just tells me to play my favorite songs and we drive through beautiful mountain passes. It's not much, I suppose, but those are the times I feel the least lonesome even if we aren't talking and I'm just singing off-key to the birds and the mountains.

One of the nicest things about where we live is that we're about 15 minutes away from mountains or the city in either direction (and Hannah Montana thought she had the best of both worlds! Psssshhtt... please). We drove down through a curvy road and only pulled over when we saw how beautiful the ice and snow was on the creek alongside the road. I'm beyond blessed to live somewhere so effortlessly beautiful... I mean how many people can say the side of the highway looks like this?

GET THE LOOK

Top: H&M

Jeans: American Apparel

Boots: Tobi

Ring: thrifted

Working retail has its perks... I scored this cozy cropped turtleneck for $3 after sale markdowns and the added employee discount. Definitely worth it. 

Hope to be blogging to you all again, soon!

Until next time... 

XOXO