Escape More & Win Cabana Life for a Year!

Dress: c/o Cabana Life (Get 20% off your order with code "GIRLMEETSBOW20") || Wedges: Antonio Melani (sold out, similar here, here, & gorgeous splurge!) || Apple Watch with this band || Earrings: c/o Lisi Lerch

Hey friends- well the fun just keeps on coming this week and today's post is no exception! Over the past year I've shared my love for Cabana Life with you- their SPF 50 clothing is as pretty as it is practical- and today y'all get the chance to WIN it for yourself!

Across the country it is bone-chillingly cold (even here in Florida it's in the 40s!) and when it gets this frigid it always makes me want to escape! Escape the cold, escape the routine, escape the ordinary! Since I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't have a private jet at my beck and call to take me away, clothing can be just as fun and still help me to (mentally) escape. I absolutely love the Cabana Life mentality this season to Escape the Sun & Escape in style (what other way is there)?! 

To help y'all "escape" Cabana Life is giving away a year's worth of clothing! Yep- you can win a wardrobe for a year! You can either enter to win here or check out my Instagram later today for another way to enter! (Just look for the photo at this pretty pink hotel!)

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Homecoming in Gainesville!

Dress: Cabana Life || Shoes: c/o Oka-B (my style isn't online yet- love this option!) || Earrings: c/o Lisi Lerch || Apple Watch with this band

Can we all throw up some praise hands that it is FINALLY Friday?! Feels like it took the weekend forever to get here- and I for one need a few days of fun! A few days ago my "ABS" light went off in my jeep- and not knowing anything about cars I didn't think too much about it. But apparently it is really bad - ugh! So before I head out on my weekend adventure I will be sitting in a car dealership hoping to get it fixed quickly. 

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Fall Transitional Style

Dress: c/o Cabana Life || Booties: c/o Marley Lilly || Earrings: c/o Lisi Lerch || Seashell Clutch: Amazon || Apple Watch with this band 

Welcome to a brand new week friends! This weekend could not have flown by any faster... whew! Sometimes I wish I could just add about 10 extra hours to my day- don't you? But, I worked on some seriously fun projects this weekend and I cannot wait to share them with y'all!

First up though, let's chat transitional style! I'm not going to spend the season droning on and on about how Florida is still SO HOT... but I am going to show you how I dress for it! Last year I finally got into the look of booties, and now this year it was the thing I was most excited to pull out of my closet for fall! But y'all, today's booties are not just your average pair... they are monogrammed!! I mean seriously, could they be any cuter?! What makes them even better is the monogrammed piece snaps on, and the boots come with two other attachments, so if you want to switch them out you have the freedom to. As long as the sun is still shining, I keep on loving my Cabana Life dresses! Even though this dress has sleeves, it's made of the best material that doesn't make you sweat at all! And every piece of clothing has a built in SPF50- so you're always protected! Finally, I have to mention my newest swoon-worthy tassel earrings! I can't believe it took me so long to try out statement earrings- they seriously make every outfit so much fun!

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Beach Days are the Best Days

Coverup: c/o Cabana Life || Apple Watch || Black Halter Bikini Top: Target (last year, love this option) || Sandals: Jack Rogers Georgica Jelly

No matter what worries you may have on your brain, a day at the beach just takes them all away! I'm sure it's because I grew up by the waves and sand, but that soothing ocean roar just relaxes me to my core. It's like taking a deep breathe and exhaling all those worries right out!

The Florida sun is powerful this time of year too- I mean watch out gentle skin a sunburn is coming! ha. But seriously, us ladies have to protect ourselves from those powerful rays (and potential long-term damage like wrinkles & melanoma) so I love packing this festive Cabana life cover-up in my beach bag! Y'all know how much I love this company- not only are their pieces cute & on-trend, but they all have 50 SPF protection built in. I mean are my little tassel details not adorable?

Where do you go when you're clearing your brain? What's your special spot?

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Living the Cabana Life

Dress: c/o Cabana Life (this color is out of stock, but there are two other adorable ones available!) || Sandals: Palm Beach Sandals || Tote: Tory Burch York Tote || Apple Watch

A shirt dress is one of the most classic silhouettes a gal can have in her closet and I'm super excited to have added a new one to the mix. And this dress has a little something extra- serious sun protection! As you can see in these photos, I got a wee bit of sun burn last weekend (forgot the cardinal rule of reapplying sunscreen), which has made it all the more evident that I need sun protection at every turn!

I wore this dress from church, to brunch with my sister, to studying & working on the blog, to dinner with my family- and it was so comforting to know that my skin was safe and protected from the intense Florida heat! Add on the fact that the comfort level is like 100% and it didn't lose its shape at all during the day- I think it's the perfect closet addition!

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Stand Up to Cancer with Cabana Life

Rashguard: c/o Cabana Life || Bathing Suit: Target || Sunglasses: Target || Croakies: Simply Southern

Do y'all know what day it is?! (Besides Wednesday of course!) IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER! There's just no way around it... this Florida girl is thrilled that my favorite season is here! Give me all of the long days, longer nights, summer parties, picnics, warm weather & ocean breezes... I'm pumped!

It's also why I felt like today was the perfect day to share some snaps from my sister weekend with you and our fun day at Madiera Beach! See, here's the thing, this girl can be really bad about not taking advantage of the fact that the beach is right down the street from me, and was in desperate need of a tan, so we packed up and decided that relaxing by the water was the only thing on our agenda! And boy did it feel good to do just that :)

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