Happy Friday, y’all!  I’m so excited for this long, holiday weekend ahead!  What better way to spend it than at the beach?!  Michael and I are heading down to the Gulf Coast later today to spend the 4th of July with his family so today’s post is short and sweet (still have some packing to do!).

On Monday I shared a new watch brand that I’ve been loving lately.  I can’t stop wearing the blush band!

Tuesday night I put together the short little video featured in Wednesday’s Paris post!  It was my first attempt at any sort of video, but it was fun to piece together – I might have to start dabbling in more non-Instagram Story videos soon!

I shared a recap of our trip to Paris on Wednesday.  Up next, Barcelona!  Stay tuned!  Wednesday night I had the pleasure of attending an event at the Ambassador of Belgium’s residence.  His home is STUNNING and the terrace is what dreams are made of!  The event was benefiting the “Buy a Lady a Drink” campaign – water.org and Stella Artois have partnered up to raise money to support the global water crisis.  You can purchase these special edition Stella chalices and the proceeds go directly towards providing clean, running water to women in need!  Watch this short video to see how impactful this campaign is on the women that it serves!

Last night I trekked out to the burbs.  Only slightly kidding – I went out to Springfield, VA, about a 25 minute drive from downtown D.C., to check out the new Town Center there.  It’s a revamped shopping mall that’s actually very nice!  I popped into Sephora and picked up this Quai wave spray for the beach this weekend + this Sunday Riley brightening cream, a favorite of mine!

I hope you have a fun and relaxing holiday weekend!

Happy 4th of July!