Absence...

I've been absent a while on this little bloggy.  I've mostly been gone because I'm getting a little fashion focused blog ready for sharing.  WHOOP WHOOP FASHION FUN!!  That doesn't necessarily mean I'll be abandoning Simply, Sonja but I do want to follow the path that keeps me inspired!  So, fashion it is.  I'd love it if ya'll would check it out when it's ready.  (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Sonja

Have another!

One more for good measure.  Dressed down this time with Jeremiah's sweater.  The stripes on the sweater are blue, black and red so that's my reasoning for the black hat/navy pants combo... I know you were just dying to know!!

Look #4:

HAT! HAT! NEW HAT! HAT!

Can you tell I'm excited about the new hat I picked up this weekend??  I AM SO EXCITED!  This hat was a total splurge for me at this time in my life as I'm not bringing in ANY bacon whatsoever lately.  No bacon whatsoever, people!!  The money situation is tight but when the right hat finds your head, the purchase simply must be made.   I walked into Baker's with Jeremiah to look at all the trashy shoes and was completely taken aback by the beauty and simplicity of this hat.  Without further adieu, here's my favorite fall purchase.  I challenged myself to style three outfits right out of my closet to justify the $30.00 spent.

Look #1:    

Look #2:

 Look #3:

I'll post full outfit posts when I can for purchase details.  YAY YAY HAT HAT HAT!!!!!

Normal...

I usually like to share my favorite "fashionable" looks on this blog but here's a quick peak at what I normally wear... with the addition of the old school backpack Jeremiah just bought me from Goodwill.  YEAH!!!!!!  Cookin' dinner with mah new backpaaaacckkk!

Scarf via Eva and a Jansport backpack for all my future expeditions!

I'll have one art...

Holy smokes!  What a great weekend I've had thus far.  Let's recap.
Thursday:
1. Completed longest week of school life.  LONGEST!
2. Went to Cherry Creek mall for Levi's sale with Jeremiah.  Walked about.
3. Went to Walgreens (!!!!) with Ashley and then visited Spencer at the Skylark.  Painted our nails at the bar, received rose from random stranger and ogled Spencer's copper cuff.
Friday:
1.  Insane breakfast.  Eggs, waffles, bacon, toast.
2. Went to Boulder with Jeremiah.
3. Went grocery shopping for yums.
4. Watched Vampire Diaries and screamed my prepubescent girly-girl scream.
5. Insane dinner.  Jeremiah's specialty soup and quesadillas.
6. Went to coffee shop.  Consumed best hot cocoa of life.  Finished some homework.
7. More Vampire Diaries.  More screaming.
Saturday:
1. Slept in.
2. Blog.
Last night felt more like Saturday night so the fact that TODAY is Saturday and I have a whole extra day to laze about is simply fabulous!!  Here are some pictures from First Friday a while back:

We'll start with this gem.  Westy and me before he took off for Iowa.

Another for good measure.  Love my brother!!!

We stopped at Home Depot for Adam's birthday.

 And then Adam and Ashley's.

 Spencer and Hotdog.

Then we went to art galleries!!  Jason and his binoculars. 

 Scoping out the art.  We saw Tommy and his lady friend here which was faaabbb!

 The Space Gallery.

Jason's a special boy!

 The blouse I'm wearing is the same one Eva bought while we were in Paris together.  (Friendship shirts!!)

 Upstairs at Space Gallery.

 Back at the house I found this on the fridge.  Ashley just shook her head.

Happy weekend everyone!!!

OMG SHOES...

So, sometimes I look at the Internet and drool over all the pretty shoes in the world.  Here are some of the current trends I'm LOVING!

GLITTER:

Miu Miu is not only having a moment with glitter but also with the incredible shape of these heels.

Here's another glitter favorite by Giuseppe Zanotti.

HOT PINK:

Brian Atwood.

These Alexander McQueens may not look as bright as Brian Atwood's patent pumps but... Bright. Pink. Suede.  That's all I have to say.

NEON/BRIGHTS:

The color blocking on these Giuseppe Zanottis is insane!!

 Giuseppe Zanotti.

In love with everything about these Alexander McQueens.  Heel, strap, color, peeptoe, SUEDE! 

TOE CAPS:

Alexander Wang can do no wrong.

 Gold capped Christian Louboutins FTW.

 And of course some Yves Saint Laurent.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Couldn't keep these off the list though they don't fall into my favorite trends above.

Alexander Wang made a huge splash with his "caped" heels.  My favs are in the metallic silver and don't have the puffball.

Alexander McQueen.

And these are just FUN!  Giuseppe Zanotti.

Which are your favorite???  I've decided I can't decide!!!

All images courtesy of Bergdorf Goodman.

For the love of...

When Jeremiah and I head to the ranch we usually find time to go riding.  Sometimes, though, we don't stay for long enough, or the cows don't need moving, the weather is crap, or we just don't feel like taking the horses out.  At this point, I'm much more passionate about the horses and riding because Jeremiah's been riding [as a JOB] his entire life.  When we don't get to ride, however, I do at least like to spend some time with the horses and pretend like I'm one of them as you'll see in the last three pictures.  I can't wait to see them this weekend and hopefully get the chance to go for a good long ride!

Jeremiah was nice enough to come with me this time.

 Goofy.

 Me an Sherman.

 The blue thing Sherman's licking is a block of salt.  These are scattered throughout the fields for the horses and cows to get added minerals.

Just trying to fit in...

 I wasn't planning on trying the blue block but Jeremiah egged me on aaaaanndd it does indeed taste like straight-up salt.

I almost fit in, right??  Right guys??