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    The Lululemon Belt Bag Craze
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    Highlights of Our Portugal Holiday
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    My Favorite Atticus Poetry Quotes
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White Lace for Evening with Kate Spade and David Yurman

Summer White Dresses Under $100

Last year as I geared up for bride-to-be events, especially my bachelorette, I had a hard time finding white dresses that were both cute and affordable.  It could be because it was early September and stores were already full of cozy sweaters, but still!  In Charleston I ended up wearing an last minute find from Amazon Prime, this breezy skater dress, and for other events opted of my wardrobe staples, this ASOS High Neck Midi Dress - shown above -  but I should have gotten started on my shopping earlier!Whether you are looking for a Summer white dress for the season, a bridal shower, or simply just to have I am excited to share with you nine options from Red Dress that are so chic.  (And no, this is not sponsored, I am just in love with their options this season). And while the title ...

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Lululemon Belt Bag in love red

The Lululemon Belt Bag Craze

On a walk earlier this week I had my navy Lululemon belt bag strapped across my chest and walking by a bus stop in central London three of the ten people waiting at the stop also had one. The bag is the most popular item Sparkles & Shoes readers have purchased this year, something that does not surprise me. In February 2021 I wrote a post about the Lululemon Belt Bag, featured and updated version in my post about the Canadian Olympic gear, and you have seen my navy one a number of times on IG and in my LTK profile.The Lululemon Belt Bag has been around for a number of years and based on the popularity the brand has subsequently released a number of styles which now span 20 colors.  However, for today I am going to focus on the classic Everywhere bag, and these are a handful of my ...

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20 Week Baby Bump at Belem Tower in Lisbon

Highlights of Our Portugal Holiday

It has been a week but I am still in denial that we are back from our Portugal holiday - it was so warm and sunny on the Iberian Peninsula! It was third trip to Portugal and second visit to both Lisbon and to Porto.  Speaking of three's this was Mark and my third attempt at a Portugal holiday - we booked for Easter 2020 and had to cancel due to COVID.  The same thing happened for Easter 2021 and I am so happy that third time was the charm for Easter 2022.   Before I share the highlights I do have to note British Airways lost our luggage and since we landed after midnight that made it hard to get dressed for our sailing trip the next morning but  I managed to put together this emergency head to toe outfit from H&M - all pieces are linked here. You can see them in the first shot of me ...

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Atticus Poetry Quotes - Stay Bold Stay Wild Stay Young

My Favorite Atticus Poetry Quotes

Hello from Portugal!  I have fun live travel updates coming your way soon but before that, I wanted to share a little something different. Last week I noticed 2020 post Have you Heard of Atticus Poetry? has begun trending again and I figured it is about time to bring you more from my favorite poet.  in elementary school loved Shel Silverstein and I can still recite one of his poems, "I was walking in a circle when I spied a piece of paper covered with a pretty picture colored yellow, green and red and ...." from heart more than 20 years later.I will say though, he is likely not the most well written poet when comparing to all of the authors I had to read in high school and university. One of the perks of being an adult though is certainly chowing what you get to read (at least outside ...

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Hi, I am Kelly and welcome to Sparkles and Shoes, a fashion, travel, and lifestyle blog.  I am a New York City girl at heart but I moved to London in the Spring of 2018!

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