As many of you have seen from my tweets and instagrams, you can win $1,000 if you had to the 5th floor of the Saks Fifth Avenue San Francisco store and vote on your favorite stylist! Pretty awesome opportunity, I’d say.

And styling for Saks again was a great opportunity for me too — it’s not often I get the chance to put clothes on an actual mannequin instead of just my own body. (Last time I styled for Saks was for Fashion’s Night Out — check out my previous mannequins here.)

But HURRY — it ends tonight so we’re down to the final hours!

Rebecca Minkoff Mini MAC, Brighton leather pants, J. Crew top, Oscar De La Renta sweater, Nine West Sosie boots (c/o), Tokyo Bay watch (c/o) — or cute blue version here, Ray-Ban Clubmaster sunglasses

I love the paisley print of this button down, but it can look a little crazy all on its own. Instead, layering it under a sweater lets a nice little pop of color peek out.

And fun fact about this Rebecca Minkoff clutch — I actually won it! When does that ever happen? So cute, so pink.

Helmut Lang dress (sold out — similar here), Nine West Sosie boots, Remi & Emmy (c/o & sold out — similar here), Samantha Wills bracelet (c/o), Vfish jacket

Between the wedding, tons of travel and friends’ and family’s moves, among other things, the past few weeks have been a whirlwind — totally filled with change. And to top it off, all of a sudden the seasonal flip switched and now it’s fall. How it is salted caramel latte time already?

The landscape hardly changes from season to season in S.F., so since living here I’ve often felt like time floats on by without any real breaks in between. But this year, I definitely have that “fresh, new school year” feeling again.

Manoush top, Tokyo Bay watch (c/o — another cute one here), Ever jeans, Zara heels, Free Endearment Sara clutch (c/o), Ray-Ban Clubmaster sunglasses, bangle c/o Macy’s

Colorblocking! It’s all the sportiness without any of the athletic activity.

Madewell Striped Downtown Skirt, Nine West Sosie boots (c/o), Zara leather jacket, Gentle Fawn top (dress version here), Coach bag

Whenever you’re looking for something, it’s impossible to find. I had been wanting a black and white striped skirt for awhile now, but s0mething was always off. Either the material was cheap, the fit wasn’t right or the stripes were too wide. I had long since stopped looking, and bam, I saw this one at Madewell. Exactly what I wanted.

Maybe I should stop searching for cute ballet flats and see what happens. Better yet…anyone have any recommendations for cute ballet flats?

Our honeymoon officially began when we arrived late-night at the Ayana resort in Jimbaran. They greeted us with leis and a bouquet. We weren’t ready for the paradise-like scenery.

Chris at Ocean Beach, an insanely peaceful infinity pool perched on top of a cliff.

Gunung Kawi felt like something straight out of Indiana Jones.

His and hers drinks at beachside club Ku De Ta.

We could walk right up to the Tanah Lot temple at low tide.

The view from the hotel. After three days in Jimbaran, we spent the next four in Ubud.

Delish — one of our many orders of banana fritters.

Little guy from the Sacred Monkey Forest. Cute, right? Yeah. But don’t mess with him. If a monkey wants to fight you, you’re toast. The entire forest has his back. Plus they’re sacred.

Charming alley in downtown Ubud.

Lake Bratan — just as beautiful as the guidebooks made it look.

Overlooking a rice paddy — our view every day during breakfast.

Theory tee (sold out, but another cute one here), Ever jeans (sold out, similar here), hat c/o Goorin Bros, Cynthia Vincent for Target sandals, bag c/o Remi & Emmy, Sunbath Jewelry Collection rings

While the vast majority of the photos we during during our honeymoon were of food, we did manage to sneak in a few pics by the lake while we were there. I had dabbled in Instagram before, but there were so many amazing sites I wanted to capture that I formed a minor addiction during our vacation. We had to declare dinner a no-phone zone to prevent me from documenting every dish. Aside from my meals, some of my favorite snapshots were from an infinity pool on top of a cliff and a floating temple on the water. You can check them out @nataliegoel.

Well, we did it. Chris and I tied the knot. The road to our wedding was paved with a lot of yummy food-tasting, many fittings and a few minor meltdowns, but the actual day went off without a hitch (no pun intended). Cliche as it is, it was pretty incredible to be surrounded by so many loved ones, as that’s probably the one day of our lives that will ever happen. Can’t wait to share pics (don’t have them yet!), but I do have wedding mehndi photos.

The Wednesday before the big day, my friends who were in town came over and the henna festivities began. All the designs were by the very talented Darcy Vasudev of Henna Lounge. For anyone in the Bay Area who’s looking for mehndi services, she’s fantastic. Not only is she incredibly talented, she takes what is normally a messy exercise and elevates it to a spa-like experience.

This is what it looked like when she was done. And then of course, once we let it dry and removed it, it turned that deep orange henna color. My designs were meant to look like ornamental handpieces. We’re honeymooning in Bali right now, so I might try to find some actual jewelry that looks like this while we’re here. If I do, it will probably be one of the few things that still fits when I get back. I’ve probably eaten my weight in banana fritters since we’ve been here.

Helmut Lang top c/o Nordstrom, Nine West Lookglobal heels (c/o), Vfish jacket, Remi & Emmy bag (c/o), Jewelmint necklace (c/o), Brighton leather leggings

Layering! Living in a city with 20-degree temp swings depending on the neighborhood and time of day, it’s a topic that’s always top of mind. With this in mind, I teamed up with Nordstrom and Chictopia to show how to take those drapey summer dresses and tops and style them for fall. You can click on over and check it out here on the Chictopia blog Everybody Is Ugly.

I shopped the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale for this Helmut Lang top, and although it’s no longer available, they have tons of other dreamy drapey pieces on sale. I’ve been eying this jersey tee myself. Talk about bringing sexy back.

LF jeans, Zara jacket and heels, turtleneck c/o Sugarlips, H&M bag, Ray-Bans

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July! I spent mine up on our rooftop with our neighbors and saw fireworks in the sky, on other people’s roof decks, in the street and across the horizon. Basically 360 degrees of fireworks.  Total chaos, but in the best way.