Outfit: Double Chambray

It's been raining in New York all week. The day I decide to take pictures it's just cloudy, so I get ready and as I'm walking to my car guess what happens? It starts to drizzle. Just my luck. Luckily I have this cute umbrella, so I used it as a prop. 

Chambray is a great lightweight and soft fabric for summer, so when I saw this ruffled top and these flamingo flats (all on sale) I snatched them up. Who could resist flamingos on their shoes? Not this girl. 

Jacket: Aeropostale | Top: LC Lauren Conrad x Kohls | Jeans: Hollister

Necklace: Charming Charlie | Bag: Target | Shoes: DSW

Bubble Umbrella: old  {similar, similar & similar}

Do you like fun prints? 

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Harry Potter Wishlist

There are so many great Harry Potter-tastic items out there and my list keeps growing! Despite being a HUGE Potterhead, I still don't have a wand. I know. Crazy! It would be perfect for my bookstagram pictures and future Halloween outfits. I'm dying for Hermione's wand. Do any of you have a wand? 

Most of the items in this wishlist are from Etsy (except for the socks from Hot Topic and the "Mischief Managed" shirt from Jordandene) because 1. the people on Etsy make such awesome things and 2. Etsy sucks me in and never lets me go. 

Wishlist:

♥ SoEffingCute Sweatshirt

♥ Hermione's wand

♥ Jordandene tank

♥ Form & Flux Nocturn Alley candle

♥ HelloQuirky stickers

♥ Hot Topic socks

♥ Frost Beard Studio Headmaster's Office candle

♥ ArdentlyCrafted Luna Lovegood paper doll

♥ NanLawson poster

Are you a Harry Potter nerd?

Anything on your wishlist?

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Review: Plum Deluxe Tea

I'm 100% convinced that there is nothing better than the smell of steeping tea. Okay, the only thing better is freshly steeped tea while reading a great book in the coziest spot at home. And it would be ever better if your home was a library, amirite? 

Plum Deluxe was kind enough to send me two wonderful teas! The first is Reading Nook Black Tea (which makes this bookworm super happy!), and it's a blend of black tea, rosebuds, lavender, and chamomile. This tea has a sweet, vibrant smell and a robust flavor. It even tastes great without sugar, which for me is saying a lot since I like adding sugar to all of my tea. 

The second is Self Care Herbal Tea, which is all organic and has honeybush tea, elderberries, apricots, apple pieces, and marigold. This tea smells amazing, both loose and while it's steeping; fruity, natural, sweet, and flavorful. 

Not only are most teas only $7 an ounce, but Andy Hayes, the founder behind Plum Deluxe, has a Tea of the Month Club and for $10 a month you get a limited edition artisan tea, a surprise sample of tea, and discounts on tea and supplies. 

"My mom taught me that no matter your circumstances, you can choose to create moments that matter, every day."

Andy created Plum Deluxe for his mother, who was diagnosed with breast cancer, but never let that stop her from enjoying life by going to the spa, going to dinner parties, traveling more, and celebrating every day. Which is why the tagline for Plum Deluxe is Making Moments That Matter. So make every day special with delicious, delicious tea!

For Sincerely, Sara readers: Joining the Plum Deluxe tea club? Put "Sincerely Sara Bookshelf" in the "How did you hear about us" field when you signup before May 31st, and you'll get 1 oz of reading nook tea free in your first packet.

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**I received these teas for review. All opinions are my own.**

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Outfit: Curiouser and Curiouser!

I saw Lauren Conrad's new Alice in Wonderland-inspired line and instantly fell in love. I mean, c'mon, how cute is this teacup print dress?! I can't wait to wear it to my favorite place: Alice's Teacup in Manhattan. The whole clothing line is feminine and pretty and great for spring (all those florals!). It's all for Alice Through The Looking Glass coming out at the end of the month, so now I have the perfect dress to wear to the movie. 

I'm also stalking this "I'm late for a very important date!" tee online, waiting for it to go even more on sale. Anyone else do this? 

I found the ideal place to take outfit pictures when it's raining out: my old high school. There are breezeways throughout the school that prevent my camera and I from getting wet, but still let it a ton of light. Score!

Jacket: Aeropostale | Dress: Lauren Conrad x Kohls | Belt: thrifted

Shoes: T.J. Maxx | Mug: Mashsalls

Are you a fan of Lauren Conrads clothing? 

Will you be seeing Alice Through The Looking Glass? 

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Watch | Read | Listen {May 2016}

Some months I never step in a movie theater and other months I pretty much live there. There are three movies I'm dying to see in May (Captain America: Civil War, Alice Through the Looking Glass, and X-Men: Apocalypse). It's a take-all-my-money situation. I also NEED A Court of Mist and Fury this instant. Luckily, it comes out tomorrow. 

MOVIES

Captain America: Civil War

In Captain America: Civil War, one year after the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, an act regulating superhuman activity fractures the Avengers into opposing factions. Tthe United Nations is preparing to pass the Sokovia Accords, which will establish an international governing body to monitor and police the rapidly growing superhuman population. The team is divided over the act: Tony Stark supports oversight because he feels responsible for creating Ultron, while Steve Rogers has lost faith in the government because HYDRA manipulated S.H.I.E.L.D. since its foundation. {Watch the trailer} This looks amazing! Can't wait to see it! (May 6)

Love & Friendship

Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale) takes up temporary residence at her in-laws' estate and, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica (Morfydd Clark) -- and herself too, naturally. {Watch the trailer} I've actually never read Lady Susan, which I'd like to change before watching this film, which looks wonderful. (May 13)

The Angry Birds Movie

Find out why the birds are so angry. When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it's up to three unlikely outcasts - Red, Chuck and Bomb - to figure out what the pigs are up to. Voiced by Peter Dinklage, Tituss Burgess, and Jason Sudeikis. {Watch the trailer} I never played the game, but I'm always up for seeing hilarious kids movies. (May 20)

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returns to the whimsical world of Underland (this time through a Looking Glass) to find The Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) in a horrible state, with that she must save her friends from Time, a creature part-clock, borrow the Chronosphere, which The Red Queen (Helena Bonham-Carter) wants also, and change the course of Underland's fate to save The Hatter. {Watch the trailer} Yay! I love these movies! Tim Burton's movies are so wonderfully weird. (May 27)

X-Men: Apocalypse

Since ancient times, the first and most powerful mutant known as "Apocalypse" has been worshipped as a god. But when Apocalypse awakens from a hibernation of thousands of years, he is disgusted to find out what the world has come to and decides to destroy humanity and build a better world. Now, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) and Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) lead a team of young X-Men to face Apocalypse and defeat him. {Watch the trailer} I love the X-Men movies since I've been watching them since I was a kid, so I'll definitely be seeing this. (May 27)

Other movies coming out:

• Dark Horse (May 6)
• Phantom of the Theatre (May 6)
• Amerigeddon (May 13)
• The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (May 13)
• High-Rise (May 13)
• Money Monster (May 13)
• Art Bastard (May 20)
• Manhattan Night (May 20)
• The Nice Guys (May 20)
• The Ones Below (May 27)
• Princess Shaw (May 27)

BOOKS & MUSIC

• A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas -- Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court--but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people. Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. (May 3)
• The Hidden Oracle (Trials of Apollo #1) by Rick Riordan -- How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favor. (May 3)
• Even If The Sky Falls by Mia Garcia -- One midsummer night. Two strangers. Three rules: No real names. No baggage. No phones. A whirlwind twenty-four-hour romance about discovering what it means to feel alive in the face of one of life’s greatest dangers: love. (May 10)
• Everland by Wendy Spinale -- A dark take on Peter Pan. London has been destroyed in a blitz of bombs and disease. The only ones who have survived are children, among them Gwen Darling and her siblings. They spend their nights scavenging and their days avoiding the ruthless Marauders. Unsure if the virus has spread past England's borders but desperate to leave, Captain Hook hunts for a cure, which he thinks can be found in one of the survivors. (May 10)
• Cures For Heartbreak by Margo Rabb -- Less than two weeks after fifteen-year-old Mia Pearlman’s mother is diagnosed with cancer, she dies, leaving Mia, her older sister, and their father to face this unfathomable loss. As Mia struggles to navigate her grief, she’s also forced to examine the truth about her parents’ rocky marriage, her unexpected feelings for a guy with leukemia, and the nagging health phobias that plague her on a daily basis. (May 24)
• Please Don't Tell by Laura Tims -- Joy killed Adam Gordon for what he did to her sister, Grace. At least, that’s what she thinks happened. Now Adam can’t hurt anyone ever again, and her sister can be free from the boy who harmed her. But someone else knows what Joy did, and they’re going to out her as a cold-blooded killer if she doesn’t expose the scandalous secrets bubbling just below the surface of her mundane town. (May 24)
• The Last Wave (The 5th Wave #3) by Rick Yancey -- Cassie has been betrayed. So has Ringer. Zombie. Nugget. And all 7.5 billion people who used to live on our planet. Betrayed first by the Others, and now by ourselves. In these last days, Earth’s remaining survivors will need to decide what’s more important: saving themselves or saving what makes us human. (May 24)

Thank You by Megan Trainor (May 13)

The Heart Speaks in Whispers by Corinne Bailey Rae (May 13)

This Is What The Truth Feels Like by Gwen Stefani (May 27)

What are looking forward to in May?

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