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One of my girlfriends and I recently embarked on a little day trip

adventure down to San Diego.

 I had never been -

and seeing as we're both on broke girl budgets but we love travel,

we decided we're going to start doing little West Coast 

day trips and weekend getaways. 

This way we can save our money for more worthy things - 

like overpriced lattes and more makeup we don't need.

But hey, I'm 33 and you can't teach an old dog new tricks!

So - with a date set and the idea we wanted to try and pack as much into a day as possible -
off we went. As a basic Instagram b****,
 I of course did some preliminary research to try and find cute places
to have lunch, walls to take pics, cute little shops - that sort of thing.

I am sure these are not ALL of them -

 (I have a lot more of San Diego explorin' to do)

 but I am going to jot down the timeline of our day out there

 so you can see where we went, what we did - 

and please feel free to leave your recommendations of 

places I need to check out next time.

Our San Diego itinerary:

6am - pickup 

(Jessica drove, so all I had to do is drag my pajama-clad but to the car - thanks Jess!)

8am - San Diego arrival

We started here at  Pannikin Coffee & Tea located at 

510 N. Highway 101

Encinitas CA 92024

to have some coffee before the Flower Fields opened.

Try the Mocha Latte - it's made with real Mexican Chocolate, for an authentic taste and texture.

10am - Carlsbad Flower Fields

We arrived to the Flower Fields just after opening, located at

5704 Paseo del Norte

Carlsbad CA 92008

This stop was inspired by my endless quest to see the alleged 'Superbloom' 

happening due to an uncommon abundance of rain in SoCal Jan/Feb/March.

These 'Superblooms' happen only once every 10 years or so 

and prior to this San Diego trip I had driven out to

 Anza Barrego desert looking for these blooms. No luck.

I decided if I wanted flowers - I would not come up empty handed at a flower farm!

It was so PRETTY - I highly recommend it.

12:30pm - Holy Matcha

After the grueling work of frolicking in flower fields for an hour or so,

it was time for refreshments.

One of my favorite L.A spots for tea is Alfred Tea 

and so when I found out there was a similarly designed pink matcha bar

called Holy Matcha located at

3118 University Ave

 San Diego 92104

it had my name written all over it.

If I'm honest - I found it on Instagram and
** SHAMELESS CONFESSION TIME **
it pretty much inspired the entire San Diego trip! ;)

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It was like stepping into an Instagram/Blogger's dream - 

everything from the wallpaper, to the greenery against a pink backdrop, 

to the drinks was so ADORABLE that I died and went to blogger heaven
 (if such a thing exists - and I know it does 

because I died and went there that day).

2pm - Pigment 

In my research for cute spots to visit, I came across

this decor store called Pigment located at

3801 30th Street

San Diego 92104

on Instagram, which doubled as a wall to take photos 

and a shop that promised very Instagram worthy merchandise.

The entire store is just one big Instagram trap -

offering cute succulent plants, chic decor, and adorable stationary, trinkets, and novelty items.

If you're passing through San Diego - this store is a MUST SEE.

4pm - FairWeather Tiki Bar

After all that shopping and photo taking - it was time for happy hour!

Next we stopped into FairWeather - which is a rooftop tiki bar

located downtown at 

795 J Street, Floor 2

San Diego CA 92101

which was a little tricky to find because it kind of doubles 

as a speakeasy since you have to walk through

Rare Form (another bar/restaurant on the ground level)
 to get to the Tiki Bar called 'Fairweather' up top!

There is also no working number listed (we tried to call and make sure they were open)

so just take our word it exists and the cocktails are delicious!

The funny part is it overlooks San Diego's baseball stadium - 

so we didn't even need tickets to get a front row seat to the baseball game going on.

The drink menu was awesome and as this blog post promises

everything was SUPER instagrammable including

the bar design, the way the drinks are garnished, and 

the overall vibe!

It was such a fun day - I vlogged the trip, so if you want to check it out,

here it is...

Hope you guys enjoyed this - if you did, please 

share it with friends and other bloggers!

I love hearing from you - so feel free to leave comments

or get in touch on social media for more of my adventures.

My IG handle is: @rachelyarmosh

XOXO