10 Things I Love About Me

Monique over at Curves and Chaos made this awesome post. She shared it with all of her readers and I asked if I could share it with mine.

She suggested to print it out and use it as a daily affirmation. I thought it was great. Enjoy!

Back to the regularly scheduled program ... more boots with bows

Today I finaly joined Kimberly with the February Inspiration Calendar. If you read yesterday, I was supposed to wear an outfit from the calendar, but it didnt work out. Today is a pretty good combo.
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I bought this dress awhile ago from Macys. And when I got it, I was going to take it back because i think it makes me look pregnant (which, Im not). Its actually sleeveless (i shoulda snapped another pic of the dress without the jacket, maybe next time). But when I did my usual fashion show for Hubby (whenever I do a big haul, I will do a fashion show for Hubby. He just laughs at me) this is one of the items that I was going to return. He suggested that I keep it and Im glad that I did. The dress has an asymetrical hem line, but you cant really see it in the pics. With the tights everything looks black on the bottom. The pearls actually came with the dress. (I know, more pearls.. I shoulda named my blog something about pearls.. any name suggestions, maybe I will use it one day)

Today's Outfit

Black sleeveless dress - Macys

Tan jacket - Lane Bryant

Pearls - came with the dress

Boots - Macys

More boots with bows. I guess I like bows and pearls, lol! (name suggestions???)

Oh, and see that watch.. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this watch. More details later. I will probably do one big post of some of my regular/staple "wardrobe favorite things" .. but let it be known. This watch is a staple in my closet!

Because I said I would

Because I said I would (to BBM, lol), here is a sneak peak under the cardi. It really was turquoise. The color in this photo is pretty bad, but oh well, you get the idea.

I have been pondering joining and starting/revamping two different blog activities.

The first is the wardrobe challenge with The Small Fabric of My Life. I think it will be fun. but I have no idea what ten items i would choose. There is so much inspiration out here in the fashion bloggie world. I will have to see what i can come up with. anyone want to join me?

The second is a revamp of the Traveling Scarf that Kimberly did. She has done it twice and I thought it was a cute idea. So I would love to try it. I was thinking of using a purse. I just got the cutest purse from old navy and I really wanted to share it with all my bloggie friends. would anyone be interested in this revamp?

Just some of my random thoughts. Tell me what you think?

Total change

So today I was going to wear one of the outfits from Kimberly's Inspiration Calendar. But when I went to put it on this morning, I was thinking it may be a little to cold to pull that one off. So I will save it for another day. I usually plan my outfits for the week on sunday and monday. I have to leave the house so early in the morning, there isnt any time to think. I need to know what I am going to be putting on and go with it. Since this is the case, each week, I will add an additional outfit in case I dont like one of the combinations that I put together.

Today's outfit

Peach Cardigan - Avenue

Brown riding pants - Lane Bryant

(which I think shrunk in the washing machine, aauugh. I need a new pair cuz I love these pants)

Turquoise tank - Ashley Stewart

Cowboy boots - Scottsdale, AZ (some local store in Old Town)

I also wore these cute pearls. I think I have worn them before, and last time I said that I would attach a close up of them. They are from Ashley Stewart and they came with the cutest pin that can be added to the side. I just thought these were darling and I had to have them. The detailed stones in the pin, matched the buttons on the cardi too.. cute cute qqquuuute!

Best Friend Blog # 2

I have been trying to get this chic on here since I started to blog ... so SURPRISE!!! here she is. This is my sister and also my best friend. Ok, so we have known each other also since the 6th or 7th grade. We spent so much time together when we were younger that everyone asked if we were sisters. We had to keep explaining so much that we just started saying yes.. and no one asked anymore questons. So she will forever be my sister and she goes into the best friend blog. She and I have a connection that we cant even explain. We find ourselves thinking and sayign the same things often.. Even this morning, i called her and she had emailed me at the same time. Its a connection..we cant explain. She is not really my shopping buddy as much as the other BFF, but this BFF keeps me grounded. She is the one that brings me back to reality with any aspect of my life, no matter how crazy it gets. Sometimes, I wish I had as much luck on bringing her back ... but neither of my BFFs listen to me.

She has been holding out on being added to the blog until she found the perfect outfit. And I think this one looks gorgeous on her. She looks so cute and slim (way to go.. great pic!)

Yesteday's BFF outfit

Gray cardigan - New York and Company
Gray and black striped slacks - New York and Company
Black shell - Target
Earrings and Necklace - New York and Company
Black boots - 6pm.com by Nine West

What do you do ?

Well, today I stayed in all day so there wasnt an outfit to post. But ofcourse I will be back at it tomorrow. It has been a fun day "blog surfing" and reading all the fun things that people did to celebrate the Love Holiday! I am happy for you all.

On another note, i got a pretty weird comment today. Do you all keep your "interesting" (and I use the term loosely) comments? I decided to leave the comment and just add a response. But I guess I can totally see how someone (blog writer) could get frustrated by a comment that someone writes to their blog. Everyone is entitled to their comments and thats fine.. so this was a nice test.. Thanks Anonymous, you really made me grow in that respect. Because what I really wanted to do was rip you a new one in a new post. But I decided not to.

I have only read two other blogs where there were not so kind comments left on their page (clearly much worst than the comment that I got). One person was about to stop blogging all together and the other blogger just made a new post which had some excellent points. I decided to do neither and just left a response after the post.

What would you do if a person left a nasty, not so favorable comment on your blog? How would you or have you responded?

The weekend of LOVE!

We started out on our Valentine's Day weekend and I wanted to look cute and be warm. All of the advice that I got from my blog friends was to dress in layers. I did my best.

Saturday's Outfit

White ruffle blouse - JCPenny
Yellow VNeck Sweater - Lane Bryant
Denim trousers - JCPenny
Tights - JCPenny

I added a pair of Juicy (Nordstrom) sunglasses. I knew there would be alot of sun shinning off of the bright snow. These glasses are actually grey and black which is a very versatile combination.. You would think that I wear them often, But I dont. So I pulled them out for this weekend and they were perfect. Also, the bracelet that I am showing off is my silver charm bracelet. I have been collecting charms from every place that I travel. Some of the charms from different locales are:
Georgia Peach from Atlanta, GA; Eiffel Tower from Paris, France; Steamboat from New Orleans, LA; Roullete wheel from Las Vegas, NV; Kokopeli from Scottsdale, AZ; There are a few more ... and counting ...

On to the reason for the season. We celebrated Valentine's Day on Saturday night. After we went snow tubing (see pics below), we arrived back at the hotel and had an awesome dinner. If you get the chance, visit Wyndam in Gettysburg, PA. It was such a nice hotel. The restaurant was nice but the service was not as high quality as the actual location.

In honor of the Day of Love, this is the outfit that I wore, which was an inspiration (copycat) from Gilding the Frilly from one of her recent date nights with her new boyfriend.

The Love Day Outfit
Blue silky shirt - Macys
Jones New York skirt - Macys
Brown shrug - Lane Bryant
Belt - ?
Gold shoes - Nine West

I even got Hubby to pose for a photo. Isnt he handsome?!

Hubby's Love Day Outfit
Grey sweater vest - K&G
Joseph Abboud Striped Shirt - K&G
Black slacks - ??
Shoes - ??

The next morning, which was today, we woke early for a nice breakfast and then we went to the outlet mall for a little shopping. This is the outfit that I wore to the outlets and back home.

Today's Outfit
Black sweater vest - Express Men
Yellow and black print shirt - Lane Bryant
Denim Trousers - JCPenny

This shirt had a really nice design. The designs are line drawings of ladies and men dressed in victorian clothing. Hmmmm, maybe not victorian.. but some other period clothing. Either way its cute!

Well, these are a few pics of the activities that we did over the weekend. We stopped in downtown Gettysburg and had lunch at a little diner called Ernie's Texas Lunch House. It was a little spot that I found on google maps, mostly a spot for locals. As soon as we walked in, we felt as if we walked back in time. And they werent really used to seeing folks like us (black and city folks) to often either. No one was rude or inappropriate, but you could still just tell. I cant really explain it.

Ernie's is known for their hotdogs loaded with chilli and onions. It was pretty good. Hubby had a hotdog and he got a breakfast sandwich too.. now THAT was soooo good!! He got bacon, egg and cheese on english muffin.. and it was a reaaally good sandwich.

After lunch we made our way to the slopes at Liberty Mountain.

This was the tubing lanes and it was sooo much fun. I dont think I was fully dressed with enough layers and socks, but we had such a great time snow tubing. We have agreed that we will definitely go back again!!
Yup, thats Hubby with his face all covered up. The wind and snow was making him loose his breathe, so he needed to block some of it. We will be better prepared for out next trip out there.



well we had an excellent weekend celebrating our Love! I look forward to reading all your comments .. and seeing what you all did for the Love Holiday!