Excuse the mess.. and what a weekend..

Sorry for all this mess in my pics. I am preparing for my Aunt's 50th Birthday party.. and I did some thank you bags for another birthday party.. so my living room floor is a mess (and Hubby doesnt like it one bit)

Today I had to get go to work (monday's are usually my day off) for a meeting. But I am outta there at noon!

dress - Rainbow

shoes - Kmart

ON FRIDAY
I met Cousin Nikki to do some shopping for our aunt's 50th bday party. Cousin Nikki was looking like a "fox" so I had to take her pic.

Hubby and I had dinner at this little resturaunt in Mount Washington. Cute.. this is a pic of the funky little block that it was on.

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SATURDAY
I did some shopping with the besties!

My shopping outfit

top -OldNavy

skirt - Avenue

shoes- Avenue

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BFF shopping outfit

tank -old

dress - NY&Co

shoes - ??

After shopping.. I went with the other bestie to see her son play his first football game of the season. Im not really a fan of football, but I am surely a fan of all her children - so I was there in total support.. yelling and everything. Rashaad Ross #31 for the Overlea Orangemen!!!!

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SUNDAY
Back to the mall to get some school shirts for my little cousin. That was a short erand, cuz I was in and out of there.

dress - Ross
vest - Avenue
belt - Avenue
shoes - Payless
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Then that night ... I went with the Bestie to the Rock the Bells Concert. BFF Yolanda wanted to see her favorite star of the moment - Ms Lauryn Hill!

Concert Outfit

dress - Ross

tank - Lane Bryant

accessories - Avenue

shoes - Macys

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BFF Concert Outfit

dress - Lane Bryant

shoes - Fashion Bug

The place was packed at the Merriweather Post Pavillion. we saw KRS One, Tribe Called Quest .. and then ...

After hours of waiting, Ms Lauryn finally came out.

Her style was a little - homeless, urban, hobo chic! Not my style, but I could see adding a few of her pieces into my rotation. And she always rocks the NY fitted hat.

and for her finale - She brought out NAS.. I was defintely a little hype about that!

Cancun - Mini-Vacay (pics heavy)

SUNDAY - before the butt-crack of dawn!
We got on the road at 2:30am.. to get to the airport. Our flight left from Washington, DC at 6am, so we had to get an early start for an international flight.. we were sooo tired, but excited for the vacation.

BFF Courtney drove us to the airport

The flight was ok.. but I was ready to get off that plane.

First stop.. Miami.. but not for long!

Next stop... CANCUN, MEXICO..paradise
dress - Rainbow
shoes - Ross

Guess who finally got their earrings back, lol! .. you think she was a little excited???
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When we arrived at the hotel it was breathtaking. The whole experience was soo awesome! And the staff was so welcoming. We grabbed some lunch then checked into our room. We tore our traveling clothes off and jumped into our bathing suits and went straight to the ocean!

tankini - Avenue

ofcourse we did the ceremonial beach photo shoots, lol

and I was acting silly ...

then we had drinks by the pool
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MONDAY - Shopping ofcourse
We were up bright and early to get to shopping. I really tried not to over do it.. but its just soo hard, lol!

dress - Lane Bryant (another super score for $9.99)
shoes - Ross

we left the mall and headed straight back to the water.. this time - the pool!

and we stayed until it was dark.. and the pool lights came on, lol.
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TUESDAY - Flea Market finds
Yup.. more shopping. I haggled real good with the vendors at the flea market and I scored some serious silver and gold items. For this trip, jewelry was my weakness.. next trip I'll focus on leather goods.

dress - Ross
accessories - Avenue
shoes - Ross

BFF Courtney is wearing an eShakti dress. Isnt it cute on her?

look what I scored - YUP.. a gold pair of hoops. Exact same ones as the BFFs!! I was sooo excited to find these.
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Aaahhh, dinner. We had an awesome dinner at the Argentine Steakhouse. Can you say deeelliiissshhh!! mm mm mmmmm.


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WEDNESDAY - Traveling home
Sad to leave but we had to. Next time, we are definitely adding an extra day.

shirt - Lane Bryant
I bought this shirt almost 2 years ago to wear on my honeymoon. Can you believe that this was the first time that I wore it, and I had to pop off the tag... I really liked it and I should have been wearing it more often.
harem pants - Burlington Coat Factory
shoes - Avenue

I got the BFF a few dresses from the Lane Bryant sale too!


muaaaaahh! see ya later Canun!
At the airport, we had lunch at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. And the waiters were so much fun! lol

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Well, thats it. Our trip in a nut shell.. thanks for viewing all my pics.. i know there were alot!