Pink And Red All While Singing The Blues

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Happy V Day!

Everything feels @ss backwards with Twitter,Blogger,facebook all making changes...I tend to like SameO SameO.....or maybe it's because it's V day and my Anniversary! Yep we've been doing this thing for 22 or 23 yrs now. WOW! considering I'm not yet 40 I'd say that's pretty amazing to be with someone from such a young age...and still. So I'm a little bummed that he has to work and we're not even in the same state on this special day:(

Thinking about this long road and having Insomnia pretty much on a regular basis has me this early morning hour putting bantu braids in my hair and getting fixed up for the Everybody Everywear's challenge
INSTEAD... of a fancy dinner perhap and movie with the hubz on our Anniversary,

I'm going to link with Everybody, Everywear's pink and red theme

so I decided to wear my asos, red, sleeveless dress as a skirt. I am really excited about this as I've seen other bloggers wearing dresses as skirts and really wanted to try it.

I paired it with a thrifted pinkish fair Isle sweater and skinny long bow top also thrifted. My son came home and said I looked Irish...whatever that means :)

Has anyone tried Bantu braids? OMG! I has such tight curls I couldn't get my fingers through the curls and has to add some Argon oil to loosen them. So I'm estatic considering my hair is usually a limp noodle and never holds a curl.

Hey check out my vintage Louis Vuitton bag (Did I spell that right?) anywho...I bought it at a consignment shop called Plato's closet and they said it's the real deal...hmmm well I didn't pay much for it so...I don't care either way because I LOVE the cherries.
 What do you think real or fake?

A messy attempt at Bantu braids which are easy to do. You just twist damp hair until it bends on itself and coil it around then pin it with a bobby pin, sit under the dyer and done. The larger the sections the more wavy the curl...the smaller the sections the more curl. Nice alternative to heat because you can let them air dry if you want.

Great Things Happen At 6pm--

Have you ever shopped at 6pm.com? Last week I ordered these Bearpaw leopard print boots from their online site and couldn't be happier! Super fast shipping and easy navigating site make for one Happy customer. I believe they are owned by Zappo's. I found lots of things besides footwear that I wanted but resisted the urge to splurge. They did have a Betsey Johnson (SP?) rainbow leopard print ring I was drooling over though...drooling not buying!

Anyway...6pm is quickly becoming my NEW favorite online store...still a close second to asos.

Other than my new boots, this outfit is nothing amazing. But if I waited to post only amazing outfits it might be awhile before I post again...:)

Jeans/Dot's

Striped Thermal/Thrifted

Sweater/Thrifted

Leopard print boots/6pm.com

Glasses/Zennioptical.com--Review to come! Loving buying glasses online

Green cabohon ring w/copper/Thrifted

Sterling silver polka dot clamper bracelet/etsy

Spiral earrings/etsy

All Wrapped Up In A Bow!

Sorry for the long absence but things around here have been crazy. I blog at my leisure and I tell ya there has been no leisure time for me lately. That said I wanted to share with you my recent etsy purchase. Oh! yes, I find the time to shop...actually I had my eye on this dress for awhile. I didn't want to pay the price it was listed for but often would just look at it and wish. The next thing I knew yourauntiespanties.etsy.com/ was having FREE shipping to the US and had reduced the price of this dress. I jump on it! I adore this dress with it's giant bow and Japanese label!

I'm having a love affair...

I had hesitated in purchasing it also because of it's color. Pink is not my color. I've actually always hated pastels on myself esp. pink. It's funny, almost every single year my Mother In Law buys me a PINK robe...no joke! well she used to buy me animal print silk PJ's and at the time I hated animal prints and my daughter would convulse on the floor in fits of laughter knowing my disdain for it...and now I am converted and drooling over animal prints everywhere on the Internet. So maybe I should be saying THANK YOU to my Mother In Law for broadening my horizons and helping me along the way to loving animal prints and perhaps now pastels....

But who could resist this dress...I mean really!



"Your Little Friend"

Father & Daughter :)

With less maturity then intended I asked my daughter if she would mind if my next post was titled "A Boy Called Stumps!" and her answer of course was a roll of her eyes and huffing off into her room where I very clearly heard her bedroom door slam. What? I thought it was funny!

*Sighs*

Sorry! I'm having a difficult time letting her grow up ok...and I still want her to wear bows in her hair and play with dolls. Is that so bad? so when boys are interested in her and moreover she's interested in them and one boy in particular...I get over protective and in no way apologize for it.

So we get a letter in the mail on Saturday; a note from the school. In fact it was a carbon copy of the warning our daughter got at school. A warning slip with hand written "Showing to much PDA with High school boyfriend"

Um...Can we say grounded? and of course nothing is private in this house so it's public knowledge to the older brothers who all are sitting around making me feel better about what limb they want to break of this kid and how'd they do it. It made me feel better anyway:)

Actually at one point I had to tell my second oldest son who is a few years ahead of her that we are just TALKING, not actually DOING...he was getting carried away saying how he was going to slam this offending boy into a locker....Oh BOY!

Did I mention the French/Italian heritage? ha,ha...

So...My daughter has a game to cheer at and my husband is picking her up. We have talked via text and he knows the situation.

Hubz: I'm here...game just starting

Me: Is the "Boyfriend there?"

Hubz: I don't see him...why?

Me: You need to have a talk w him about PDA w Our Daughter at School!

Hubz:  What? @$%*#) ! Want me to kick his @ss?

Me: No! No! just tell him how it makes our daughter LOOK! maybe he doesn't see...

Hubz: I'd rather just break his F...ing legs!

Me: ERIC!

Hubz: Ok! Ok!

So...he get home with daughter in tow and they are both smiling and in good moods. She goes off to take a shower after her game and I ask so how'd it go?

He explains that the boy in question came over and sat next to him when he saw he was at the game and my husband put his hand on the boys shoulder and said let's have a little talk...he said the boys eyes got big as saucers and he looked scared. The end result was he explained that having public displays of affection with our daughter at school was not only inappropriate but makes her look bad. That in our opinion makes her More likely to get a reputation of  a certain kind...of course the boy was like oh,oh right...No, I would never want that! etc..etc..

and then my husband said of course you will respect our daughter or you will end up with bloody stumps if you get my drift...

Problem solved...for now!

Thank god she is not allowed to "date" until she is sixteen and already knows it will be chaperoned. I contested to calling him her "boyfriend" because she was getting upset when I would reference him "your little friend" . In truth I still prefer "Your little friend" as I cannot wrap my mind around "boyfriend" ugh!

In the meantime I'm escaping reality with books I bought at Goodwill. It's a great way to get to know different Authors you wouldn't necessarily pay full price to try otherwise. It's also great for some fluff reading and escapism...

I Want To Love You----I Really Do!

Grrrr...The mood around this place is doom and gloom!

Doesn't help the spirits of Teenagers or their Mom for that matter, when the weather is gloomy,rainy,foggy...feels like we live in England with the constant, never relenting overcast.

If I lived in England I suppose I wouldn't be complaining though. I will chalk it up to to much together time around these parts; being cooped up and all in close proximity.

This is what I wore to mail out packages, stop at the gas station and what I'm wearing tonight to get Chipotle with the kids. Exciting I know! but everyone is also getting over a stomach virus and taking it slow and steady.

I want to love this coat! It's the one I bought at Rose's outlet center a few weeks ago. $31.00 with 25% off of that. I love the bow in the back and it keeps the ties from slipping off. I love the ruffled neckline too. I'm not quite sure about the fit starting mid hip though. I feel it might accentuate what I don't want accentuated ya know what I mean?  ah well...I will give it a few goes. Sometimes I have to break something in and get super comfortable wearing it before I feel settled on the item.

Anyone else feel they have to "Get To Know" a new item somewhat before they feel totally at ease wearing it?



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The Traveling Fox--

Let me tell you, this fox gets around! Ever since I ordered it from Laura of theblogofworldlydelights.blogspot.com/ who started a fantastic etsy store. My son, daughter and myself adore it and have agreed to take turns and borrow it from one another. I may have to surprise them with a few more in different characters when I get some extra cash. My son said he loves that it's sooooo soft and my daughter just thinks it super cool! I think it's adorable and a very smart design...plus I have a love hate relationship with the fox! considering in the last two years we've had a fair share sneaking up and snatching a chicken or two. They have to eat right? The mom hunting for her den of pups.......
Well this fox has less bite but awhole lot more charm!

( Tried to link to Lauras' etsy shop and add pics of the amazing details she put into wrapping &packaging this scarf but blogger is acting a fool again!)(Will add more pics & link later!)




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