You rock!

Look at how fabulous these are! Well because I wanna be just like LB when I grow up I begged her to pick these up for me and guess what? She did!

Day 7 – What I’m wearing

This is one of my favorite blazers.  I got it from a sample sale.  It has a long ruffle alongside the single breast, and a ruffled 3/4 sleeve. I love it.  I left it in MD when I visited for the holidays and just received it in the mail yesterday. Yay!

Salon Stories: What it ‘do?

This is the best way for me to salvage my ‘do when it’s not doing what it’s supposed to do.

Brow Studio

As I’ve posted before I’ve been having brow drama.  I’ve not had my brows done since the incident.  I’ve grown them and have been grooming as best I can.

Last night T said “you look different…you haven’t had your eyebrows done”.  It wasn’t a gut check because I have been thinking about having a professional work some magic, but it did make me take care of it sooner rather than later.

I went to the Brow Studio in S.e.pho.ra.  I’m used to having thin brows, but I wanted to go for a fuller look.  What do you think? 

She Fly!

Ellen is a trip.  I caught some of her show last night.  When I saw her boots I nearly died.  Go ‘head Ellen!

I happen to be  fan of over the knee boots myself, but I don’t own any.  I love these babies

 

Salon Stories – Up and away edition

Last night I had every intention of conditioning and detangling my tresses.  What do you think happened?? NOT.A.THANG. 

My class was cancelled last night…that was an unexpected treat.  God showed me favor.  I came home and relaxed.  Before I went to sleep I sprayed my hair with a mix of water, giovanni’s leave in direct conditioner and coconut oil.  I did a few messy bantu twists and went to bed.

This morning it was uh…not great but it had a nice curl here and there.  Instead of pulling it into a pony I did an updo.  The back is to the side and rolled under.  I like it.  I’ve done this before I’m sure, but I’ll probably do it more often as a protective style.  I think its sassy enough to wear to church.

It reminds me of this updo…which I love.

Work Wear – The 3…4 edition

Here’s a different pic. It shows the colors much better

If you don’t have an animal print belt in your life you need to go get one. This is a classic white shirt, also another must have piece, an apricot wool blend vest and a black pencil skirt. The skirt belongs to a 2-pc suit that I have. Mixing and matching is key when it comes to maximizing your closet.

Pashmina’s are the bizness. This is a chocolate cowl neck sweater dress. When I first purchased this dress I thought it was fiyah. A cute sweater dress with some hot boots…you couldn’t tell me anything. Somehow over the years we lost our fire. I would take the dress out and inevitably place it back in the closet. One day a few weeks I took it out and we strutted out the door. With the help of this turqoise pashmina I got that burning feeling back again. I paired with a chunky chocolate bracelet with turqoise stones, a gold bracelet and an orange bracelet to give it an extra pop of color.

I’ve been noticing my favorites outfits have at least 3 colors, sometimes 4. A primary color, which could be a basic color (whites, blacks, browns), secondary color (something bold) and an accent color ( could be bold or subtle).

The grey top underneath the cardigan is a very sheer sleeveless top, so it didn’t look too weighty. The patent leather skinny belt is from a skirt suit. I took one of my HUGE flowers and pinned it above the belt.

See how this formula works for you.

*cough cough*

It would be great if I had something like this http://www.containerstore.com/shop/closet/accessoryStorage/jewelry?productId=10024268

or

http://www.containerstore.com/shop/closet/accessoryStorage/jewelry?productId=10025830

Weekend Turn-out

This weekend was chock full and a ball to say the least.

I headed to the DMV area Friday afternoon to hang out with family and friends.  Friday night we went to my cousin’s SIL’s home.  She was hosting a sister’s circle.  It was great to sit in.  The Thanksgiving theme was gratitude.  We took a moment and meditated on 1 Thessalonians 5:18  “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” KJV

We shared some of the things we were thankful for.  It’s second nature to say we’re thankful for family or for our jobs and homes or our children.  What about some of the other things…maybe some of the things that we don’t pay much attention to…those things that are on auto pilot.  I’m going to touch on this again on Wednesday for a give-away.

Saturday I hooked up with CreoleinDC for her Nintendo Wii Fit Plus party.  Do we have a good time? DID WE? WHAAAAT???? It was a riot..check it out

Theme music

Ok so when I tried on the plum dress and I did the about face turn that us ladies ALWAYS do when checking ourselves out in the mirror this was playing in my head “MY MILKSHAKE BRINGS ALL THE BOYS TO THE YARD” lol

I picked up some cute accessories for the two final dresses I’m debating on. When I walked out of the store I heard this “DON’T CALL IT COMEBACK I BEEN HERE FOR YEARS”.

When I found out that my royal blue “die for” shoes are gone, I heard “ALL I DO IS THINK OF YOU…DAY AND NIGHT” *sigh*

What’s your latest theme song?