Unexpected Blessings!

Black & Blue: It Works! Necklace & Jacket: Chicos Blue Tank: $5 @ WalMart Pinstripe Toursers: Lane Bryant Ann Taylor, LOFT Scarf Miss Bison Shoes: Re-Sale Shop Ring: Avenue Yesterday, I mentioned finding a great bargain at AVENUE. It was about this time of year I discovered the $5 trousers, so after work, I thought…

Chocolate Therapy!

Chocolate Therapy!

Safari Style: Hunting for ways to avoid unhealthy eating!! The day was my version of walking through a mine field. Valentine’s Day….working in a school….on a restrictive diet….was one of the most miserable experiences I have been through in a long time. Around every corner was a chocolate covered strawberry…..a luscious truffle….or a brownie piled…

IN THE PINK!!

Cable & Gauge Cardigan, Marshall’s: $19 WalMart V Neck T: $5 Heart Necklace & Pearls: Gifts Coldwater Creek Brown Trousers: $32 (50% off) Rhinestone Studs, Walmart: $3.99 Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!! What a great day to pull out your red, white, pink, and, of course, the New Color of the Year ….honeysuckle (pink). My day…

Vera Wang & The Heart of a Bride

Vera Wang & The Heart of a Bride

Vera Wang understands marketing. She understands that all women…no matter size…no matter income… want to look & feel beautiful. When she received a letter from a young bride requesting that someday Wang design an affordable line of wedding dresses, the designer says that it actually touched her heart. Which brings us to last Friday; February…

Let’s Rodeo!

Let’s Rodeo!

Rodeo…one of the words which lead the rest of the world to make fun of Texas and assume that everyone here rides a horse. I have to admit the word conjures up excitement within me. Like most Texans, I have been attending rodeos since I was very young (that’s where I first met Little Joe…

Friend Friday – Color Questions!

Friend Friday – Color Questions!

Jacket: Chicos Multi Colored Tank: Coldwater Creek Soft Cords: Colorwater Creeek Today, Friend Friday covers one of my favorite topics….COLOR!  Check out all the fashion blogger responses with Katy at  Modly Chichttp://www.modlychic.com/ 1. What color dominates your closet? When I recently re-organized and hung all the colors together, I noticed the black, browns, and white/crèmes/khaki…

Enjoying the Company of Sweaters

Scarf: Gift Cardigan: Dress Barn Blouse &; Jeans: Coldwater Creek Shoes: Clearance..don’t remember the store It’s still cold here…and I realize it is not near the cold that some of you are enduring… I confess, we are wimps…not used to it at all. So there is much whining going on!! However, I on the other…

Feeling Very Vogue!

I’ve been reading about Anna Wintour, the Editor In Chief of Vogue, in a Jerry Oppenheimer biography titled Front Row. To say that she is a complex personality is an understatement. While I cringe over the way she treated people and changed men like  clothing, there are some parts of Ms. Wintour’s makeup which I…