Jaded J, has way spoiled me today. I got my perfect shoe. Green, old fashioned, heeled. It is coming from Schuh, in the UK. I have been wanting a pair of green shoes forever..........! Oh please please please let them fit!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Shoes, OMG Shoes, Lets get some shoes!!!
Jaded J, has way spoiled me today. I got my perfect shoe. Green, old fashioned, heeled. It is coming from Schuh, in the UK. I have been wanting a pair of green shoes forever..........! Oh please please please let them fit!
Torrid Happiness!!!!!
My purchases have started to arrive....YEAH ME!
I am really into the Mad Men look right now, the little cardigans with skirts. I have always loved 50's inspired clothing. So my order consisted of two cardigans and one skirt. Unfortunately the skirt is no longer on the website or I would have a picture of that too.
The red cardigan I got has the fabric flowers, another obsession of mine recently. I even made my own flower fabric pins with moderate success this fall. I took the polyester filmy fabric, cut roundish blobs, and then burned the edges, after that I got some swaroski beads for the middle. I really like them. As a matter of fact I have more fabric, I just haven't made more of them yet.
The black cardigan is is very pretty, has 3/4 sleeves, with crystal detailing and buttons. I liked this because it wasn't just plain black, it had some visual interest without wearing jewelry. I like jewelry, I am bad about wearing it, I just don't take the time to accesorize the way I should. But the ladies on other blogs, especailly Lilli from Frocks and Frou Frou inspire me to try harder.
The skirt has the stretchy band at the top that can be rolled over to make the skirt longer or shorter. The skirt then has three flouncy layers of soft knit netting. TRES Cute. I have wanted a plain black skirt, but that was not a maxi skirt, not mini skirt. I think I have found it. I was going to buy the a-line skirt from Eliza Parker, but she ran out of my size....BOO! So this was on sale at Torrid, and I thought...what the hell? It was certainly cheaper, but a good black skirt is a solid investment because it should never go out of style. I am going to haunt the Eliza Parker website for awhile to see if it comes back in my size.
So on this nasty icy winter day in Nebraska, with me being home with the flu, I got some happiness in a soft white Torrid envelope.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
My favorite time of the year......
I have been decadent this weekend. I have gone on a major shopping binge. We (my husband and I) don't buy each other xmas presents, or birthday presents anymore. We wait...and wait....for tax return time. We always make sure our daughters have a fantastic xmas, but we about that time we begin plotting our "binge". We are good and frugal, all the year round. But in late January we give in and just spend, I like to look at it as helping the economy (I know....I am rationalizing bad behavior away.)I am looking forward to my internet purchases the most, I love getting packages. I have 5 coming, Torrid, Avenue, SWAK (thanks Bombshell for the tip),Yours clothing from the UK, and Old Navy. Lots of great deals, and coupons were sent to me via email offers, and I have been filling my virtual shopping carts at these sites for months. I also got some new unmentionables at my local Avenue store, nothing like new from the bottom up.
But our major purchases this year have been a new gas stove, washer and dryer. The stove we have is functional, and it is about 4 years old. But it was the cheapest gas stove we could find at the time, and now we have the ability to step it up a bit. Granted we still can't afford a Viking, but this is going to be a bit more study and has some extras that will come in handy. For instance, it has a warming drawer, that can be controlled with a temp dial. It also has 5 burners, the middle one being long and oblong, and it has a griddle insert. The washing machine is not a front load, which we looked at, but disregarded, as I hate the idea of paying for the pedestal, and it wouldn't work in our laundry room anyway. The washer does not have an agitator, and is basically like a front load, on loads on top like the traditional washers of yesteryear. The dryer has a cool feature, it has a sweater drying rack, which will be great for drying my daughters Chucks, and of course my sweaters.
We got to eat out alot this weekend too, which was a great treat for us. But....now we have spent our wad, and we are saving the rest for our rainy day account. Oh yeah, I didn't mention I got a new lap top. So now that I am finally not sharing my computer with three other people, I am hoping that blogging, and maybe in the future vlogging will be easier. I am putzzing around with my webcam, and I hope to give a review of my new purchases that are currently being routed to me now. Especially the Yours stuff and Old Navy stuff. The Yours because of the british sizing difference and the Old Navy because the reviews on their site always make me think that their stuff is really iffy, the shirts being too thin is a common complaint. I showed my thirteen year old and she approved of everything, which made me feel good, as she has a good eye, and especially a good eye for clothes on me.
So this is my favorite time of year.....thank you Uncle Sam.
But our major purchases this year have been a new gas stove, washer and dryer. The stove we have is functional, and it is about 4 years old. But it was the cheapest gas stove we could find at the time, and now we have the ability to step it up a bit. Granted we still can't afford a Viking, but this is going to be a bit more study and has some extras that will come in handy. For instance, it has a warming drawer, that can be controlled with a temp dial. It also has 5 burners, the middle one being long and oblong, and it has a griddle insert. The washing machine is not a front load, which we looked at, but disregarded, as I hate the idea of paying for the pedestal, and it wouldn't work in our laundry room anyway. The washer does not have an agitator, and is basically like a front load, on loads on top like the traditional washers of yesteryear. The dryer has a cool feature, it has a sweater drying rack, which will be great for drying my daughters Chucks, and of course my sweaters.
We got to eat out alot this weekend too, which was a great treat for us. But....now we have spent our wad, and we are saving the rest for our rainy day account. Oh yeah, I didn't mention I got a new lap top. So now that I am finally not sharing my computer with three other people, I am hoping that blogging, and maybe in the future vlogging will be easier. I am putzzing around with my webcam, and I hope to give a review of my new purchases that are currently being routed to me now. Especially the Yours stuff and Old Navy stuff. The Yours because of the british sizing difference and the Old Navy because the reviews on their site always make me think that their stuff is really iffy, the shirts being too thin is a common complaint. I showed my thirteen year old and she approved of everything, which made me feel good, as she has a good eye, and especially a good eye for clothes on me.
So this is my favorite time of year.....thank you Uncle Sam.
Monday, January 24, 2011
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
My Meows
Ok...this has nothing to do with clothes or fat, or diet, or anything, except my cats.
I woke up this morning with scratches everywhere. While I would like you to think I had a particular frisky night with the hubby, that was not the case. I can only attribute it to my cats. My one cat in particular because she has all of her claws, and some extra ones to boot.
Tula Lula Belle, as I call her, but her name is just Tula. She is fluffy white poly-dactyl cat with a racoon's tail, and some smudges on her face. We got her at the pound on xmas eve about 4 years ago. We had wanted a kitten, but all of the kittens were in little rooms getting adopted by other people. We went back and forth trying to find a cat in the other pens, but none of them sang to me. Then I spotted Tula (she had another name at the time, I can't remember it). She was facing the wrong way and her tail was tucked up underneath her, but I just knew I wanted to meet her. The other little meet and greet rooms were all taken. We were escorted into the office of the animal shelter manager, and we waited. Soon they brought her in, and that is when I noticed her tail. She was like a racoon and a cat got married. When they handed her to me she started to purr, I mean really PURR, and my husband said "well I know who is coming home with us". She is wonderful cat, and because of her being poly-dactyl we decided not to get her declawed. I love her to pieces. Except when she decides she needs to be my cat hat when I am sleeping, or comes up in the middle of the and announces her presence by purring (LOUDLY) in our ears. I suspect she did that last night, and Jaded J (my hubby) helped her take a trip off of the bed, resulting in my scratches.
Pablo is our second cat. Also from the pound, after our experiment with having a dog went awry, we got him. My oldest daughter picked him out, he was about 3 months old. I thought at the time he was the ugliest cat, he was orange and white which is my favorite combo for cat, but I thought he had a weird face. But my daughter had the final say, and honestly he has fit into our unique family beautifully. Pablo has many quirks. He likes to chase potatoes, and roll them down the stairs. If the potato happens to be a small one, he will carry it back up, if it is not he simply goes back upstairs and gets a new one and starts over again. He also loves to carry around my daughters old pair of Crocs. She was small at the time so they aren't huge, but he can't resist those shoes. He snuggles them, bites thems, thumps them, and wrestles them. We call him Pablo the Potato hunter. He also has a way of laying down, he just flops on you, looks at you, starts to purr and demands to be loved. He is very opinionated ....kinda like Jaded J.
So there you have it Tula Lula Belle, and Pablo the Potato hunter. Both are my kitty kitty kitties in the city (something I sing to them, don't ask.)
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